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Commuters experience delays following Trowbridge train line fire
Commuters travelling by train are suffering delays this evening (Wednesday) following a fire on the Trowbridge line. The incident happened at around 5.30pm with a stretch of grass, approaching the station, being reported to be on fire with trains
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Van crashes into houses in Warminster
A WHITE Volkswagen van crashed into a wall in Woodcock Road, Warminster, at about 5pm today, scraping the side of a terraced house before coming to a stop and blocking the door of the neighbouring house. The male driver, who was carrying two passengers
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£1/2 million boost for Chippenham constituency primary schools
Primary schools in and around Chippenham are set to get an extra £526,600 in the next school year thanks to the biggest ever rise in their Pupil Premium. The boost was announced today by Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg
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Now Wiltshire Council eyes management job cuts
WILTSHIRE Council have accepted 228 applications for voluntary redundancy from their staff. In total, during the first phase of £4m cost cutting process, the council received 327 submissions from people offering to leave with 99 being rejected.
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Trowbridge's post office closed as staff strike
Trowbridge’s town centre post office is closed this afternoon as staff are out on strike. The action, at the branch in Roundstone Street, has been called by the Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) in a row of pay conditions and branch closures.
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Benefit cheat
A WOMAN from Westbury received a two-year conditional discharge and was ordered to pay more than £17,000 back in benefits after being found guilty of fraud on July 4. Amanda Norton, 37, of Springfield Road, Westbury, was found guilty at North West
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Keeping an eye on Westbury recreation area
WESTBURY Town Council has applied to install a CCTV column and camera at Grassacres Recreation Ground, in Eden Vale Road, Westbury.
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RUGBY: Bath discipline players after bust-up
BATH have disciplined the players involved in a city-centre bust-up that saw summer signing Gavin Henson punched last week. The club revealed that fines and written warnings had been handed out to the "two players involved'' in the incident at
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Westwood cellist prepares for homecoming concert
A YOUNG cellist from Westwood is returning to the area on Friday night with her quintet ensemble, after graduating from the Royal Academy of Music in London last month. Beatrice Newman, 24, who grew up in Westwood, attended the Royal Welsh College
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THE OPEN: Accuracy the key for Stow
BEN Stow admits keeping the ball away from Muirfield's fearsome rough will be the key to a good performance in the 142nd Open Championship this week. Stow, from East Knoyle south of Warminster, enjoyed another 18 holes of practice at the Scottish
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Trowbridge pupils' art goes on show
Following on from their butterfly project in the grounds of Dorothy House at Winsley, pupils from Bellefield Primary School in Trowbridge visited the hospice’s Trowbridge outreach centre. As part of a creative arts project aimed at forging new
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FOOTBALL: Home start for Robins
FROME Town will kick off their Calor Southern League Premier Division campaign at home next month. The Robins, now under the tenure of Derek Graham, host Cambridge City on Saturday, August 17 before back to back trips to Weymouth and Burnham.
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Two girls approached while walking to school in Warminster
Wiltshire Police are reminding parents and school children to take care following two reports of suspicious incidents. At 8.15am on Monday two 14-year-old girls were walking to school in Warminster when a silver car pulled up alongside them.
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Warminster's US twinning plan
Warminster Town Council is looking into the prospect of twinning with Warminster Pennsylvania, after a local businessman recently visited the township while on holiday in the United States. Nick Pitcher, who owns Prestbury Sports Bar, presented
