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THE OPEN: Stow bullish over cut prospects
BEN Stow will go into Friday's second round at the 142nd Open Championship believing he still has a fighting chance of making the cut. The 21 year old amateur, from East Knoyle near Warminster, shot an opening-round five-over-par 76 at Muirfield
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ANGLING: Whitmarsh on a hot streak to take Memorial match win
HOT conditions didn’t prevent good catches at Sunday’s Airsprung Richard Stainer Memorial Open match on the Bristol Avon at Barton Farm, writes COLIN SCULL. Top honours went to Richard Whitmarsh (Frome) with 28lb 8dm of bream, and John Fuidge from
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Trowbridge site gets clean-up after council notice
Clean-up work started on the derelict Peter Black site in Trowbridge this week after Wiltshire Council issued a section 215 untidy notice. GVA Grimley, the agent acting for the site’s receivers, is trying to find a buyer to develop the site.
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Holiday signage is vandalised at Corsley
A sign advertising independent website company Holidays Near Longleat was vandalised less than 24 hours after it was put up in Corsley, Warminster last week. The sign was erected just off the A362, near the White Hart on July 8, but the next morning
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Real ale fan aims to pop up with Wiltshire micro pub
Entrepeneur and real ale lover Malcolm Shipp is hoping to buck the decline in the pub industry by opening a micro pub in Devizes. Mr Shipp, of Sells Green, and his business partner Chaz Hobden, brewer at Wessex Brewery at Longbridge Deverill, have
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St Laurence issue appeal to local businesses
St Laurence School, Bradford on Avon, wants businesses to offer work experience placements for Year 11 to 13 pupils in October. Email to kelly-ann.dunford @st-laurence.wilts.sch.uk
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Fitting farewell for popular Wiltshire nurse
The family of popular Trowbridge nurse Sally Emery were overwhelmed by the community support they received at her funeral in Devizes last Friday. Mrs Emery, 44, of Cornbrash Rise, Hilperton, died when the Suzuki Alto she was driving collided head-on
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White Horse Choir seeks more male voices
The White Horse Community Choir is appealing for more men to come along to their meetings at West End Baptist Church in Westbury on Monday evenings at 8pm. Anyone wanting more details can call Ian McManus on 07818 852142 or email rev.ian.mcmanus
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Warminster Community Choir hold fundraising event on Saturday
Warminster Community Choir is holding a charity fundraising event on Saturday in the Three Horseshoes Mall. The Choir and other musicians will be performing for two hours for free, hoping to raise money for the Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity
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Polish crime gang netted by police in Westbury
A man from an organised crime group working from Westbury who stole cars and tools worth £365,000 was found guilty of conspiracy to handle stolen goods at Swindon Crown Court. Marcin Kosma, 34, Marleys Way, Frome, was also found guilty of four
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Future of Wiltshire's waste services to be debated
The future of the region’s waste services will be discussed by Wiltshire Council’s cabinet. A meeting, at Monkton Park, Chippenham, on Tuesday, will discuss the contract held by FCC Environment, which expires 2014, and one held by the Hills Group
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Trowbridge man jailed for fraud
Stephen Wiltshire has been sentenced to eight months in prison at Bristol Crown Court for six counts of fraud, totalling £25,762, from the company he worked for. Mr Wiltshire, 40, of Langley Road, Trowbridge, was employed at Modcell Ltd in Bristol
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Westbury residents suffering plague of flies
An infestation of flies is plagueing the lives of people in Westbury, with the combination of hot weather and the recently opened Northacre resource recovery centre blamed for the problems. Scores of people living near the Mechanical Biological
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THE OPEN: Opening 76 at Muirfield for Stow
WILTSHIRE amateur Ben Stow carded a 76 in his opening round at the 142nd Open Championship at Muirfield this morning. Stow, from East Knoyle, near Warminster, teed off in the second group out with 2004 champion Todd Hamilton and Sweden's Ryder
