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Village Pump Festival had something 'for everyone'
Organisers of the Village Pump Folk Festival are delighted with the success of this year’s event. The annual festival welcomed around 2,000 visitors to th White Horse Country Park, in Westbury, at the weekend. Headline performers included iconic
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Lightning and rain cause damage in Wiltshire
Thunder storms and heavy rain caused disruption and damage across Wiltshire today. Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service and Wiltshire Police have been called out to numerous incidents as the bad weather took its toll. Lightning struck two houses
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Two accidents cause delays on Wiltshire roads
TWO accidents caused delays for motorists driving in bad weather on Wiltshire's roads today. A Ford KA ended up on its roof at Farleigh Hungerford at 3.45pm today, causing the female passenger to be trapped and closing the road for an hour and
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Man jailed for sex assault of boy in Warminster
A man was sentenced to three years imprisonment last Thursday at Winchester Crown Court for sexually assaulting a teenage boy in Warminster. Curtis Lee Ferguson, aged 22, was found guilty of seven counts of sexual offences, which occurred in December
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Warminster firm's TV showing with Titchmarsh
Dunster House, a garden buildings company based on Warminster Business Park, will be featured on Alan Titchmarsh's Love Your Garden tomorrow night. Episode six of Love Your Garden, presented by Alan Titchmarsh, will feature Dunster House's Daisiley
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Wiltshire charity issues knitting plea
Despite the recent hot weather, Age UK Wiltshire is calling on people to knit woolly hats. The charity is again linking up with the smoothie company, Innocent, to put woolly hats on Innocent smoothie drinks bottles sold in shops during November
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CRICKET: Vince agrees extended Hampshire stay
WILTSHIRE cricket ace James Vince has signed a three-year extension to his deal with Hampshire, which will keep him at The Ageas Bowl until the end of the 2016 season. All-rounder Vince, who is from Steeple Ashton, was due to reach the end of his
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RUGBY: Bath new boy Fa’osiliva pitched straight into sevens action
SAMOAN back row Alafoti Fa’osiliva has joined Bath Rugby. Fa’osiliva, who has most recently been playing for Bristol, made his name representing the Samoa Sevens team, and was part of the 2009-10 IRB Sevens World Series championship-winning squad
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RUGBY: Bath face opening French test
BATH will kick off their bid for Amlin Challenge Cup glory with a visit to Bordeauz-Begles on Saturday, October 12 (9pm local time). Gary Gold's side, who reached the quarter finals of last year's tournament before being defeated by Stade Francais
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Trust launches app to chart Wiltshire's waterway life
The Canal & River Trust has today launched the Great Nature Watch – a campaign to get members of the public involved in helping protect hundreds of miles of waterway habitats. The old industrial routes of canals and inland waterways, such as
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Dancing Bradford man at End of fundraising trek
A dancing fundraiser from Bradford on Avon crossed the finish line of his 1,357-mile challenge on Saturday after facing a series of setbacks since starting nearly a year ago. Ben Hammond, 35, who grew up in Bradford on Avon, set off from John O
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'Miracle' child unhurt after window fall
Two-year-old Tyler Holdaway had a lucky escape last week after falling unscathed from a first floor window. He fell 14 feet from a window at his home on Coronation Road, Melksham on Sunday, but was discharged from Bath RUH the following morning
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New classrooms plan for Melksham's Manor School
The Manor School in Melksham has submitted an application to build a 21-metre wooden-panelled classroom block at its Lowbourne site. The 7.6m by 21.4m building will provide two classrooms with a central lobby and washrooms, which will be used for
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Collision on the A36 near Upton Scudamore
A crash between two vehicles on the A36 near Upton Scudamore caused the road to be closed in both directions for over two hours on Friday. The collision, between a blue Peugeot 206 and silver Mercedes CDI Estate Sport, happened at 10.45pm on the
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Westbury man jailed for nightclub drugs deal
A bungling drug dealer caught peddling ecstasy to strangers in a nightclub toilet has been jailed for 16 months. Christian Mooney was trying to seal his first deal after buying £100 of the powdered drug, also known as MDMA, and dividing it up into
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Deadline nears for Corsham council co-option
The final deadline for co-options to Corsham Town Council is Monday, August 5. Nominations for the vacant seat in the Neston ward must be proposed and seconded by members of the council, and submitted to the town clerk by 5pm.
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Westbury shop to close after 26 years
Westbury ladies boutique shop Ribbons is preparing to close down for good, after supplying the town with outfits for special occasions for 26 years. The shop, located on Warminster Road, started up in 1987 when original owner Phyliss Penington
