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Trowbridge pupils vie for film award
A video produced by pupils from Trowbridge’s Holbrook Primary School is in the running for a national film award. The group of children, who did the work last term, when they were in Year 4, have been shortlisted in the animation section of the
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The life of Mrs Pauline Wordley
A woman who was the front of house for West Wiltshire District Council for 20 years died on October 1, aged 84. Mrs Pauline Lottie Wordley moved from receptionist at Unigate in Bythesea Road, Trowbrdge, to the District Council when it was first
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Time to play doubles at Holt
Tennis enthusiasts now have two courts to play on in Holt, after a second was officially opened on Monday, 18 months after construction started. Holt Sports and Recreation Committee got grants of £2,000 from Cereal Partners, £5,000 from Wiltshire Area
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The life of Mr Clive Smith
Retired soldier Clive Smith, known as Biffo, has died aged 53, after suffering a heart attack on a fishing trip in Dorset. Mr Smith was born in Ealing in 1959, and attended Bylands Boarding School in Basingstoke. At 16 he joined the Army and served
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Ghastly theft robs Trowbridge nursery tots of Halloween party funds
Nursery staff are appealing for help finding the burglars who stole £600 and forced the cancellation of a Halloween treat for the Trowbridge centre’s children. Heather Wood, manager of Green Shoots Nursery, in Studley Green, arrived at work at
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Call to take on fire walk in aid of Winsley's Dorothy House
Dorothy House is inviting adventurous supporters to walk over 1000F coals, so they can raise money for the Winsley hospice. The fire walk, which will take place at the hospice on October 30, costs £30 to enter. People also need to be able to
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BOBSLEIGH: The brakes are off
BOBSLEIGH star Paula Walker says that she’s ready to get down to business after Great Britain’s line-ups for the upcoming Winter Olympic qualification season were confirmed this week. Number one womens’ pilot Walker, who lives in Paxcroft Mead
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BOXING: Heavyweight Tyson’s set for Trowbridge fight night
THE CONTENDER Gym is hoping to host one of the biggest names in British boxing at their October 26 show after adding unbeaten heavyweight Hughie Fury to their fight card. The 19-year-old, who has won all 10 of his pro bouts so far, is the cousin
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Coca-Cola call from Bradford on Avon on land grabs
Campaigners from Bradford on Avon lobbied outside Coca-Cola’s headquarters in London last week to raise awareness of land grabbing. Hazel Jones and Gill Brooks, who are members of Bradford on Avon Oxfam group, joined other campaigners to talk to
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Film takes look at American history
The next film screening at Warminster Civic Centre is Hyde Park on Hudson (12A), showing at 2pm on Wednesday (oct 16). In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams) host the King and Queen
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OJO'S INSIDE LINE: Just not clinical enough
UNFORTUNATELY the game at Sale last Friday proved to be as difficult as it has been in the last few years and I think that if you’re going to win games, you need to take your chances – Bath just weren’t clinical. You expected Bath to have periods
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BATH RUGBY: Bath on the mend after Sharks’ bite
BATH head coach Gary Gold says that his side were licking their wounds after their disappointing defeat at Sale Sharks last Friday but has been pleased with the reaction his players have shown in training this week. Gold’s men slipped to their
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Westbury Festival gets set to end on high note
Westbury Music and Arts Festival will come to a close on Sunday following two weeks of events and musical performances spread across venues in the town. Now in its sixth year, the festival brings together music, arts and crafts groups and has seen
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WG PARR TROPHY PREVIEW: Favourites bid to avoid Trophy upset
WITH first division hotshots Staverton already out of this season’s Westernsport Trophies-sponsored WG Parr Trophy, the tag of favourites has been placed on top-flight side The Castle FC. Tom Perkins' side, who are unbeaten in all competitions
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION PREVIEW: Ashton seek first win
STEEPLE Ashton Rangers have had a torrid time since their arrival in the Premier Division. Nathan Holloway’s side are currently bottom of the table and due to a shortage of players they have been forced to pull out of two games, but the Ashton
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE DIVISION ONE PREVIEW: Goatacre seek Staverton revenge
GOATACRE CC and Staverton meet for a second time this season and the encounter at Combe Lane comes just a month after Staverton beat the cricketers’ 3-2 at Atworth. Should Aaron Latchem’s side take maximum points for a second time they will take
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE DIVISION TWO PREVIEW: Buscots bid to extend unbeaten run
THE pick of the games in Division Two this weekend is the match at Nurstead Road, Devizes, where second-placed FC Buscots know that if they can beat local rivals Potterne CFC, they will return to the top of the table. Buscots are unbeaten in their
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FOOTBALL: Warminster Town axe management duo
WARMINSTER Town have parted company with manager John Phillips and assistant Robbie Simmonds just three months into the new season. The club revealed the duo had been "relieved of their duties'' after just 14 games in charge at Weymouth Street,
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE PREVIEW: Old Road seek back-to-back wins
FRESH from their second win of the season last Sunday, Old Road go looking to pick up back-to-back wins as they play host to Wren FC in one of just two Division Three fixtures this weekend. Crossblades can count themselves very unlucky not to
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Police reopen road and issue appeal after fatal A350 crash
Police have issued an appeal for witnesses after reopening the section of the A350 which saw a fatal head-on collision this morning. At around 6.15am an orange and white MAN articulated lorry, owned by Framptons Transport Services, was travelling
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE DIVISION FOUR PREVIEW: Centre put 100 per cent start on the line
DIVISION four leaders Corsham Centre Youth put their 100 per cent start to the season on the line when they host an ever improving Miller Sports B side this weekend. Sports, who despite already having lost to Centre four weeks ago, will be up for
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BOXING: ‘He was the best I’ve been in the ring with’
GARETH Heard says that he doesn’t feel like a loser after his defeat at the hands of talented former Commonwealth Games medallist Bradley Saunders on Monday. The 30-year-old, from Bradford on Avon, suffered the second defeat of his professional
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Call from Trowbridge to Stand Up To Cancer
A Trowbridge widower whose coping with grief blog is helping people across the world is calling for the public to get involved with the Stand Up To Cancer campaign. IT manager Mike Adams, 35, launched Clearly Positive to help him cope with the
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A350 near Trowbridge to remain closed until at least 3pm after fatal crash
A section of the A350 near Trowbridge will not reopen until at least 3pm following a fatal road collision this morning. The collision between an articulated lorry, owned by Framptons Transport Services, and a car happened shortly before 6.20am
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Lorry containing human waste overturns on A36/A350 roundabout in Warminster
Police were called to an overturned lorry containing human waste on the A36/A350 roundabout, outside the Travelodge Hotel, in Warminster at 11.43am today. The scania lorry tipped over on the roundabout by the junction of the B3414 causing the road
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Andrew Murrison, MP for South West Wiltshire - Visiting cousins Down Under
I’m in Australia for meetings after a similar round in New Zealand. But there’s no escape from British party politics. Two bits of relative trivia are running strongly in the press here – Ed Miliband’s late father and his supposed Marxist dislike
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Duncan Hames, MP for Chippenham - Facing tough questions from young
As Parliament was not sitting, a good deal of my last week was spent talking to young people in Wiltshire, including answering questions from primary pupils at the Queen’s Crescent School in Chippenham and St George’s School in Semington. Topics
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Warminster Army wife has red carpet fun
The wife of the Warminster-based 1 Yorks commander, Sarah Stenning, has said representing the West Country at the televised 2013 Pride of Britain Awards on Monday was “amazing.” Mrs Stenning, married to Lt Col Zac Stenning, supported the families
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School closures due to teachers' strikes
More schools have made a decision about whether to open or close because of next Thursday’s teachers’ strikes. The one-day action has been called by the NUT and NASUWT over a number of disputes, including wages, pensions and working hours, and
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RUGBY: Louw back to lead Bath
SOUTH Africa start Francois Louw returns to the Bath side for the first time this season and will captain the side in tomorrow night's Amlin Challenge Cup opener against Bordeaux-Bègles at Stade Chaban-Delmas (8pm British time). Openside flanker
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RUGBY: Comeback pleases Carl
CARL Fearns insists there was no way he was going to miss clashing against his former teammates at Sale Sharks as the flanker finally announced himself back from injury. Since swapping Sale for Bath in 2011, Fearns’ time at the Rec has been disrupted
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Snappy Fairtrade tribute of Bradford on Avon
Bradford on Avon’s Fairtrade group has produced an eyecatching postcard to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the town having Fairtrade status. The postcard is a montage of pictures of the town, donated by local photographer Andrew Eberlin, and on
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CALOR LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION: Frome won’t rush into appointment
FROME Town hope to complete their interviews for the vacant manager’s position at Badgers Hill today. The Robins have been on the hunt for a new boss since sacking Derek Graham late last week and stopped accepting formal applications for the role
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Foot bus cuts congestion at Staverton
A new park and walk scheme for Staverton Primary School has been credited with making the roads safer for pupils. Since the start of the academic year in September, Staverton Primary School has been operating a walking bus, while giving permits
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BATH RUGBY: Batty up for French challenge
ROSS Batty says that he’s relishing the special test put forward by the Amlin Challenge Cup as his side kick off their European adventures tomorrow night. Bath are in the South of France to take on Bordeaux-Bègles and will be hoping to replicate
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Alison Phillips - Hours wasted while technology runs rings around me
Please, please tell me I am not the only person who wishes that, if the new technology around which our lives now revolve had to be invented, that it had been done right first time? If I added up all the hours of my life I’ve wasted just this week
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HOCKEY: West Wilts hold nerve to see off their rivals
WEST Wilts were 6-4 winners in an epic contest at Newent. Wilts were 2-0 up within five minutes. The first came courtesy of a James Baker strike from a short corner, the second from a well-worked move which resulted in Dan Sheppard slotting the
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Traffic delays as police investigate fatal A350 crash
Police are dealing with major traffic congestion on the roads around Trowbridge this morning after a manwas killed following a collision on the A350. The incident involving a articulated lorry and a silver Toyota car happened between Hagg Hill
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Big buzz at Melksham beekeepers’ honey show at Broughton Gifford
Broughton Gifford village hall was a hive of activity when members of the Melksham and District Beekeepers’ Association held their annual honey show. Over 100 entrants from across the county swarmed in with their honey-based products, to show off
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ATHLETICS: Holly in a rush to open with a victory
IT was a good day for the Bradford on Avon-based Rush team at the opening race of the 2013/14 Gloucestershire Cross Country League campaign, writes Kevin Fahey. First Great Britain international marathon runner Holly Rush took a welcome break from
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Driver killed in head-on crash on A350 near Trowbridge
A man has been killed in a head-on crash with a lorry at Ashton Common near Trowbridge this morning. The man's Toyota is believed to have hit the lorry, owned by Framptons Transport Services, just after a bend near Stony Gutter at Ashton Common
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A350 closed at Ashton Common after serious crash
The A350 is closed in both directions at Stony Gutter near Ashton Common outside Trowbridge after serious accident. Police are warning drivers to avoid the area after a car was in collision with a lorry earlier this morning. Traffic updates
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Wiltshire woman's skydive boosts right-to-die fund
Over a year after his death, the legacy of Melksham right-to-die campaigner Tony Nicklinson is still going strong, as the people who knew him continue to raise money and awareness in his memory. Care assessor Michelle Platt, 50, who visited Mr
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Will Guyatt, Gadget Guy - Wedding surfers are loving online
I often tell people that I’m not as stupid as I look, and last weekend I went deep undercover at a family wedding. I wasn’t wearing a fake moustache, but instead I was testing out some interesting research that hit my desk a few days earlier.
