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Tee up a place at Vince Cable talk
Wiltshire businesses still have the opportunity to hear Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, speak at the Wessex Chambers’ monthly networking breakfast at Cumberwell Park Golf Club in Bradford on Avon on Friday at 7.30am
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St Laurence governor in headshave for charity
A ST Laurence School governor from Staverton is enjoying her last days with a full head of hair before shaving it off for Dorothy House. Sarah Richardson, 48, who works in IT at Bath Univer-sity, saw a colleague suffer with cancer and spend time
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Market towns at centre of Wiltshire's attention
A plan to bring greater individuality to the county’s town centres is being devised by Wiltshire Council. It is considering setting up business improvement districts and is now running a vote in Salisbury, asking firms if they would like business
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Funds available to Wiltshire Carers
Groups can apply now to the Wiltshire Council’s Carers Small Grant Scheme for up to £5,000 of help. The money would be for projects giving unpaid carers extra support. The deadline for application is November 30. For more details, see www
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FA TROPHY: Frome Town 1 Poole Town 1
BRIAN O'Donnell's first match in charge of the Robins ended in a draw as his 10-man side clung on for a penalty. After taking the lead on the stroke of half time, Frome had to dig deep to survive a last half-hour of continuous Poole pressure after
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Reel fun as short film is shot at pub
A Steeple Ashton pub took centre stage on Tuesday when it was the venue for the recording of a short film to be screened at the Toronto Film Festival. The pub, in High Street, was used for a scene in The ABCs of Death 2 which will be released in
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Missed outpatient appointments fall thanks to calls
THE number of people missing outpatient appointments has dropped by 35 per cent since the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust introduced its new telephone reminder service in August. This equalled 260 appointments in the first week.
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Helping patients to stay at home
PATIENTS across Wiltshire will benefit from a new scheme to help them continue living healthily at home for longer, which will also help reduce unnecessary admissions to hospitals. The new service, jointly run by Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation
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Warminster calls for more parking enforcement
Warminster Town Council will press for more parking enforcement in the town, after agreeing at a meeting of the town development committee that there was a growing problem with illegal parking. The council has received several complaints from the
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Trowbridge couple raise awareness for stillborn charity
WHEN Gemma and Ross Hatter’s daughter was stillborn in May this year they decided more awareness was needed and raised £2,400 for the stillbirth charity SANDS through a bingo night. The couple, from Ashmead in Trowbridge, lost their daughter, Gracie-Mae
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GPs now offering electronic prescriptions
Patients in Wiltshire will now have access to online healthcare services as a number of GP practices are introducing electronic prescriptions. A free NHS repeat prescription service from mail order pharmacy Pharmacy2U is one of the new ‘e-services
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Minions win silverware for brothers
TWO brothers have become the first to have their names engraved on a new trophy, after winning the public vote at North Bradley Primary School’s Scarecrow Trail. Year 5 pupil Calum Duncan and his brother Samuel, from Year 2, won first prize in
