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Horsemeat found in Home Bargains product
Trowbridge’s Home Bargains store claims that it doesn’t stock the beef product found to contain horsemeat which was pulled by the chain. Staff from the branch, based at The Spitfire Retail Park, said that they hadn’t sold the Food Hall Sliced Beef
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Government grant for elections change
Wiltshire has received over £170,000 of Government funds, to pay for a change in the way voters register for elections. The money has been granted to local authorities across the country to help with the extra costs involved in switching to Individual
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Bridge for Dorothy House Hospice, Winsley
Do you know you tricks from your trumps? Your rubbers from your ruffs? If you know that aces are high and 13 points mean a strong hand then you may well be exactly what a bridge tournament is looking for. The tournament, which runs from now until
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Wiltshire ladies' fiesta time as guild goes Central American
Handcrafting Mexican flowers and re-creating traditional Nicaraguan dances kept 51 Wiltshire women on their toes at an international weekend. Meeting at Maud Heath House in East Tytherton, ladies from Trowbridge, Chippenham, Devizes and Warminster
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Review: Double Double, Wharf Theatre, Devizes
It is difficult to know what to make of Double Double, billed as a comedy thriller by Eric Ellice and Roger Rees. It is not gripping enough to be a thriller, funny enough to be a comedy or engaging enough to be a romance, though, granted, it does
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Warminster pupils book in for challenge
Children from Wylye Valley School in Codford took part in the annual Summer Reading Challenge at Warminster Library. The challenge was to read six books, and after spending hours with their noses buried deep in books they were awarded certificates
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Review: Jamie Cullum, The Forum, Bath
Wiltshire’s very own jazz singer/songwriter sensation, Jamie Cullum, added an extra date to come to Bath, and I’m delighted he did. From the start he dazzled the expectant audience with his extraordinary musical talent, vocal range, stage presence
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BATH RUGBY: One change for Warriors trip
BATH have made just one enforced change to the side that beat Gloucester in the Aviva Premiership last weekend for their trp to Worcester Warriors on Friday night. Academy lock Will Spencer comes into the second row alongside Stuart Hooper, replacing
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Walkers can trot along to Warminster for morning strolls
Every Tuesday morning a group of walkers meets in the central car park in Warminster at 9.30am outside the information centre and sets off for an hour’s walk, part of Wiltshire Council’s Get Wiltshire Walking programme. Last week a record number of
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Wiltshire belles have a ball in aid of MS centre
A Fall Ball held by a group who dubbed themselves the Bradford Belles has raised over £6,000 for the Wessex Multiple Sclerosis Centre. Styled on an autumn theme, and attended by guests from across the county, the evening far exceeded their target
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Pumpkins carved with pride in Bradford on Avon
A spooktacular display of pumpkins filled The Swan Hotel in Bradford on Avon for its first pumpkin carving competition. All week people have been invited to carve a free pumpkin at the hotel and on Wednesday night the 21 entries were judged by
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Trowbridge theft victim appeals for return of precious gift
A heartbroken Trowbridge woman is appealing for help getting back a watch, stolen last Tuesday, that is a keepsake from her late father and stepmother. Teresa Blake, 36, of Azalea Drive, was distraught to discover that the DKNY watch, engraved
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FOOTBALL ROUND-UP: Sweet success for Melksham at Cadbury Heath
MELKSHAM Town came from behind to notch up their second successive victory in the Toolstation League Premier Division last night. Dan Kovacs and Sean Benison levelled the scores after Darren Perrin's side twice fell behind at Cadbury Heath before
