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Formula 1 star Jenson's back in town to spring a surprise
Formula 1 star Jenson Button delivered an early Christmas treat when he paid a surprise visit to the homes of Trowbridge residents on Friday. The 2009 World Champion knocked on doors in Wiltshire’s county town giving householders festive hampers
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Woman taken to hospital following two car collision in Westbury
Police and fire crews attended a two vehicle collision on the A350 Westbury Co-op roundabout at 3pm today, with one woman taken to hospital with suspected whiplash. The collision, which involved a blue Vauxhall Agila and a DAF truck, was attended
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WILTSHIRE SUNDAY CUP: Black day for Buscots in Sunday Cup
IN WHAT was the only all Chippenham & District Sunday League clash in the third round of the Wiltshire Sunday Cup, first Division White Horse (Sunday) left it late to beat second division FC Buscots, with the winning goal coming from the rarest
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TROWBRIDGE & DISTRICT LEAGUE DIVISION THREE: Win confirms Holt spot back at the summit
BEN Hogg and sidekick Vernon Osborne would have been happy to find their Holt side back on top of Division Three going into their weekend clash with Marshfield. Holt, who had slipped from the number one spot following their defeat to White Horse
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE DIVISION FOUR: Forest shocked by Rowde fightback
STEPHEN Wakefield, manager of Melksham Forest Community Centre, would have been shocked by his teams surprise loss a way at Cross Keys Rowde. A 2-1 defeat for the Melksham-based side at Sands Lane saw them miss out on their seventh win of the season
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TROWBRIDGE & DISTRICT LEAGUE DIVISION TWO: Kennedy goal earns Heytesbury shock win
ON A day of surprise results in Division Two, villagers Heytesbury claimed probably the biggest one with a 1-0 victory at home to Dave Jenkins' promotion hopefuls Trowbridge Town Reserves who had beaten their hosts 4-0 way back in early September.
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE: North makes Sportzcoach pay the penalty
WORTON & Cheverell claimed the result of the day in the league. Their 3-1 success over Division Three high-flyers Sportzcoach Dragonz United’s not only brought an end to Dragonz 100 per cent start to the season, but it also saw them avenge
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE DIVISION TWO: Win sees Miller reclaim top spot
WITH FC Buscots in Sunday Cup action, Miller Sports A moved themselves back to the top of Division Two with a convincing 6-1 win at basement side AFC Avellinos. With a number of players out, Miller started the game sluggishly and although they
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TROWBRIDGE & DISTRICT LEAGUE DIVISION ONE: Bradford rock title hopefuls Westbury
ANTHONY Ottaviano’s Bradford United side have been playing their best football for many years and are currently enjoying a purple patch. Their 5-1 win away at Westbury United Reserves was their outstanding result of the season to date in Division
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE DIVISION ONE: Prestige take over pole position
A 3-2 WIN for Prestige Bodyworks at home to North Star A saw Zac Klukowski’s side pick up their first win in three games and with other results going their way the Chippenham-based side find themselves top of the Division One table. Ryan Nicholls
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TROWBRIDGE & DISTRICT LEAGUE A&B CUP: Bradley cruise though to last 16
CHRIS Carr’s first division leaders North Bradley may have suffered their first loss of the season last weekend, when they were beaten by Semington Magpies, but the villagers were in an unforgiving mood in their Briken Motors & AM Print & Copy
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION: Keeper Viola stars for Westbury
AFTER back-to-back defeats Westbury Rangers made a welcomed return to winning ways after they beat AFC Melksham 1-0 in what was the only fixture in the S.K. Fruits Limited, Chippenham & District Sunday League Premier Division. Melksham welcomed
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE KNOCKOUT CUP: Meer fires Pig into final 16
THIRD Division Pig & Whistle United booked the place in the last 16 of this season’s presstoprint-sponsored Eric Hughes Memorial Knockout Cup after overturning a half-time deficit to beat first division strugglers Chippenham West End 2-1. West
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Bradford on Avon firm gives bike to theft victim
A bikeshop in Bradford on Avon has come to the rescue of an employee at Bookers Wholesale who recently had his bike stolen. TT Cycles, which is owned by Dick Barrow, gave the new bike to Adam Smart, who works for the Trowbridge food wholesaler,
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FOOTBALL: United kit boost
TROWBRIDGE & District League Division Three leaders United FC christened they new kit with a win over local rivals Lamb Reserves recently. The kit was presented to the team by Miroslaw Telej, owner of The New Polish Deli situated in Church
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Chapmanslade Primary School celebrates new play trail
Chapmanslade Primary School installed a new £6,000 play trail for pupils in the school playing field recently, after a year of fundraising and a donation from The Fudge Trust in Warminster. The school’s Parents, Teachers and Friends Association
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CALOR LEAGUE SOUTHERN PREMIER DIVISION: Frome Town 1 Corby Town 3
FROME Town’s hopes of a long-awaited first home victory evaporated as Corby Town scored twice in the first half and finally sealed the win right at the end as the home side threw everybody up looking for an equaliser. With Josh Ford being suspended
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FOOTBALL: Higdon the hero for Melksham
MELKSHAM Town's ascent up the Toolstation League Premier Division table continued as Gary Higdon's hat-trick downed Longwell Green Sports at The Conigre on Saturday. Darren Perrin's men, who host Winterbourne United tonight, claimed their fourth
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Solar farm protestors stage Seend meeting
Protestors concerned about a ‘solar gold rush’ engulfing the village of Seend will hold a public meeting on Thursday to discuss the plans. The ‘Wake up Wiltshire’ group has been formed to oppose plans for a number of solar farm developments around
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Westbury home throws out Christmas invite to lonely elderly
Older people who might otherwise be spending Christmas alone are being invited into Abbeyfield House in Westbury, as part of the charity’s Coping at Christmas campaign, launched last week. Abbeyfield Houses all over the UK will be taking part in
