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Vandals hit ten cars overnight in Trowbridge
Wiltshire Police are looking for witnesses after 10 cars were vandalised in Trowbridge on Friday night. The vehicles, parked in College Road and Silver Street Lane, suffered smashed windscreens and broken wing mirrors. A 46-year-old Trowbridge
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BOBSLEIGH: N-ice one, Anna
ANNA Alexander-Holmes finally feels comfortable calling herself a bobsleigh pilot after a stunning British Championship debut saw her return from Austria with two medals and a trophy last weekend. The 19-year-old, from Holt, is part of British
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UFC: Brad looks ahead after tough loss
FRUSTRATED Brad Scott is hoping his next UFC fight will give him the chance to fully express himself after he slipped to an agonising points defeat at London’s O2 Arena last weekend. The Melksham middleweight took on Claudio Henrique da Silva on
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Melksham woman arrested twice in a week
Natalie Cole, 25, of Kingsbury Square, Melksham, will appear before magistrates in Chippenham on March 20, charged with possessing an offensive weapon. She was arrested with a flick knife at Bolwell Place, Melksham, on Wednesday. She is also
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Tractor collides with car in Stoney Gutter
A tractor and a silver Vauxhall Corsa collided on the A350 Stoney Gutter, near Trowbridge, at 3.30pm today. Police and ambulance attended but nobody involved suffered injuries.
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Appeal after dog drags Melksham child, 4, into street
Police are appealing for information after a child was attacked by a brown staffie-cross dog on Portman Road, Melksham. The four-year-old was dragged into the road by his trouser leg by the dog at around 12.30pm on March 1. The dog was pulled away
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE WG PARR TROPHY PREVIEW: Dragonz out to storm the Castle
COME Sunday afternoon, the finalists of this season’s Westernsport Trophies-sponsored WG Parr Trophy will have been decided. We are down to the final four teams from the 26 that started out in the competition back in September and on paper it looks
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION PREVIEW: Must win game for Biddestone
THREE-TIME defending Premier Division champions Biddestone Social trail current leaders Castle FC by nine points, so their trip to old adversaries Westbury Rangers this weekend is a must-win game for Ashley Smith’s side. Biddestone should keep
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE DIVISION ONE PREVIEW: Somerford look to close gap at the top
SPIKE Chandler's Somerford will look to close the gap on leageu leaders Prestige Bodyworks' inactivity this weekend as they start their bid to chase down the Division One table-toppers. The villagers visit basement side Chippenham West End, who
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OJO'S INSIDE LINE: England finding the next level
ENGLAND'S win over Wales was a phenomenal performance, the best I've seen from this group of players. I like to look at games from the outside, but anyone would say that this is a rapidly improving England side. What I felt was that the win
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BATH RUGBY: Ollie rues one that got away
OLLIE Devoto admits he’s “gutted’’ he won’t be able to sit his 2014 LV= Breakthrough Player award alongside a winner’s medal from the Anglo-Welsh competition this season. Devoto, 20, was this week named the winner of the award after a vote, his
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE DIVISION TWO PREVIEW: Top spot up for grabs at the Beeches
THE MATCH of the day this Sunday has to be the Division Two clash at the Beeches, Shaw, where leaders Southwick Wanderers take on second-placed hosts Miller Sports A. A win for Matt Rusling’s visitors would almost certainly end Miller’s hopes
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE DIVISION THREE PREVIEW: Wren out to end losing run
MATT FENN'S Division Three basement side Wren FC will play host to Worton & Cheverell (Sunday) at the weekend and Fenn’s men will be out to end their eight-match losing streak, that stretches back to mid-October. Chris Cole’s visitors to Beversbrook
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CHIPPENHAM & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE DIVISION FOUR PREVIEW: Rowde bid to keep fine run going
AN UNBEATEN five-match run has seen an upturn in form for Cross Keys Rowde but Josh Scott’s side, who returned to action after a month lay-off last week, will have to be at their best if they are to have any chance of getting the better of Bath Road
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Westbury air charity celebrates sweet 16th
Westbury’s Wiltshire Air Ambulance Supporters’ Shop celebrated its 16th anniversary on Saturday as shoppers joined staff for a coffee morning. The shop in Maristow Street was run by the air ambulance’s biggest fundraiser Dot Whitehead for 15 years
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£2,000 offered for information leading to recovery of Wingfield’s stolen statue
A reward of £2,000 is being offered for the recovery of Wingfield’s 93-year-old bronze statue of Christ which was stolen from the village’s First World War memorial. The statue, worth an estimated £10,000, was taken overnight on February 28 from
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Enjoy the glamour of the Guys and Dolls, with discount tickets for first 20 readers
GUYS and Dolls is the classic musical tale of illegal New York gamblers, nightclub dancers, and the hard-pressed Save-a-Soul mission members who are trying, in vain, to convert all the sinners on Broadway. High roller Sky Masterson accepts the seemingly
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Review: Swan Lake. The Theatre Royal, Bath
Until now my previous experience of live ballet has been watching a small daughter trip round the stage as a flower/leaf/butterfly at her class’ twice-yearly ‘parents performance’. Her interest didn’t last long, but did leave with a passion for
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Preview: Corsham Film Festival, The Pound Arts Centre
Children, the wild outdoors, the relationship between a farmer and his livestock, the mysteries and dangers of deep sea fishing, both by man and mammalian predator, music, the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster and the a portrait of a ruthless sportsman
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Preview: Accrington Pals Athenaeum , Warminster
A talented cast of young people has been gathered for Warminster's Athenaeum Limelight Players production of Peter Whelan's Accrington pals. Some are new to ALPs, but they include Rob Billen, who played Romeo last November, and Dora Bishop, who
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ATHLETICS: Big Apple will be Sandra’s next step
TWO years ago, Winsley mother Sandra Maslen took her first tentative steps as a runner in Central Park – now she returns this weekend to tackle the New York Half Marathon as a paid up club member, writes Kevin Fahey. On that last trip to visit
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KICKBOXING: Danny getting his kicks from same manoeuvre
STAVERTON’s Danny Sergiu is aiming to notch up a hat-trick of victories in Bristol next month – all using the same kick. The 25-year-old, who runs the Collision Fight Academy, beat Swansea’s Dave Johnson with a punishing left kick to the head in
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Crossfire over Trowbridge's park tank plan
Hostilities will resume on Tuesday when Trowbridge Town Council meets to discuss placing a £250,000 replica tank in the town’s park. The plans are to build a decorative Mark IV Female 222, and have it in position by 2016. A committee from Trow-bridge
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GYMNASTICS: A spring in their step
WEST Wilts Esprit Gymnastics Club held their annual Floor and Vault competition at Trowbridge, with a record number of 106 entries. Four new categories – boys’ recreational, boys’ development, rhythmic and adults – were introduced, with the club
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RUGBY: Bradford back on top
BRADFORD coach Dave George agrees that his side’s league trip to Supermarine a week tomorrow is likely to prove a pivotal afternoon for their title ambitions. The Ashley Lane side claimed a bonus-point triumph over improving basement boys Pewsey
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CROSS COUNTRY: Alex’s classy finish?
ALEX Carter is determined to end his career in the English Schools’ Cross Country Championships with a flourish in Castle Donington on Saturday, writes Kevin Fahey. The 18-year-old St Laurence School student will be making his fifth and final appearance
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CALOR LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION: Frome boss Foster backs 3G pitch bid
FROME Town chief Adrian Foster says that he’s ready to embrace the future after his club announced plans to install a new artificial 3G pitch at Badgers Hill. After holding talks with the Football Association and the Somerset FA, the Calor League
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Trowbridge rector’s book will help fix leaky hall roof
A retired Trowbridge rector has released a book of reflections to help fund roof repairs at St John’s Church Hall in Upper Studley. Canon Christopher Brown, 69, was rector at St James’ Church, Trow- bridge from 1988 to 2009. During a sabbatical
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FOOTBALL ROUND-UP: Bradford book their final spot
BRADFORD Town manager Paul Shanley was thrilled to see his side keep their double dream alive after being handed the fillip of a county cup final. Bradford, who remain on course to lift the Toolstation League First Division title, were booted out
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Temporary traffic lights remain in Staverton following burst water main
The temporary traffic lights which were put in Staverton on Wednesday following a burst water main are expected to be removed today. Wessex Water engineers have completed the repairs on the B3105, near The Old Bear Inn, and tarmac work is being
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Trowbridge schools win £100 each on Fairtrade
Two Trowbridge schools were rewarded at the Town Hall for their support of Fairtrade Trowbridge. During the event on Saturday, Hilperton Primary School gave a presentation on the production of palm oil and Walwayne Court Primary School gave a demonstration
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Dorothy House seeks volunteers for new Trowbridge fundraising store
Dozens of people flocked to the opening of Dorothy House’s new Trowbridge furniture shop on Tuesday. Following the success of similar stores in Melksham, Chippenham and Bath, the Winsley-based hospice has taken over the former Blockbuster unit
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WILTSHIRE ROAD RACE LEAGUE: Runners take the early lead
ENGLAND international Amy Chalk clinched victory in the ladies’ race at the Castle Combe Half-Marathon as the 2014 Wiltshire Road Race League got under way on Sunday. Bristol & West AC runner Chalk, who lives in Stanley, near Chippenham, finished
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Westbury station manager chuffed with rail award
Westbury Railway Station manager Nicholas Reid said he has learned from the best, after receiving an award for Young Professional of the Year at the Rail Business Awards. The 26-year-old manages 20 stations across Wiltshire and Somerset, including
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Rode in fight to keep bus service
Rode Parish Council will fight to save the village bus service from being axed when it meets First Bus UK today. Villagers learned last week that from April 13 the 267 bus, from Bath to Frome, will no longer visit Rode, but go straight down the
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Trowbridge Tesco store in £5,500 diabetes boost
Trowbridge's Tesco Extra has raised £5,500 for Diabetes UK after a year of fundraising. Events included sponsored cycles and a secondhand book sale, among others, for the supermarket’s charity partner. Phaedra Perry, Diabetes UK’s south west
