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Star Wars fans meet Chewbacca in Chippenham
STAR Wars fans in Chippenham were in for a surprise on Friday as Chewbacca visited the cinema. John Gallacher, who is a member of charity costuming group MK Garrison, dressed up as the lovable Wookie and pleased cinema-goers at the Reel as they
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Accountancy firm gets festive with fundraising
A COTSWOLD-BASED accountancy firm got into the Christmas spirit in the build up to the big day. McGills Chartered Accountants, who have an office in Malmesbury, counted down to the 25th with a reverse advent calendar, a Christmas pudding sale, a
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Hundreds visit Avebury for winter solstice
HUNDREDS of people gathered at Avebury stone circle, and thousands to Stonehenge, early on Sunday to celebrate the Winter Solstice. Eager visitors watched the sunrise at 8.11am as they prepared for the shortest day of the year. Avebury is the largest
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Here are the changes to your bin schedule over Christmas
PEOPLE across the county will need to remember to put their bins out on different days, as the household waste collection changes over Christmas time. There will be no collections on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, but catch-up collections
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Firms save charity's Christmas dinner after money worries
A MALMESBURY charity was given a cash boost for its Christmas lunch after a firework fundraiser was foiled by foul weather. HEALS of Malmesbury ran a community festive dinner for 90 people at the town hall on Friday. It was feared this would not
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Corsham pupils work together in nativity show
PUPILS at Corsham Primary School dressed up in festive costumes for their Christmas nativity show. The Year 1 and 2 classes on the Pound Pill site performed their play Everyone Loves a Baby to parents and the rest of the school. The reception
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Lackham campus begins work on £9m development
WORK on the first stage of a £9m development at a Wiltshire College & University Centre campus is underway. The former Animal Centre and outdoor enclosures at Lackham have been demolished to make way for modern rooms which are currently under construction
