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Trowbridge fire fighters tackle car blaze
TROWBRIDGE firefighters were called to Melksham just before 8am today to a car blaze. A spokesman for Dorset & Wiltshire fire and rescue said: "A crew from Trowbridge extinguished a car fire in Melksham using two breathing apparatus and one hose
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Firefighters from across county deal with thatched cottage alert
FIREFIGHTERS from across the county were sent to a village near Devizes during the early hours of today after they were alerted to a chimney fire at a thatched cottage. Watch manager Richard Lake from Devizes fire station said: "We were called just
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Man who preyed on girls at hostel for homeless sent to jail
A man still himself scarred from years of childhood abuse groomed two teenage girls at a council-run hostel for homeless families. Peter Maynard, 51, was living at Underwood House, Stratton, with his own teen children in 2002 when he started preying
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Villagers hit by Christmas flooding call for action
Villagers whose road was hit by flooding over Christmas have called for better maintenance of a stream running by their homes. Flooding shut Perry’s Lane, Wroughton, on Christmas Eve. At its deepest the waters reached to knee-height. Villagers
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Fire crews battle blaze which led to one elderly person needing oxygen
Fire crews from Corsham and Chippenham joined those military firefighters yesterday when a blaze broke out. An elderly man was treated with oxygen by the firefighters before an ambulance arrived. A spokesman for Dorset and Wiltshire fire and
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Five babies born on Christmas Day
CHRISTMAS Day brought five new arrivals to Great Western Hospital’s maternity ward. First to be born was Evelyn Legg, born by caesarean section a little after 9am. The youngster was 11 days late – and a healthy 9lbs 2oz when she finally arrived
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Two Wiltshire police officers on New Year honours list
The senior officer who oversaw the Wiltshire response in the wake of the Novichok poisonings has been recognised in the New Year’s Honours with the Queen’s Police Medal. Deputy Chief Constable Paul Mills was one of two officers from the force to
