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Can you help police find this driver?
An attack on a driver in Trowbridge has led to police investigating an incident of dangerous driving and assault. Police are appealing for information following a report of dangerous driving and assault in Trowbridge. Shortly before 10am on December
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Malmesbury group gives £10,000 to fund life-saving machine
A MALMESBURY helper group has given £10,000 to an appeal which is looking to fund a machine to help Great Western Hospital patients suffering with a liver disease. Malmesbury League of Friends presented the cheque to the Brighter Futures Fibroscan
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Christmas twins were worth the wait as mum told 'no room at the inn'
YOUNG mum Lucy Iles thought her baby twins would be born well in time for them to celebrate Christmas but after a hospital had a big influx of urgent cases her little girls were eventually born on December 25. Mrs Iles, 23, and her soldier husband
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Police seek men after theft from a shop
TECHNOLOGY worth almost £400 was stolen from a shop in Trowbridge during a burglary earlier this month. Officers now want to speak to the two men captured on CCTV in connection with the incident which took place at Bradfords Building Supplies, Canal
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Family gets best possible present
A TROWBRIDGE family got the best Christmas present they could possibly have when they moved into a new home at Southwick. Beata Perry and her sons Michal,18, and Leon,15, moved into their new home in Southview. Mrs Perry said: “It was a real
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Happy ending for Rosie and Jim as community unite to find lost dog
A CHRISTMAS nightmare turned into a festive story of help and kindness after Rosie the Labrador disappeared from the canal tow path in Devizes. Her owners Jim and Sylvie Lloyd were left distraught and unable to sleep for 28 hours after nine-year-old
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Rail strike hits Wilts services
TRAVELLERS using South Western Railway are being warned to expect disruption over the New Year period because of ongoing strike action by the RMT rail union. An amended timetable is in place for many areas, especially services to London Waterloo
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Crews tackle blaze as 20 tonnes of animal feed is alight on farm
FIRE crews tackled flames at a farm in Trowbridge in the early hours of Monday morning following calls from members of the public reporting 20 tonnes of animal feed was well alight. Crews from Bradford on Avon, Trowbridge, Westbury and Warminster
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Attempted phone theft
A WOMAN was left shaken after a man tried to snatch her mobile phone in Shrewton just before Christmas. The incident happened at around 9.30pm on Monday, December 23 when a woman in her 20s was walking along Shrewton High Street, near to the junction
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Uses sought for premises
WESTWOOD Parish Council is appealing for anyone who wishes to use the former Nursery School premises to get in touch. The move follows the closure of the Westwood Nursery School last September. Roger Coleman, of Westwood Parish Council, said:
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Tributes paid to elegant woman who lit up the bowls green
SPORTS lover Daphne Otridge who died aged 93 just before Christmas will be remembered at a funeral service at West Wiltshire Crematorium, Semington, on Monday (January 6) at 3.15pm. Mrs Otridge, who had been married to Maurice for 67 years and lived
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE: Magical Melksham stun high-flying Frome
MELKSHAM Town pulled off the result of Boxing Day’s fixtures in Southern League Division One South when they stunned Frome Town, who began the day at the head of the table. Richard Fey’s side claimed a sensational 4-1 victory at home, becoming just
