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Teen charged after Pizza Hut incident
A TEENAGER charged with dangerous driving in connection with a crash at Pizza Hut in Chippenham will appear before magistrates on Wednesday. John Beacham, 17, of Warwick Close, Chippenham, was charged after a crash at the Bath Road restaurant in August
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Mixed report on council services
NORTH Wiltshire District Council has received a mixed report from the organisation that assesses the performance of local authorities. In its annual audit and inspection letter, the Audit Commission was critical of some aspects of the council's performance
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Reward offered to snare armed raiders
FAST-food giant McDonald's has put up a £500 reward to help catch a pair of armed robbers who subjected the pregnant manager of the Chippenham restaurant to a terrifying ordeal. It is 10 months since the raiders struck at the Bath Road restaurant,
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Princess to open new education complex
PRINCESS Anne will visit Notton House School near Lacock in June to open its multi-million pound education centre. Notton House, a large country house off the A350, houses a boarding school, educating boys with emotional, social and behavioural difficulties
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Cash boost for town projects
COMMUNITY organisations in Corsham are being invited to apply for grants to help support initiatives that benefit the town. Corsham Town Council has earmarked more than £4,000 for small grants. Applicants that provide a service, enhance the quality
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Tenants ordered to leave
A PAIR of illegal tenants ordered to leave a flat in Chippenham are still refusing to move. The occupants have been in the one-bedroom property in Blackwell Hams since September after the original tenant handed his keys over to friends, rather than
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Union left out of plan to help staff
TRADE unions representing workers at the Hygrade Foods factories in Chippenham and Chard have been banned from a task group set up to help the 850 members of staff who will lose their jobs. The task group, set up by Jobcentre Plus, brings together
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Plough marathon for ambulance
STUDENTS from Wiltshire College Lackham took part in a 24-hour ploughing marathon to raise money for charity. The 12 students, who are all in the first year of the National Diploma in Farm Mechanisation, ploughed from 9am on Wednesday in fields lining
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Teenager caused a crime wave
A ONE-MAN crime spree' was how Darren Swallow was described at Chippenham magistrates' court on Friday. Swallow, 19, of Moorlands, Chippenham, who had no previous convictions until a few months ago, admitted breaking into his brother's house and stealing
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Chance to fulfil a pub dream
THE chance to run two pubs in north Wiltshire is up for grabs. The lease for The Mermaid, near Chippenham, is on the market for £99,500 while the Three Brewers in Corsham is going for £60,000. The Mermaid, in Christian Malford, is built in the style
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Baby joy for five generations
FIVE generations of one Chippenham family got together on Tuesday to celebrate the birth of new arrival Joshua Hiscock. Family matriarch 86-year-old Anne Jenkins, who lives in Corsham, is the mother of Marlene Hiscock, 66, from Chippenham. Marlene's
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Down to earth
A GROUP devoted to restoring a meadow in Chippenham to its former glory is looking for more volunteers. The Baydons Meadow Wildlife Group has been meeting on the first Sunday of every month for the last three years to carry out conservation work in
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Family devastated by blaze trauma
Fire has destroyed the offices of a family firm that has been in business for more than 50 years. Firefighters were called to the blaze at AEP (Chippenham) Limited on the Leafield Industrial Estate in Corsham shortly after 11.30pm on Tuesday and an
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OBITUARY: Mrs Ileene Hill
THE funeral of Ileene Hill will be held at St Michael's and All Angels Church, Hilperton, at midday today. Mrs Hill was wife of the late Paul Hill of Trowbridge and a dearly loved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Donations in lieu of flowers
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OBITUARY: Mrs Vera Forster
DEVOTED Christian Vera Forster died at the Royal United Hospital in Bath on April 12 at the age of 84. Mrs Forster was born and raised in Beckington, Somerset, along with her two brothers, one older and one younger. She met her future husband, George
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OBITUARY: Mr Jake Seamer
FORMER Mayor of Marlborough Jake Seamer, who was the last person to be made a Freeman of the town, has died at the age of 92. Mr Seamer was a member of the old borough council and its successor town council. He served as mayor of the old borough council
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BIRTH: Ethan James Pow
LITTLE Ethan gave his mum a bit of a shock when he arrived a week early. He is the first child for Michelle Pow, 26, a sales manager for Playforce, in Holt, and her husband Derek, 28, a section manager at Tesco. Mrs Pow said: "The pregnancy was fine
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BIRTH: Rossi Lorenzo Melillo
NEW dad Giuseppe Melillo is hoping his baby son will follow in the footsteps of his namesake, motorbike racer Valentino Rossi. Mr Melillo, 32, has already bought the new arrival a mini moto and is hoping he will grow up to be a racing driver. Mum Leisa
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MARRIAGE: Alison Fletcher & Michael Connor
Miss Alison Michelle Fletcher and Mr Michael John Connor were married at Trowbridge Register Office on April 8. The bride is the daughter of Michael Fletcher and the late Dawn Fletcher, of Melksham, and the bridegroom is the son of John Connor and
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Down memory lane
This photo, from Mr S Jones, of Trowbridge, is believed to be of the founder members of the Victory Lodge No 2569 of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes circa 1919. Can any readers put names to those photographed? The Wiltshire Times is
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Nostalgia
Delia Fricker, of Bradford on Avon, has sent in this week's picture from the past. The group belonged to the Venture Girls club and the photo is thought to have been taken around 1942-1944. She names them as front row: Dora Harding (kneeling), Peggy
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Then & Now - Lacock
AS we move towards Melksham we stop off for a glimpse at historic Lacock. The name Lacock comes from the Saxon Lacuc, meaning little stream, this being the Bide Brook around which the village has grown. When the Doomsday Survey was made, Lacock
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My Wiltshire Life - John Pomeroy
VINTAGE vehicle enthusiast John Pomeroy, 60, has spent much of his life organising events and rallies around commercial vehicles. He lives in Warminster with his wife Sheila. The couple have three grown-up daughters, Helen, Hazel and Sarah, two grandchildren
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Show stays on the right track
The Trainwest Model Railway Exhibition celebrated the 200th birthday of Brunel with a spectacular birthday cake blazing with 200 candles. The show at the Olympiad Leisure Centre, Chippenham, drew a record attendance of nearly 3,000 people, and the
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Comedian's starring role at festival
COMEDIAN Paul Merton is headlining this summer's Frome Festival, it has been announced. The star of Have I Got News For You is among a list of star names at the fesitval which runs from Friday July 7 to Sunday July 16. In all the festival features
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Josh cooks up a storm after TV show triumph
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Trowbridge boy Josh Holder got the chance to cook with a chef to the stars before feeding a host of exotic animals at London Zoo after winning a TV show's competition. Josh, a pupil at Holbrook Primary School, conjured up a healthy animal-themed
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Swimmers aim to get timing right for £18k appeal
SWIMMERS are working hard organising events, fundraising and appealing for sponsors to help raise nearly £20,000. Trowbridge Amateur Swimming Club is aiming to raise £18,000 to buy new electronic timing equipment. Alun Williams, the club's fundraising
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Nurseries celebrate blooming successes
FLOWER enthusiasts from Wiltshire are celebrating wins in an annual show held in Cardiff at the weekend. Westdale Nurseries in Bradford on Avon walked away with a gold medal in the floral marquee category at the Royal Horticultural Society's Spring
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Marchers brave the rain
CHRISTIANS stepped out to demonstrate the true meaning of Easter on Good Friday. Hundreds of people took part in March of Witness events held in towns across west and north Wiltshire to mark Holy Week and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In Trowbridge
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Go Dotty for fundraising
CONCERTS, balls and pantomime horse races are some of the events planned to mark Dorothy House's 30th anniversary. The Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News is asking readers to help make 2006 special for the Winsley hospice by adopting Dorothy House
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Sofa so good for John as he calls it a day
A THREE month project turned into a nine year labour of love for John Greenslade, who has helped raise thousands of pounds for Dorothy House by running its second hand furniture shop in Melksham. Mr Greenslade, 64, worked his last shift on Saturday
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It's PCTs' fault
THE responsibility of debt clearly lays with Kennet and North Wiltshire together with west Wiltshire PCTs' past and present bureaucrats. How much longer will patients allow them to waste money on schemes which have not worked, using funds provided
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EU is to blame
WE are all fed up with the council tax rises; the closure of hospitals, and the redundancy of nurses and doctors in those that survive. Where will it all end? We could afford better hospitals, lower council tax and better pensions if Tony Blair hadn't
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What a choice!
I WOULD like to comment on the PCT proposals for the future of our community hospitals. This is their view of the future as a result of the Pathways for Change exercise. Someone has put the proposals on view in the windows of the visitors' centre in
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Top traders
WE wish to express our thanks to our local TV engineer, Mr Harris of Castle Street, for his honest and fair trading. Instead of carrying out expensive repairs, he advised us that the cause of malfunction in our TV set was a manufacturing fault, and supplied
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Tenants' views
WE feel that your article in last week's Wiltshire Times Anger as garage demolition plan is announced' did not address the real concerns of neighbours and tenants, which are as follows: 1. It is generally believed that there are old stone quarries
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Vote 'a farce'
ANY tampering with the vote is staggering. The sheer scale of it is absolute black comedy laughable if it were not so deadly serious. This sort of thing can put the paper into a difficult position, and for the editor not to point the finger at anyone
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Give him credit
I FEEL I must defend Cllr Hawker and his participation in health care matters in respect of Westbury. Cllr Hawker has been an active campaigner on all health care issues in Westbury, he was one of the founders of the successful second doctor's surgery
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Councillor's say
THE anonymous letter ("Vote him off") from a trades unionist, referring to my recent disapproving comments about the recent UNISON union strike by some council staff contained misleading muddles which deserve a response. I also take issue with your
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Villa boss tells youngsters: 'You have to just go for it'
PREMIERSHIP manager and former football star David O'Leary talked about his career to young people in Trowbridge. The Aston Villa manager was at the Amber Centre at Bythesea Road to talk about his personal and professional achievements. He said: "
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OAP, 76, is con victim
CALLOUS conmen tricked their way into a 76-year-old woman's home. The pensioner, who lives in Henderson Close, Trowbridge, was fooled by a man posing as a council official wanting to check the water supply, because Wessex Water was carrying out work
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Couple's golden celebrations
GOLDEN couple Frederick and June Marriott believe a guardian angel has watched over their 50-year marriage. Shortly after falling in love as teenagers Mr Marriott, 72, was posted to Korea with the army while Mrs Marriott, 70, was taken ill with TB
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Sweet or tasteless?
AN ART gallery in Bradford on Avon is displaying a controversial crucifixion scene as part of an Easter exhibition. George Heslop, 47, who is the artist in residence at the Ale and Porter gallery in Silver Street during Easter, created a Jesus on
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New plan to expand Tesco
SUPERMARKET chain Tesco has made another attempt to expand its Trowbridge store. The supermarket wants to add a mezzanine level at the County Way store in order to increase the amount of non-food items it can sell. The store does not need planning
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Couple complete North Pole trek
RUNNING 26 miles through snow and ice in freezing temperatures may not be many people's idea of fun. But husband and wife team Evelyn Haran, 43, and Tony Copp, 51, from Westbury Leigh, did just that when they took part in the North Pole Marathon. The
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Oil drums spark fire alert at airfield
FIRE crews were called to Keevil Airfield on Monday evening as up to 100 empty oil drums caught alight. The blaze broke out among the 25-gallon drums, pallets and trays at the airfield at about 6pm. Fire crews and equipment from Melksham, Westbury,
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Error causes confusion on bypass plan
A MISTAKE over figures has led to more confusion about the Westbury bypass. Rosemary Marx from the Campaign to Protect Rural England transport campaign group accused Wiltshire County Council of overspending on the budget for the scheme when government
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Error caause confusion on bypass plan
A MISTAKE over figures has led to more confusion about the Westbury bypass. Rosemary Marx from the Campaign to Protect Rural England transport campaign group accused Wiltshire County Council of overspending on the budget for the scheme when government
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Son's meningitis scare inspires marathon effort
AFTER nearly losing his 11-year-old son to a brain illness, Owen Margetts is taking on the challenge of running the London Marathon to raise money for the Brain and Spine Foundation. Mr Margetts, 40, of Frome Road, Trowbridge, has been busy training
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Villages to fight boundary changes
PEOPLE in North Bradley and Southwick are gearing up to fight plans they say will erode their village identities. Villagers have vowed to fight proposals by the Boundary Commission to change district electoral wards, joining them with areas of nearby
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Heroin addict shopped by his grandmother
A GRANDMOTHER has told of her heartbreak at having to report her heroin-addicted grandson to the police for stealing from her. Darren Andrews, 23, of Woodcock Road, Warminster, admitted stealing more than £500 worth of jewellery to fund his habit at
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Samuel jumps at the chance
BEING in a wheelchair is not going to stop Samuel Merchant jumping out of a plane to raise money for charity. The 25-year-old, of Northleigh, Bradford on Avon, suffers from Friedrich's ataxia, a rare neurological degenerative disease which causes co-ordination
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Pervert used credit card of partner to buy sick images
AN internet paedophile used his dyslexic partner's credit card to pay for lewd photos and movies involving children because he knew she could not read the bank statements, a court heard. Brian Gerrard, 56, of Winterslow Road, Trowbridge, amassed more
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Campaigners draw up hospital battle plans
BATTLE plans are being drawn up in the fight to save the doomed community hospitals in west Wiltshire. Campaigners are still coming to terms with the news that both Trowbridge and Warminster hospitals will be closed under proposals set out by the West
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Declan puts the UN into uncork
A FORMER high-ranking United Nations official has taken on a new role as a wine consultant for a west Wiltshire village store. The shop at Steeple Ashton, which opened last September, now has a licence to sell wines and spirits and has enlisted Declan
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Community event with taste of Rio
RIO de Janeiro is coming to Trowbridge with dancing, music and the carnival spirit. Spotlight on Trowbridge has been renamed Community Spotlight and is due to take place in the town park in July, with a tribal and rainforest theme. Organiser Steve
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Teresa gets ready to tackle the Himalayas
A CARE home manager from Trowbridge is preparing for an 80km five-day Himalayan trek to raise funds for the National Autistic Society. Teresa Hibbs, 24, is deputy manager of The Old Rectory, a residential home and day centre for 11 adults with autistic
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Town poll call to deliver verdict on councillors
ANGRY residents have called for the resignation of town councillors who voted for an increase of 48 per cent on the council tax. At a town meeting, chaired by west Wiltshire MP Andrew Murrison at Trowbridge Civic Hall on Tuesday, townspeople voted
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Several admit to casting multiple votes
Town councillors in Trowbridge have owned up to casting multiple votes in the Wiltshire Times weekly internet vote. The poll had to be abandoned last week after one person voted more than 1,200 times in answer to the question should councillors who
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Boy fights for life after crash horror
SEVEN people had to be taken to hospital after a horrific four-car pile-up near Bradford on Avon on Monday. A teenage boy from Trowbridge, who was a back seat passengers in one of the cars, was still in hospital yesterday with what were described by
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NHS dentists in short supply
With talk of a crisis looming in the UK's dental industry and with Wiltshire among the worst hit areas, how hard is it to find an NHS place? We asked our reporter Charley Morgan, right, who is new to the area, to investigate by posing as a patient in
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Results For Thursday 20th April 2006
Auto Business Solutions Ltd, Chippenham Sunday League: Premier Division: Sherston Town 1, Maud Heath Sports 4 Trowbridge Harriers 1, Winsley 8 Division One: North Star A 6, Chippenham Police 0 Division Two: Kings Arms (Trowbridge) 7
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Harriers hammered
TROWBRIDGE Harriers' problems at the foot of the Premier Division continued last night as they were hammered 8-1 by Winsley in their bottom of the table clash. The beating leaves them separated from bottom of the table Hullavington by goal difference
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Off the marque
BEETLES and Volkswagen vans have long attracted enthusiastic fans but the organisers of a new club in Trowbridge were shocked at the number of people who turned up to their first meeting. Joanna Ball, 34 and Marc Waldron-Bradley, 38, of Amouracre,
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Killer to wed
DOUBLE murderer Michael Clarke has applied for a licence to marry the girlfriend he met over the internet. The 21-year-old, serving at least 28 years for slaying his parents at their Melksham home, hopes to marry 26-year-old single mum Abbey Hallam
