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Shop staff try to save pensioner in Corsham
A Chippenham man in his 70s collapsed and died on Tuesday at Corsham’s Martingate Centre. Francis Parsons, of Marlborough Court, was walking near Boots in the shopping centre when he collapsed and went into cardiac arrest. An ambulance was called at
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MOONRAKER NETBALL LEAGUE: Champions’ winning start to new season
REIGNING champions Devizes 1 got the better of their clubmates Devizes 2 41-14 in the opening match of the Premier Division. Becki Gaiger returned to the shooting circle, applying pressure to the hard-working second team defence of Rosie Brewer
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Holt couple see the world together
HAPPY couple Geoff and Ann Oakley have told how their eyes first met across a crowded dancefloor more than 60 years ago. The pair, who live in Crandon Lea, Holt, celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary last Thursday; 60 years after they married
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TOOLSTATION LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION: Cadbury Heath 4 Westbury United 1
LIKELY promotion contenders Cadbury Heath completed a league double over Westbury United despite having to play with 10 men for two thirds of the game. For Westbury, the match was a disappointing return to league action after the morale-boosting Wiltshire
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Get ready for carnival time...
The carnival spirit returns to west Wiltshire this month as Trowbridge and Warminster host their parades. Warminster Carnival’s organisers are promising their event on October 29 will match last year’s, one of the biggest in its history.
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Drug convict set for work after injury
A woman told by a judge to do 210 hours of community work, after admitting looking after £1,000 of drugs, was signed off sick for six months just days later. Now Jane Price, of Silman Close, Corsham, who suffered whiplash in a car crash soon after sentencing
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ANGLING: Atkins claims memorial prize
THE Bristol Avon at Barton Farm hosted the Airsprung Richard Stainer Memorial Open match on Sunday where Trowbridge matchman John Atkins, of Garbolino Blackmore Vale MG, carried off top prize with skimmers and bleak weighing 14lb 3oz. Kevin Grant of
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‘A life has been lost at outset of its course’
Coach driver Adrian Shearing, who killed six-year-old Finlay Connor and left his mother Niki with appalling injuries when his vehicle sped out of control outside Woodborough School in March, has been jailed for 28 months. Judge Guy Boney
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SOMERSET PREMIER CUP: Frome Town 1 Paulton Rovers 0
FROME Town progressed to the next round of the Somerset Premier Cup after beating Paulton Rovers 1-0 thanks to a well-taken goal by Matt Smith. Frome changed their side around considerably, with Tom Evans moving from left back to centre back and Lee
