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Sign up and have a vote
CANVASSERS are to hit doorsteps across the county today to give people the final chance to register to vote in the next elections. Electoral registration forms were sent out to all 200,000 households in Wiltshire at the end of August and so far, 70
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Avoid tricks in Wiltshire this Halloween
Halloween night in Wiltshire will be a safer time and place for those who are not fans of the trick or treat tradition, according to police. Officers will patrol known hot spots to tackle violent crime and criminal damage while helping reduce crime and
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A grand design for Corsham homes
GRAND Designs presenter Kevin McCloud’s company Hab will be joining members of a community environmental group in Corsham next week to explore sustainable home building. Experts and visionaries on the cutting edge of sustainable home design will be meeting
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Celebrations overseas for readers
OVERSEAS Wiltshire Times readers Harold and Joan Stokes have reminisced about their life in Trowbridge after celebrating 60 years of marriage. The pair, who now live in Oakville, Canada, married on September 15, 1951. They spent 33 years
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Melksham crash driver believed to have fallen asleep at the wheel
A man who crashed his car driving along the Semington to Melksham bypass at 4pm today was believed to have fallen asleep a wheel. He was driving a Rover 75 towards Melksham when the car drove right over the roundabout near the Melksham Divisional Police
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Spooky night of fun thanks to Corsham Co-op cash
THE Co-operative Food Store has donated £100 of products to the residents of Katherine Park in Corsham to go towards their Hallowe’en party on Monday. Kay Wood, one of the event organisers, said: “We are very grateful for this boost from the Co-operative
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Man, 53, jailed for hoarding indecent images of children on PC
A civil servant who downloaded more than 28,000 indecent images of children from the internet said it was no more than ‘stamp collecting’. Steven Hawkins, of Fairwood Close, Hilperton, Trowbridge, catalogued and stored the vile pictures and
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Traffic delays in Bradford on Avon following crash
Two vehicles were involved in a collision on the B3105 at the Leigh Road and Sladebrook junction in Bradford on Avon today (Thursday). An Audi A4 and a Ford Escort mini van were involved in the incident at about 12.30pm, with a paramedic arriving at
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Hog is doing fine
In reply to Mr John Collins’ letter in last Friday’s paper headed Help Hedgehogs, my photograph was indeed taken in the daylight (mid-afternoon), which I know is unusual. However, I do not think this hedgehog was ill – he was simply having a snack before
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Thank you
I would like to thank the people of Westbury for raising £68.15 during my street collection on October 22 in aid of the Brooke Hospital for Animals, a charity helping to improve the quality of life of working animals in some of the world’s poorest
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Thanks for generosity
I would like to thank the people of Bradford on Avon for their support during our street collection on October 8, when £402 was raised. This generosity is a measure of the regard for Oxfam’s continuing work in the developing world. Mrs Freddie Walker
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Switch and save
The clocks go back this weekend, heralding the start of another cold winter and with a recent Which? survey showing that energy prices are the number one financial concern for consumers, it’s more important than ever to ensure that your household is
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No plans to close
As secretary of Chippenham & District Talking Newspapers, I would like to correct the impression given last week in your article that there are concerns the talking newspapers we provide each week to local people with visual impairments or any other forms
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Gateway to Culture
Over recent weeks, one thing has become abundantly clear. Namely, the powers that be at Wiltshire College, Trowbridge, are failing to realise and thereby appreciate just what a fantastically theatrically versatile asset they have on their very own doorstep
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Ramp is an eyesore
Is it just me or has no-one else noticed, the front of this beautiful building [County Hall] has been vandalised, someone must be responsible for this eyesore ramp. At first I thought the council must have hired that well known firm Boggit & Leggit.
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Why ticket us for a long ride?
I have a puzzle concerning our travel by Faresaver busses using our concessionary bus passes. Recently when travelling by service X34 northbound through Melksham we have been issued with tickets to our destination, but on the return southbound journey
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Manor reborn for TV
The BBC will follow the fortunes of budding gardeners from Wiltshire College restoring Avebury Manor’s walled garden in Wiltshire this winter. The television series, likely to be entitled To the Manor Reborn, comprises four episodes and is expected to
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And full of wildlife
In reply to Mary Yeandel’s letter Where have all the squirrels gone?, I found it amazing that she says Southwick Country Park is ‘now bereft of nature’. Perhaps she should walk round with her eyes open. As a regular walker in the Country Park I see different
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Thanks, shoppers
On behalf of the Bath and District Royal Marines Association, I would like to say thank you for all the donations we received on our collection day at Tescos. A total of £400 was achieved. This is much appreciated and will go to support our brave marines
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Good Samaritans
We would just like to say how much we appreciated the help and kindness shown to me by the couple who helped me after I fell in Marlborough on Saturday morning (October 15). Thank you Pearl and John Harrington, Tynings Way, Westwood.
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FGW to go in 2013
Regrettfully more incorrect information has been printed in the Wiltshire Times, October 21, where Cllr Potter of Bradford on Avon is not aware of the position of the First Great Western franchise. The franchise runs to April 2013 with an extension option
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Hour is not enough
So we are to all have a token in the next issue of the council’s Wiltshire Magazine, that will give us all one hour’s free parking. Well, it’s a start, but with respect this will do nothing to improve trade in the district. Wiltshire Council’s Cabinet
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Whatever next?
Last week you were kind enough to publish a letter in which I described as obvious nonsense Wiltshire Council’s claim that hugely increased parking charges had no impact on local trade. I was about to offer my views on your report that the same council
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Put it to the test
It seems to me as a casual observer that the numbers in the car parks have fallen dramatically since April due to the increased charges and I believe as a business owner in the town centre the commercial sector has very little control over the number
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Park is a delight
Thank you so much to all those people from The Landscape Group and volunteers working on instructions from Wiltshire Council for keeping the paths and meadows in Southwick Country Park in such good order. It all looked so beautiful this spring and summer
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Hall: big mistake
Let's look at the Civic Hall prior to demolition: a very good place to hold a small, large or family function, at a reasonable hire fee with fair bar prices, own caterer selected or even family providing their own food. I have just heard on good authority
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Why bother asking if you don’t listen?
I would be interested to know if any of your readers had any more response to their questions and queries from the West Wilts Council roadshow stationed at Sainsburys, Bradford on Avon, on Friday, October 7. I explained that I did not have room for another
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Drivers at braking point due to mix-up
DRIVERS have been left with damaged engines after a blunder at a Westbury petrol station saw diesel fuel put into two unleaded pumps. The mistake on pumps seven and eight at the Total station, in Warminster Road, happened on Thursday, but wasn’t spotted
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BOBSLEIGH: Walker hints at identity of injured British team-mates
Hilperton's Paula Walker has expressed her concern for her two Great Britain team-mates that were hospitalised after a serious crash during training in Germany. British Bobsleigh confirmed this afternoon that two athletes had been seriously
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Raising money for Children in Need?
The Wiltshire Times will be publishing a round-up of Children in Need fundraisers in advance of the big day. So if you are holding a cake sale, planning to sit in a bath of baked beans or doing anything else wacky for the cause, tell us now.
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Single red rose tributes to son
HUNDREDS of relatives, friends and workmates of 29-year-old furniture worker Lee Wells turned up to bid him a sad farewell. Mr Wells, who was born in Bromham but lived in Melks-ham, died after he was knocked off his bike and run over in Sandridge on
