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RUGBY: Bath 13 Harlequins 26
TRIES from captain Chris Robshaw and full-back Mike Brown saw leaders Harlequins make it eight wins from eight at the start of the Aviva Premiership season. After a slow start at The Rec the Londoners took a stranglehold on the contest as they controlled
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Legion says sorry for parade snub
AN APOLOGY has been given to veteran standard bearers who were banned from taking part in the Royal Wootton Bassett parade last month. More than 70 standard bearers from across the country, including some from the Trowbridge branch of the Royal British
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Three hours for free in December
CHRISTMAS shoppers in Warminster are being given an extra boost as the town council is offering two free hours of parking throughout December. The deal, a seasonal extension of the Warminster Parking Partnership introduced in May, will work with Wiltshire
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Trowbridge drama school offers £1,000 scholarship
A TROWBRIDGE drama school is offering youngsters the chance to win a scholarship worth £1,000. Stagecoach will give the prize to a child aged between six and 18 in the Wiltshire area. Entrants will have to compete in the form of three-hour classes in
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Apply for cash to improve transport
THE charity Community First is hoping to hear from more projects across Wiltshire looking for cash to help people to get around. Community First has more than £10,000 just waiting in its Community Transport Small Grants fund to give away. Backed by
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Future politicians to debate in Parliament
Wiltshire members of the Youth Parliament will be debating in the House of Commons today (Friday) with more than 600 other young people, in the UK Youth Parliament’s Second Annual Commons Debate. Ellie Pullen (West Wiltshire), 15, of Westbury, Jamie
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Clarendon College governors to meet over 'personal matter'
Shocked families are calling for Clarendon College headteacher Mark Stenton to be sacked ahead of a governors’ meeting on Tuesday. The meeting will discuss the 41-year-old’s admission that he sent texts to Amy Honeywell, 14, the daughter of the school
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Query over club opened for swingers
A new club for swingers that has opened in Melksham is being investigated by Wiltshire Council after complaints it may not have the correct designation. Angels, at the Avon Enterprise Park in New Broughton Road, is an adults-only club aimed at swingers
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Service for recycling is rolled out
WEST Wiltshire’s new kerbside plastic bottle and cardboard recycling service started on Monday. It means that every fortnight, residents will be able to use their new blue-lidded bins to recycle the materials from their doorstep. The new bins are being
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Man, 47, 'lucky to be alive' after cow attack
A WINSLEY man is ‘lucky to be alive’ after suffering serious injuries when he was charged by a cow as he walked along a public footpath. Self-employed metal engineer David Billington, 47, was left with two broken vertebrae in his neck and a
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National snub for teardrop charity effort
A TROWBRIDGE woman has been snubbed by the national Royal British Legion after spending a year making 5,000 commemorative teardrops which attach to poppies, only to be told she could no longer be associated with them. Inspired by the repatriations
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Wiltshire firms are best in the west
TWO west Wiltshire food specialists are celebrating after winning best in category awards at the Taste of the West 2011 competition. Downland Produce, based in Bowden Hill, Lacock, won the Best of Sausages award for its pork with breakfast marmalade
