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Council to spend an extra £1 million on pothole repairs in Wiltshire

2:07pm Monday 15th March 2010

Wiltshire Council says an extra £1 million is to be pumped into repairing the county's roads which have been badly affected by the severe winter weather.

Melksham drink-driver given 19-month ban after supermarket crash

Woman escapes jail after giving away boyfriend's gun

12:30pm Monday 15th March 2010

A Melksham man has been banned from driving for 19 months after he crashed his car into a supermarket wall before abandoning it.

Calne dad jailed for running cannabis factory

12:19pm Monday 15th March 2010

A dad who made tens of thousands of pounds growing cannabis in an industrial unit has been jailed for four years.

Trowbridge stonemason blames recession as he calls it a day

Noel Morgan

11:40am Monday 15th March 2010

A Trowbridge stonemason, responsible for creating a seven foot Running Man sculpture inspired by film character Forrest Gump, is blaming the recession for his decision to wind up his business.

Former addicts organise annual five-a-side football tournament

10:30am Monday 15th March 2010

A five-a-side football match will be held later this month organised by recovering drug addicts being supported by a Trowbridge organisation.

Warminster schoolkids hosting quiz night to fund Amazon trip

Warminster students are off to the Amazon jungle this summer

10:10am Monday 15th March 2010

Warminster Prep School will be holding a quiz night next week to help fund conservation work in South America.

Police believe stolen equipment could end up on internet

Police believe stolen equipment could end up on internet

9:46am Monday 15th March 2010

The public is being urged to keep a look out at local sales and on auction website eBay for camera equipment stolen at a mayoral event in Warminster.

Melksham Rotary man organises canal walk to raise £15k

The organiser and others

9:00am Monday 15th March 2010

Roman emperor Hadrian is the inspiration for a sponsored walk that Rotarians hope will raise at least £15,000 for local good causes.

It's high time for a spring clean at Longleat

Longleat House steward Steve Blyth employs the scaffold to dust the giant Irish Elk antlers

8:30am Monday 15th March 2010

The largest room in Longleat House is getting a spring clean before one of the busiest periods in the estate’s calendar.

Trowbridge youngsters get running for appeal

Finishers in the Sport Relief Mile at Holbrook Primary School on Wednesday                        Photo: Glenn Phillips (38981)

7:30am Monday 15th March 2010

Pupils in Trowbridge have been putting on their running shoes to raise cash for this year’s Sport Relief appeal.







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