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Courses are facing cuts

11:00am Sunday 21st March 2010

ADULTS look set to lose out on vital numeracy and literacy services as college funding is cut.

Back street dog breeding is ‘rife’

9:40am Sunday 21st March 2010

AT three years old Staffordshire bull terrier Peewhe should be a healthy 17kg – instead he weighs as a dog half his size and was so malnourished he began to eat his tail.

Chippenham murder suspect remains in custody

9:40pm Saturday 20th March 2010

THE 41 year old Chippenham man arrested on suspicion of murder following the disappearance of Donavan Van Lill remains in custoday today.

Extra £1m to go on road repairs in Wiltshire

4:00pm Saturday 20th March 2010

Wiltshire Council is investing another £1million in filling potholes on roads hit by severe winter weather.

Pupils from Atworth and Melksham enjoy a taste of India

Ghias Uddin of Melksham’s Refa Tandoori introduces Indian cooking to pupils at Churchfields School

2:00pm Saturday 20th March 2010

SCHOOLCHILDREN from near Melksham and Bradford on Avon have been learning all about Indian cuisine and costume.

Have your say on the trains' future in Wiltshire

Graham Ellis

11:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

People who care about the rail services in their towns are being invited to join a partnership which will launch next week.

Bowood unveils new play area for the under sevens

Steve Parfitt, Lord Lansdowne, Geoff Partridge, Roy Derham and Mark Abrams in the new Partridge Play Pen

9:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

Visitors to Bowood this summer will notice a new addition to the adventure playground after a special play area was installed in time for opening at the end of the month.

Wootton Bassett sixth formers rise to challenge

Sixth formers with Wendy and David Armitage, right, of Swindon Kidney Patients’ Association

9:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

Sixth formers at Wootton Bassett School have raised £1,632 for Swindon Kidney Patients Association.

Pupils join Trowbridge police for a community walk

PCSOs Gemma Bloomfield and Neil Usborne, assistant store manager Steve Taylor of Lidl and pupils from Bellefield School at their school’s liaison initiative

9:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

Police in Trowbridge have been teaching primary school children about the impact and effects of anti-social behaviour.

Warminster CCTV operators praised after arrests

8:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

CCTV operators have been praised in Warminster after helping to detain three offenders accused of using crowbars to break into shops in the town centre.

Mystery over chipmunk spotted in Upavon garden

The chipmunk perches on Fred Hodges' fence

7:50am Saturday 20th March 2010

Retired greengrocer Fred Hodges thought he was seeing things when he looked out of his kitchen window and spotted a chipmunk perched on his garden fence.

Schools fight cuts in special needs centres

MP James Gray with Cathy Conway and pupils in Malmesbury

7:30am Saturday 20th March 2010

Governors at county primary schools are fighting plans to close their special needs learning centres.

Disabled driver injured in row in Chippenham

Susan Simmons

7:20am Saturday 20th March 2010

Disabled Susan Simmons is still recovering after having her car door slammed into her shoulder when she confronted a driver for parking in a disabled bay without a permit.

Barbury horse trials to join with county show

7:10am Saturday 20th March 2010

Barbury Horse Trials is aiming to become an attraction for all the family by incorporating the Wiltshire County Show.

Sutton Benger charity marks decade of donations

The Benger Bears pre-school with a new gazebo funded by the village trust

7:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

Members of a village trust in Sutton Benger are celebrating after its latest grant took donations to a £100,000 in ten years.

Devizes schools may unite under one headteacher

7:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

Southbroom infants and Junior schools could have one headteacher if plans to collaborate are approved.

Devizes MP tells of regret over hospital

7:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

In one of his last speeches as MP for Devizes, Michael Ancram last week spoke of his disappointment that the town has lost its hospital.

Wiltshire wages war on potholes

7:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

Wiltshire Council is investing £1 million in filling potholes on roads hit by severe winter weather.

Broad Hinton family raise funds in gratitude

Benj with, back left, his mother Lynda McMahon; right, consultant paediatrician Helen Price and other oncology staff at Great Western Hospital

7:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

Teenager Benjamin McMahon and his parents Lynda and Paul have raised more than £32,000 for two hospitals to show their thanks to the medical teams that nursed him successfully through two bouts of leukaemia.






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