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• Vandals attack three shops

  GAZETTE & HERALD: THREE Calne shop windows were vandalised last week causing £800 damage. Police believe the offences were carried out by the same person or persons in the early hours of Friday. read more

• Chance to return to the battlefield

  Ref. 25586-30World War Two veterans are being urged to apply for cash from a £10m lottery grant which will help pay for them to return to the battlefields where they fought. read more

• Campaigners must battle on

  SAVE OUR MATERNITY UNIT: MALMESBURY mums have vowed to fight on to prevent the closure of the town's award winning maternity unit. read more

• Frome Town 2, Devizes Town 1

  SCREWFIX DIVISION ONE: DEVIZES suffered a disappointing defeat as Frome won at home for the first time in six attempts this season. read more

• Highways to get £5m extra for repairs

  Motorists and other road users in Wiltshire will benefit from a £5 million increase in spending on highways maintenance in the council's 2004-05 year. read more

• Dawlish Town 1, Melksham Town 2

  SCREWFIX PREMIER DIVISION: MELKSHAM'S in-form front duo Owen Bryan and Simeon Allison fired them to victory at struggling Dawlish. read more

• Society failed Kate, mourners are told

  MOURNERS at the funeral of 16-year-old Kate Walsh were told that the system had failed her and her family by allowing her die alone in a squat of a probable heroin overdose. read more

• Minehead 1, Corsham Town 4

  SCREWFIX PREMIER DIVISION: CORSHAM comfortably avoided this potential banana skin at strugglers Minehead thanks to a powerful second half performance. read more

• County asks for 5.9% more from taxpayers

  WILTSHIRE County Council is asking for a six per cent increase in council tax next year to avoid cutting services. read more

• Terry saves Highworth

  HIGHWORTH TOWN were forced to dig deep to avoid a shock home defeat at the hands of Carterton. read more

• Treasure trove of county life

  The ongoing row over the location of the Wiltshire and Swindon County Record Office means that work is nowhere near getting started on its new building. read more

• Pewsey Vale 1, Gloucester United 1

  HELLENIC LEAGUE: WITH Pewsey and Gloucester occupying the bottom two places in the division this match was never going to be a classic. read more

• Gingell is called in to rescue county XI

  YOUTH FOOTBALL: WILTSHIRE U18 coach Mel Gingell has been handed the reins of the county's senior side for the final three games of the season. read more

• Comeback kids get their first win

  YOUTH FOOTBALL: PERSEVERANCE has been the watchword for a team of young footballers who ended a nightmare run of 11 defeats in 11 with victory on Saturday. read more

• PCTs discuss boss share

  GAZETTE & HERALD: THE new chief executive of Kennet and North Wiltshire Primary Care Trust could be shared with West Wiltshire Primary Care Trust. read more

• Husband sentenced for attack on wife

  GAZETTE & HERALD: Former social worker Edward Brewster, who cut his wife with a kitchen knife following a petty row, has been given a conditional discharge by a crown court judge. read more

• Champion display

  FIVE Rivers Indoor Bowls Club's ladies singles champion, Margaret Griffin stormed to victory in the Zone 14a final of the National Champion of Champions against Ann Briault of Bognor Regis' Arun Club. read more

• Thief gives himself up

  GAZETTE & HERALD: Unemployed father-of-two Julian Webb, who stole more than £53,000 worth of quad bikes while in cahoots with travellers, has given himself up and confessed to the police. read more

• PCTs discuss boss share

  GAZETTE & HERALD: THE new chief executive of Kennet and North Wiltshire Primary Care Trust could be shared with West Wiltshire Primary Care Trust. read more

• Disabled left high and dry

  GAZETTE & HERALD: DISABLED shoppers are being forced to stay at home while mobility scooters remain locked away beneath Chippenham's Emery Gate because no-one is prepared to operate them. read more

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