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• Reunion for school pupils

  A REUNION for former pupils of Wootton Bassett School will take place in May. read more

• Alcohol sold to under-age teens

  LAST year 14 retailers in Wiltshire sold alcohol, tobacco or fireworks to under-age teenagers. read more

• Courts try to treat addicts

  MORE than half the burglars caught in Swindon and Wiltshire escaped a jail term last year, according to new figures. read more

• Drivers to sue over damage by potholes

  MOTORISTS who have hit potholes on roads in Wiltshire are planning to take legal action to recover the money they have paid out to repair their cars. read more

• Charity foundation grants up for grabs

  THE Gannett Foundation has thrown scores of Wiltshire charities lifelines and it wants to help more worthy causes. read more

• Police probe bid to hack into reunion website

  POLICE in Wiltshire are investigating a series of bids to hack into a website for former military service personnel. read more

• Policing costs to increase by 10%

  THE cost of keeping Wiltshire's reputation of being one of the safest places to live is going up by almost ten per cent from April. read more

• Dynamo's cup bid runs out of power

  TROWBRIDGE LEAGUE: DYNAMO West End went out of the A and B Cup, beaten 5-1 by Division One rivals The Deverills in a controversial tie in the Pied Piper Promotions-sponsored competition. read more

• Employers risking fines

  EMPLOYERS are risking a tribunal or crippling fines because they are not prepared for new health and safety legislation, according to new research. read more

• North Star A stay on course for hat-trick

  CHIPPENHAM SUNDAY LEAGUE: NORTH Star A and West End Wanderers are the first clubs through to the semi-finals of the Rainbow Launderette-sponsored WG Parr Trophy. read more

• Kensham Ladies 2, Chippenham Ladies 8

  LUCY Bailey grabbed five goals as Chippenham cantered to a comfortable win. read more

• Remains may have answer

  WILTSHIRE police have promised an examination of drug addict Rachel Whitear's remains would be thorough after announcing plans to exhume her body. read more

• King scores to keep Shaw in the hunt

  NORTH WILTS YOUTH LEAGUE: TOP match of the day was in Group B of the under 16s subsidiary cup where the two leading teams, Liden Community and Shaw A met. read more

• Kite buggy fan pleads for land

  KITE buggy enthusiast Toby Robson is trying to find a large piece of land in Wiltshire to enable him to set up a club. read more

• Advisory service brings benefits

  DISABLED and elderly people in Wiltshire have received hundreds of thousands of pounds extra in benefits since a new specialist advisory service was launched six months ago. read more

• The mine sweeper

  Employers will be pleased to hear that only 10 per cent of claims by employees against their employers were ultimately successful at tribunal. read more

• Tony's sales figures add up to a wonderful holiday

  26860-53Tony Knowles of TKI (Tony Knowles Interiors), Old Town's interior design specialist, is celebrating this month after two major UK furnishing companies have officially acknowledged the huge leap in sales his business has made over the last year. read more

• DISCOVER WILTSHIRE

  Check out our all new Wiltshire tourism section in association with Wiltshire's Official Tourism website Visit Wiltshire. The website has some great new sections including Wiltshire features, Taste trails and Wiltshire attractions. read more

• Reunion for school pupils

  A REUNION for former pupils of Wootton Bassett School will take place in May. read more

• Plucky sheep is safe at last

  A LOST rare breed sheep found sanctuary when it arrived at a Wootton Bassett animal haven after going missing from its field months ago. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive