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• More shoppers choose Fairtrade products

  Ref. 14773/1A PROCESSION through Bradford on Avon tomorrow and a party will mark 10 years of sales of Fairtrade products. read more

• Specialists to join the federation

  SECONDARY schools in west Wiltshire are to share facilities, ideas and staff in the first initiative of its kind in the UK. read more

• Shops need to improve disabled access

  SHOPS and businesses based in west Wiltshire towns could face prosecution unless they improve disabled access to their premises before new legislation comes into effect this autumn. read more

• Zoe's family hopes for justice at last

  HOME office minister Paul Goggins has given the strongest indication yet that child killer Miles Evans could have a jail tariff set by next month. read more

• Station back on the air

  MOONRAKER FM is set to hit Wiltshire airwaves again in what could be the last trial before the station gets a permanent licence. read more

• Funding boost

  The Air Ambulance has been boosted by a donation of £500 from a west Wiltshire social housing firm. read more

• Bus will wiggle to new town

  A SUCCESSFUL flexible public transport system is to be extended to Warminster. Organisers of the Wigglybus are currently putting together a timetable for a route between Warminster, Mere and Shaftesbury areas. read more

• Evenings to recruit governors

  There is a shortage of school governors in Wiltshire, with about 300 vacancies at any one time and the county council is on the lookout for more volunteers. read more

• Recycling scheme expands

  DOORSTEP recycling has been extended to an extra 15,000 homes in west Wiltshire this week. Fortnightly collections of newspapers and magazines for Bradford on Avon, Westbury and north Warminster began on Monday. read more

• Rare sheep featured in new book

  CHILDREN in west Wiltshire could be hearing a tale about a special breed of sheep which survives on seaweed. read more

• Schools to tackle bullying problem

  SCHOOLS in west and north Wiltshire are being urged to adopt an anti-bullying charter to combat the growing problem head-on. read more

• Book quiz time

  Readers in Wiltshire are being given the chance to test their literary knowledge at libraries throughout the county. read more

• New hopes on plague threat

  SCIENTISTS at a Wiltshire chemical research base have made a breakthrough in the hunt for a vaccine against the bubonic plague. read more

• Rewards of being a father

  YOUNG dads in Wiltshire are being given the chance to take part in a one-day event to celebrate fatherhood. read more

• New sewers

  A new sewage system is to be installed in Bromham to help solve flooding problems in the area. read more

• Looking for top cemetery

  A competition is under way to find the cemetery of the year and organisers are appealing for more entries from Wiltshire. read more

• Firms' talks on safety in workplace

  EMPLOYERS are risking a tribunal or potentially crippling fine because they are not prepared for new health and safety legislation, says new research. read more

• Chance to air views on hospital's future

  HEALTH campaigners in Westbury are urging residents to have their say on the future of the town's hospital at a public meeting on Thursday. read more

• Highmore happy as Smart stays put

  DARREN Smart has committed himself to Calne Town for the rest of the season after turning down a move to Screwfix Premier League side Paulton Rovers. read more

• Bush sure Griffin is staying at Corsham

  COLIN Bush insists attacking midfielder Alan Griffin will remain a Corsham Town player until the end of the season. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive