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• Soldier had 'a moment of madness'

  WAR service in Iraq won a softer sentence for Gulf veteran Matthew Bird at a court martial on Salisbury Plain. read more

• New care home to benefit disabled

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: A CHARITY which supports disabled people wants to build a new care home in north Wiltshire. read more

• US law firm backs clean-up campaign

  Ref. 14662/2CHIPPENHAM NEWS EXCLUSIVE: PARENTS living near contaminated land which is being developed for housing say they will not let their children play on a prop- osed football pitch because they are worried about dangerous chemicals. read more

• Lying nurse put his patients in danger

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: A NURSE who gave a false reference to obtain a senior job at a Bath care home has been struck off the professional register. read more

• Wives get IT training

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: ARMY wives in Neston have been honing their computing skills thanks to a partnership with Wiltshire College. read more

• Woman's car ends up on top of fallen tree

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: A YOUNG driver had a lucky escape when her car finished up on top of a tree as gale force winds lashed through Box on Saturday night. read more

• Surveyor altered cheque

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: A FRUSTRATED agricultural surveyor who doctored a £1,900 cheque and cashed it at a Corsham bank has been fined and told he has to pay it back. read more

• Glass smash an accident

  POLICE would like to speak to a group of youths who broke a window in Priory Street, Corsham. read more

• Time To Act

  ANDY KING could move to strengthen his midfield options in the light of injuries to Steve Robinson and Stefani Miglioranzi. read more

• Battle to protect station's opening hours

  WITH a campaign under way to preserve Corsham Police Station's opening hours, the chippenham news samples what life is like on the beat. read more

• Bouncers course welcome in town

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: POLICE in Chippenham have welcomed news of a specialist training course for bouncers, hoping it will help control anti-social behaviour in the town. read more

• Hope for village's Baptist heritage

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: CAMPAIGNERS pressing for the reopening of a listed 170-year-old Baptist chapel have welcomed the news the building could remain a place of worship. read more

• Pupils show off sound grasp of finance

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: GOVERNMENT ministers have praised an innovative project at a Chippenham school which teaches pupils how to deal with money matters. read more

• Saunders' delight at fans' reception

  FORMER Bluebirds boss Tommy Saunders had nothing but praise for the visiting Chippenham fans on Wednesday night as he took his chance to say a proper goodbye. read more

• Travel plans

  CHIPPENHAM fans wanting to cheer their team on at Moor Green tomorrow can travel with the supporters' club. read more

• Children enjoy Rhyme Time sessions

  TODDLERS and their parents have been flocking to Rhyme Time since it started up at Westbury Library last month. read more

• PCT 'set to cash in' on closure

  HEALTH bosses have denied they are planning to move Westbury's stroke unit to Warminster and cash in on the site's property value. read more

• Cause of death not identified

  MYSTERY still surrounds the death of a man whose body was found in his Westbury flat during last summer's heat wave. read more

• Footie fan scores trip to West Ham

  FOOTBALL mad teenager Ashley Maunder returned from school to find he had been given a dream day out at his favourite club. read more

• Mobile firms end their contract fued

  Virgin Mobile and network provider T-Mobile have agreed to put past disagreements behind them giving the Trowbridge-based firm more independence in business in the future. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive