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• Watching your speed on the web

  SPEEDING motorists will soon be able to watch a re-run of their driving offence on a new road safety website. read more

• Teachers' creativity inspired

  A GROUP of teachers from Wiltshire have jetted off to Lord Of The Rings country to take a look at how children are taught on the other side of the world. read more

• Safe houses needed for youngsters

  MORE than 100 children are thrown out of their homes in Wiltshire every year, according to a shocking new report. read more

• Wedding fair attracts 1,000 guests

  FUTURE brides and grooms ensured the Wiltshire Times wedding fair was an occasion to remember on Sunday. read more

• Wiltshire Times is simply the best

  THE Wiltshire Times has beaten top opposition to win a national competition. read more

• OAPs die in death valley

  John and Priscilla Barnes were killed in the accidentTWO people were killed and four injured in a head-on crash on a notorious stretch of the A36 dubbed 'death valley'. read more

• Families destroyed

  John Selway, who lost his life in the accident, with wife Claire and daughter BethanyA HEAD-ON collision near Melksham on Friday left three people dead, two children orphaned and another without a father. read more

• 5 DEAD IN 4 DAYS

  DRIVERS are being urged to improve safety on the roads after a week of carnage left five dead in a spate of accidents. read more

• Mark predicts a tight finish

  BRADFORD Town manager Mark Hodkinson believes it is a three horse race for the third spot this season after watching his side win 3-0 at home to Malmesbury Vics Reserves on Saturday. read more

• Help at hand, networking club told

  AMBASSADORS, the Salisbury business networking club, welcomed Diane Williams from A Balancing Cat to one of its March meetings. read more

• Battling the grey menace

  If you're checking for any nasties in your greenhouse or cold frame over the winter months, one of the most common diseases which needs to be eradicated is grey mould, otherwise known as Botrytis. read more

• You just cannot beat a good growing bag

  Yet another letter this week from a gardener who has stopped buying peat. But this one was different. read more

• Plant now for spectacular summer display

  How many of our splendid spring bulb gardens will be transformed into summer bulb gardens? Not enough is the answer. Now is the time to plan the change. read more

• Teenage mum in bid for new home

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: A YOUNG mum fears she could be forced to return to a caravan which does not have a toilet or running water unless she can find a new home in north Wiltshire. read more

• Gardens of eden in the city mood

  Gardens in the city might mean a window box, courtyard or a teeny weeny entrance lawn to the front door but they are still a haven for those gardening enthusiasts. read more

• 13-year-old pupil set alight in attack

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: TEACHERS in Chippenham are warning pupils about the dangers of playing with fire after a teenager was set alight on his way to school. read more

• Anne makes a personal trip into the past

  WRITING a biography of your own father is always going to be a personal and poignant journey into the past, and this is just what one Salisbury woman has dedicated more than ten years of her life to achieving. read more

• Smoothing the furrowed brow: Botox tested

  TO Botox or not to Botox; that is the question.. read more

• Meet the Englishman who lectured Scots on bagpipes

  A MELANCHOLIC siren starts up and transports the listener into another world - it is a beautiful, haunting sound. read more

• Setting inspiration in medieval stone

  ARTIST Sophie Hacker is not alone in drawing inspiration from Salisbury Cathedral, but few have been able to take material used in the very fabric of the building and make it the cornerstone of a new creation. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive