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• Runners complete marathon mission

  RUNNERS battled through blisters and downpours to raise thousands of pounds for west Wiltshire good causes at the London Marathon on Sunday. read more

• Woman is not fooled by scam

  A GROUP of men posing as professional road surfacing workers called at a house in Dilton Marsh last week and tried to charge a woman nearly £2,000 to tarmac her drive. read more

• Director jailed after child porn discovery

  Company director Timothy Wakely has been jailed for a year after a court heard how he distributed child porn over the internet. read more

• Meet your match at new singles event

  A NEW business venture could at last have some of the answers for people in west Wiltshire hunting for Mr or Miss Right. read more

• Pubs and clubs hail screening machine

  CLUBBERS in west Wiltshire will soon be screened for illegal drugs before they are allowed to enter pubs and nightclubs. read more

• Smarter look for the Shires

  The Shires shopping centre in Trowbridge is undergoing a £70,000 spring facelift. read more

• It's a sure thing

  HOLIDAY resort Center Parcs has sealed a deal with a gas cylinder firm to increase safety. read more

• Retirement home builders are the tops

  THE company behind retirement homes in Melksham and Trowbridge has won a national housebuilding award for the second year running. read more

• Youngsters help fellow pupils to read

  EIGHT youngsters have be-come educational researchers in an experiment to boost the reading age of fellow pupils. read more

• Landfill site set to close this summer

  THE only landfill site in west Wiltshire is closing at the end of July because it has no more room to expand. read more

• Puppet show tells the whole tooth

  TOPSEY Tooth and Dan Decay paid a visit to Dilton Marsh School on Wednesday to help pupils brush up on their dental hygiene. read more

• Homes for bunnies

  An appeal to find homes for 45 abandoned rabbits has been a success. Cottontails rabbit refuge in Westbury appealed for people to help find a home for the rabbits in the Wiltshire Times two weeks ago. read more

• Silver band hopes to shine in finals

  BRATTON'S famed silver band is hoping to follow up success in the regional brass band championships at the finals in September. read more

• Ticket cost rise a must Devlin

  TOWN fans will have to dig around 10 per cent deeper to watch their heroes next season. read more

• Restaurant - Pastiche Bistro, Bath

  LOOKING for somewhere to eat before a visit to the theatre entails finding a place that opens early and because of this we had booked a table at the Pastiche Bistro in Bath. read more

• New boy to make debut

  Swindon travel to Thatcham tomorrow for their last warm-up game prior to the start of the 2004 league campaign. read more

• Wiltshire battle in national club championship

  Malmesbury and Devizes face each other on Sunday in the first round of the ECB National Club Championship this year renamed as the Cockspur Cup. read more

• Sensational soul band lined up for pop festival

  APRIL 23: TICKETS for the Wiltshire festival at Lydiard Park are selling fast after the news that The Commitments have been added to the bill, which also features boy band Blue and R and B singer Jamelia. read more

• March planned over Lafarge fuel burning

  CAMPAIGNERS will march on Westbury's cement works tomorrow to protest against plans to burn recycled liquid fuel in its kilns. read more

• No sports pitches for Penleigh park

  A SCHEME to provide youngsters in Westbury with 25 acres of new playing fields has been scuppered by the narrowest of margins. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive