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• Council top scores with the disabled

  DISABILITY services in Wiltshire are among the best in England, a Department of Health survey has revealed. read more

• Clare chooses Renault

  A professional golfer is hoping her newly delivered sponsored Renault Mgane Hatch 1.4 16v from Bridges Renault will help drive her to success on the golf course when she tees off this year. read more

• Biddestone 1, Saltash 1

  GARY Skidmore is refusing to give up hope of staving off relegation by right, despite losing another chance to gain ground on their rivals on Saturday. read more

• Melksham Town 0, Exmouth Town 0

  NIGEL Tripp has stepped up his search for an out and out goal scorer after watching his Melksham side earn a hard fought point on Saturday. read more

• Caines is fit and able for villagers

  MATT Caines is looking forward to a fresh start at Biddestone after enduring a miserable few months at Premier Division Welton Rovers. read more

• Westbury United 0, Street 1

  WESTBURY manager Paul Brickley has said he will be appealing against Wayne Wheeler's red card on Saturday after insisting his striker "did nothing wrong." read more

• United hit by keeper shortage

  WESTBURY United boss Paul Brickley could be facing a goalkeeping crisis for his side's trip to Minehead tomorrow. read more

• Waylen is on his way back

  AS Tim Waylen's 18 month injury nightmare finally draws to an end the Melksham Town midfielder admits there were times when he thought of quitting the game. read more

• New manager steps in to save village club

  STEVE 'Alfie' Bidgood has taken over as manager of Heytesbury Football Club, averting imminent closure and safeguarding the future of the century-old club. read more

• Lavington rely on brothers in arms

  BROTHERS Myles and Oliver Hickton helped Lavington to a narrow win ahead of tomorrow's top of Division Three showdown leaders St Andrews. read more

• Tony takes one of the top awards

  A Swindon manager has scooped a top accolade in driver training experts BSM's annual awards to the company's best performing centres for the past year. read more

• Cool swedish style

  Skurrays has always been a name which is synonymous with good cars in Swindon. So it was not surprising that they were chosen by Saab to sell their cars a double first for quality. read more

• Pupils do best to beat the bullies

  YOUNGSTERS from north and west Wiltshire stole the show in a countywide anti-bullying competition. read more

• Lunch honour for patrons

  THE WESSEX Association of Chambers of Commerce welcomed four new patrons on Friday. read more

• County town still most expensive for taxpayers

  All five town councils in the district have now set their budgets for the next financial year. Ed Mezzetti takes a look at how what you pay depends on where you live read more

• Patients group's ambulance plea

  A PATIENTS' watchdog is calling for the public to be fully involved in debating any changes to the structure of Wiltshire's ambulance service. read more

• Schools are in the dark over gay month lessons

  A CAMPAIGN to teach schoolchildren about gay and lesbian historical figures has been launched but schools in west Wiltshire have been kept in the dark. read more

• Homeless hit by sale of council-run hostel

  The Ethandune Hostel in TrowbridgeTHE closure of a west Wiltshire temporary housing hostel could make life even harder for homeless people. read more

• Ruling due on hunt ban

  A DECISION on whether a ban on hunting with dogs will be overturned was due to be made today by two senior judges. read more

• Alert over tsunami aid cheats

  TRADING Standards officers are warning bogus charities may be using the tsunami disaster to con the public. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive