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• 'We're tired of fly-tip menace'

  Dumped wheels and tyres in a field in Westwood Lane (17705)A PILE of up to 70 old wheels and tyres have been dumped in a quiet country lane plagued by illegal fly-tipping. read more

• Biddestone 1, Ilfracombe 2

  GRAHAM Learmonth inists his Biddestone side were denied a "blatant penalty" on Saturday as they crashed to a third straight Toolstation League one defeat. read more

• Festival plans under way

  PLANS for next year's Warminster Festival are gathering pace. The Warminster Festival committee has announced several new attractions for the biennial celebration, which starts on September 16. read more

• Boss on the defence as Biddestone lose again

  GRAHAM Learmonth has added Carl Harfield to his Biddestone squad in an attempt to shore up their defensive frailties. read more

• Ricky hails Town's new togetherness

  RICKY Trott could have been forgiven for thinking what had he let himself in for after a disastrous first few weeks into his Bradford Town return. read more

• Longwell Green 3, Westbury United 2

  PAUL Beavers believes Westbury United's start to the season bodes well for the club's future despite suffering their first Toolstation League Division One defeat on Saturday. read more

• Firm hit by £12.5k break-in

  AN ELECTRIC roller worth more than £10,000 has been stolen from a hire shop in Warminster. Thieves used a gas cutter to carve through the padlocked steel gates at the Warminster Hire Centre on the Woodcock Road Industrial Estate. read more

• Bradford Town 3, Elmore 3

  MARK Hodkinson admits the pressure is beginning to build on his Bradford Town side after watching them pick up their fourth consecutive home league draw on Saturday. read more

• Broughton on the slide

  TROWBRIDGE LEAGUE: BROUGHTON Gifford's abysmal season continued with a home defeat 5-2 by Blue Circle in Division One. read more

• Ross Town 3, Trowbridge Town 7

  NEIL Kirkpatrick has added midfielder Matt Taylor to his Trowbridge Town squad after they rediscovered their top form on Saturday. read more

• Evans makes bow for Wales

  A 15-YEAR-OLD schoolboy made his debut for Wales on Friday having returned to action just a month after surgery on a torn knee cartilage. read more

• Laura looks like a winner

  Laura NoelUNIVERSITY student Laura Noel is in with a chance of becoming a top fashion model after winning a competition at The Civic Hall, Trowbridge on Tuesday night. read more

• 999 merger

  A SINGLE new Ambulance Trust could soon serve people in Wiltshire Avon and Gloucestershire replacing the three current trusts. read more

• Clevedon Town 2, Calne Town 1 (after extra time)

  DAN Lardner joined an elite band of footballers on Wednesday night when he was sent off for two yellow cards having never set foot on the pitch. read more

• Rivals bid to be the best

  TROWBRIDGE Town's future has been plunged into uncertainty after a split with their former playing partners. read more

• Man held after town gun terror

  TWO teenagers caused terror for pedestrians and motorists by firing an air rifle from a first floor window. read more

• Cheese store has a grate birthday

  Trowbridge town crier Trevor Heeks recreates the same pose he took 15 years ago with Cheese Board proprietor Jenny Gane (17724/1)CHEESE lovers turned out in force on Saturday to celebrate a shop's 15th anniversary. Owners of The Cheese Board in Bradford on Avon invited customers to share a glass of wine and some nibbles to say thanks for their support. read more

• Play fun for kids at last

  THREE years' work paid off on Saturday as a new play area officially opened. More than £30,000 was raised for the facilities in Greenland View, Bradford on Avon. read more

• Mayor's praise for primary school

  GOOD citizens from Bradford on Avon were honoured at the annual town gathering on Friday. Guests to St Margaret's Hall included school representatives, voluntary groups, sports clubs and councillors. read more

• Petition against new road plan

  RESIDENTS fighting to save an piece of land where children play have been backed by their town council. read more

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