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• Time for bite!

  IFFY ONUORA is working overtime to try and add a tigerish ball-winning midfielder who will provide some extra 'bite' ahead of Saturday's trip to Huddersfield Town. read more

• Plea to kidnappers for a safe return

  BRITFORD Farm Shop owners Giles and Gale Gould have urged kidnappers to return two scarecrows taken from farmland opposite the park-and-ride site at Britford. read more

• Record year again at Rockbourne Fair

  CASHMERE socks, oak-smoked salmon and 1,001 gift ideas for Christmas are just a few of the ingredients that lured visitors to the annual Rockbourne Fair, held last week at the Bibury Suite, Salisbury racecourse. read more

• Glittering centenary occasion

  FAMILY jewellery business HR Tribbeck & Son celebrated its 100th anniversary with a glittering occasion in Salisbury's Guildhall. read more

• Rivals join row over threat to local serv ices

  OPPOSITION political groups have waded into the row about the council's budget. read more

• Celebrating a great and glorious day

  CHURCH bells pealed, beacons were lit and rockets burst into a razzle-dazzle of fireworks, as communities across the region celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar on Friday. read more

• Key welcomes plan for ambulance 'supertrust'

  CONTROVERSIAL plans to form a 'super' ambulance trust serving Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Avon have been welcomed by Salisbury MP Robert Key. While many MPs in the region have criticised the merger, claiming it will sound the "death knell for local services", Mr Key said the change-over would provide a better service to the public, would create more fulfilled staff and would give an opportunity for better investment. read more

• Lucy beats cancer to swim again

  WHEN brave Lucy Page was told she had beaten the cancer that had kept her in and out of hospital for most of this year, the first thing the seven-year-old wanted to do was to go swimming again. read more

• Horror stories from Kashmir

  HEROIC Salisbury firefighter Dan Cooke has returned from earthquake-devastated Kashmir seven-times a lifesaver, after being part of one of the most successful UK overseas rescue missions ever undertaken. read more

• Call for new street names to reflect a town's history

  NEW street names should reflect the history of the local area. That's the view of councillors in Wootton Bassett and they are hoping to enlist local residents to help make sure this happens in the future. read more

• Injured holidaymaker set to go to university

  Sam PriddyA HOLIDAYMAKER who is lucky to be alive after falling 35 feet from a hotel balcony is about to take up a place at university. read more

• Shake-up to out-of-hours NHS service

  Carfax Street Walk-in Centre Ref: 99937PATIENTS seeking out-of-hours medical care will have to head to Great Western Hospital (GWH) under new plans. read more

• Contraception implants boost

  Unplanned pregnancies could be reduced by tens of thousands if more women took up the offer of using long-acting contraception, the NHS treatments watchdog said today. read more

• World beaters ... again

  SALISBURY powerlifter Lee Steggles created history this week by winning an amazing third consecutive world title. read more

• Parking meeting

  A MEETING is being held in Wootton Bassett to discuss parking, access and transport in the town. read more

• Art show accountants claim they are human

  AN accountancy firm has put modern art in its office. The abstract works by Bourton artist Julie Waldron have been well received by staff and customers at Morris Owen in Old Town. read more

• No mystery

  A MURDER mystery evening in Highworth has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. read more

• Pooling their resources for healthy backs

  Lesley Bates gets the l'eau-down on a group where gentle aqua-exercise keeps its members mobile and active. read more

• 'Cancer doesn't have rules'

  October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Musician Daphne Moody tells Lesley Bates about a place that became very special to her. read more

• World beaters...again

  SALISBURY powerlifter Lee Steggles created history this week by winning an amazing third consecutive world title. read more

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