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• Grantham Town preview

  SALISBURY City finally return to league action on Saturday when they make the trip to Grantham Town. read more

• Corsham Town 1, Bridgwater Town 0

  CORSHAM Town came out battered and bruised but with all three points after their 1-0 home win against Bridgwater Town. read more

• Fears over new consultations

  CAMPAIGNERS have expressed concerns about the change in approach by health bosses for deciding on changes to future services. read more

• Pewsey Vale 1, Tytherington Rocks 2

  PEWSEY Vale went out in a tight game against Tytherington Rocks in the Hellenic League Challenge Cup First Round. read more

• Bid to save Silbury Hill could cost £600,000

  THE collapse of infill at Silbury Hill has happened before and will happen again unless urgent action is taken to stabilise it, a meeting in Devizes heard on Saturday. read more

• Flood gates open in first half Bassett horror show

  PAUL Burke's wish for snow wasn't answered on Saturday but it rained goals in the first half of Wootton Bassett Town's GLS Challenge Cup clash as Winterbourne United comfortably won 4-1 after taking a 3-0 lead into the break. read more

• Learmonth, 50, rules out Toolstation playing return

  BIDDESTONE manager Graham Learmonth will not be making a playing comeback despite 44 minutes for Biddestone Arms in the Chippenham and District Sunday League. read more

• Number of call-outs for firearms police doubles

  ARMED police officers were deployed to more incidents in Wiltshire this year than last. They attended 95 incidents, a 50 per cent increase on the 63 call-outs they received in 2003/4. read more

• Devizes Town 1, Barnstaple Town 0

  DEVIZES Town recorded their first elusive league victory on Saturday, making it three wins on the bounce for Nathan Sheridan's side. read more

• Centre sites picked

  THE locations of 14 children's centres have been agreed by Wiltshire County Council's Cabinet. The council has to established 20 children's centres by March 2008 on the instructions of the Government which has provided £7.2million. read more

• Bitton 2, Melksham Town 0

  MELKSHAM Town found luck against them during their 2-0 defeat at Bitton on Saturday. read more

• Newport victory - Holmes' view

  NICK Holmes was more than happy with his side's performance in their 3-0 FA Trophy victory against Newport County on Saturday. read more

• Revised FA Trophy draw (after replays)

  FA Trophy 1st Round proper - now that most 3rd qualifying replays have taken place... read more

• Honda Civic nets car of year status

  THE new Honda Civic has been awarded Car Of The Year 2006 status by an American magazine. read more

• No fear of crash in house prices

  PROPERTY firm King Sturge says that house price trends in the west won't lead to a price crash. read more

• Customers can be confident in company

  A SWINDON window firm says it's raising the roof on its customer confidence. read more

• Firm kickstarts cool new idea

  A SWINDON-based chilled food firm is investing more than £1.5 million in a new scheme for convenience stores next year. read more

• OAPs cared for very well

  THE care services provided for older people by Wiltshire County Council have been highly rated by national inspectors. read more

• Praise for the young

  Olympic gold medallist Jason Gardener presented awards to some of Wiltshire's children in care at a gala lunch at Longleat. read more

• You can make a child's festive wish come true

  TOY APPEAL 2005: The High Streets are thronging with shoppers, Christmas lights are illuminating the towns, and up and down Wiltshire families are preparing for the season of goodwill. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive