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• Councillors back homes plan for the Signum site

  GAZETTE & HERALD: TOWN councillors have supported outline proposals to build up to 115 homes on the former Signum Circuits site at Station Road, Calne. read more

• Children's Christmas presents stolen from car

  GAZETTE & HERALD: MUM-OF-TWO Nicci Brown has appealed for the return of her children's Christmas presents after heartless thieves stole them from the boot of her car. read more

• This is an 'A' game

  MICK Harford has labelled Town's visit to Millmoor on Saturday as 'category A-plus' in the importance stakes. read more

• Winner set to light up town

  GAZETTE & HERALD: CHRISTMAS spirit will sweep Corsham tomorrow when the festive lights are switched on. read more

• Cold war bunker items to go to local charities

  GAZETTE & HERALD: PIE dishes, paper and pudding basins are among the pristine goods being offered to Corsham community groups from a secret Second World War bunker. read more

• Teenager takes lead in plugging the music gap

  GAZETTE & HERALD: YOUNG music fan Theo Hilton organised a project for bored Corsham teenagers and now hopes to raise around £10,000 to fund a recording studio in the town. read more

• School's Pop Idols go through their paces

  Pop Idol contestants Sophie Watson, Keir Krishnamma-Hillier and Mel Roche take a well-earned bow (17959/6)GAZETTE & HERALD: SINGING stars from the Corsham School performed to hundreds of people for their annual Pop Idol competition. read more

• Shifting physical and emotional boundaries

  Lesley Bates watches the rehearsal of a very special dance project read more

• By-election tips power balance to the Tories

  CONSERVATIVE Sherry Meadows emerged triumphant in Thursday's critical by-election for a seat on North Wiltshire District Council after an uphill battle with cancer, her father's death and the flu. read more

• Leisure firm review is due

  THE review of North Wiltshire Leisure will be completed by the end of next week, according to board chairman Mike Buckley. read more

• Teacher in running for prestigious film award

  GAZETTE & HERALD: CORSHAM film maker Oscar Stringer has beaten off opposition from all over the country to win a place in the finals of a prestigious competition. read more

• Buy locally, cooks are told

  GAZETTE & HERALD: COOKS rustling up Christmas dinner this festive season have been urged to buy their trimmings locally. read more

• Festival was celebration of home-grown talent

  GAZETTE & HERALD: Chippenham Arts Festival 2005 ended on a distinctly musical note, with three popular concerts, a celebration of youth talent and a fabulous production of Fiddler on the Roof by the Chippenham Light Opera Group. read more

• Cash crisis closes ward for elderly

  GAZETTE & HERALD: THE future of Cameron Ward at Chippenham Hospital looked increasingly uncertain this week after it was revealed it would be temporarily closing. read more

• Emotional return home for earthquake heroes

  GAZETTE & HERALD: A HEROIC crew from RAF Lyneham made an emotional return to the base after providing vital relief for victims of October's Pakistan earthquake. read more

• Cameron visits town

  David Cameron with supporter North Wiltshire MP James Gray (18040/5)Tory hopeful David Cameron brought his leadership campaign trail to Chippenham yesterday when he sought to woo the party faithful at a crowded meeting in the town hall. read more

• Pub's real ale takes it into a top beer guide

  Landlords Helen Brougham and Simon Curtis are delighted their pub, The Jolly Huntsman, has been included in the 2006 Good Beer Guide 18001/2GAZETTE & HERALD: LANDLORDS Helen Brougham and Simon Curtis are celebrating after their pub, the Jolly Huntsman at Kington St Michael, was named in the 2006 Good Beer Guide. read more

• Police watchdog is to probe chain of events

  GAZETTE & HERALD: Because of the short timescale between Nikki reporting the rape and her death, the matter has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. read more

• Tragic young swimmer had Olympic ambition

  Nikki Dunbar practising her synchronised swimming in 2001GAZETTE & HERALD: TRAGIC Nikki Dunbar, who is believed to have committed suicide after apparently being raped, dreamed of competing in the Olympics and was good enough to reach the top, her coach said yesterday. read more

• Tributes as rape case teen commits suicide

  Nikki DunbarGAZETTE & HERALD: TRIBUTES have poured in for 17-year-old swimmer Nikki Dunbar, who committed suicide just two days after telling police she had been raped. read more

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