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Marlborough News

• Mum's shock at finding dead mice in sliced loaf

  SCHOOL teaching assistant Sarah Smith has spoken of her shock and disgust in finding two dead baby mice inside a loaf of bread she bought at Somerfields in Marlborough. read more

• Farm manager dies days after conmen strike

  Farm manager George Shail has died of a stroke days after being forced to hand over thousands of pounds by a gang of conmen. read more

• Flak flies over plans to remove last pews

  A row has broken out in Burbage over plans to remove the last remaining pews from All Saints Church. The parochial church council has upset some villagers with its proposals to replace the wooden pews with upholstered chairs. read more

• Daughter takes hope from plane's discovery

  THE discovery of a Second World War Liberator bomber at the bottom of an Italian lake has brought renewed hope for Ramsbury mother-of-four Anne Storm. read more

• GI bride in print again

  FORMER GI bride Margaret Wharton who spent her childhood in Marlborough has written a fourth book about her experiences. read more

• Ghostly goings on at the spookiest pub help charity

  HE Red Lion at Avebury is notorious for its spooks including the ghost of former village girl Florrie who according to folklore was thrown to her death down the pub's well after being unfaithful to her husband. read more

• Oak planted to mark Trafalgar

  AN English oak has been planted in Savernake Forest to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. Savernake Parish Council chairman Joan Evans joined the Forestry Commission's Savernake manager Fraser Bradbury to plant the tree behind the Forest Enterprise offices at Postern Hill. read more

• Drink driver took pal's car

  A MAN who drove his friend's car without permission after drinking crashed it. Sammy-Joe Fitzpatrick, of Perham Crescent, Ludgershall, took Daniel Bruce's Peugeot 306 after they had been drinking at the Blue Lion pub in Collingbourne Ducis on October 21. read more

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