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• Homes plan is revised

  WESTBURY Town Council has recommended that plans to build sheltered accommodation for up to 100 pensioners in the town should go ahead. read more

• Food firm hopes to make a meal of it

  A FROZEN foods firm has unveiled a new £350,000 product development centre. read more

• A driving force in customer service

  STAFF at a Westbury car dealership have been recognised for reaching high levels of customer service. read more

• Driven to fundraising

  A FIVE-STRONG team from Westbury disabled equipment store Mobility Works are busy training for a ladies' driving challenge. read more

• Neighbour objects to revamp bid

  A PLANNED revamp of part of Westbury town centre would lead to a loss of neighbours' privacy, the town council ruled on Monday night. read more

• Fossils go on display

  FOSSILS of reptiles and fish found in Westbury will be on display for four months from Tuesday. The exhibition of fossils, collected by Simon Carpenter, runs until July 2 at Frome Museum. read more

• Members wanted

  ORGANISATIONS wishing to join the Westbury Community Care Planning Group are being invited to get in touch. read more

• Heritage boost

  AN historic buildings committee could be set up in Westbury next month to ensure the town does not lose out on £10,000 funding a year. read more

• OK for centre

  A NEWLY-opened equestrian centre near Westbury is celebrating being approved by the British Horse Society. read more

• Man admits role in friend's home raid

  A BURGLAR who stole hundreds of pounds worth of goods from a house in Westbury is facing a prison sentence. read more

• Perrin is ready to renew old rivalries

  DARREN Perrin is relishing the opportunity of renewing old rivalries on Monday night when his Paulton Rovers side entertain highflying Chippenham Town. read more

• Rory's Glory Hunt!

  RORY Fallon is being urged to take inspiration from Darius Henderson's loan rejuvenation and emerge from a 'dark tunnel'. read more

• Turning up the heat

  JON LEWIS has a burning ambition to play cricket for the full England side. read more

• 'It's given us hope for the future. It's a miracle'

  30226/1CHIPPENHAM NEWS EXCLUSIVE: A MOTHER told by doctors nine years ago she would be unlikely to ever have another baby, has discovered she is pregnant. read more

• Our money's on Sarah

  16649/9CHIPPENHAM NEWS: A WILTSHIRE beauty who could be crowned Miss World has found a sponsor after her story appeared in the Chippenham News. read more

• Jamie's 100-mile towpath challenge

  MATRAVERS School pupil Jamie Davey is getting on his bike to help support the tsunami relief effort. read more

• Councillor in 'close down Lafarge' call

  THE CONTROVERSY surrounding Lafarge Cement Works took another twist this week when Westbury's county councillor called for the plant to be closed down. read more

• So why wasn't victim's son told about it?

  EXCLUSIVE: A SON whose frail mother was one of seven victims of a deadly pneumonia infection which swept through a care home was kept in the dark about the outbreak. read more

• Service is committed to helping

  WILTSHIRE'S housing services for vulnerable people have been rated as good according to a new Audit Commission report. read more

• Centenary celebrations

  ONE hundred years ago Rotary was established by four business men in Chicago. Today it has 1.2m members, across 166 countries, who are celebrating its 100th birthday. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive