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• Council staff urged to rethink strike

  UNION officials at Swindon Council have been urged to avert a strike by settling a pension row over the negotiating table. read more

• Audition was like Pop Idol

  GAZETTE & HERALD: AUDITIONS for a new theatre school in Calne were a resounding success according to organiser Levi Summers. read more

• Care costs rise

  PEOPLE who receive home care and meals on wheels are to face a rise in what they pay by two per cent. Wiltshire County Council's Cabinet agreed the increases which will come into effect in April. read more

• Final good buy

  Market veteran Alfred Brind watches the final sale with his five-month-old grandson Edward (15242/21/AS)GAZETTE & HERALD: AS the auctioneer's hammer came to rest for the final time on Thursday at Chippenham Livestock Market, it marked the end of an era for the town and the farming industry. read more

• Capability's roots sought

  GAZETTE & HERALD: A SCOTTISH woman has turned to the people of Corsham to help her complete her family tree. read more

• Why change things?

  ALAN REEVES points to two of Town's League One peers as a warning that change doesn't always trigger fantastic success. read more

• Youth festival with X factor

  GAZETTE & HERALD: Pupils at St Patrick's RC School, in Corsham, had a tasty treat this week when the Waitrose cooking bus rolled up for a visit. read more

• Youth festival with X factor

  GAZETTE & HERALD: YOUNG people in Corsham will have the opportunity to see what their town has to offer them at a youth festival scheduled for May 14. read more

• Toy sword reduces trucker to tears

  GAZETTE & HERALD: MOTORIST Steven Davies reduced a lorry driver to tears after he wielded a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' sword at him, a court has heard. read more

• Skateboard project struggles for funds

  GAZETTE & HERALD: STRUGGLING skateboarders are frantically trying to raise £37,500 needed to start building the Corsham skate facility. read more

• Student on mission to teach in Africa

  15271/2GAZETTE & HERALD: GAP year student Crispin Northey will fulfill his dream of travelling to Africa next month when he leaves on a charity mission to teach in a small poverty stricken country. read more

• Arts centre plans go to the outlying areas

  PLANS for the proposed Riverbank theatre, cinema and arts centre in Marlborough are to be shown in Pewsey. read more

• Our darkest day

  HERCULES TRAGEDY: CANDLES were lit at St Peter's School in Chippenham yesterday as children remembered the father of one their classmates who was among those killed in the Lyneham Hercules tragedy. read more

• Villagers seek church support

  HERCULES TRAGEDY: DEVASTATED villagers have been seeking comfort and support at St Michael and All Angels Church in Lyneham in the wake of the tragedy. read more

• Blow to whole community

  PRAYERS: Siana from year 1 at St Peter's School in Chippenham 15297/03HERCULES TRAGEDY: SPECULATION was continuing yesterday into the cause of Sunday's Hercules tragedy in Iraq. Initial reports suggested the C130k, which is known for its reliability, crashed due to mechanical failure. read more

• Triplet calves a fun surprise

  15276/1GAZETTE & HERALD: TRIPLET calves have been named after their young owners at a farm in Chippenham. read more

• CCTV may continue on skeleton budget

  GAZETTE & HERALD: Hopes for extra funding from North Wiltshire District Council to run Chippenham's cash-strapped CCTV system are likely to be dashed. read more

• Nursery is at home again

  15244/1GAZETTE & HERALD: CHILDREN at Forest Nursery School in Pewsham are back in their old home this week ten months after it was destroyed by fire. read more

• Mugged pub boss recovers

  GAZETTE & HERALD: PREGNANT pub landlady Emma Green who was mugged in the car park where she works has said she wants to put it all behind her. read more

• No frills single

  15256/01GAZETTE & HERALD: IN took Chippenham musician Ben Slater just one day in the studio to record a moving ballad he wrote in the aftermath of Boxing Day's devastating tsunami. read more

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