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• Golding makes county start

  Wiltshire's new signing, James Golding, was quickly into the wickets in Sunday's warm-up match against Corsham. read more

• Family centre moves into city

  A POPULAR family centre has moved to a new home in the centre of Salisbury, after serving the community from a portable cabin for 15 years. read more

• Events lined up for food festival

  A CIVIC ceremony to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar will be part of the second annual Salisbury food and drink festival this summer. read more

• 'Marvellous' villagers rally round to find stolen ponies

  TWO ponies stolen from a field at Semley were reunited with their owner on Friday night, after thieves got cold feet and decided to abandon them. read more

• Seminar success

  MORE than 80 people turned up for a free seminar on buy to let schemes for commercial and residential property and how to make the most of investments. read more

• Medals to be sold

  GOLD medals won by a trail-blazing footballer from Downton, who won 11 England caps while starring for Swindon Town in the early 1900s, are expected to fetch £5,000 when they come up for auction next week. read more

• Game is playing

  COMPUTER software retailer Game has eased disappointment at the collapse of takeover talks by announcing a strong recent recovery. read more

• False-accusation doctor gets ruling

  were quashed in 2003. As a result of Professor Southall's intervention in 2000, the couple's surviving child was put at risk of being removed from Mr Clark and placed into care. read more

• Service awards for station staff

  THREE Swindon station staff have been nominated for First Great Western's inhouse award for customer service. read more

• Hospital unit is to close

  CONTROVERSIAL proposals to close the £2m Grovely rehabilitation unit at Fountain Way hospital in Salisbury, and to reduce the numbers of intensive care beds and acute inpatient beds, are to go ahead. read more

• Bra firm gets decades of support from staff

  TEN staff from Triumph International have celebrated 10, 20 and 30 years with the company. read more

• Escape rut of daily routines

  A ROADSHOW that aims to help tip the work-life balance in your favour is coming to Swindon. read more

• Woman is found dead in her bed

  POLICE were called to a house in Wootton Bassett after a woman was found dead in bed. read more

• On the trail of the Incas

  77042-22WHEN Lisa Cox was attacked by a teenage burglar in her own home she quickly found herself filled with anger for a generation which seemingly had no respect for others. read more

• Dutch delight for Bassett footballers

  Wootton Bassett Town's young players have returned from another highly successful tour of Holland, led by Chris Kirkland. read more

• Body brought home for burial

  A TEACHER who was killed in a suicide bombing in the United Arab Emirates has been brought back to Sixpenny Handley for burial. read more

• Man tries to grab child

  A SUSPECTED child abductor was being hunted by police this week, after a frightening incident in which a five-year-old girl was grabbed while shopping with her mother in a Salisbury supermarket. read more

• Volunteers celebrate springtime

  VOLUNTEERS with the Salisbury fundraising group for Marie Curie Cancer Care held their annual spring fair in the Guildhall last Saturday. read more

• North Wilts turns Wilts

  The former North Wilts Youth Cricket League has expanded to become the Wiltshire Youth Cricket League following the inclusion of Devizes and South Wilts for the 2005 season. read more

• It's a start!

  SAM PARKIN was today anxiously awaiting the damage report on the hip injury he sustained in Mattersburg last night after a painful introduction to international football. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive