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• Wootton Bassett cruise to Cloverleaf Cup win

  Wootton Bassett put behind them the disappointment of losing the league championship in the Indoor Cricket League to Swindon I on nett run rate to bounce back and win the Cloverleaf Cup in facile style. read more

• Chinaman may fetch £15,000

  A WILTON woman would happily have accepted "a tenner" for a cardboard boxful of junk that for decades had been gathering dust in her loft. read more

• Building on raw talent

  MASTER builders have begun a search in Swindon to find young building talent. read more

• Police: stun gun a necessary tool

  A FIREARMS officer has moved to reassure the public that the stun guns issued by Wiltshire Police are safe and necessary tools in the fight against crime. read more

• Land deals are in firm's sites

  A FORMER firefighter is hoping to secure hot property deals in North Wiltshire. read more

• Villagers' telephone nightmare

  VILLAGERS in Bishopstone were left upset after beingcut off by British Telecom for more than two weeks. read more

• Residents angry with developers

  DOWNTON residents are up in arms after the firm redeveloping the old tannery erected "unsightly" containers for wheelie bins in front of the historic building. read more

• Bus shelter is magnet to rowdy youths

  A BUS shelter in Harnham could be pulled down, because it acts as a magnet for rowdy youths, whose antisocial behaviour includes intimidating local residents and damaging surrounding property. read more

• Popular dance and motorbike fan dies in crash

  A MAN who lived for music and dancing and was shortlisted for an appearance on a popular television dance programme died on Saturday afternoon in a motorcycle smash at Tilshead, on Salisbury Plain. read more

• Dad left waiting by busy surgeons

  Paul Lovegrove Picture Ref: 76834-03A DAD-OF-TWO lived in fear of a massive heart attack for nine weeks because surgeons were too busy to operate. read more

• Chopper swoops on con suspects

  AN 80-year-old woman foiled a burglary by two conmen she found in her back garden. read more

• Dad left waiting by busy surgeons

  Paul Lovegrove, 43A DAD-OF-TWO lived in fear of a massive heart attack for nine weeks because surgeons were too busy to operate. read more

• Highworth blip

  HIGHWORTH'S Hellenic Premier title charge suffered a blow at lowly Chipping Norton last night. read more

• Children have it on plate

  Samantha and Ashley Ward Picture: CLARE HOMER Ref: 76828-63CHILDREN are brushing up on their art skills at the Richard Jefferies Museum. read more

• Anxious wait for explorer

  ADVENTURER David Hempleman-Adams is waiting anxiously by the phone for more news of his daughter. read more

• Pilgrimage will honour the Pope

  Laura Gibson Picture: STUART HARRISON Ref: 76830-169A PENSIONER who was blessed by the Pope is organising a trip to Lourdes in his memory. read more

• Rape charge against two soldiers dropped

  THE cases against two of the soldiers accused of raping a woman in Swindon have been dropped. read more

• Story was wrong

  We Would like to clarify figures contained in the story "White van man hit by new tax," which appeared in yesterday's Business Daily. read more

• Court complex "is on schedule"

  THE government has refuted speculation that plans for a modern combined court in Salisbury have been put on hold, amid fears that the project has become too expensive. read more

• Tenants to hear all the facts

  A SPECIALLY set-up project board is to oversee the potential transfer of Salisbury district council's housing stock to a newly established housing association. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive