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• Royle visit

  SAM PARKIN was meeting Ipswich Town boss Joe Royle for talks today with the striker anxious to be part of a Championship set-up geared for the top flight. read more

• Stately venue for show

  The Motor Show at Wilton House. 23/6/5WILTON House provided a unique backdrop for the third Salisbury Motor Show at the weekend. read more

• Dress designer scoops a £1,000 business grant

  A DESIGNER who has worked on Oscar dresses for the likes of Julia Roberts and Uma Thurman has scooped Wootton Bassett's new business of the year award. read more

• Medical council hears of professor's 'flawed' evidence

  AN eminent paediatrician used "flawed and misleading evidence" that helped to wrongly jail former Salisbury woman Sally Clark for the murders of her two baby sons, the General Medical Council heard this week. read more

• Training firm cuts red tape

  A TRAINING company, aiming to help clear up the confusion of the new licensing laws, is moving into Swindon. read more

• George is an advanced driver in every sense

  George Stone with his advanced driver's certificate. 22/6/5WHEN George Stone obtained his first driving licence new cars cost £128, there were no speed limits and glass windscreens had just been made compulsory. read more

• Top marks for school building

  A SALISBURY school has been praised by English Heritage as being an example of how rebuilding work should be completed without damaging historic buildings. read more

• Perfect dawn greets solstice revellers

  Jumping for joy - one of the 21,000 revellers at Stonehenge for the summer solstice. 22/6/5AN estimated 21,000 people saluted the summer solstice sunrise at Stonehenge on Tuesday. read more

• Sick 'happy slappers' pick on woman, 81

  JEERING schoolchildren laughed and took photographs with their mobile phones as an 81-year-old woman was punched by a thug who poured fizzy drink over her head. read more

• Prime suspect in Hayley killing held

  THE prime suspect for the murder of pregnant Hayley Richards has been arrested in Spain, police have said. Hugo Quintas, the ex-boyfriend of 23-year-old Miss Richards, was arrested by Spanish police in the Basque region. read more

• Prime suspect in Hayley killing held

  Hugo QuintasTHE prime suspect for the murder of pregnant Hayley Richards has been arrested in Spain, police have said. Hugo Quintas, the ex-boyfriend of 23-year-old Miss Richards, was arrested by Spanish police in the Basque region. read more

• Fake plot means jail

  A WOMAN who used a fake identity to try to steal thousands of pounds from a Swindon bank is behind bars. read more

• Hundreds interested in mission

  HUNDREDS of people are interested in the new top jobs at Swindon Council. read more

• Storm watch

  STORMCHASERS are using jet skis and quad bikes to help predict bad weather and beef-up flood defences. read more

• Software aims to find the right path

  A NEW problem-solving piece of software developed in Swindon is hoped to revolutionise the market. read more

• Highley Sprung leaps to success

  LOUISA Lockwood was tantalisingly close to securing victory over a field of international eventers, including Britain's Olympic gold medallist William Fox-Pitt, at the weekend's Burgie Horse Trials in Scotland. read more

• South Wilts 'is great for business'

  TWO documents promoting south Wiltshire as a base for business were launched this week. read more

• Tales from Arabia

  INSTEAD of doing schoolwork last week, pupils of Durrington Junior School gave spectacular performances of Tales of the Arabian Nights. read more

• Highley Sprung leaps to success

  LOUISA Lockwood was tantalisingly close to securing victory over a field of international eventers, including Britain's Olympic gold medallist William Fox-Pitt, at the weekend's Burgie Horse Trials in Scotland. read more

• Stately venue for show

  The Motor Show at Wilton House. 23/6/5WILTON House provided a unique backdrop for the third Salisbury Motor Show at the weekend. read more

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