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• Wiltshire U14 - Tourists send hosts spinning

  WILTSHIRE continued their recent fine form with an emphatic ten-wicket win against the Isle Of Wight on Sunday. read more

• It's time to strap on your trainers

  JUNE 23: RUNNERS young and old are being called to sign up for this year's Nationwide Swindon Half Marathon. read more

• Firm sees turnover rise

  CRESTON, the parent company of the EMO marketing group that employs 44 people in Highworth, has announced its preliminary results for 2005. read more

• Policeman gets new beat at pub

  IT'S a far cry from the city beat for former policeman Neil Hannis and his wife Julie who have swapped the streets of Nottingham for the leafy pastures of Wiltshire after taking over The Duke Hotel, at Hilmarton, near Lyneham. read more

• Business sees its profits soar

  A SOUTH Marston firm has reported rocketing profits in the last year. read more

• Derby date provides a classic encounter

  Local clash. The Riverside and Salisbury players before Saturday's league match. Back row, Gill Christmas, Carolyn Barry, Kay William-son, Jenna Wareham, June Keen, Melissa Grewar. Front, Linda Machin, Fiona Barrett, Liezl Jacobs, Kath More, Karina Weedon and Jacky Witt. SUNBURN and bruises were the painful legacies of a classic duel in the scorching heat on Satur-day when Riverside edged a 5-4 victory over Salisbury in the Hampshire League Division One derby meeting of the city's top ladies teams. read more

• Highley Sprung is highly successful

  Louisa Lockwood and Highly Sprung in action at Burgie, Scotland.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

• Maternity unit wins top award

  MALMESBURY'S Maternity Unit has been been hailed as one of Britain's despite the fact health bosses have temporarily closed it because of a lack of staff. read more

• Chalk up a victory for hero head

  WOOTTON Bassett School has a hero headteacher. Chris Montacute has been named the West of England's Headteacher of the Year in a secondary school. read more

• Sign refusal hits pre-school

  Old Court Community Pre-School committee secretary Sue Millington is disappointed that councillors have refused to allow a sign promoting the nursery. read more

• Delight as sports field gets two new floodlights

  Wootton Bassett councillors have invested in the town's sporting facilities after agreeing to buy two new sets of floodlights at the Ballards Ash sports ground in Wootton Bassett. read more

• On-line help on offer to charities

  SWINDON'S Charity Business has relaunched its website. read more

• Accolade for firm

  WANBOROUGH'S Venues Unlimited has been voted in the top three of venue-finding agencies in the country. read more

• Wiltshire Youth League

  U15: TOM Needham batted throughout the Biddestone innings as he scored an unbeaten 129 against Calne. read more

• Kwik Cricket - Final showdown for local rivals

  TWO Swindon schools met in the final of Wiltshire's kwik cricket competition at Devizes Cricket Club on Friday. read more

• Goatacre 214-8, Trowbridge 59

  GLOS/WILTS ONE: GOATACRE captain Sam Parish praised his sides fielding after registering their first away win since 2003 with a 155 run drubbing of Trowbridge on Saturday. read more

• Taunton Deane 216, Chippenham 110

  PREMIER TWO: CHIPPENHAM captain Trevor Lloyd is to lay some harsh words on the line in a bid to get his charges firing on all cylinders. read more

• Swindon 237-9, Devizes 198

  GLOS/WILTS ONE: SWINDON bounced back to winning ways with a 39-run victory over local rivals Devizes. read more

• Taunton St. Andrews 169-4, Corsham 168

  PREMIER ONE: CORSHAM were missing five first choice players as they stuttered to a six-wicket away defeat to Taunton St. Andrews on Saturday. read more

• Malmesbury 104, Marshfield 94

  GLOS/WILTS TWO: AN all round performance by Charlie Langton helped Malmesbury pick up their first victory of the season to win by ten runs against local rivals Marshfield. read more

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