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• Fluffy duck is star down on The (TV) Farm

  CELEBRITY farmers have packed their designer suitcases and bid farewell to Wiltshire as the second series of The Farm drew to a close. read more

• Tax student keeps in STEP

  SWINDON'S Morris Owen were sponsors at a new awards ceremony run by the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. read more

• HSE puts back into advice on injuries

  A DRIVE to help workers avoid back injuries was launched today after figures showed the problem was losing British firms 4.9 million days every year. read more

• World's biggest bra

  TRIUMPH International's Doreen bra is the biggest selling in the world. read more

• Police blitz on estate gangs

  PCSO Janet Gould with the confiscated drinkUNDERAGE drinking, drug offences, threatening behaviour and a sexual assault have resulted in a series of arrests on an estate targeted by gangs of youths. read more

• Councillor quits over canal plan prejudice

  Colin Goodhind surveys the weir which could be removed (17115/2)A TOWN councillor has quit amid claims his colleagues are blinded by prejudicial views over the future of a multi-million pound canal project. read more

• Artist inspires children's creative side

  Artist Alex Walker with St Mary's pupils Katie, Ed, Rebecca, Daniel, Lewis and Holly (17091)PUPILS at a village primary school were able to express their creative side through a display of art and music. read more

• Chelsea winners

  Terry Baker, of the Botanic Nursery in Atworth, shows off his foxgloves (17118)TWO west Wiltshire plant nurseries have won awards for their colourful displays at this year's Chelsea Flower Show. read more

• Knife charge man's self defence claim

  A YOUNG man carried a six-inch kitchen knife to defend himself after he was threatened outside a pub. read more

• Teacher gives insight into Living in America

  PUPILS at a west Wiltshire school are being given a taste of the American life by an exchange teacher. read more

• Town launches Pop Idol search

  A COMPETITION to find a pop idol in a west Wiltshire town has been launched. Melksham will host its own Pop Idol competition in the hope of finding Wiltshire's next big music star. read more

• Westbury come out on top in Super 8s

  WESTBURY were celebrating on Monday after going through the Bruton Super 8s tournament unbeaten to lift the trophy. read more

• Wiltshire caught in spinner's web

  IT was a baptism of fire for Wiltshire's young spin attack as Oxfordshire cruised to a 257 run win in the opening Minor Counties Championship match at Banbury. read more

• Veterans complete a hat-trick of victories

  OVER 50S CRICKET: WILTSHIRE batsmen Hendy Alleyne and Anthony Warley produced a 97 run opening partnership as the county over 50s side beat Cornwall by 69 runs at Warminster. read more

• IT work's now chic not geek

  IT'S official it's no longer uncool to work with computers. read more

• Bronze Age urn found at Solstice Park

  Solstice Park marketing executive Alex Spencer with the Bronze Age urn and its miniature companion. A HUGE Bronze Age urn dating back 3,600 years and containing human ashes has been unearthed intact at the Solstice Park site in Amesbury. read more

• Laney leads the champs' run blitz

  SOUTH Wilts moved up to second in the table with a thumping win over Lip-hook & Ripsley and the winning margin of 162 runs did not flatter them. read more

• Take your partners...

  NEW dance classes in Warminster are offering people the chance to make friends, get fit and learn some new moves. read more

• And the winners are...

  After more than 4,000 votes, your Sporting Heroes are honoured at special ceremony. IT'S been a week Christopher Stokes will remember for a long time. read more

• Parking charges re-think

  THE decision to double car parking charges in west Wiltshire could be overturned in the wake of a mass boycott by motorists. read more

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