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• Corsham 323-7, Glastonbury 328-5

  PREMIER ONE: CORSHAM chased a mammoth total until the last ball of the innings as they recorded a losing draw against a Glastonbury team containing three Somerset regulars. read more

• Politicians for a day

  There were no grey hairs or stuffed shirts in the council chamber this week when a youthful team of councillors from Longleaze Primary School took the seats of Wootton Bassett Town Council. read more

• Deadline for contest nears

  Musicians and artists have until the end of next week to put their names into the spotlight for when Wootton Bassett re-launches its Music and Arts Festival. read more

• Teacher honoured

  WOOTTON Bassett School head Chris Montacute has been named West of England Secondary School Headteacher of the Year. read more

• Winners send town's landmarks tumbling

  WITH two loud thuds, a pair of landmarks tumbled down at Wootton Bassett's St Ivel factory with the help of two Gazette competition winners. read more

• Hill's career in the balance

  SALISBURY'S England Rugby star Richard Hill's career faces an anxious wait to find out whether the injury, which has ruled him out of the remainder of the British Lions' tour of New Zealand, will prove career-threatening. The Saracens forward, who began his playing career with Salisbury Rugby Club, limped off the field just 17 minutes into the Lions' humiliating 21-3 defeat at the the hands of the All Blacks in Christchurch. The 32-year-old former Bishop Wordsworth's School pupil fell awkwardly while making one of his trademark crunching tackles. He was helped off the field and stretchered into the dressing room. Tour doctors immediately ruled the influential flanker out of the rest of the tour pending further medical investigations. Early scans are said by Lions' boss Clive Woodward to be "suggestive of damage" to the World Cup winner's anterior cruciate ligament - an identical knee injury to that which forced him to sit out much of last season. Hill has already undergone reconstructive surgery on the knee, missing out on England's latest Six Nations campaign as a result. A repeat of the same injury so soon after his return to fitness would, at the very least, require a further lengthy period of recuperation. Hill's premature departure from the Lions compounds a catalogue of injury woes, including the dislocated shoulder sustained by skipper Brian O'Dris-coll during the same match, described by Woodward as "a bad day in many, many ways." He added that, should Hill's injury prove to be a rupture of his cruciate ligament, it would indeed be "very serious - a career-threatening injury." read more

• Rare visit to walled garden

  Richard Smith shows off a Brugmansia (16476-02)VISITORS to Bowood House and gardens enjoyed a rare treat when they sampled the delights of the walled garden, opened to the public for the first time in a decade. read more

• The message is chat safely

  Wiltshire Police have marked Child Safety Week with the launch of the second phase of a chat room safety campaign. read more

• Eco bags will help libraries

  NEW eco-friendly bags will go on sale in Wiltshire libraries in a bid to cut down on the wastage of plastic bags. read more

• Shells rain on plain

  THE booming sounds of the Army's big guns have been echoing around the area this week as more than 2,000 British soldiers take part in a massive live firing exercise on Salisbury Plain. read more

• Olympic movement sweeps the nation

  LONDON 2012: David Hemery lived out every athlete's dream at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics winning a gold medal in world record time. read more

• Italian market is put on hold

  RESIDENTS of Wootton Bassett will have to wait a little longer for a taste of Italy following the cancellation of next month's market. read more

• One table left for charity ball at stately home

  THE Rotary clubs of Wilton, Salisbury and Amesbury have sold 598 tickets for their fundraising gala evening at Wilton House on July 8. However, they still have one table for ten available (at a cost of £75 per ticket). Anyone interested should contact event organiser Andy Rhind-Tutt on 07793 366429. BBC Radio Two's Johnnie Walker will be helping to host the event, which is being held to mark Rotary International's 100th birthday and raise funds for cancer treatment equipment for the new Pembroke suite at Salisbury District Hospital and money for other local charities. read more

• Malmesbury 118-9, Hinton Charterhouse 119-6

  Glos/Wilts Two: Furious Malmesbury captain Ed Shellard is threatening to drop much of his team the week before a must win game against Cinderford St John. read more

• Goatacre 229-9, Devizes 169ao

  Glos/Wilts One: Jif Wilkins experienced a sweet and sour match when his game was ended with a dislocated finger shortly after hitting a maiden first team century for Goatacre. read more

• Good run continues

  Wiltshire U14: Wiltshire continued their excellent run of form with an emphatic nine-wicket win against Gwent on Monday. read more

• Wiltshire Youth League

  U13 Red: In an expected close encounter between the top two teams, Swindon were asked to bat first at Wootton Bassett and after losing an early wicket recovered well with a second wicket stand of 60 between Tom Law and Jonathan Sore. read more

• Crusader Wiltshire League

  DIVISION ONE: WITH the top five sides playing the bottom five it seemed unlikely that the breakaway group at the top would be opened up by much and so it proved. read more

• Monthly sales hit

  RETAILERS have suffered the biggest fall in monthly sales in the 22-year history of a key industry survey. read more

• Firms have a shot at £50k top prize

  BUSINESSES are being encouraged to enter an awards scheme that could win them a national first prize of £50,000. read more

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