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• Unbeaten Nalgo are too strong for Comptons

  Unbeaten Nalgo maintained their position at the top of Division One of the Swindon Midweek League with a resounding win over Comptons. read more

• Peach joins critics in OAP wardens row

  FORMER member of the Tory administration Allan Peach has savaged Salisbury district council for failing to consult pensioners over its controversial wardens' shake-up. read more

• City's 745th mayor is sworn in for the year

  FORMER teacher, social worker, child-care officer and keen musician Patrick Paisey was sworn in as Salisbury's 745th mayor, in a colourful and historic ceremony in the city's St Thomas's Church on Saturday. read more

• Top cop shrugs off fears over stun gun issue

  WILTSHIRE Constabulary has been showing off the controversial 50,000-volt stun guns issued to officers in January - and which attracted criticism from a human rights group. read more

• Consumers cut their spending

  CONSUMERS are increasingly uncertain about the country's economic future. read more

• White powder scare affects seven staff

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• Cosmetic surgery for Branson

  Denise Close and 116 other Virgin Cosmetics consultants went to London to celebrate with their boss Richard Branson. read more

• Community radio takes to the air

  RADIO Bemerton once again takes to the airwaves this weekend, promising to deliver a wide range of community-based programmes for listeners. read more

• You don't need a job for pensions

  FEWER than three out of ten people in the south west are part of a pension scheme, says HSBC. read more

• Mystery creature on the loose

  A STRANGE and mysterious creature is on the prowl in the Bishopdown area of Salisbury. read more

• Mel hits a high note

  Melinda Messenger at the launch of this year's Royal International Air Tattoo Picture Ref: 77793-244BUBBLY Melinda Messenger brought smiles to the faces of veterans at the launch of this year's Royal International Air Tattoo. read more

• Westleaze is the in-form water

  WESTLEAZE Waters is the water in-form at the moment and it continued last week when in a three-hour match, produced a cracking evening weight of 60-7-8 for Elick Payne, who now has recorded two wins on his very first visit to the water. read more

• Paul is really a some body

  Paul Baxendale Picture Ref: 77799-34FITNESS expert Paul Baxendale has muscled himself into the World Body Building Championships. read more

• Kids are 'mimicking the stars'

  CHILDREN are mimicking TV stars and self-harming, according to a Swindon charity. read more

• Student in court following attack

  UNIVERSITY student Fakhruz Zaman has been charged with paying an accomplice to carry out a vicious attack. read more

• Addicts warned of deadly batch

  HEROIN addicts in Swindon are being warned that batches of the drug are even more dangerous than usual. read more

• Nationwide invests in the future of planet

  Wiltshire Wildlife Trust officer Steve Pagett talks to Nationwide employee Kate Bell Picture Ref: 77790-32NATIONWIDE employees have been finding out how to be more eco-friendly as part of World Environment Day. read more

• Film review - The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (15)

  It's the end of the world as Royston Vasey knows it. There's a storm a-brewing over this deeply dysfunctional community and the omens are not good. read more

• Film review - Sin City (18)

  Beauty is only sin deep. Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's moody and stylish crime thriller, torn from the pages of Miller's acclaimed graphic novels, is a real looker. read more

• Scouts' scarecrows help charity cause

  GARDENERS have a new weapon in the battle against birds, after they took a delivery of scarecrows from Bemerton Scout Group. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive