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• Challenging start for depleted Corsham

  CORSHAM Town face a tough start to the season with early clashes against Hallen and Melksham Town this week. read more

• Skidmore still tinkering on the eve of new season

  JUST days before the big Toolstation League kick off, Biddestone boss Gary Skidmore is still wheeling and dealing. read more

• Captain ready to rumble with the Premier big guns

  CALNE captain Ryan Pratley cannot wait to mix it up with the big boys in the Premier Division this year. read more

• So lucky to be alive

  From left, Dan Latham, Rob Borley and Tom Mallard managed to dive out of the way.TEENAGERS Stephen Flexer and Chris Parsons are lucky to be alive after a car ploughed into them, knocking them through the front window of Pizza Hut on Tuesday morning. read more

• The £600,000 plan to shore up Silbury Hill

  Bob BewleyEXPERTS have come up with a plan to save ancient landmark Silbury Hill from collapsing in on itself but they need up to £600,000 to carry it out. read more

• Buses wiggle way to canal

  THE Wigglybus is running on Sundays through the summer stopping near the Kennet and Avon Canal. read more

• Film review - Friday Night Lights (12A)

  Everybody loves a winner. In the close-knit Texan town of Odessa, a community for which sport is a religion, winning is all they love. read more

• Film review - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith

  George Lucas, director of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith, clearly didn't heed Julie Andrews' advice when, in The Sound Of Music, she sang: "Lets start at the very beginning, a very good place to start." read more

• Film review - Millions (12A)

  IT'S the not too distant future and Britain is about to go euro crazy. As the nation prepares for its new currency, special secure trains loaded with old money make journeys to incinerators across the country. read more

• Film review - Mr. & Mrs. Smith (15)

  PUT two of Hollywood's sexiest and most beautiful people together in a movie and they will ignite the screen and in the case of Mr And Mrs Smith, almost literally. read more

• Mum's ball a success

  THE mother of 14-year-old cancer sufferer Toby Bodman says she is on course to raise more than £5,000 for charity after a black tie ball in Calne. read more

• Friends' tribute to journalist

  GAZETTE & HERALD: FAMILY, friends and journalistic colleagues gathered to pay a final farewell to former Gazette reporter Bernal Daulman on Friday. read more

• Speedboat left high and dry

  GAZETTE & HERALD: BOX resident Tina Johnson has issued a warning to fly tippers after a 15ft speedboat was dumped outside her home. read more

• Boy shot in drive-by paintball attack

  GAZETTE & HERALD: AN 11-year-old boy has been shot with a paintball gun in a drive-by attack in Corsham. read more

• Party fever takes over village

  THE 2005 Sutton Benger Extravaganza delighted hundreds of music lovers, young and old, late into the night on Saturday. read more

• Village to star in historic film

  GAZETTE & HERALD: THE picturesque village of Castle Combe will be thrust into the limelight once again tomorrow as film crews shoot for a special programme about the early days of the Mormon church. read more

• Angelina found safe on a dump

  GAZETTE & HERALD: SNATCHED scarecrow Angelina Ballerina was delivered back to her delighted owners on Thursday just hours after a last-ditch attempt to find her appeared in the Gazette. read more

• Amazing staff have turned Beth around

  The Gazette is raising money for the Springboard Opportunity Group in Chippenham. ZO MILLS spoke to a family who have been helped by the pre-school. read more

• Appeal after two yobs attack disabled youth

  DO YOU RECOGNISE THEM?: A CCTV picture at Chippenham Station of two men police want to speak toGAZETTE & HERALD: THE PARENTS of a disabled teenager left in a bloody heap after an unprovoked attack at Chippenham College have spoken for the first time about the ordeal. read more

• RAF base wins fourth humanitarian award

  PAUL Oborn, the man in charge of RAF Lyneham, spoke of his pride after the base was awarded the prestigious Wilkinson Sword of Peace for 2004. read more

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