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On this day: Wiltshire Archive

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• Wiltshire are well beaten

  WILTSHIRE crashed to a 187-run defeat in their final Minor Counties Championship game of the season. read more

• Popular landlord loses cancer fight

  Dave RogersPOPULAR landlord Dave Rogers has died after a brave fight against cancer. read more

• It's good to talk about sex

  Fran BirchTEENAGE girls in Swindon have improved access to emergency contraception and abortions in Swindon. The morning after pill is now available to girls as young as 12 and the town's first abortion clinic is due to open next month. Here Fran Birch, teenage pregnancy co-ordinator at Swindon Primary Care Trust, shares her views on the importance of children being about to talk to their parents about sex read more

• Sylvia is Streets ahead in memorial match

  THERE was another lady in the limelight last weekend, when Sylvia Cottle showed the men the way home in Haydon Street's 'Jack Cave' Memorial Match fished at Dodford Farm. read more

• How low can you get?

  The picture police have released in their bid to find a woman who tried to rob a wheelchair-bound man in a charity shopSWINDON police have released an artist's impression of a woman they want to interview in connection with what they describe as a reprehensible crime. read more

• Don't kick them out ...

  The Eltuyev family, mum and dad Zarina and Islan with children Aslan and Said Picture Ref: 78866-193SWINDON'S England international boxer Jamie Cox will fight the corner of a Chechen family who say they face death if they are sent home. read more

• School plan is kicked into touch

  Coun Glenn Smith, left, and Steve Holborow, second left, and other concerned residents after the meeting Picture Ref: 78903-09RESIDENTS are celebrating after plans to build more than 250 homes were thrown out. read more

• Powergen Cup Draws

  INTERMEDIATE CUP read more

• Chippenham revenge bid

  IT'S a repeat of last season's Bath Combination Cup Final in rugby's national Intermediate Cup first round next month. read more

• Biker fled police at 120mph

  A SWINDON motorcyclist who led police on a high-speed chase through Bracknell before hiding in a stranger's house has been jailed for four months. read more

• Tracking the fare dodgers

  FARE dodgers who can afford to pay for tickets but do not bother are being targeted by Swindon's First Great Western. read more

• MP's bid over dental fees is paying off

  Ms Snelgrove Picture Ref: 72773-59NHS dentists in Swindon could soon be forced to scrap what have been described as joining fees following pressure from MP Anne Snelgrove. read more

• A Pair of Aces?

  TOWN boss Andy King was hoping to conclude a double swoop for two Premiership players today. read more

• Bra-Vo

  One of Triumph's two new hot air balloonsTRIUMPH International has turned busts into a boom and has announced a £10m expansion. read more

• Meet for breakfast

  SWINDON Chamber is holding a networking breakfast at McDonald's in Great Western Way in Swindon tomorrow at 7.30am. read more

• Zea's new role

  SWINDON'S Zea Lloyd has been appointed to the regional office of recruitment-to-recruitment firm Hamilton Price. read more

• Successful firm a beacon to rest

  CONSTRUCTION firm EW Beard has been awarded beacon company status by Beacon South West. read more

• Take pride in achievements

  WILTSHIRE manufacturers' reluctance to shout about their achievements is having a detrimental impact on the perception of the industry and its growth in the region. read more

• Could you be Britain's coolest boss?

  A SWINDON firm has issued a challenge to find Britain's coolest boss. read more

• Bra-Vo

  One of Triumph's two new hot air balloonsTRIUMPH International has turned busts into a boom and has announced a £10m expansion. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive