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• Corporate demand grows

  STAGECRAFT, the Salisbury staging and live events company, is celebrating 25 years in business. read more

• Residents angered after pub gets late extensions

  DESPONDENT Malmesbury residents are facing disturbance late into the night after the Smoking Dog pub was granted an extension to its alcohol licence. read more

• Parking charges are a farce, say retailers

  FURIOUS retailers in Malmesbury have criticised the district council's new car park charges. read more

• Michael flies through to a magical world

  Michael Moore will play the role of Peter Pan's brother, JohnMALMESBURY School pupil Michael Moore, 13, will play Peter Pan's brother, John, at this year's Wyvern Theatre Christmas pantomime. read more

• Camilla helps self-harm charity in groom's name

  A CHARITY struggling to support people who self harm has been stunned by a donation from Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in memory of former client Fiona Gale, who took her own life last year. read more

• Rocket wows pupils

  Peter Stayer of the Starchaser team with pupilsSTARSTRUCK pupils at Malmesbury School were given a glimpse on Monday of the largest rocket ever to be launched from mainland Britain. read more

• Drugs fear after youth arrested

  RESIDENTS in Athelstan Road, Malmesbury, fear their street is becoming a hotbed of illegal drug activity. read more

• Winterbourne make use of home advantage in cricket sixes

  WINTERBOURNE Bassett triumphed in their own annual six-a-side cricket tournament at the weekend. read more

• Lewis down but not out after winter tour snub

  JON LEWIS has admitted his disappointment at being left out of England's one-day squad for the tour of Pakistan this winter but insists he hasn't given up hope of resuming his international cricket career. read more

• Vince proves pundits right with tour call-up

  CHIPPENHAM cricketer James Vince was presented with his West of England cap by Ashes hero Ian Bell after being selected for the squad to tour the West Indies next April. read more

• Sufferer's support for young arthritis battler

  THE family of four-year-old Benjamin Anderson, who suffers from chronic arthritis, have been told to keep their spirits up by the mother of another former sufferer. read more

• Cyclist returns from big trip

  A GRUELLING cycle ride through Wales by Malmesbury man Sam Evans has raised more than £3,000 for charity. read more

• Benefits for ambassadors

  CITY centre manager Lindsey Brown will be guest speaker at Salisbury Business Networking Club Ambassadors' breakfast meeting tomorrow at the Grasmere House Hotel in Harnham. read more

• Don't be fooled by myths about taxman

  ACCOUNTANTS are warning people to beware the myths that are circulating about calculating tax, as the September 30 deadline draws near for returning self-assessment forms. read more

• Family firm closes for business after 92 years

  IT will be the end of an era next month when Bucklands, the Devizes family shoemenders and retailers, shuts its shop in Maryport Street after 92 years in business. read more

• Carpet shop showcases historical features

  THE renovation and refurbishment of Chippenham's historic Orwell House is almost complete and on September 30 Allied Carpets will be open for trading in the new-look premises. read more

• Bar launched in old chapel

  AWARD-WINNING entrepreneurs Gary Moules and Philip Taws celebrated the opening of their new bar in a 200-year-old former chapel last week. read more

• Businesses vow to fight new parking charges

  Corsham Chamber of Commerce has vowed to fight controversial new parking charges introduced into the town. read more

• Royal salute to new technology

  The Prince with one of the hydrogel dressingsPRINCE Andrew expressed his admiration for the technology developed by a Ramsbury firm which supplies special material for treating serious burns and wounds when he visited last Thursday. read more

• Bids open for hospital work

  THE three organisations that will be bidding to carry out the £6million redevelopment of Malmesbury Hospital have been announced. read more

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