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• Parent with a grudge pastes bills across town

  Wootton Bassett residents and traders have been left scratching their heads after hundreds of ransom-style posters from a mystery person demanding to see their son were plastered all over town. read more

• Jobs for students

  CHUGGING is the most popular part-time job for students at university, according to a new survey. read more

• Boost for morale

  BUSINESS owners are being cautiously optimistic about the morale of their employees. read more

• The service sector suffers slowdown

  SERVICE sector firms are increasingly pessimistic about the future because of the economic slowdown. read more

• Muslims to get more banking

  HIGH Street bank Lloyds TSB is to increase the number of branches that offer Islamic banking services to the UK's two million Muslims. read more

• Sweet dreams for new hotel's customers

  BUSINESS travellers have somewhere different to sleep with the opening of a new hotel in Swindon. read more

• Craft fair to be held monthly

  Wootton Bassett is to have a regular craft fair following the success of last month's inaugural event. read more

• Difficult staff pose problem

  NINTY-eight per cent of managers say they are coming into contact with difficult work colleagues on a regular basis. read more

• Police order spot checks on pubs and off-licences

  Pubs and off-licences in Wootton Bassett are to undergo spot checks as part of the ongoing police effort to curb anti-social behaviour. read more

• New look for a sub post office

  Wootton Bassett Post Office manager Sanjay Soni is urging residents not to panic when the counter closes for business next week. read more

• Market traders win a stay on rent increases

  Wednesday market traders in Wootton Bassett have welcomed the Town Hall and Trust Charity's decision not to increase market rents. read more

• Free taxi scheme allows cinema treat for mum

  Recovering in hospital from a heart attack, Estelle Hadingham is looking forward to using the transport voucher scheme to allow her to go shopping in Swindon (17193/4/PM)Wiltshire's first ever taxi voucher scheme has brought a new lease of life to diabetes sufferer Estelle Hadingham. read more

• PCT's cash crisis

  Kennet and North Wiltshire Primary Care Trust must cut services to save £14 million from its budget next year, according to health boss Trevor Jones. read more

• Broken dream

  CRAIG LYUS chats to Jon Lewis, Swindon's England and Gloucestershire cricket who is banking on an England victory in the final Ashes Test read more

• Goatacre 109-3, Swindon 105

  GOATACRE missed out on capping their wonderful season with promotion by the narrowest of margins, despite a resounding win over Swindon. read more

• Hockey boy is raring to go after legs operation

  Harry Ward in his Wootton Bassett hockey kit (17194/1/PM)Nine-year-old Harry Ward has ditched his wheelchair, cast and crutches to wield his hockey stick for Wootton Bassett once again. read more

• Pupils can take maths to a much higher level

  YOUNG mathematicians will be able to extend and develop their skills thanks to a new Government sponsored scheme that puts Hardenhuish School at the centre of a countywide initiative. read more

• How to get your child into first choice school

  A NUMBER of Chippenham children, who lost appeals to get into the town's secondary schools, are having to start the new term out of town. read more

• Healthier way to start school day

  GRANTS totalling £170,000 have been awarded to 29 schools across Wiltshire to help encourage green, safe and healthy travel to schools. read more

• Pupil's own design turned into school sign

  Mathew Cooper and Nia Picton-Philips hold the new sign which Mathew designed 17174/01YOUNG artist Mathew Cooper last week returned after the holidays to Corsham Regis Primary School to find a sign which he had designed standing proudly outside. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive