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Marlborough News

• Inspector’s letter to praise the star pupils

  PUPILS at Ramsbury Primary School so impressed Ofsted inspector Bradley Simmons that he made glowing comments in a letter of praise sent to the school. read more

• Drama at May fair as fire engine gets call-out

  THERE was drama at Shalbourne's May fair on Monday when a fire engine that was on display got called out to an emergency. read more

• New bishop is named

  THE new Bishop of Ramsbury has been named as Stephen Conway, currently the Archdeacon of Durham. read more

• Man quizzed on manor raid

  POLICE have made their first arrest following the Ramsbury Manor burglary in February. read more

• Sunday lie-in cruelly shattered by drilling

  FAMILIES living in London Road in Marlborough had a rude awakening when water board workers started repairs on a leak at 7am. read more

• New councillor for co-option

  A VACANT seat on Marlborough Town Council caused by the death of the mayor, Coun Hilary Cripps, is to be filled by co-option. read more

• Wealth of building style captured by artist

  ARTIST Colin Palmer combines the talents of architect and illustrator in his fine line drawings of buildings. read more

• Planning dispute to cost couple £4,500

  A COUPLE from Axford, near Marlborough, will have to shell out nearly £4,500 in fines and costs after admitting breaches of planning regulations at their Grade II* listed home. read more

• Standing room only at debate over new wheelie bins

  EVERY seat was taken and other people were left standing at Marlborough Town Hall on Tuesday at a public meeting to discuss Kennet's controversial new wheelie bin collections. read more

• Clamped driver forced to pay £695 to free car

  TRUCK driver Nigel Denford had to fork out two weeks' pay to get a clamp removed from his car parked outside his home in Marlborough High Street. read more

• More towns catch Zuz bug

  THE Bluez n Zuz teenage discos pioneered in Marlborough by police to give young people an alternative to hanging around the streets are now being held countywide. read more

• Vandal with grudge over parking

  CATERERS Steve and Della Moran fear that they are the victims of a grudge attack after the van they use for their business was damaged twice in a two week period. read more

• Two die in motorbike crash

  POLICE have revealed that one of the two motorcyclists who died in a crash in south Wiltshire on Monday was company director Mike Brewin from Froxfield. read more

• Playhouse ultimatum

  NINE-year-old Charlie Copeman-Green has found himself at the centre of a planning wrangle over his playhouse. read more

• Nurses risk jobs to save hospital

  SOME of the nurses at Savernake Hospital have put their jobs on the line by launching an SOS plea to help keep it open. read more

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