WOOTTON Bassett returned to winning ways in Southern Counties North with a hard-earned 18-14 victory to clinch a league double over Milton Keynes. Bassett elected to play into a strong wind and found it hard to get out of there half in the opening 20
TRIBUTE South West One West leaders Chippenham lost for the second week in succession, as Camborne inflicted another defeat on the road. Poor decision-making and game execution cost Chippenham, who won the first 15 games of the campaign before
CALNE had an emotional start to the afternoon with a minutes silence as a mark of respect for second row Danny Witts, who lost his mother earlier in the week. The home side ran in 13 tries in their victory, despite giving up the first points of the match
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THE pace, power and tempo of Pewsey’s play was too much for Sutton Benger. The home team managed some containment in the opening 20 minutes, but once their line was breached the floodgates opened and Vale ran in 10 tries. Playing into a strong wind,
A pair of men who had £1,000 in counterfeit cash at the WOMAD festival have both been jailed. Jonathan Cook and Adrian Harris had the stash of funny money when they went to the event in Charlton Park in July 2009. And they were only caught when
A man who admitted having cocaine with intent to supply is still to face trial after claiming he was only acting as a courier for another dealer. Denzil Stewart, of Waters Edge, Pewsham, was five months into a suspended sentence for similar matters
MINETY 2nd clinched a tough away win thanks to a brace of tries from centre Luke Radcliffe. Travelling without replacements, Minety started the game playing uphill and against the wind, but Radcliffe still opened the scoring by blazing in for a try from
A woman who plundered more than £8,000 from a vulnerable pensioner after ill health forced her into a care home has been jailed for 18 months. Christine Batstone, of Bendy Bow, Oaksey, near Malmesbury, had access to the bank accounts of the 74-year-old
DEVIZES put a severe dent in second-placed Corsham’s Southern Counties South promotion hopes. In a match affected by the elements, the Saddlebacks’ astute tactical play helped them secure victory. With the wind in their favour, they
MINETY put in a decent performance but were outscored by their hosts Supermarine in a game played in horrendously windy conditions. Supermarine opened the scoring with a push-over try, but a good run from flyhalf Tom Fitzcharles set Minety on their way
