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  • It's a whites Christmas for Corsham cricketers

    Corsham Cricket Club are playing their first ever Boxing Day match this year at 12.30pm, as the captain’s XI take on the club director’s team at their Station Road ground. Mulled wine and hot refreshments will be available in the clubhouse throughout

  • Now youngster's winning design adorns No 10

    Claire Perry MP has chosen a picture designed by five-year-old Daisy Babey, of Upavon, for her 2013 Christmas card. Earlier this year, Daisy’s picture was a regional winner in Royal Mail’s children’s Christmas stamp design competition and Daisy

  • Firefighters to strike during festive season

    Firefighters in Wiltshire have announced plans to strike on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. The Fire Brigades’ Union (FBU) has been coordinating a series of nationwide strikes as part of an on-going dispute with the government over pay and pensions

  • Corsham man admits to having sex with underage girl

    A Corsham man who had sex with an underage girl has been warned he could be facing a jail term. Lee Collingwood, who also took indecent images and movies of the girl, has also been ordered to register as a sex offender. The 25-year-old of The

  • Cries of joy as Chippenham goes Victorian

    Chippenham has something to shout about after electing its own town crier at a cry-off held in the town centre on Saturday as part of a Victorian Fayre. Sea cadet drill instructor Dennis Phillips, who has lived in the town all of his life, used

  • RUGBY: Devizes 18 Windsor 19

    DEVIZES skipper Tom Collins admitted his side had learned a “harsh lesson’’ after Chris Laidler’s injury-time penalty handed the Saddlebacks an undeserved defeat to the South West One East’s second-placed side. The home side looked set for another

  • FOOTBALL ROUND-UP: Derby draw for Bassett

    WOOTTON Bassett Town picked up a point last weekend as they drew 1-1 with local rivals Highworth Town. Levi Cox put Jeff Roberts’ men ahead in the second half at the Elms before the home side’s Matty Bennett levelled the scores moments later.