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Dance teacher to be sentenced over £20,000 trip fund theft
8:04am Friday 10th July 2009
The administrator of a dancing school will be sentenced today for stealing almost £20,000 from a fund to send pupils to a dance competition in America.
Have your say »Five heroes' bodies to pass through Wootton Bassett today
7:39am Friday 10th July 2009
Five British soldiers killed in Afghanistan over the past week will be returned to the UK today.
Colour in the Chippenham's park
7:00am Friday 10th July 2009
MOonkton Park will become a sea of colour this weekend when the annual Art in the Park event opens on Saturday.
Praise for Chippenham heroes
7:00am Friday 10th July 2009
Friends Keith Hibberd and Lee Meadows have been praised by firefighters after they saved a suicidal pensioner from the River Avon.
Malmesbury fire squad on look out for recruits
7:00am Friday 10th July 2009
Malmesbury Fire Station Watch manager Wayne Jones will be recruiting new retained firefighters as the station celebrates its 40th anniversary on Saturday.
Parent power wins at Calne
7:00am Friday 10th July 2009
Parents who got together to create a new £27,000 play park for their children, opened it on Saturday with a barbecue and music.
Calne's drop in success
7:00am Friday 10th July 2009
Pupils at St Margaret’s School, Calne, have raised £4,500 for a drop in centre run by the town’s Youth Trust.
Footpath light in Calne is finally fixed
7:00am Friday 10th July 2009
Pensioner Manette Bird, of Amberly Close, is delighted that a street light near her home has been fixed after five years.
Wootton Bassett store staff aid charity
7:00am Friday 10th July 2009
Staff at Sainsburys in Wootton Bassett have raised £600 for charity in just three months.
Chippenham burglar on a curfew
3:17pm Thursday 9th July 2009
A burglar who was put on a curfew after telling a judge he couldn’t afford to travel to do community service has been jailed after giving a false address to the court.
Paedophile has 10-year jail term cut
3:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009
A paedophile from west Wiltshire has had his jail term cut by a crown court judge.
Teenage jockey walks free from court over Lackham theft
3:09pm Thursday 9th July 2009
A promising teenage jockey walked free from court despite admitting to a fraud charge totalling £2,000 because of his fledgling career.
Pub couple return to Hullavington inn
2:43pm Thursday 9th July 2009
Landlords Pauline and Anthony Hudd are back behind the bar at Hullavington’s Star Inn after a year away.
Plea over bonfires at Sherston
2:48pm Thursday 9th July 2009
Sherston Parish Council has urged gardeners in the village to be more considerate when burning green waste after villagers complained about the smoke from neighbours’ bonfires.
Purton Primary School achieves art award
2:35pm Thursday 9th July 2009
St Mary’s Church of England Primary School has received an award for encouraging budding artists.
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