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Bath rugby players to help in search for missing Chippenham man

Friends say the disappearance of Donavan Van Lill doesn’t make any sense at all

3:34pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

South African players at Bath Rugby Club have been enlisted in the search for missing Chippenham man Donavan van Lill.

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Tipped tipper blocks road in Devizes

11:05am Tuesday 16th March 2010

Fire officers were called to London Road in Devizes yesterday lunchtime after a tipper truck turned over.

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Mummified hand stolen from Wiltshire pub

10:00am Tuesday 16th March 2010

Thieves took an unusual trophy from a Wiltshire pub - a mummified hand amputated from a cheating gambler.

Biker flown to hospital after crash at Wootton Bassett mass ride

8:30am Tuesday 16th March 2010

One of the motorcyclists taking part in Sunday's mass ride through Wootton Bassett was flown to hospital by air ambulance after a three vehicle crash.

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Biker thanks helpers after accident on eve of big ride

8:02am Tuesday 16th March 2010

Grateful dad Stuart Jefferies has thanked the people who helped him and his teenage daughter after a motorbike accident on Saturday as he prepared to take part in the Wootton Bassett ride the next day.

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Malmesbury primary prepares to fight cuts

8:05am Tuesday 16th March 2010

Malmesbury Primary School is preparing to fight plans to close its specialist learning centre as part of a raft of cutbacks in special education.

Prince Charles to visit Malmesbury

7:56am Tuesday 16th March 2010

Prince Charles is to visit Malmesbury Abbey for a fundraising classical concert on May 22.

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Police renew witness appeal a week after Chippenham bank raid

8:51pm Monday 15th March 2010

Police have spent the evening in Chippenham town centre appealing for new information about last week's ram raid on a bank.

Chippenham protesters meet shadow minister

4:52pm Monday 15th March 2010

Campaigners from the Friend’s of Bird’s Marsh got a chance to express their concern to the shadow minister for local government and planning on Monday.

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Police helicopter on hunt for thieves in Chippenham

4:46pm Monday 15th March 2010

The police helicopter was called to Chippenham last night following reports of people on the roof of the Hygrade factory.

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Police intensify search for missing rugby player

3:53pm Monday 15th March 2010

The police investigation into the whereabouts of Donavan Van Lill, aged 29, a South African man living in Chippenham has intensified.

Council to spend an extra £1 million on pothole repairs in Wiltshire

2:07pm Monday 15th March 2010

Wiltshire Council says an extra £1 million is to be pumped into repairing the county's roads which have been badly affected by the severe winter weather.

Calne dad jailed for running cannabis factory

12:19pm Monday 15th March 2010

A dad who made tens of thousands of pounds growing cannabis in an industrial unit has been jailed for four years.

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Marathon in memory of East Grafton boy by Swindon couple

7:00am Monday 15th March 2010

BROTHERS-in-law Lee Plank and Mark Fleckney are in training for their first marathon to raise funds for the Anthony Nolan Trust in memory of Robin Plank from East Grafton who died from leukaemia last year.