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Historic beam engine to rescue stranded Wiltshire boaters

Crofton beam engine

5:00pm Friday 3rd July 2009

A historic beam engine is to be fired up and put into action tomorrow to allow marooned boaters to navigate the Kennet and Avon Canal between Burbage and Wootton Rivers.

Judgement reserved on Savernake High Court case

4:24pm Friday 3rd July 2009

The judicial review into the closure of the minor injury unit at Savernake Hospital, Marlborough ended today with a High Court judge reserving judgement.

Vietnamese men jailed for Devizes cannabis factory

Cannabis at the house in Broadleas Park

1:37pm Friday 3rd July 2009

Three Vietnamese men found guilty of cultivating cannabis in a house in Devizes have been jailed.

Yatton Keynell toddler helped by sensory toys

11:48am Friday 3rd July 2009

Disabled toddler Ellen Woodhouse is over the moon with the new sensory toys her pre-school has been given.

Malmesbury girl learns from top artist

11:47am Friday 3rd July 2009

Ten-year-old Malmesbury Primary School pupil Amy Wiles spent a day learning to paint with renowned wildlife artist and conservationist, David Shepherd CBE at his home studio.

Tortoise and hare in Chippenham

11:34am Friday 3rd July 2009

Despite the blistering heat, fundraisers took to pounding the streets of Chippenham in a bid to raise money and the profile of a mental health charity.

Worries over Devizes Crammer

11:36am Friday 3rd July 2009

Devizes Town Council is to approach British Waterways and Wessex Water about keeping the Crammer pond topped up during heatwaves and droughts.

Exciting acts for Devizes street festival

11:37am Friday 3rd July 2009

Spanish puppets, a ballet performed on bicycles and a Punch and Judy show with life-sized characters are among the acts coming to Devizes on August bank holiday Monday.

Devizes playing field changing rooms are 'unsafe'

11:40am Friday 3rd July 2009

Devizes town councillors have called for new changing rooms to be provided at its football pitches in Green Lane after hearing that the current building is in an unsafe condition.

QC claims Savernake day hospital is not closed

10:15am Friday 3rd July 2009

Wiltshire Primary Care Trust has not closed the day hospital at Savernake its QC Philip Havers argued at the ongoing High Court hearing in London.

Mother in fatal is Corsham woman

Thre crash scene at Corsham

9:44am Friday 3rd July 2009

Police have confirmed that the woman driver who died in the fatal crash on the A4 in Corsham yesterday was the mother of the two children in the car.

Tidworth soldier dies alongside top officer

Joshua Hammond

8:58am Friday 3rd July 2009

A soldier from Tidworth died alongside the most senior British serviceman to be killed in action in Afghanistan.

Thugs attack dad in Chippenham

7:00am Friday 3rd July 2009

d Donald Murphy has been left hospitalised after a vicious late night attack in Chippenham left him with a serious bleed on the brain.

Easterton villagers hit out at flood plan delays

Villagers fear a repeat of the flooding misery

7:00am Friday 3rd July 2009

Residents of Easterton are concerned attempts to solve the problem of flooding in the village are being held up by Wiltshire Council.

Swearing Calne pair fined

7:00am Friday 3rd July 2009

Father and son Philip and Darren Barber have walked free from court after pleading guilty to threatening Police Community Support Officers in Calne earlier this year.


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