North Wiltshire & Kennet News from the Gazette and Herald

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.

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New links at Marlborough are set to grow

7:00am Sunday 14th March 2010

Town councillors in Marlborough are supporting plans for links with Marlborough in New Zealand following a visit to the town by Jeff Sewell, who runs a guest house there.

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Boost for Wiltshire searchers

7:00am Sunday 14th March 2010

A group who give up their spare time to train to go and search for anyone lost in the countryside had its new command and control vehicle officially launched by Assistant Chief Cons-table Patrick Geenty.

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Burbage pupils spread the word

7:00am Sunday 14th March 2010

Children at Burbage Primary School have been encouraging their parents to swap their usual brands of products for the Fairtrade equivalent to help producers in poorer overseas countries get a better standard of living.

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Eagles marched from Aldbourne to follow the footsteps of past

7:00am Sunday 14th March 2010

A group of Second World War military re-enactors have raised more than £2,800 for Help for Heroes and the Wiltshire Air Ambulance from a six-mile sponsored march in full uniform.

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Burbage father runs to say thank you

7:00am Sunday 14th March 2010

Watch designer Simon Benney, who lives near Burbage, is training for one of the world’s toughest races to raise money for medics who looked after his son following a road accident.

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Man’s world holds no fear for Frankie from Ewens Hill

7:00am Friday 12th March 2010

At little more than five feet tall and a petite size six Frankie Lennett has a job more associated with big muscular men who can wield a heavy hammer all day long.

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Marlborough's Pete Doherty banned from driving

6:39am Friday 12th March 2010

Marlborough rock star Pete Doherty was given a 12-month driving ban and fined £500 yesterday after he admitted allowing his manager to use his Daimler without insurance.

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Gus, from Beckhampton, earns the way in

2:48pm Thursday 11th March 2010

Stablehand Kerry Brown is delighted that her four year old Hungarian Vizsla called Gus will never have to qualify for Crufts again.

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