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  • Murder inquiry police find car in lake

    Police have recovered a black Range Rover they believe is connected to the murder of Dawn Williams from a lake in South Cerney. Underwater recovery teams pulled the car from the lake, to the north of Swindon, this afternoon. Although the victim has

  • Abnormal load on M4

    The Highways Agency is advising road users of an abnormal load being transported along the M4 from Avonmouth near Bristol to Didcot in Oxfordshire between Sunday and Tuesdayr. The 470 tonne power station transformer will leave Avonmouth Docks at approximately

  • Underwater team joins murder inquiry

    POLICE underwater recovery teams have been attempting to pull a vehicle out of a lake in South Cerney, in connection with last night's murder in Swindon. Officers from Wiltshire Police, as well as Avon and Somerset, have been carrying out the recovery

  • Care home bosses in court

    TWO managers at a Chippenham care home for people with learning difficulties will stand trial at Swindon Crown Court accused of assaulting a 21-year-old resident. Tanya Peterson, 33 of Wroughton and Leigh Smith, 26 of Wootton Bassett, who both worked

  • New jobs created by supermarket

    FOURTEEN new jobs are to be created in Calne when Tesco Express opens later this month. Work is underway on the former One Stop store in Harrier Close and the shop is set to open on November 30. As well as the new jobs, 13 people from One Stop store

  • Police seal off murder house

    THE house where Dawn Williams was murdered yesterday evening was today sealed off by police. The body of a 44-year-old Mrs Williams was discovered at her home in Fosse Close in Rodbourne at 7.15pm last night. The road was immediately sealed off

  • Woman stages canteen protest

    Police were called to New College, Swindon, this morning after a woman staged a protest in the canteen. The middle-aged woman climbed onto a table during the college's mid-morning break and shouted at students. Police were later called and she was escorted

  • Hopper back for Hemel clash

    Luke Hopper will be in Chippenham Town's squad for tomorrow's game with league leaders Hemel Hempstead after his loan at Cirencester Town was cancelled. The Southern League Premier Division strugglers had initially agreed to take the striker, who scored

  • Lifeline for leisure users

    Devizes and Marlborough residents have been thrown a lifeline by the British Heart Foundation and members of the community who have helped fund life saving defibrillators for Devizes and Marlborough Leisure Centres in Wiltshire. The life saving defibrillators

  • Chippenham Town fixture dates

    Chippenham Town will travel to Bromsgrove Rovers on Tuesday, January 29 for their rearranged Southern League Premier Divsion fixture. The original game was due to be played earlier this month, but was postponed due Chippenham's FA Trophy match with Heybridge

  • Grieving father slams lawyers in skip case death

    GRIEVING dad Chris Grayson has slammed lawyers for bungling yesterday's prosecution against a firm allegedly to blame for his son's death. Former Malmesbury School pupil Alex Grayson died a year ago last week, when the moped he was riding crashed into

  • Murder victim named

    THE woman murdered in Swindon last night has this morning been named as 44-year-old Dawn Williams. Her body was discovered at her home in Fosse Close, Rodbourne, at 7.15pm. Neighbours have today described the shock and sadness experienced by others

  • Fighter pilots get a clear vision

    Futuristic new helmets will enable fighter jet pilots to see through their own aircraft, the Ministry of Defence said today. The head gear being developed for the hi-tech F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is being tested by MoD scientists at Boscombe Down

  • Becks spared death sentence

    Beckham the dog has been spared death a second time after her owner pledged she would abide by the terms of another control order. Fiona Campbell, 42, from Homefields, Marlborough, pleaded guilty before Kennet magistrates in Devizes on Tuesday to keeping

  • 'I was a scapegoat' says gas blast worker

    The workman who was sacked as a result of the gas explosion at musician Jimmy Brown's house in the Horsefair, Malmesbury, in April, believes he has been made a scapegoat. The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, was employed by Chippenham company Avent

  • Teen driver's lucky escape

    A teenage driver escaped injury when his car turned over and ended up on its roof on the A360 near Potterne on Monday night. The youngster, thought to be 17, who had only recently passed his test, climbed from the wreckage of his red Renault Clio shortly

  • Laptop sparks attic fire

    A LAPTOP sparked an attic fire yesterday evening in Calne. Fire crews were called to a terraced home in London Road just after 5.30pm. The house is occupied by a family of three and someone had left a laptop on in the attic bedroom. It is thought

  • Flashpoint at superloo opening

    Heckler Ken Miller brought a flush to the cheeks of councillors and officers at the official opening of Devizes' new £593,000 superloo in the west central car park yesterday. Coun Peter Evans, Kennet District Council's environment champion, was in full

  • Police launch murder hunt

    POLICE have launched a murder investigation after the body of a 44-year-old woman was found last night at an address in Fosse Close, Rodbourne, Swindon. Police were called at 7.21pm and a 43-year-old man is helping police with their inquiries.

  • Tommy Atkins

    A couple of nights ago, I was having a quiet pint in my local. There was a group of four lads at the end of the bar - young, in decent condition but obviously very drunk. They got a little loud and the landlord asked them to leave. They took exception