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Waste collection on agenda at Amesbury meeting
THE future of the county’s waste collection service is one of the issues on the agenda at the next meeting of Amesbury Area Board. Other items on the agenda include future plans for the library service, funding for local transport schemes –
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Pupils get education advice
PUPILS from schools across Wiltshire are getting the opportunity to learn more about their educational options at two events in Trowbridge. Aimhigher Wiltshire is hosting the first event today and the second next Monday at the Civic Hall. Both events
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Plaque marks achievements of Salisbury doctor
A PLAQUE has been unveiled to mark the achievements of a man who brought better drainage to Salisbury, Dr Andrew Bogle Middleton, who lived in Cathedral Close, resisted fierce opposition from the city’s civic society when he called for open drainage
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Drink drive crackdown yields results
LATEST figures show drink driving is still a problem in Wiltshire, despite hard-hitting advertising and increased enforcement activity, but the statistics are an improvement on last year’s. The police launched the summer drink/drive campaign on June
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Pervert jailed for underwear crime
A PERVERT who broke into a young mum’s house and used her underwear to gain sexual gratification has been jailed for two years. Anthony Palmer, 23, of Orchard Road, Redlynch, was sentenced to 26 months’ imprisonment at Salisbury Crown Court on Friday
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Stolen double decker crashed in Amesbury
THREE people have been arrested after a double decker bus was found crashed into a wall at the Archers Gate estate in Amesbury. The bus, stolen from the bus station in the town centre, was found abandoned on Redworth Drive in the early hours of Friday
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Man attacked with glass bottle in Amesbury
A MAN was left needing hospital treatment after he was attacked by a group of men with a glass bottle while walking through Amesbury. The attack happened when the 24-year-old local man and his wife were walking along Salisbury Street just after midnight
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Police appeal after Amesbury shop theft
POLICE would like help tracing a man in connection with a shoplifting incident in Amesbury. Just before 3pm on May 26, a man entered the large Co-op store in the town centre and selected a number of items from the shelves, including Stella Artois lager
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Hockey star at Wellington Academy
ENGLAND and Great Britain’s women’s hockey player Alex Danson spent a day working with pupils at Wellington Academy. She visited the school after its application to become part of the Sky Sports Living for Sport programme, spending the morning with
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Teddy bears could help Barnardo's
THE Salisbury community has been invited to dig out their old teddy bears to support the latest fundraising appeal by children’s charity Barnardo’s. The Salisbury shop plans to find new homes for the donated bears and is also encouraging the donation
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Sun rises on a successful solstice
CLEAR skies meant the thousands of revellers who flocked to Stonehenge got to enjoy a beautiful sunrise at this year's Summer Solstice on Monday morning. About 20,000 druids, pagans and revellers from across the country and abroad travelled to the famous
