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Year of events raises thousands for hospice

FROM cake sales to mountain challenges, staff at Defence Fixed Networks (DFN) in Corsham have raised more than £6,500 for Dorothy House Hospice Care. read more
Hunt laws fail to stop Boxing Day tradition

THE laws may have changed but thousands of people are still expected to attend the first post-ban Boxing Day hunt in Lacock. read more
Cabbie punched

AN escalating wave of violence against taxi drivers continued this week as a cabbie was punched had his ear partially ripped off. read more
Man jailed for affair with teen

A 29-YEAR-OLD Chippenham lorry driver who had an affair with a girl nearly half his age has been jailed for 20 months. read more
Store’s festive gift to brave youngster

CANCER sufferer Carl Stainton received some early Christmas presents from a store in Chippenham on Thursday. read more
The future looks Bright as George takes gap year

IT may be a bit later than most of his students, but Wiltshire College principal George Bright is taking a long-overdue gap year. read more
Man’s arrest sparks alert over internet chatroom use

A DETECTIVE has warned parents to be on the alert after a spate of arrests involving men targeting underage girls through internet chatrooms. read more
Court staff strike over pay dispute

THE picket line formed outside Chippenham magistrates' court this week as the first shots in a pay dispute were fired. read more

Archive - Friday, 23 December 2005