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  • ANGLING: Craig reels in Trowbridge prize

    THE Tuesday Trowbridge Seniors match was won by Pete Craig, from Devizes, with 29 lb 8 oz of carp and bream. Jim Escott, from Melksham, was next with 18 lb 8 oz of roach and skimmers, followed by Pete Thomas, from Bristol, with 11 lb 4 oz of skimmers

  • RUGBY: Henry aims for front-line service

    BATH have a war chest of world-class forwards but Henry Thomas believes it won’t be long before he grabs his chance to lead the pack into battle. Mike Ford has the luxury of picking between two England tight-heads after Thomas joined from Sale

  • TWO Wiltshire sports teams targeted by thieves on same day

    Wiltshire Police are appealing for witnesses after items were stolen from changing rooms at Westbury Rugby Club - the same day North Bradley FC players were targeted. North Bradley footballers suffered double misery on Saturday, October 18, when

  • Legendary landlord Peewee’s name lives on in bench tribute

    A plaque was unveiled in tribute to legendary Trowbridge pub landlord and musician Alan ‘Peewee’ Hunt on a memorial bench at the site of the Village Pump Folk Festival on Sunday. The bench, under the gaze of the Westbury White Horse, features several

  • Staff tackle fire in laundry room at Trowle hotel

    Fire crews rushed to The Old Manor Hotel in Trowle, on the edge of Trowbridge, in the early hours of Sunday morning when a blaze in a linen basket full of towels led to a small fire in the laundry room. The fire had been put out by the time firefighters