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  • Kingdown School celebrates best ever GCSEs

    Kingdown School has joined several others in West Wiltshire in defying national trends with its best ever GCSE results. With 64 per cent of students achieving five A*-C grades including English and maths, the Warminster academy school is placed

  • Police seek help in Corsham fraud investigation

    Wiltshire Police is appealing for information following reports of fraudulent activity in Corsham. Offenders in the town have been opening bank accounts using the names and details of others and then attempting to steal the bank cards and associated

  • Stonar has 100 per cent GCSE pass rate

    Pupils, parents and staff at Stonar celebrated a superb set of GCSE results this morning with every pupil achieving at least five passes at A* - C grades, including English, Mathematics and science. Despite a much-publicised fall nationally

  • GCSE success at Clarendon College

    Students and staff celebrated the best GCSE results ever recorded at Clarendon College this morning. The College had more than 50 per cent of students achieving at least five GCSEs at A* - C grades with English and maths and almost two-thirds

  • St Augustine's GCSE results are best ever

    St Augustine's Catholic College in Trowbridge achieved its best ever GCSE results this morning. Students gathered to pick up their results and collectively are the most successful year the college has had, with 90 per cent achieving five

  • Melksham Oak posts best ever GCSE results

    Melksham Oak School celebrated its best ever GCSE performance this morning when students collected their results.  In total 53 per cent achieving five A* to C grades including English and maths, and 80 per cent overall getting at

  • Cooksey trial: Jury to visit crime scene today

    The jury in the trial of a Melksham man for the manslaughter of Trowbridge builder Adrian Cooksey will visit the crime scene today. The 12 person jury, along with police, the judge and legal teams, will visit Melksham to acquaint themselves with

  • Right-do-die rivals pay tribute to Tony Nicklinson

    Campaigners with conflicting opinions on the right-to-die debate today united in their support for the grieving family of locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson. The 58-year-old's legal challenge for a change in the law divided opinion on