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  • BOWLS: Mixed fortunes for Clarrie

    CLARRIE Dunbar completed a team double in the Yetton and Egham Trophies but missed out in the Denny Cup in a hectic four-day spell of national inter-club championship matches, writes DAVE EATON. The ladies side set the ball rolling with a hard

  • Duke of Kent calls for an encore at Wiltshire Music Centre

    The Duke of Kent completed his tour of business’ in Wiltshire today, with a surprise request for an encore of music. The Duke began the morning by visiting Wessex MS Therapy Centre, in Warminster, where he met the staff, carers and members.

  • Campaigners' delight at chicken farm decision

    A decision whether plans to build an intensive chicken farm in Sutton Veny can go ahead has been postponed, after residents voiced their concerns at a council meeting on Wednesday. The application for a site at Longbridge Deverill Road had been recommended

  • Christmas fair at Trowbridge takes Centre stage

    If you’re still hunting down a festive gift or two, then the perfect present will be waiting on a stall at the Christmas Craft Fair at Trowbridge Civic Centre . As well as some great items for presents, there will also be a range of stalls selling

  • Christmas Tree Festival at Westbury

    There will be an opportunity to vote for your favourite when you visit this year’s Christmas Tree Festival at All Saints Church, Westbury. The festivities begin on Friday, between 6-8pm in an opening event with music. The trees, which have

  • GOLF: Surry can't get started in Durban

    STEVE Surry saw his first round at the Nelson Mandela Championship washed out as not a single shot was possible on the opening day in Durban today. Play was postponed in the event - the first of the new European Tour season - in South Africa until

  • Bradford on Avon Lions' Santa tour

    Santa Claus really is coming to town in and around Bradford on Avon from this weekend – with a little help from his friends at the town’s Lions Club. The faithful band of Lions start their annual Santa tour on Friday night in the Woolley Street

  • Corsley hosts festive event

    Hear festive choral music written by two very different Haydns At Christmas in this concert, featuring the Corsley Festival Choir. St Margaret’s Church, Corsley, near Warminster, is the venue, where you can hear this quality choir singing Run Ye

  • Corsham alive with lights

    Paralympic swimming sensation Stephanie Millward will be switching-on Corsham’s Christmas lights outside the Town Hall at 6pm on Friday. Former Corsham School pupil Miss Millward, who won four silver medals and one bronze during this summer’s Paralympic

  • Lacock crackers trail

    Lacock Abbey is hosting a Christmas Cracker Family Trail this weekend for those in the festive spirit. The grounds will be open with visitors welcome to explore the cloisters and all around, trying to find the punchlines to some excruciatingly funny

  • BOWLS: Bronze delight for Graham

    TROWBRIDGE bowler Graham Shadwell and his pairs partner Jamie Chestney are the only members of the England men’s team to win a medal at the 2012 World Championships in Australia. Shadwell, who plays for the Spencer Moulton club at Bradford on Avon