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Shoplifting arrests in Warminster

4:00pm Sunday 7th February 2010

Two teenagers accused of shoplifting in Warminster were arrested by police following an operation involving CCTV operators and members of the Shop Watch scheme.

Warminster store staff going batty

Kat Rice, manager of The Original Factory Shop in Warminster High Street, launches a year of fundraising for Warminster Cricket Club with staff and cricket club representatives

4:00pm Saturday 6th February 2010

Girls’ and women’s cricket teams in Warminster will benefit after a shop chose the town’s cricket club as its charity of the year.

Wootton Bassett festival gets the go-ahead

7:00am Saturday 6th February 2010

The Wootton Bassett Arts Festival is to return this year from June 10 to June 14.

Warminster soldiers' bodies given silent tribute in Wootton Bassett

Karen and Russ Shaw, parents of Lance Corporal Graham Shaw of 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, watch as their son's coffin passes

3:00pm Friday 5th February 2010

Veterans, servicemen and townspeople were united in mourning with family and friends of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan as they were brought back to the UK.

Warminster soldiers killed by roadside bombs in Afghanistan

Cpl Liam Riley (left) and Prince Harry

1:02pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

Two soldiers based in Warminster, who were killed in separate bomb blasts in Afghanistan, are due to be repatriated on Friday.

Hunt for local Billy Elliot to get under way this weekend

Brian Martineau at the Ath

4:06pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010

The director of a Billy Elliot musical to be staged in Warminster is hoping they will be mobbed by talented applicants at open auditions being held this weekend.

Theatre fundraisers hope grant will give them much-needed lift

The Ath in Warminster

2:59pm Monday 1st February 2010

A grade II listed theatre in Warminster will soon be accessible to all after a grant for a new lift was given the backing of the Warminster Area Board.

Former Army Major died from undiagnosed heart condition

David Holmes with Frank, the family’s Springer Spaniel

12:10pm Monday 1st February 2010

A former army major from Warminster who collapsed while on a jog near his home, died from an undiagnosed heart disorder, an inquest heard on Friday.

Emotional return for Warminster councillor

Former Warminster mayor Cllr Veronica Burden is glad to be back at Warminster Town Council

8:40am Monday 1st February 2010

Eight months after being rushed to hospital suffering a bleed to her brain, former Warminster mayor Veronica Burden has made an emotional return to council life.

Warminster pupils' stock market test

Kingdown School students Penelope Bell, Milo Parsons, Emma Papworth and Stephen Pang keep a watchful eye on the stock market

2:00pm Sunday 31st January 2010

Students at a Warminster school are wheeling and dealing on the stock market with £3,000 they raised themselves.

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"So very sad, such young lives lost for us leaving behind heartbroken but proud families of these men." − onthesofa, wilts

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