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From Trowbridge, another string to Toby's bow

St Augustine’s musician of the year Toby Tripp with most promising award winner Ollie Fisher and runner-up and vocalist Sam Otto, right

7:00pm Friday 19th March 2010

Budding musicians competed for the coveted title of St Augustine’s Young Musician of the Year last week.

Man on murder charge after Chippenham man disappears

Donavan Van Lill

6:46pm Friday 19th March 2010

A 41-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the disappearance of Chippenham man Donavan Van Lill.

Here’s looking at ewe: lambs at Lacock

Imogen, three, and Maddie, four, make a new friend

6:00pm Friday 19th March 2010

Families from across the county flocked to Wiltshire College Lackham for the first of two lambing weekends.

Super shoppers sweep up at Bradford on Avon

Entrants in the Shop Til You Drop race are sent on their way by Chamber of Commerce president John Upson Photos: Trevor Porter (31029)

5:30pm Friday 19th March 2010

Speedy shoppers raced around Bradford on Avon on Saturday morning in a Supermarket Sweep-style Shop Til You Drop event organised by the Chamber of Commerce.

Westbury mum poisoned by stove fumes

5:00pm Friday 19th March 2010

A coroner described the death of a Westbury woman as a tragic accident after hearing how she was poisoned by carbon monoxide which leaked from a woodburning stove.

Cute canines from Wiltshire are top of the class at Crufts

Martin and Hayley Waker with Mouse Joseph Baker and mum Marie with Gunner

4:10pm Friday 19th March 2010

Pooches from Wiltshire showed why they are top dogs after winning prizes at this year’s Crufts competition.

Masterminding a new plan for Trowbridge’s future

Vision director Adam Nardell in front of the Sainsbury’s supermarket development being built on the old Ushers site

4:00pm Friday 19th March 2010

A masterplan for the regeneration of Trowbridge is being drawn up so that work can start on major sites as soon as the economy recovers.

Warminster Hospital adds out-of-hours care

3:30pm Friday 19th March 2010

Sick people in Warminster and Westbury will get better medical care from April 1, when the town’s hospital will become part of the new-look out-of-hours GP service.

Leonie crash driver avoids jail term

Leonie Newbury with mum Tammy Raeburn on Christmas Day

3:24pm Friday 19th March 2010

Motorist Jake Taylor, who left teenager Leonie Newbury fighting for her life after a horror smash, has walked free from court after the schoolgirl’s family said they didn’t want to see him jailed.

Trowbridge pupils cooking up a real treat

Laina, Stacey, Jasmine and Josh have fun preparing a cheesey apple filling for baguettes at the Holbrook Primary School cookathon Photos: Trevor Porter (31049)

3:00pm Friday 19th March 2010

Carrot buns, bread pudding and other wartime rations were cooked up by children at a Trowbridge primary school on Tuesday.

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