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  • New boys clean up at Hullavington's awards night

    SECOND Division Hullavington held their end of season awards night at The Star Inn before going into Malmesbury to celebrate a good season for the village side who after two relegations in a row regained some stability with a fifth place finish in the

  • League looking for more teams

    The Melksham and District Monday Darts League is looking for more teams to join. Teams are welcome from Trowbridge, Devizes, Melksham, Corsham, Westbury etc. For more information contact Les Decarteret on either 01225 702054 or 07709972987. The league's

  • Bypass inquiry continues

    THE public inquiry into the controversial £35m Westbury bypass is due to enter its third week. Last week Wiltshire County Council continued to put their case forward for the proposed single carriageway road on the eastern side of the town. The inquiry

  • Trophy win for Harrison

    Hawkeridge snooker starlet Ben Harrison beat the European under 19 champion on his way to another trophy at the weekend. Harrison was competing in the Business Land under 21 series in Pontins Prestatyn, which was only the fifth event of his career.

  • Scrap metal firm operated illegally

    A SCRAP metal firm has been fined £40,000 for operating an illegal waste transfer station in Warminster. EJ Shanley & Son in Trowbridge was also ordered to pay an additional £1,813 in costs by Chippenham magistrates on Wednesday after pleading guilty

  • Eyewitnesses describe aircraft plunge

    EYEWITNESSES have described the moment a light aircraft plunged into a fishing lake near Bradford on Avon. A 59-year-old man pilot, from South Ruislip, crashed his Piper light aircraft into a pond at Rushy Lane Fisheries in Bradford Leigh just before

  • Honours shared in Mob challenge

    Avon Valley Runners entertained Team Bath and Corsham Running Club at a "Mob Match" using the Over the Hills course - only backwards. With runners starting in Barton Farm Country Park heading out to Avoncliff, climbing up to Westwood then descending

  • Residents brand plans as 'vandalism'

    RESIDENTS living near a west Wiltshire golf course that could be turned into a housing development have branded the plans 'vandalism'. An outline application to build 194 homes on Bradford on Avon Golf Course in Avon Close has been submitted to West