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  • Muffet returns to Bradford News

    PREMIER Division Bradford News, who have been searching for a goalkeeper since the departure of Charlie Haydon to near neighbours Winsley, have finally got their man. Dave Muffet returns to the club and manager Colin Lewis will throw him straight

  • Veteran angler sets new best for barbel

    RECORDS have been tumbling on Bathampton AA fisheries, with a veteran 71-year-old angler leading the way. Richard Patrick from Bath has caught a number of big barbel over the years but has now taken a fine 13lb 4oz specimen from the Bristol Avon at

  • Train petition gathers pace

    AN online petition about the state of services on the Westbury to Swindon railway line is gathering pace. The Save The Train group has launched a petition on the 10 Downing Street website to get the First Great Western train service on the TransWilts

  • Biddestone boss backs sacked manager

    BIDDESTONE boss Graham Learmonth has backed his friend and rival Mark Hodkinson to bounce back following his sacking by Bradford Town. The Yatton Road chief believes Hodkinson has too much talent to walk away from non-league football. Learmonth said

  • Plenty of candidates for Perrin’s job

    THERE will be no shortage of candidates to replace Darren Perrin if, as expected, the Chippenham Town manager loses his job tomorrow. Former Chippenham fans' favourite Wayne Thorne said: "If Darren is sacked there are a number of people who will want

  • Iain's tiger feat!

    AFTER spending more than a decade making regular trips to Nepal, a Warminster man has achieved a long-standing ambition by finding the elusive Bengal tiger in the wild. Iain Perkins, 42, who works at the Warminster Garrison, went to Nepal in December

  • The car’s the star

    THE story of Aston Martin racing car will be told at a free public lecture in Wiltshire on Thursday. The DBR9 racing car and its track record is the subject of the lecture at the University of Bath in Swindon. Team principal George Howard-Chappell

  • New bins contract awarded

    COUNCIL bosses today named the company that will take on the waste collection contract in west Wiltshire. As exclusively revealed last month in the Wiltshire Times, Cleanaway lost the contract with West Wiltshire District Council just months after strike

  • New deal for cup semi-finalists

    WILTSHIRE Sunday Cup semi-finalists Kings Arms (Trowbridge) have moved across town after securing a new kit sponsorship deal with The Coyote Bar. The First Division outfit hope to take delivery of their new strip very soon and will be known as Coyote

  • Shurmer quits Wildcats

    THE Swindon npower Wildcats ice hockey club have announced the departure of Andrew Shurmer from their playing roster. Shurmer, who will turn 23 this weekend, leaves the team citing personal committments in his new professional venture away from the

  • Trowbridge ease to Vase victory

    TROWBRIDGE continued their winning run with a comprehensive 49-8 away victory over their Dorset and Wilts One neighbours Bradford on Avon to reach the quarter-finals of the Dorset and Wilts Vase. They took an early lead with a Alex Hill penalty followed

  • Festival plans under way

    PREPARATIONS are under way for the Melksham 1st Spring Festival in May and the organisers say they want as many people as possible to be involved. The event has been run over the last few years to highlight the park and river area of the town and to

  • Beauty spot thefts warning

    POLICE today warned motorists parking at beauty spots around Warminster to be on their guard against thieves breaking into cars. During the spring and summer there is a big rise in this type of crime when dog walkers and ramblers park in secluded areas