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Former Emery Gate security guard Chris Laflin admitted assaulting the mother of his child and smashing up her car in a drunken jealous rage when he appeared before Chippenham magistrates on Wednesday.

Students at Abbeyfield School in Chippenham have won national recognition for being environmentally aware.

Young Enterprise company X-Events from The George Ward School emerged as worthy overall winners of the Wiltshire County Young Enterprise Final, held at co-sponsor BP Castrol's HQ in Swindon, on Thursday.

A pensioner accused of a series of sex attacks on young children has been remanded in custody.

A man who aimed a model blunderbuss at police called to a domestic assault at his home has been jailed for eight months.

THE memory of former Wiltshire High Sheriff Chris Eliot-Cohen lives on although he died from cancer 13 years ago.

WHEN George Devey kissed the girl who was to become his wife he got a slap on the face for being too forward.

CITY finance dealer Federica Parise will be running in memory of her mother when she takes part in the Marlborough Race for Life on June 1.

The Bath Book Fair will be held this weekend in the Assembly Rooms, Bennett St Friday 16th May 11.00am to 6.00pm and Saturday 17th May 10.30am to 4.00pm.

A pensioner accused of a series of sex attacks on young children has been remanded in custody.

THREE men were arrested last night on suspicion of burgling a home in Hartmoor Road, Devizes, on Monday.

Monday's Mayor mking ceremony in the town hall was the first in living memory without the retiring deputy mayor being present.

New Calne Mayor Mercy Baggs has chosen young people's charities for her appeal in the coming year.

Gypsies caused mayhem in Chippenham this week after setting up camp at Stanley Park playing fields and putting one of Wiltshire's biggest football tournaments at risk.

THE Post Office at Great Bedwyn has reopened after being closed for almost a week.

MAYOR of Marlborough Peggy Dow will be heading a delegation from the town going to the Appeal Court in London on Wednesday to show support for hospital campaigner Val Compton.

Watching her Gladiators debut proved more difficult than Lucy Boggis anticipated on Sunday.

EXCITEMENT is building at St John's School in Marlborough where former England soccer star Stuart "Psycho" Peace will help it achieve a very special goal on Monday.

LORD Justice Sir Mathew Thorpe, of Seend, is mourning the death of his eldest son, Gervase.

Police say an armed raid on a flat in Calne, where they seized thousands of pounds worth of home-grown cannabis, is a warning to dealers in the town.