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Hospice gets cash windfall
A CENTRE treating terminally ill cancer patients has been granted a £600,000 cash boost to create a world class' care facility. Cotswold Care Hospice has been given £600,000 from a share of £40 million of funding from the Department of Health to improve
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Green corridor proposals could fall at the first hurdle
A £15MILLION scheme to create a network of cycle tracks, footpaths, with canal and railway links between Cricklade and Swindon could destroy the area's wildlife and archaeology. North Wiltshire planners considering early plans for the Cricklade Country
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Men 'fought like children' outside pub
A JUDGE branded two Cotswold men childish after they appeared in court for their involvement in a bloody drunken brawl in a pub car park. David Moisejevs, 31, from Rook Tree Farm, Down Ampney and Stephen Willie, 29, from Cliffords, Cricklade appeared
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Cricket season up and running
LOOKING to the gods - South Hill Cricket Club's batsman, Nigel Voaden, hits high during his team's first game of the season, which was drawn away to Kempsford Cricket Club Picture: Terry Parker
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Local man robbed in town centre
A CIRENCESTER man was robbed at knifepoint on the way to the post office yesterday afternoon. The 39-year-old was left badly shaken after being held up in Park Lane, yards from the post office in Castle Street. His attacker, who made off with several
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Corsham thrash Cricklade at home
Cricklade RFC 0 Corsham RFC 31 RELEGATION strugglers Cricklade were all that stood between Corsham and the Division One title. While the result was never in doubt, Cricklade gave a display of grit and spirit that will long be remembered by retiring
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Hooke - genius of the 17th century
ROBERT Hooke 1635-1703 was one of the fathers of modern science and yet he was comprehensively written out of history - why? Last year, 300 years after his death, his long lost manuscript was unearthed in a cupboard in a Hampshire country house and
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Sing night away at The Everyman
GET ready to sing and dance the night away at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham as the The Motown Show' is coming to town on April 22. The show is a slick, high-energy recreation of the 60's and 70's Motown era and celebrates two of its finest groups
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CCTV cameras to monitor dog walkers
DOG walkers are horrified CCTV cameras are to be installed around a lake on the outskirts of Fairford to ensure people stick to a public footpath. Cygnet Investments, which recently had a planning application for a large holiday complex around Lakes
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Parishes cut in North Wiltshire
DWINDLING numbers of clergymen joining the cloth is leading a to a cut in the number of parishes in North Wiltshire at a time when congregations in the district are bucking national trends and rising. Bristol Diocese plans to cut the number of parishes
