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Clarification

9:56am Friday 10th July 2009

IN REFERENCE to our story on page 7 of this week’s Standard ‘Parking Outcry, page 7, July 9’ we would like to clarify that the rate of pay of £33 per hour refers to bank holidays only when they are on a double time pay rate and receive a day in lieu.

Former mayor has died

6:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009

FORMER Malmesbury Mayor John Bowen has died.

Life 'in ruins' following £500k jewellery theft

Tony Scott lost over £500,000 of jewellery to thieves at Cirencester’s Tesco store

3:32pm Thursday 9th July 2009

A JEWELLER says his life is in ruins after losing over £500,000 of stock to professional thieves when he left The Cotswold Show on Saturday.

Council pays £240,000 in duplicate bills

1:28pm Thursday 9th July 2009

GLOUCESTERSHIRE County Council has been paying its bills twice, unnecessarily forking over hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers money.

Road closures announced ahead of Air Tattoo

12:36pm Thursday 9th July 2009

TRAFFIC restrictions will close certain roads around RAF Fairford for up to five days leading up to the Royal International Air Tattoo on the weekend of July 18/19.

Fire station 40 today

Martyn Snell clearing up after a training session

12:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009

THE OPENING of Malmesbury Fire Station 40 years ago today marked a new start for the town and for a new young member of the crew.

Barn broken into - nothing stolen

10:11am Thursday 9th July 2009

BETWEEN 7pm on Monday, July 6 and 10am On Tuesday, July 7, unknown offenders forced entry to a barn just outside Fairford.

Appeal after schoolboy is mugged for his mobile phone

9:32am Thursday 9th July 2009

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an incident in Minchinhampton yesterday, Tuesday July 7, where a 12-year-old boy’s mobile phone was stolen.

Noisy exhausts boost calls for action on antisocial behaviour

9:10am Thursday 9th July 2009

MEMBERS of the Malmesbury area board have been given a taste of the noise problems suffered by residents living near the Station Yard car park.

Super council plans roving cabinet

5:00pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

WILTSHIRE Council has decided cabinet meetings will be held in different locations after voters in outlying parts of the county voiced fears that its Trowbridge headquarters was too remote.


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Police guard the cordoned off Market Place in Cirencester following the incident in the early hours of Saturday

Jousting at Powell's school fete

Chloe Lees storytelling and busking in Cirencester

Cricklade festival




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