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3Mar/102

Issue 495 – cub leader is melksham’s person of the year

Melksham’s Person of the Year 2009 has been revealed as long-term Cub leader Christine Broom.

3Mar/100

Issue 495 – Council defends lorry park study cost (although details are “commercially sensitive”)

With £18,200 of taxpayers’ money being spent on deciding where lorries should park in Melksham, Melksham News has asked Wiltshire Council for a full breakdown of where the money is going.

3Mar/100

Issue 495 – Plans for Melksham’s own radio station moving fast

Plans are moving fast for Melksham’s own radio station after a successful first meeting attended by interested parties.

3Mar/100

Issue 495 – Bald move for school staff

Three members of staff at a local primary school undertook a hair-raising stunt on Saturday in the name of charity.

3Mar/100

Issue 495 – Donations reach orphanage in Sierra Leone

Donations offered by Melksham people have benefitted poverty stricken children at an orphanage in Sierra Leone.

3Mar/100

Issue 495 – Residents to have say over leisure facilities

Wiltshire Council has released a statement reassuring residents that they will get the chance to have a say about the future of the county’s leisure facilities before any decisions are made.

3Mar/100

Issue 495 – Melksham runners enter Bath Half

Melksham will be well represented in the Bath Half Marathon, which takes place this Sunday, 7th March.

3Mar/100

Issue 495 – Come on board the new rail partnership

Discussions are underway with Wiltshire Council, the Department for Transport, First Great Western and others with a view to setting up a "Community Rail Partnership" for the TransWilts line - which links Swindon to Salisbury via Chippenham and Trowbridge, and provides Melksham station with its only train services.

3Mar/100

Issue 495 – Cobblers Bench celebrate 20 years in the business

A popular cobblers and shoe repairer in Melksham is celebrating trading in Melksham's town centre for 20 years.

3Mar/100

Issue 495 – Community mourns the loss of Graeme Brady

Melksham people have been mourning the loss of local man Graeme Brady, who involved himself in many aspects of community life.