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  • Jive pony brings a smile to all Frogham fair-goers

    AS Tinker cantered around the ring, an attractive young woman stood on his back and started to strip - off came the heavy grey ankle length skirt and top then she cartwheeled off the horse. This was Jive pony and it was their first visit to Frogham Fair

  • Crows successfully scared at Bisterne

    PERHAPS they come alive after dusk - you could be forgiven for letting your imagination run riot after a tour of Bisterne last week. For lurking at the side of many a road are groups, pairs or single scarecrows and they are sometimes quite sinister looking

  • Walkers warned to be aware of ticks

    CASES of Lyme Disease are increasing as warmer weather encourages a population growth of ticks and south Wiltshire is in the middle of a high risk area. The number of reported cases of the disease in humans in the UK reached a record 768 in 2006 and

  • Rubbish piles up

    By Kirsty Barton JANE Davies has been left exasperated by piles of rubbish piling up behind her home in Trinity Street. Her house backs onto Waverley Place, where a variety of refuse, including rotting leaves and branches, pieces of wood and household