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IT Services Manager Springfields Academy Calne

Can't find a URL for it but the local freebie newspaper (Wiltshire Star) just dropped through our letterbox and it carries a large job advertisement for The Springfields Academy in Calne Wiltshire. No mention of this vacancy on the schools website. First on the list is a Full Time IT Services Manager Salary circa £33 - £37K. more

Olympic torch to bypass Avebury? (Boo!)

It has been reported to Avebury Parish Council that the Olympic torch will go from Calne to Marlborough but not be carried by runners through the villages. What a missed photo-op. (Who is to say Avebury henge or its ditch were never used for sport?!) No doubt the torch will travel right past Silbury but again the world will be deprived of an... more

Calne and Academy Olympics

Very productive and informative meeting with Sam Shuker from The John Bentley School (JBS) today about the Calne Olympics plans. Amongst all of the county, regional and national events (such as the Olympic Torch Relay) there are also plans afoot to ensure all young people of Calne get a chance to shine in the name of the Olympics. more

Son shot dad in Chesco, police say

An unemployed, 26-year-old son fatally shot his father in Chester County last night after an argument, authorities said today. The homicide, the county's third this year, occurred about 6:50 p.m. at a residence in the 200 block of Seltzer Avenue in Caln Township, said Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan. Derek J. more

Dog skeletons, witchcraft books found in Coatesville home

Posted: Tue, Feb. 21, 2012, 8:30 AM Dog remains suggest sacrifices at Chesco home By Kathleen Brady Shea When Malcolm X came to Philly A dog's head in a freezer was one of many grisly discoveries investigators made Monday night at a Chester County residence that appeared to be a site for ritualistic animal sacrifices. more

Top head: private schools should not support failing ones

Dr Helen Wright, president of the Girls' School Association (GSA) and head of top performing St Mary's Calne in Wiltshire, urged ministers to "be careful" about expecting private schools "to bolster academies or to prop up other failing schools". "Why should our parents – most of whom struggle hard to pay the fees to educate their children –... more

If those were dog skulls in freezer, officials in Chesco may bite back

WHEN IT COMES to pagan religions like Voodoo, Santeria and Palo Mayombe, sacrificing and eating chickens, goats and other livestock is no big deal. "It's virtually the same thing as having Easter Sunday dinner, only you're killing and preparing the animal yourself instead of buying it," said Eric Lee, co-owner of Mystickal Tymes, an occult store... more

Are Chester County occultists into dog sacrifices?

When it comes to pagan religions like Voodoo, Santeria and Palo Mayombe, sacrificing and eating chickens, goats and other livestock is no big deal. "It's virtually the same thing as having Easter Sunday dinner, only you're killing and preparing the animal yourself instead of buying it," said Eric Lee, co-owner of Mystickal Tymes, an occult store... more

Police: Man Fatally Shot His Own Father During Argument In Chester County

CALN TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) - A suspect has been arrested in the shooting death of his own father in Chester County Monday evening. Derek J. Smith, 26, has been charged with murder for his alleged role in the shooting death of his father, Steve Washington, inside the family's home in the 200 block of Seltzer Avenue in Caln Township. more

Investigators say Chester County house was likely a site of animal sacrifices

A dog's head in a freezer was one of many grisly discoveries investigators made Monday night at a Chester County house that appeared to be a site for ritualistic animal sacrifices. Rich Britton, a spokesman for the Chester County SPCA, said his agency was contacted by police and executed a search warrant at a house in the 2400 block of Wayne... more