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  • Former Potterne prep school to get new lease of life

    Plans to turn the former Mill School in Potterne into two homes have been approved by Wiltshire Council. The Grade II listed former preparatory school closed after more than 50 years in March 2012 when it went into administration. New owners

  • Traffic delays in Chippenham after woman injured in collision

    Motorists are experiencing traffic delays in Chippenham following a collision involving a car and woman believed to be in her 20s. The incident happened at the Bridge Centre roundabout at 10.30am. Roads closures are currently in place at Bath Road

  • GP waiting times worry

    CONCERNS over the time it takes to get a doctor’s appointment in Pewsey were raised at the Area Board meeting on Monday. Representatives from Great Western Hospital, the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Health Watch Wiltshire were there to

  • Appeal after crash causes traffic chaos in Chippenham

    Police are appealing for help in identifying a woman in her twenties after she was injured in an accident at the Bridge Roundabout in Chippenham this morning. The accident has caused huge tailbacks in the area and police are asking drivers to avoid

  • Safety call after paving fall injury in Chippenham

    Pensioner Margaret Waters still has to drink through a straw four weeks after tripping on a loose paving stone and falling on her face in Chippenham. Mrs Waters, 66, who is regularly out walking, suffered the facial injury needing stitches after

  • Marlborough Golf Club’s disabled facilities get a lift

    Wheelchair users can take full advantage of the facilities at Marlborough Golf Club thanks to a £50,000 grant from the Hills Group. The grant, which was made available through the Landfill Communities Fund, has been used to install a stair lift

  • CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Two more for the Bluebirds

    CHIPPENHAM Town chief Mark Collier has continued to revamp his squad by bringing in two more new faces ahead of this afternoon's trip to Biggleswade Town. The Bluebirds have bolstered their back-line options by signing defender Pete Monks from

  • Devizes Mayor fits bill for fiesta

    Devizes Mayor Pete Smith will be among those joining a fitness fiesta to raise money for hometown charity Bag4Sport Foundation. He will be flexing his muscles along with scores of other people under the guidance of instructors from the Route2Fitness

  • RACING: Back with a bang

    HIS year started with rehabilitation from a broken back, but Chippenham youngster James Harding will end it as a champion after jointly lifting the 2013 Amateur Gentlemen Jockeys Flat title. The 21-year-old’s triumph, along with three others, was