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  • New Stonehenge visitor centre to fly flag for Wiltshire

    VisitWiltshire is using today’s opening of the £27m Stonehenge Visitor Cenre to boost tourism visits and spend to Wiltshire. It has secured two huge 60inch screens to be used to promote Wiltshire at the centre. The first of these screens will

  • History teacher will stand for Labour in North Wiltshire

    History teacher Peter Baldrey has been chosen as the Labour Party's prospective parliamentary candidate for North Wiltshire. Mr Baldrey said: “I feel honoured to have received the backing of the members in North Wiltshire to take the Labour message

  • Developers aim for 45 new homes in Burbage

    AN application has been submitted to Wiltshire Council to build 45 homes on land east of Burbage High Street. Persimmon Homes wants to build a mixture of two, three and four-bedroom homes on about 2.5 hectares of open space at the south end of

  • CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Simpson capture completed

    CHIPPENHAM Town have completed the signing of midfielder Jake Simpson. Former Swindon Town youth teamer Simpson, 18, the son of former County Ground favourite Fitzroy Simpson, was released by Swindon in the summer. His capture was confirmed

  • £27m Stonehenge exhibition and visitor centre opens

    The long-awaited Stonehenge exhibition and visitor centre opened today as part of a £27 million project by English Heritage. However the position of the centre around a mile and half away from the stones and the cost of entrance has caused some

  • MOTOR SPORT: Rodney's new brief at Combe

    FORMER TT rider Rodney Gooch is to develop the Castle Combe circuit’s motorcycling activity. Gooch, who competed during the late 1960s and early 1970s, has been with the circuit for more than 22 years as sales and marketing director, but his appointment

  • Calne accident boy returns home

    A 12-year-old boy who was in collision with a car on yesterday afternoon has returned home from hospital. The boy suffered minor injuries after colliding with a silver Jaguar X-Type at 4.17pm and was taken to Bath's Royal United Hospital to be

  • Teenage sweethearts from Devizes mark 50 years of marriage

    Teenage sweethearts Titch and Rosemary Fowler of Devizes have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple met at Bishops Cannings Youth Club when Mrs Fowler (nee Pearce) was 16 and Mr Fowler was an 18-year-old apprentice jockey at Colonel