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  • Voter ID proposals could put elderly off going to polls

    Linda Petherick, South West regional organiser of the National Federation of Occupational Pensioners, said that proposals from The Electoral Commission, which would require voters to show some sort of ID at polling stations before voting, could stop

  • Lidl to ban sweets and chocolates at its checkouts

    More than half of parents claim their best efforts to feed their children healthily are hampered by being surrounded by chocolates, sweets and other unhealthy snacks, new research reveals. The figures from Lidl find that 52 per cent of parents

  • Courses in first aid on offer in Wiltshire

    The Learning Curve is running Emergency First Aid at Work (Level 2) courses across Wiltshire, starting next month. The course covers the aspects required by a first aider to give emergency first aid in the workplace. It has been designed to cater

  • Driver found with head injuries in Devizes

    Police are appealing for information after a man was found in his car with nasty head injuries in Devizes. Officers were called at 2.40pm on Saturday January 4 to reports of an injured man who was parked in Spitalcroft Road. When officers attended

  • Drop in to find out about volunteering in Wiltshire

    Have you thought about volunteering? Why not go along to Volunteer Centre Wiltshire’s drop in session at Devizes Library on Monday January 27 from 10am to noon. If you’ve got a bit of spare time you like to put to good use but don’t know where

  • Reprieve for threatened services at Sherston Post Office

    Threatened services at Sherston Post Office have been granted a reprieve, a move welcomed by North Wiltshire MP James Gray. "I was so pleased to hear that Post Office Ltd have re-assessed the proposed status of Sherston Post Office and have now

  • Chippenham teenager assaulted in Calne

    A 17-year-old from Chippenham suffered a broken nose, fractured eye socket and fractured cheekbone after being assaulted in Calne on Friday night. Police were flagged down by members of the public shortly before midnight on Friday after they found

  • Jail for Corsham sci-fi fan who had sex with girl of 14

    A 25-year-old Corsham man who started having sex with a girl when she was 14 has been jailed for two years. Lee Collingwood befriended the youngster at a bus stop when he offered to help her when she was being bullied by school mates. But as

  • Gin firm gives Wiltshire's declining junipers a shot in arm

    A London gin maker has stepped in to help protect North Wiltshire’s largest juniper population on the Calstone and Cherhill Downs. No 3 London Dry Gin has given £1,000 to pay for a 150-metre-long fenced enclosure to protect seedlings on the National

  • Chippenham benefits cheat owned house and had savings

    A benefits cheat who failed to declare she owned a property when she claimed state handouts has been warned she could be jailed. Christina Dunn, 55, also did not reveal her savings when she claimed job seeker's allowance, housing and council tax

  • FOOTBALL ROUND-UP: Corsham stun title favourites Bradford

    CORSHAM Town pulled off a landmark victory last weekend as they shattered Bradford Town’s unbeaten record in the Toolstation League First Division. Trevor Rawlings’ Corsham pulled off a 5-3 triumph at Trowbridge Road, inflicting a first league

  • Man faces trial over kidnap followed by Marlborough robbery

    A man who is accused of kidnap, followed by robbery at Marlborough, faces trial by jury. It is alleged that Amritpar Chahal, 25, kidnapped Ravi Agarwal, 33, from the petrol station on the A345 at Chiseldon, Swindon, shortly after 1pm on Wednesday

  • Inquest opens into double shooting in Devizes

    An inquest into the deaths of former police inspector Bill Dowling and his partner Vicky Rose is due to begin later this morning in Salisbury. The bodies of Mr Dowling, 59, and Mrs Rose, 58, were found in the porch of Mr Dowling’s house in Moonrakers