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  • Wadworth wants more parking at a Devizes hotel

    Brewers Wadworth have applied for permission to demolish outbuildings at the Black Swan Hotel in Devizes and use the area for car parking for customers and staff. The outbuildings are at the rear of the hotel, in Market Place, and were used for

  • Revamp to aid care for dementia at Salisbury hospital

    Major changes to the layout and decoration on a ward at Salisbury District Hospital will provide calmer surroundings for patients with dementia and help with their care and well-being, say hospital bosses. The changes to Redlynch ward are part

  • We need a crossing for safety's sake, say Corston campaigners

    Road safety campaigners hope a planning exhibition this weekend for 12 new houses and a pedestrian crossing in Corston will ease some of their concerns. A pre-planning exhibition takes place on Saturday for new homes at Southside Farm and a crossing

  • Devizes waste site fire could burn for another week

    The fire at Wiltshire Waste (Recycling) near Devizes could continue to burn for another week, the county’s fire service has said. It began just before 5pm on Tuesday last week at the site at the foot of Monument Hill and involved 300 tonnes of

  • Having mashing time at Urchfont spud fair

    Gardeners keen to try new varieties of potatoes flocked to a fair at Urchfont Village Hall on Saturday. Visitor numbers were down by almost half on last year, but the organisers, Urchfont Gardening Club, were pleased with how the event went.

  • Langley Fitzurse pupils served up thanks to school helpers

    Children at Langley Fitzurse Primary School in Kington Langley cooked a special lunch to thank their volunteers and governors last week. A winter warming lunch was made by seven to nine-year-olds on Tuesday in the school kitchen that was refurbished

  • Man in Chippenham fight taken to hospital

    A 34-year-old man was taken to the Royal United Hospital in Bath with a head injury after a fight with another man on Chippenham town bridge at 5.15pm on Wednesday, January 29.

  • Talking Books given cash gift

    MARLBOROUGH Talking Books will be able to help more partially sighted people, thanks to a donation from the town’s Lodge Of Loyalty. The Lodge presented the charity with £145 which was raised through a raffle. Lodge leader Arthur Bierschenk

  • Chippenham attack was like a man taking penalty, court hears

    A man who admitted carrying out a serious assault has to return to court so a judge can decide the severity of the violence used. Liam Green pleaded guilty to a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent when he appeared at Swindon Crown

  • Van overturns after hitting water on Devizes dual carriageway

    Two men travelling in a van had a lucky escape when it hit a puddle of water on the A361 outside Devizes and overturned. The pair were travelling towards Swindon when the blue Ford Transit van hit the water at the end of the dual carriageway opposite

  • Police appeal after meat thefts from Waitrose in Chippenham

    More than £150 worth of meat was stolen from Waitrose in Chippenham at the weekend and not for the first time. Police are appealing for information after a man and woman were seen running from the store shortly before 12:30pm on Sunday. They were

  • Wiltshire had wettest January in 64 years - weather expert

    January was the wettest in Wiltshire in 64 years, with more than twice the average amount of rainfall, says amateur weatherman Geoff Witts. According to figures provided by Mr Witts, of Steeple Ashton, a total of 178mm of rain fell during the month

  • IDS pledge delights military spouses agency founder

    Heledd Kendrick, founder of the award-winning Recruit for Spouses agency, is delighted with Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith's pledge of support. He visited the social enterprise employment agency, set up to provide a support network

  • Thousands more foster families needed this year

    New figures from the Fostering Network show that 8,600 more foster families are needed in the UK this year. In particular, fostering services are looking for more foster families for teenagers, children with disabilities and sibling groups.