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  • First round winners announced for Best Kept Village award

    THE WINNERS of the first round of The Hills Group’s Best Kept Village competition have been announced. Over 40 villages were entered into the county competition which recognises the best kept villages in Wiltshire. Divided into categories of population

  • Drug dealer given two-year suspended sentence

    AN 18-year-old drug dealer who admitted selling crack cocaine in Chippenham was given a two-year suspended jail sentence. Charlie Magrino, of South Tottenham, London, pleaded guilty when he appeared at Lewes Crown Court on Tuesday charged with

  • New 'beasts' take part in Exercise Wessex Storm

    THE Army's new armoured reconnaissance vehicles are being used on Salisbury Plain as part of Exercise Wessex Storm. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, who have just moved back to the UK after 40 years in Germany, are changing roles to be light cavalry

  • Charities team up for One Stop Shop event

    A GROUP of charities are teaming up to offer support and advice to people in the county who may be living with health difficulties. Wiltshire Sight, in Browfort, Bath Road, Devizes, is hosting a One Stop Shop event joined by Stroke Association,

  • Excavation fails to find King Alfred's ditch

    THE fabled ditch of King Alfred still remains undiscovered following an archaeological dig by TV valuation expert Marc Allum and his team in Chippenham.The excavation took place in the garden of Mr Allum’s home, on St Mary’s Street, for the third year

  • School fair enjoys a taste of Rio

    WITH the Rio Olympics just weeks away, pupils of Chilton Foliat CE Primary held a summer fair celebrating all things Brazilian. Hundreds of visitors flooded the school grounds to Samba the day away with the members of staff, pupils and Friends

  • Corsham police are staying put, says PCC

    POLICE officers will continue to be based in Corsham, says Police and Crime Commissioner Angus Macpherson, who has dismissed rumours that officers would be moving permanently to Chippenham. Speculation has been circulating in the town that there