Queen Elizabeth ll marks her Diamond Jubilee from Saturday June 2 to Tuesday June 5. Here's how we will celebrate.

Boats join historic flotilla

The Queen’s barge for Sunday’s Jubilee pageant on the Thames

12:48pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Twp boats representing the people of Wiltshire will join the Diamond Jubilee pageant of more than 1,000 vessels on the River Thames on Sunday.

Celebrate the Jubilee with Salisbury Plain heritage bus tour

Explore Salisbury Plain aboard an open top bus over the Jubilee weekend

11:01am Friday 25th May 2012

To celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee, a heritage bus service will be running on Monday, June 4 from Warminster, across Salisbury Plain and through the village of Imber, to Market and West Lavington.

Wadworth plan gem of a party

Wadworths plan gem of a party

2:00pm Saturday 19th May 2012

Devizes brewer Wadworth & Co is offering a right royal knees-up on June 2 to celebrate the Queen’s diamond jubilee.

WRVS launches hunt for Diamond Champion volunteers across the UK

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6:00am Monday 14th May 2012

To celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, WRVS is calling for nominations from around the country for 'Diamond Champions', older people who volunteer in their local communities and go the extra mile to make a real difference to others’ lives.

Rail company transforms carriage for Queen's Diamond Jubilee

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5:13pm Wednesday 9th May 2012

First Great Western has redesigned the livery of one of its trains to help celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

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I refer to the article on Chippenham RFC seeking permission from the Rugby Football Union to allow their second team to be promoted to Southern Counties (level seven of the RFU league structure) should they finish top of Dorset & Wilts 1 North (level eight), (Gazette & Herald, February 28). The most interesting aspect of the article was actually what was not said by the club’s representative or was not mentioned.  − Colin Brockhurst, Corsham

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A newsletter hit my doormat on March 2 from ‘Nick Watts and the Lib Dem team’ headlined: Freeze Wilts council tax say Lib Dems. This document goes on to tell us that: “hard-working families cannot afford unnecessary council tax hikes in these difficult times” and so “Nick Watts and the Liberal Democrats have promised not to support any attempt by Wiltshire Conservatives to hit families by increasing council tax this year”.  − Peter Kemp, Chippenham

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