Food labelling on the agenda as Minister talks at Royal Bath & West Show

6:01pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Visitors to next week’s Royal Bath and West Show at Shepton Mallet will be hoping to hear exactly how the Government intends to tackle the issue of food labelling in the wake of the horse meat scandal.

Team from wine firm join in White Horse Challenge

4:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Team mates from wine company Octavian are training hard for the White Horse Challenge.

Call to Wiltshire businesses for Spring Fayre event

12:22pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Local businesses take centre stage in the Atrium at County Hall next Thursday when it plays host to the Wealth of Wiltshire Spring Fayre.

June start for Wiltshire's new highways contractors

John Thomson, cabinet member for highways

11:30am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A multi-million pound contract to maintain Wiltshire highways begins on June 1.

Badminton to host 10k twilight charity spectacular

From left, Marie Curie supporter Irene Vallis, Breeze FM presenter Tony Wright, Marie Curie nurse Catherine LeRoy, Breeze FM presenter, grooms girl Jadie Myatt and Playboy the horse

4:49pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

Brush off your walking boots, grab your glow sticks and load up your picnic baskets in support of Marie Curie Cancer Care this summer.

MP's call for Wiltshire schools to embrace My Money Week

MP James Gray

3:35pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

James Gray has called on local schools to take part in My Money Week (June 3-9), giving pupils the chance to learn more about money and personal finance.

Wiltshire transport shortlist includes three new rail stations

Fleur de Rhe-Philipe

3:11pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

A shortlist of 10 potential major transport schemes for Wiltshire was agreed by Wiltshire Council today.

Wiltshire's top volunteers to be honoured

Dr Steve Rowlands, medical director at NHS Wiltshire

1:30pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

Hard-working volunteers and community groups who help transform the lives of people in the county will be recognised at the Wiltshire Voluntary and Community Awards.

Volunteers needed for Wiltshire Police Children's discos

Witness appeal after man assaulted in Wood Street

11:12am Tuesday 21st May 2013

Volunteers are being sought to help organise and run Wiltshire Police’s Bluez n Zuz discos.

Play area boost for Corsham's Katherine Park estate

10:40am Tuesday 21st May 2013

Corsham's Katherine Park estate is set to get two new children’s play areas, following a vote by residents.

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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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