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  • Fire crews rescue woman trapped after accident

    FIRE crews from Trowbridge and Devizes were called to a road accident near Seend just before 2pm today. A woman was released after she became trapped following a motorbike and sidecar collision near the junction of Bath Road and Carnation Lane close

  • Chance to step back in time

    A TREASURE trove of history awaits people who step inside Market Lavington Museum which has just re-opened for its summer season. The museum at 20 Church Street is in the old Schoolmaster’s Cottage next to the churchyard. It is open on Saturday,

  • Action Fraud investigate Devizes petrol scam

    ACTION Fraud have been informed after a driver put £73 of fuel in his vehicle and left the petrol station in London Road, Devizes without saying. A police spokesman said: "An unknown suspect drove onto the forecourt and put diesel to the value of

  • Police hunt motocross bike burglar

    Police are hunting a burglar who broke into a garage of a house in Rowde, near Devizes and stole a motocross bike. The theft at Tanis was reported on May 5. Other items taken include a Husquarvana concrete cutter , aFly motocross bike helmet, a

  • Lost archive brought back to life

    UNSEEN footage and archive material will be put on display in Great Bedwyn as part of an exhibition about Bedwyn’s buildings. The Archive Exhibition will take place on May 25 and 26 in St Mary’s Church in the village. Included in the exhibition

  • Big Pledge back with cricket theme

    AS evenings get longer and temperatures get warmer, people are being encouraged to get involved with the Big Pledge Challenge, this year themed "It's not just cricket". Wiltshire council's annual fitness event is underway from June 3 to July 14

  • Aviation lawyer turns trustee

    THE newest trustee at Wiltshire Air Ambulance is hoping to give something back to the charity after spending his career as an aviation lawyer. Barrister Philip Shepherd was born in Surrey but has lived on the edge of Salisbury Plain for the past

  • Karen’s ‘in memory’ wingwalk

    A SELF-EMPLOYED cleaner and housekeeper is to climb onto the top wing of a vintage biplane next month to raise funds for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance. Karen Stovald, 45, of Melksham, is doing the wing walk at a First World War airfield near Cirencester

  • Rally will draw crowds

    MORE than 3,000 visitors are expected to go back in time at the annual Selwood Steam and Vintage Rally at Southwick later this month. Organised by the Selwood Steam and Vintage Preservation Society, the rally is being staged on land at Bradley Road