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  • Young man found dead near Wiltshire footpath

    THE body of a man in his 30s was found in a woodland area near a footpath in a Wiltshire town early yesterday morning (Friday). Police have said the death in Trowbridge is not being treated as suspicious. A police spokesman said: "We were called

  • Cyclist injured in accident on roundabout

    Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision between a cyclist and a dark coloured 4x4 type vehicle in Devizes. The accident on September 30 happened at 7.20pm when the cyclist was riding towards Devizes from Horton. While going around

  • Safeguarding Adults Board investigates disabled patient's death

    RUH hospital has apologised for its part in the death of a disabled woman that has been investigated as part of an Safeguarding Adults Review. The woman, 67, known only as Patient E went from a jovial and determined person to bed bound and later contracted

  • Crews from across Wiltshire battle blaze at old bank

    Crews from all over Wiltshire battled a blaze at the back of an old bank yesterday. Firefighters from Devizes, Marlborough, Bradford on Avon and Trowbridge were among those called to the old Lloyds TSB bank in Statin Road, Tidworth. At the height

  • Aga saga in Marlborough after stove catches fire

    THERE was an Aga saga in Marlborough yesterday when fire crews were called to a house in Savernake. Fire fighters from Marlborough and Hungerford were called to a blaze involving an oil-fed Aga stove at Ashlade Firs Road just after 5pm. A fire

  • New clues in hunt for murderer of young Wiltshire woman

    TEN years after the body of Bradford on Avon woman Melanie Hall was found in undergrowth on the side of a motorway police believe they may have found the killer's DNA on rope used to tie her up. The murder mystery of Melanie, 25, started 23 years

  • Suspect's fake ID lies unmasked by Italian translator

    AN ALBANIAN car washer was caught out when a police interpreter couldn’t understand him. Ervis Hasanaj handed over an Italian driving licence when he was stopped by police in Marlborough on September 5. The constable who stopped the 23-year-old