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  • Enforcement notice likely to be re-served

    AN enforcement notice against a property owner in Atworth is likely to be re-served. Wiltshire Council withdrew the notice against Gary Gale-Sides on a technicality but plans to issue it again. After the notice was withdrawn, planning inspectors

  • Chippenham BID scrapped in narrow vote

    CHIPPENHAM'S Business Improvement District will be scrapped after the town's firms voted against its renewal. From the 199 votes cast, 105 businesses voted against the BID in the four week-long postal vote. This means that the BID will cease

  • Get SPOOKY this autumn at enchanted scarecrow trail

    BOWOOD House is hosting a spooky spectacular for all the family this Halloween. The Enchanted Autumn event will be running from the October 23 until November 1. The theme of this year’s autumnal adventure is an enchanted forest haunted by an evil witch

  • Fraud warning after elderly and vulnerable people are scammed

    ELDERLY and more vulnerable people have been scammed out of thousands of pounds in four incidents of fraud during the past few weeks, police disclosed today. Four similar incidents have taken place over the last few weeks where the fraudsters pretended

  • Young and old come together to launch this year's Poppy Appeal

    THERE was cause for celebration and remembrance at Bowood House today as the Royal British Legion launched their Poppy Appeal for Wiltshire. Multiple generations donned their red flowers as Second World War veterans and pupils from Derry Hill primary

  • Do you know this man? Suspect sought after shop assault

    DO you know this man? Police would like to speak to him in connection with attempted theft and assault of two shop assistants. The man, shopping with a female acquaintance, were in the JD Sports store in The Shires shopping centre in Trowbridge

  • Emma's doing the Charleston in Strictly

    LONGLEAT'S Emma Thynn, Viscountess Weymouth, is looking forward to lots of lifts and tricks in tomorrow's Strictly Come Dancing show. Emma and her professional partner Aljaž Škorjanec will be dancing the Charleston during Strictly's traditional

  • Why your old clothes are keeping 'copter charity flying

    OLD clothing has helped raise £13,000 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance and boosted the Salvation Army after people put unwanted textiles into banks in Wadworth pub car parks. A spokesman for the Devizes brewery said: “The money has been raised with the

  • Devizes man named and charged after bomb alert in Anzio Road

    A 22-year-old man has been charged with possession of an explosive substance for an unlawful purpose after a bomb alert in Anzio Road, Devizes on Wednesday. Kubilay Bostanli who lives in Anzio Road, has been also been charged with possession of

  • How art relaxes the mind for those living with Alzheimers

    CREATING art is enjoyable and therapeutic at all stages of life – and Wiltshire charity Alzheimer’s Support is making sure people with dementia are able to reap the benefits of it too. Alzheimer’s Support opened its first art group in Pewsey in

  • KARTING: Dramatic finale sees Harvey bag third overall

    MALMESBURY racer Louis Harvey finished third in the 2019 Motorsport UK British Karting Championships after a dramatic final weekend at Whilton Mill. Suffering clutch problems in the Championships’ final races, Harvey battled through mechanical gremlins

  • TENNIS: Fletcher returns home from Turkey with double-silver

    GREAT Bedwyn’s Lewis Fletcher admits he is hungrier than ever to scoop gold at the World Deaf Tennis Championships, after returning from the most recent staging in Turkey at the weekend with two silver medals to his name. Fletcher partnered with

  • Eating Out: The King's Arms, Monkton Farleigh

    The King's Arms 42 Monkton Farleigh Bradford on Avon BA15 2QH Monday-Thursday 12 noon-11pm Friday-Saturday 12 noon-midnight Sunday 12 noon-9pm Disabled access: Possible to pub but some steps Parking: Ample in car park Our

  • Maize harvest in without getting too muddy

    THE weekend at the beginning of the past week was again rather wet , with 21.5 mm falling over the 2 days. Over the remainder of the week we had a further 15 mm, which prevented the carrying out of any land work necessary for the planting of our winter

  • Our health care providers merge

    HEALTH commissioners in Wiltshire, Swindon and BaNES will merge to become one single clinical commissioning group as soon as April 2020. The combined CCGs will control a £1.1bn budget for nearly one million people living in Wiltshire, Bath and North