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  • Church's Christmas Tree Festival is a great success

    THE Christmas Tree Festival at the Minster Church of St Denys came to a climax today with a performance by the Warminster Brass Band. The band gave a performance at 4pm during the festive carol service for visitors to the Church’s three-day festival

  • Santa Special takes the strain off adults

    IT was all aboard for the Santa Special today as 71 families from Westbury went on a train ride to Swindon. The children all came from four local primary schools - Westbury Infants, Westbury Juniors, Westbury Leigh and Bitham Brook. They clambered

  • Larkrise fayre could be the last

    ORGANISERS of the Larkrise School Christmas Fayre in Trowbridge are hoping to raise more than £2,000 to help its special needs pupils. The fayre on Saturday (December 7) is likely to be the last under the school's current name. Wiltshire Council

  • Appeal for stray cat tops £1,500

    A woman in Westbury has raised more than £1,500 to help treat a stray cat called Martha that has been injured. Elena Barnard, 27, of High Street, Westbury, launched the GoFundMe appeal after finding the stray white tabby cat had been badly hurt

  • Fireworks climax a fantastic lights display

    ONE of Melksham’s inspirational young achievers, Elisha Kate Hargreaves, has switched on the town’s Christmas lights display. She was helped by three other youngsters, Harriet, Seb and Eleanor at the switch-on event today (Saturday, December 7).