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  • Book now for Town Hall Community Fair

    TROWBRIDGE Town Hall and The Civic are looking for groups, clubs and hobbyists to join them for the town community fair. This event is an opportunity to bring together and celebrate the huge variety of activity within Trowbridge. For groups,

  • Wolsey bronze unveiled

    A BRONZE bust of Cardinal Wolsey and one of his much loved cats has been unveiled in St Peter's Church in Marlborough. The bust and cat are situated in an ancient doorway set into the south wall of the chancel in the church. The two bronzes were

  • Youngsters riding high as they qualify for Hickstead

    PUPILS from a school near Devizes are riding high after qualifying for an event at one of the most prestigious show jumping arenas in the world. The four girls from Lavington School have qualified for Hickstead by putting their ponies through their

  • Learn about the magic of the circus

    IT MAY be a bit late for most of us to live out our circus fantasies, but you can hear all about it at a talk in Marlborough in February. Lil Rice of Giffords Circus, whose aunt Nell Gifford not only ran away to the circus but set up her very own

  • John Talbot

    Former Chairman of the Wilton Windmill Society, John Talbot, died recently following a short illness. John’s memorial service is at St Mary's Church in Great Bedwyn on Tuesday January 14th at 2.30pm. All are very welcome to attend. John moved

  • Area Board meeting moved to later in January

    The date of the January meeting of Malmesbury Area Board has been changed to avoid the post-Christmas and New Year holidays. The previous meeting date of 7 January has been cancelled, and the meeting will now take place on Tuesday 28 January.

  • Teens charged with arson after primary school blaze

    TWO teenagers have been charged with arson following a fire at a Chippenham primary school last year. The boys, aged 14 and 15, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will both be charged with arson with intent to endanger life after the blaze at

  • Rag 'n' Bone man to sing at Westonbirt

    THE distinctive voice of Rory Graham aka Rag‘n’Bone Man will be heard among the trees at Westonbirt this summer. The Brit Award winner caused a sensation in 2018 with his top 10 hit Human and has since gone on to achieve international acclaim with

  • Man arrested in connection with serious assault in Trowbridge

    OFFICERS investigating a serious assault in Trowbridge have arrested a man. The incident happened in the early hours of Friday, January 10 in the Castle Street area, close to the Kings Arms. A man and woman were assaulted near to a black Vauxhall

  • Pothole repairs were a waste of cash says dog walker

    DOG walker Des Burnett has accused Wiltshire Council of wasting council taxpayers’ money by doing shoddy work on potholes. Retired engineer Mr Burnett, 68, uses Conscience Lane, Rowde, near Devizes several times a week to take his dogs to walk

  • Police swoop on illegal rave in village woods

    Police swooped on an illegal rave in woods near Devizes on Saturday night. The woods on the outskirts of Erlestoke have proved popular with partygoers in recent years and both Wiltshire police and officers from the MOD responded to calls about illegal