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  • Charity calls for more referrals

    TROWBRIDGE Town councillor Chris Hoar has made a plea for anyone who has children in need of school stationery, toiletries or clothing to get in touch with a local charity that can help. He has made an appeal for referrals on behalf of local

  • Fears over Bath CAZ avoidance

    WITH only a few days to go until the launch of Bath’s Clean Air Zone, Wiltshire Council has shared its profound concerns over the impact it will have in Wiltshire. The CAZ, which begins on Monday, March 15, will see some vehicles that do not

  • Volunteers get set to test pupils going back to school

    WILTSHIRE Council staff are volunteering in a number of secondary schools across the county from Monday providing support for pupils taking lateral flow tests as part of the back to school programme. Council officers will be providing assistance

  • Attacked on way to work

    TWO men who attacked a man walking to work are being sought by police. The victim in his 20s was assaulted at 1.40pm yesterday at the junction of Wingfield Road and Brook Road. He was walking to work when two males approached him from

  • Defra Minister sees Covid testing at apetito

    A GOVERNMENT Minister has paid a virtual visit to one of Trowbridge’s leading employers to see for herself how it is testing employees to help keep them safe during the Covid-19 pandemic. Victoria Prentis, the North Oxfordshire MP and a Parliamentary

  • GALLERY: World Book Day at Kennet Valley Primary

    Children at Kennet Valley Primary, near Marlborough, also took part in several exciting activities to celebrate World Book Day. Whether they were at school or home learning, they were asked to take a ‘Shelfie’ to show off their books at home –

  • Free bus travel to revert back to limited hours next week

    People with free bus passes, granted free travel all day during the pandemic, will soon have to revert back to original timings. Wiltshire Council will reintroduce the normal time restrictions from March 8. Concessionary pass holders can only use

  • Market fees to increase in Devizes

    Market traders in Devizes will face a small rise in costs to sell their wares after the town council agreed to increase fees to pitch tents. Coronavirus has hampered markets across the country, resulting in a large number of traders struggling

  • GALLERY: World Book Day celebrated in style

    Schools across the world got creative to celebrate World Book Day this year. At Devizes School, activities were organised to help the students have fun away from their screens. They were challenged to recreate a book cover, create a piece of

  • Marlborough's Parade Cinema takes shape

    Marlborough’s new cinema in the centre of town is beginning to take shape. Builders have been on site throughout lockdown, and those behind the Parade Cinema remain optimistic that it will be open later this year. External work has included