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  • Bid to win Bake Off's Prue Leith in your kitchen

    Bake Off star Prue Leith, the mother of Devizes MP Danny Kruger, is up for auction to come and cook in your home. Dinner with and cooked by Dame Prue is just one of the lots in a fund-raising drive for the Devizes Constituency Community Fund.

  • Wiltshire test flights for 'fastest' electric plane

    Rolls-Royce has been testing over Wiltshire a new plane which it believes could be the world's fastest all-electric aircraft. The company said the its new Spirit of Innovation plane reached a top speed of 387.4 mph during test runs at an experimental

  • Police warn of car theft spate near Chippenham

    Car owners are urged to be vigilant following reports of a spate of vehicle offences in villages near to Chippenham. A Wiltshire Police spokesman said: "Over the course of a couple of weeks between October 27 and November 16, we have received a

  • Armed police rescue mum and one-week-old baby on M4

    ARMED police came to the rescue of a mum and her one-week-old baby after they were stranded in the cold on the M4. The Wiltshire Police Specialist Operations team saved the pair from near-freezing temperatures after they were called to a broken-down

  • Royal visit to Marlborough next month

    Marlborough is to get a royal visit next month when HRH The Duchess of Cornwall comes to town to go to the cinema. The Duchess will visit The Parade Cinema on Thursday 2nd December 2021 at 1.40pm. to celebrate its recent opening. She will meet

  • Housebound 96-year-old ‘heard nothing’ on booster

    Health chiefs have moved swiftly to reassure housebound people in Wiltshire that their Covid booster shot IS on the way – after the family of a 96-year-old Marlborough woman raised the alert that she had heard nothing of when her jab was coming.

  • Special service for those harmed by crime

    Wiltshire police say victims, families, young people, and even offenders continue to benefit from a specialist service across the county which facilitates healthy conversations between those who have been harmed and those who harmed them. Restorative

  • Charity coconut beer to help survive winter

    “I’m going down the pub” is getting a good cause to it as charity is now beginning at the bar. Wiltshire ale fans will be able to drink up to help the old and vulnerable this winter with a new season pint from Wadworth that comes laced with a taste

  • Monument Cross cordoned off after piece suddenly falls off

    MARKET Cross in Devizes has been cordoned off after a piece of the monument fell off. On Friday, November 19 one of the decorative stone finishings on top of the monument fell off – leaving it looking a little lopsided, Devizes Town Council said

  • Road to close while diseased trees are cut back

    A BOX road has been temporarily closed this week. The A365 at Box from November 22 will be closed until December 23 but will be reopened at weekends. A spokesman for Wiltshire Council said: “This is in place so we can remove trees susceptible

  • One step closer to harsher penalties for dog thieves

    A new criminal offence to crack down on dog thefts has moved one step closer to coming into force. It is being added to the Kept Animals Bill which includes a range of provisions to improve the welfare of kept animals, and will mean that dog-nappers

  • Extension plans for listed building thrown out by council

    PLANS to build an extension have been thrown out by Wiltshire Council. Cherry Williams of Cherry Tree Cottage in Threepenny Bit applied to the council to build a single-storey side extension to their home. However, the bid for listed building