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  • Covid - new variant sparks flight ban

    Travellers arriving from several southern African countries will have to quarantine amid warnings over a new Covid variant, the Health Secretary announced tonight. Sajid Javid said from 12:00 GMT on Friday six countries would be added to the red

  • Police seek woman for recall to prison

    Wiltshire Police have issued the following statement in an appeal for help from the public: "We are appealing for the public’s help to locate a woman from the Corsham area who is wanted. Melody Collins, 33, is wanted for recall to prison following

  • Wiltshire Police issue car thieves alert

    Wiltshire Police are urging drivers to pay special attention to locking their vehicles and use steering locks following a spate of recent thefts which may be part of an organised crime racket in the county. The police say that over the past few

  • A342 Devizes Road closed after car and motorbike crash

    A car and a motorcycle have crashed on the A342 Devizes Road at Derry Hill. The road has been closed in both directions. A spokesperson for Wiltshire Police has said: “We were called to the scene at around 12.35pm today following a report of

  • Forecasters say snow for Wiltshire this weekend

    The first snow of the season has been forecast for Wiltshire and snowflakes could come as early as this weekend. As the nights draw in and we brace the wintery weather with hats and scarves, there is only one question on everyone's minds - when

  • Where will it snow in Wiltshire this weekend?

    The first snow of the season has been forecast for Wiltshire and snowflakes could come as early as this weekend. As the nights draw in and we brace the wintery weather with hats and scarves, there is only one question on everyone's minds- when

  • Wiltshire Police crackdown on domestic violence

    Wiltshire police are launching a campaign to crackdown on domestic abuse, the day after official figures revealed that it accounts for one in every five crimes recorded in the county. Today, White Ribbon Day - a national day of awareness about

  • Call for kindness after rough sleeper's tent set on fire

    A Chippenham charity for the homeless is urging residents to be kinder to local street sleepers – after one had his tent set on fire. As temperatures plunge and rough sleepers approach their most perilous time of the year the Doorway charity has