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  • Wiltshire MP says Putin may save Boris Johnson

    North Wiltshire MP James Gray has suggested to constituents that Boris Johnson may be saved as prime minister if President Putin invades the Ukraine. But in his latest address, Mr Gray notes that Tory bigwigs including Michael Gove, Jeremy Hunt

  • "Significant risk to Wiltshire" Trowbridge man held

    A Trowbridge man who “represented a significant risk to the people of Wiltshire” has been remanded in custody after pleading guilty today to a range of offences, including possessing a stun gun. Christopher Mounty was charged after officers from

  • Malmesbury pub murder and other drinking tales

    Murder in the Kings Arms in Malmesbury, going to the inn for your school lessons and why local shops sold just the froth from beer will all be revealed in the first of a series of teatime talks which start next month at the town’s Athelstan Museum.

  • Gertie's knees up for her 106th

    ONE of Wiltshire's oldest residents has just celebrated her 106th birthday with her family and friends. Gertie Tippetts was the VIP guest at a small party held on Tuesday (January 18) for family, friends and residents at the Ridgeway care home in

  • Bins strike threat to 250,000 Wiltshire homes

    Up to 250,000 homes across Wiltshire face not having their bins collected as the threat of strike action looms in a pay row. Around 60 workers at Hills Waste Solutions bases in Trowbridge, Calne and Salisbury are being balloted by their union about

  • Wiltshire warned of "disgusting" new Covid scam

    Wiltshire residents and businesses are being warned to watch out for criminals going through their bins looking for used lateral flow tests as part of a new “disgusting and immoral” scam. The fraud, which is tipped to spread across the county,

  • Charity calls for tree planting help

    LOCAL charity Avon Needs Trees has now planted more than half of the trees for their new permanent 10,000 tree woodland at Stanley Lane near Chippenham. Organisers are now calling for more volunteers to help complete planting the new woodland.