Marlborough councillors pay silent tribute to former mayor
Town councillors at Marlborough stood in silence on Monday in memory of former mayoress Mary Gray, who died on Friday at the age of 73.
Town councillors at Marlborough stood in silence on Monday in memory of former mayoress Mary Gray, who died on Friday at the age of 73.
Marlborough is in mourning after the death of a teacher and her grandmother in the same week.
ANDREW Hughes, who is bringing up his five year old daughter Carys after his wife Claire died from cancer three years ago, is set for an attempt on the British non-stop running 24 hour record to raise funds for Macmillan Nurses and his daughter’s school at Broad Hinton.
A slippery road surface is being blamed for two separate accidents resulting in cars ending up in the same ditch on the Marlborough-Ramsbury road near Mildenhall.
One of Wiltshire Conservatives' longest serving councillors Chris Humphries who represents Aldbourne and Ramsbury quit the party last night in a surprise move following his suspension for three months over controversial comments he was said to have made to a female officer.
Policemen Jon Hewlett or PC Adam Leakey are tackling three marathons in three days for Children in Need.
Pewsey’s Country Market celebrated its 30th birthday on Tuesday, although the organising committee warned that if some new and younger blood does not join it the future of the market looks bleak.
Members of the Screaming Eagles Living History Group, who help keep alive the memories of American servicemen stationed in Aldbourne during the Second World War, took part in the village’s Remembrance Day on Sunday together with serving officers from the American Army and Air Force.
THE men and women who don the uniform of police specials and volunteer to patrol the streets and help keep order at events in Wiltshire have been described as extra special by Chief Constable Patrick Geenty.
After more than 40 years representing Aldbourne and surrounding villages on councils for Aldbourne Parish, Kennet District and Wiltshire Country Councils, Chris Humphries still maintains he has no intention of standing down although his own Wiltshire Council Conservative group has suspended him for three months.
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