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  • Music festival is a huge success

    MORE than 900 people enjoyed a weekend full of toe-tapping music at the 7th annual Bradford Roots Festival. The three-day festival took place at the Wiltshire Music Centre in Bradford on Avon from Friday evening through to Sunday afternoon. It

  • Youth parliament step up

    WHILE the House of Commons is currently home to fierce Brexit debate, the chambers were recently full of possible leaders of tomorrow as the Youth Parliament got into full swing. At the end of last year, three Wiltshire young people travelled to

  • Fine runs in the rain at Wiltshire Schools Cross Country

    AFTER a wet and chilly Schools Cross Country competition on Saturday at Sheldon School, Wiltshire Schools Athletics Association have announced the teams who will compete on February 2 in the Inter-County round. Saturday's rather flat course produced

  • Police appeal on fail to stop incident

    POLICE are appealing for information following a fail to stop in Melksham this morning. Between 6am and 7am, a 41-year-old man was driving a Skoda Rapid in Eastern Way close to the Water Meadow pub, when a vehicle drove into the back of his car.

  • Model railway is best in west

    A MODEL railway made by a member for the West Wiltshire Model Railway Circle has been named the best in the west. Club chairman Ron Pybus was presented with the award at the annual exhibition of model railways in Frome last weekend. His model

  • Estate agent gets £1000 fine

    ESTATE agents Jayson Kent has been fined £1,000 for not being part of a Government scheme that resolves disputes between agents and customers. The scheme ensures tennants get free and impartial advice if they get into a dispute with their landlord.

  • Five arrested and items seized

    FIVE people from Warminster were arrested when more than 30 officers and staff including two drugs dogs took part in an operation targeting drug use in West Wiltshire last week. Led by Det Sgt Anthony King from the Community Tasking Team, they carried

  • Sculptor’s work to be featured on television

    A SCULPTOR in Bradford on Avon is among 52 artists who have been chosen to create new on-screen idents for ITV. Patricia Volk, 67, was selected from literally hundreds to create the new idents, which are shown between ITV programmes. Mrs Volk