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  • Pupils learn valuable lessons about water use

    Year 4 pupils at Westbury Leigh CE Primary School were recently visited by Gillian Smith from Wessex Water to help with their topic on rivers. They learnt about the water cycle, the role of Wessex Water, the use of rivers, where tap water comes from

  • Safety concerns come top in poll

    THE top three traffic concerns in Bradford on Avon are pedestrian safety, air pollution and heavy goods vehiclse passing through the town. That’s the conclusion of a traffic and transport consultation exercise conducted by the town council. The

  • Saving need increased by £15m

    SAVINGS needed by Wiltshire Council have grown by over £12m compared to predictions made last year about future cuts. Last year’s budget papers outlined that £15m had to be found to balance the budget in 2019/20. Papers published now show that figure

  • Connells staff go the extra mile for NSPCC

    ESTATE agency Connells, which has branches in Trowbridge, Chippenham and Salisbury, has had a bumper year of fundraising in 2018 for the NSPCC, raising nearly £27,000. A cheque was presented by Chief Executive David Plumtree at Connells’ head office

  • Trustees call for help to improve

    MEMBERS and users of the Mount Pleasant Centre and Social Club in Bradford on Avon are to be asked what improvements they would like to see. Trustees are planning to ask people for their views in a bid to attract a younger membership and inject

  • Rower completes her TransAtlantic challenge

    A BRADFORD on Avon woman and her three male team-mates have completed a 3,000-mile Atlantic Ocean row in aid of mental health charities. Alison Wannell, 40, a lettings agent from Church Street, Bradford on Avon, was also part of a research project

  • MasterChef winners booked for festival

    TWO BBC MasterChef champions are to cook up a storm at a new food festival taking place in Bradford on Avon this summer. Winner in 2016 Jane Devonshire and locally-based Ping Coombes, who won in 2014, will be demonstrating their culinary skills