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  • Co-operative stores hunt for new charities to help

    CHARITY-MINDED staff at the Southern Co-op stores on Bradford on Avon’s Winsley Road and Corsham’s Macey Drive are looking for new groups to help in 2019/2020, after another successful year's fundraising. In 2018 both stores supported Dorothy House

  • Social care demands more funds

    GROWTH of demand on adult and children’s social care services are two fo the key areas where Wiltshire Council is being stretched. The authority has an ageing population and is facing similar issue as other parts of the country, where pressure is

  • Photos show town growth

    LOCAL drone operators could be involved in a project to take a new aerial photograph of Westbury, to record the town’s growth. Councillors are keen to see how much the town has developed over the 28 years since the last aerial photograph they have

  • Council reserves are £13m

    WILTSHIRE Council is confident it will not need to use any of its £13million of reserves to balance its budgets. Nearly £13 million has been earmarked for reserves by Wiltshire Council, the equivalent of four per cent of the total budget. When

  • School head to retire in August

    THE headteacher of Bitham Brook Primary School in Westbury says it has been a “real privilege and an honour” to work with children, as he prepares to leave the school this summer. David Ross is to retire in August after seven years at the school

  • Plaques highlight heritage

    A FORMER mayor of Warminster has praised a decision to install 20 new blue plaques to highlight the town’s heritage. Cllr Sue Fraser, the proprietor of S L Corden & Sons hardware store and a Warminster resident for the past 27 years, is delighted

  • Good causes set for cash benefit

    COMMUNITY groups in West Wiltshire are set to share a funding boost after the Co-op welcomed the latest beneficiaries to its Local Community Fund. Forty-four deserving causes are set to benefit in Wiltshire, including Young Melksham, the Friends

  • Old Mill wins Adviser Firm of the Year

    WEST Country financial planners and accountants Old Mill have won a prize at one of the financial planning profession’s most coveted awards. Old Mill – which has offices in Melksham- was named Adviser Firm of the Year for the South West Region at