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  • Village pub sells at auction

    A village pub and its adjoining car park have been sold at auction for a total of £352,000. The Bell Inn at Seend, which was owned by Wadworths, came under the hammer at a sale organised by Strakers in Swindon. The pub itself, which has planning

  • SOUTHERN COUNTIES SOUTH: A weekend to forget

    IT WAS a tough weekend all round for Wiltshire sides in Southern Counties South as all three local teams suffered defeats. Bottom side Bradford on Avon, who are without a league win all season, handed North Dorset a home walkover in their scheduled

  • Husband stalked wife for two years after marriage breakdown

    A DAD who stalked his estranged wife even though he had been banned from contacting her has been given a suspend jail sentence and told he must stay out of Chippenham. Arben Morina followed the woman to work and repeatedly drove past her house just

  • Honda confirms 2021 closure

    HONDA has officially confirmed that it will shut its Swindon factory in 2021 - a year earlier than initial reports suggested. The closure will be part of a restructure which aims to accelerate the company's commitment to electrified cars and focus

  • Police appeal for witnesses after vehicle tyres slashed

    POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a number of vehicles had their tyres slashed in Trowbridge overnight on February14/15. A Citroen C2 and a Toyota Avensis were parked in Holbrook Street when they were targeted and had their tyres slashed.

  • Woman in Cornwall cliffs death

    A 73-year-old woman from Westbury has been released under investigation pending further police enquiries after the death of a woman in west Cornwall. Police were called at around 4.25pm on Friday February 15 by a member of the public who had spotted

  • Invictus games athlete presented with award

    FORMER corporal turned athlete Kelly Ganfield has been presented with an Endeavour Fund Award. Miss Ganfield, from Trowbridge, who is visually impaired and epileptic, was medically discharged from the armed forces in 2005 and now competes in athletics