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  • Sign up now for the 2019 Walk for Life

    WARMINSTER resident and charity ambassador Nic Noble will be donning her walking boots to take part in the annual Walk of Life held on May 11, in memory of her sister Vanessa ‘Ness’ Kyte. Organised by The Forever Friends Appeal, the Walk of Life

  • More children taught at home

    50 PER CENT more children are being taught at home compared to 2015, as nearly 600 children are kept out of school. Wiltshire Council officers said the county was seeing significantly more children being taken out of school than the national trend

  • Drivers criticise 20p service fee

    20p MIGHT not be a large sum of money, but now motorists have disputed a service fee that charges drivers paying electronically for parking. MiPermit is a parking ticket scheme used in Wiltshire Council car parks which lets drivers pay to park using

  • Charity offers free neutering op for pets

    THE RSPCA Wiltshire Mid branch is offering local cat owners help with the cost of neutering their pets to mark this year’s World Spay Day, now in its 25th year, which is recognised by animal charities in nearly 70 countries worldwide. In the UK

  • Cyber Cafe users Living Better thanks to Asda cash

    The Disabled On Line Cyber Café was pleased to receive a £200 donation from Asda recently as a result of the store’s charity support initiative the green token scheme. The Cyber Café, based in Church Walk, Trowbridge, improves lives for people with

  • Rescuers search for snake owner

    THE owner of a pet snake found in Britain’s oldest maltings is being sought by a local veterinary practice. The female corn snake was found on Tuesday by Mark Young, a maintenance engineer at Warminster Maltings Ltd. Mr Young, 53, said: “It was

  • Firm makes 1,000th tutu

    A MOTHER and daughter team who founded their company in 2017 in a back bedroom have just sold their 1,000th tutu. Marketing consultant Lucy Menghini launched her business, Six Stories, from her family home in Berryfield Park, Melksham after she

  • Davies wants debate on transgender row

    FORMER Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies has become embroiled in the row about transgender people competing in top level sports. Miss Davies, who won a silver medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and two Commonwealth gold medals, has joined other elite

  • Town hits back at insulting article

    OUTRAGED people in Trowbridge have defended their town after an anonymous article labelled it the “armpit of Wiltshire” and an “unpolished turd town”. A huge reaction has been sparked by the article, which was published online at ilivehere.co.uk