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  • New mayor gets virtual election

    Warminster Town Council has elected its new mayor through a virtual vote. At the council’s annual meeting (May 18), Warminster Town Council agreed that Cllr Chris Robbins will be the new mayor with Cllr Steve Jeffries as his deputy mayor. He

  • Good friends cycle for NHS

    TWO good friends in Hilperton have completed a 100-kilometre ride in the cul-de-sac where they live to raise funds for the NHS. Six-year-old Evie Cahill and her nine-year-old friend Rachel Glen have been riding their pedal bikes around Moyle Park

  • Melksham DJ streams weekly #ClapForHeroes live

    A Melksham DJ has been streaming the weekly #ClapForHeroes live on Facebook and Twitch for all to see. Darren Carey, 41, has streamed the weekly show of respect first from Melksham Fire Station, then Sainbury’s in Melksham (pictured), Wiltshire

  • Anger over new Malmesbury housing plans

    Plans for 71 houses to be built on land south of Filands in Malmesbury came under fire at Tuesday’s town council meeting. The planning application by Gleeson Homes, which is due to be discussed at Strategic Planning on Wednesday, May 27, caused

  • Posties dress up to raise NHS cash

    POSTAL workers swapped their usual red uniforms for something rather more exotic on Friday when they turned into everything from super heroes to film characters. The team from Chippenham was raising money for Wiltshire Health and Care which is working

  • Obituary: Len Bulley

    FORMER three times Marlborough Mayor, Len Bulley has died. A loving husband to wife Carol, father of three boys and “Grandpa” to four grandchildren, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 10, after a short, but brave battle with cancer. Born at

  • Obituary: Des Hawkins

    A ROYAL Air Force veteran of the Second World War has died peacefully at the Dorothy House Hospice on April 26. Des Hawkins, 97, leaves three sons. Mr Hawkins, Flight Lieutenant Retired Bomber Command navigator, was awarded a Distinguished Flying

  • New mayor gets the virtual vote

    THE new mayor for Trowbridge is the town council's former deputy mayor, Cllr Peter Fuller. Cllr Fuller, a member of the Conservative Party on the council, was elected unopposed elected at the town’s annual meeting on Tuesday May 19 evening. He

  • Mum to go from long locks to bald for hospital fund

    NURSERY school worker Laura Emm is to have her waist length head completely shaved tomorrow to raise money for a hospital which is treating her mum for breast cancer. Laura, 32, from Market Lavington, near Devizes, is a bit worried about allowing

  • First virtual domestic abuse surgery held by police

    Today (May 20) Wiltshire Police are holding their first ever domestic abuse surgery via Facebook. Between 1pm and 3pm Wiltshire Police together with their partner agencies will be holding a domestic abuse surgery on the Wiltshire Police Facebook

  • Uplift 2.0: Tackling mental health and waste fishing nets

    Award-winning British designer, Tom Lawton has launched the Uplift 2.0 with £10 from every sale going to Penryn-based charity Sea Sanctuary to help those in need of mental health support. The Uplift 2.0 is a solar powered spiralling sculpture made