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  • Kingsbury Green Academy teachers keep Calne well fed

    Two teachers at Kingsbury Green Academy have been filling breaks between online teaching by packing lunch boxes for vulnerable people in Calne. Alice Mitchell, head of creative arts at Kingsbury Green, and her husband Andy, teaching and learning

  • Dyson staff 'revolt' forced back to work U-turn

    A REVOLT has forced Dyson to U-turn on its decision to recall staff to the office, it has been reported. Sources at the Wiltshire appliance manufacturer told The Guardian that staff were asked to work in the office on rotating shift patterns from

  • Missing man found safe

    POLICE have confirmed that Thomas Rowe, who was reported missing from the West Ashton area earlier today, has been found safe.

  • Planning: what's happening where you live?

    The following plans have been decided upon by Wiltshire Council this week. WARMINSTER: Mr MacFarlane of 49 Highbury Park was refused planning permission for a retrospective application to demolish an existing boundary wall and replace as new, as

  • Missing person appeal for Thomas Rowe

    PEOPLE have been asked by police to help find a 38-year-old man who has gone missing in the Trowbridge area. Thomas Rowe was last seen at 8.30pm yesterday leaving Kennel Cottage, Rood Ashton, near Weston Ashton. He left with the family Spaniel

  • Wiltshire Council to hold live fostering Q&A

    Wiltshire Council are running a live question and answer session for those curious about becoming foster parents. The session is on Thursday 21 May from 7:30pm via this link Join the Wiltshire Council fostering information webinar Cllr Pauline

  • Plans could see one-way traffic

    TEMPORARY traffic lights on Bradford on Avon's historic Town Bridge and wider pavements on some of the town's narrowest streets could be introduced to help enforce social distancing in the town. Highways officers in Wiltshire Council have agreed

  • Police probe after holiday chalet damaged by fire

    POLICE and fire investigation officers are investigation the cause of a fire which they believe may have been started deliberately. The Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue and police launched the probe after a blaze damaged a small wooden holiday

  • Tragedy of the 144 Wiltshire care home victims

    THE number of people dying from coronavirus in care homes in Wiltshire has risen to 144 according to national statistics released this week. Wiltshire Council leader Philip Whitehead re-assured people that the situation in homes was now past its

  • Covid-19 fund helps schools get I-pads

    MORE than 100 groups across Swindon and Wiltshire have now been helped to tackle the effects of the pandemic with grants from the Wiltshire Community Foundation. Its Coronavirus Response Fund has now raised more than £600,000 and distributed more

  • Farming: Australian sheep shearers face quarantine

    Despite plenty of sunshine over the past week, it has often felt chilly with a cold breeze coming from the north and east and although I was never up early enough to see a few sharp frosts. We did have just a few spots of rain one day, but not enough

  • Finley runs to raise NHS cash

    A FIVE-year-old Warminster boy has raised over £800 for the NHS through his determination to run the distance of a marathon. Inspired by the efforts of Capt Tom Moore, Finley Frith, five, challenged himself to run 26.2 miles to raise money for the