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  • New shop is sign of town’s revival

    MARKET towns and villages across west Wiltshire are working round the clock to make sure their local communities benefit from the lifting of the Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown restrictions. With street markets resuming in many towns across the county

  • Litter laziness is back in Wiltshire as lockdown ends

    AS lockdown lifts people living near local beauty spots and in towns have reported a rise in the amount of litter strewn on our streets – including, disgustingly, cast-off PPE like facemasks and gloves. This comes as last weekend police and ambulances

  • In the Dock: drugs, drink driving and more

    Protest rally PEOPLE are being urged on local social media to attend a Black Lives Matter protest rally in Trowbridge Town Park tonight at 7pm. Two other protests have been announced for 2pm on Saturday in Green Park, Bath, and at 1pm on Sunday

  • Black Lives Matter protest rallies

    PEOPLE are being urged on local social media to attend a Black Lives Matter protest rally in Trowbridge Town Park tonight at 7pm. Two other protests have been announced for 2pm on Saturday in Green Park, Bath, and at 1pm on Sunday at College Green

  • Farming: Crops are crying out for rain

    The last week has passed with no rain and plenty of hot sunshine . Often there has been a cooling breeze but this also has the effect of drying the parched ground even more. It looks as if May is going to be a dry month, with only a few spots of rain