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  • Zumba double century for Chippenham fitness Sheila

    CHIPPENHAM based Community Fitness Instructor, Sheila Copeman is celebrating delivering over 200 online classes since the start of lockdown. She set up her Facebook group ‘Sheila’s Positive Workouts’ to help clients keep physically and mentally

  • IN THE DOCK: some of the latest cases before the magistrates

    Here are some of the cases recently heard before Swindon and Wiltshire magistrates courts. Royal Wootton Bassett: Raisham Singh Mudha, 55, of The Steadway pleaded not guilty to harassing and intimidating another man, and breaching a non-molestation

  • New woodland planned for Calne as charity lands lottery cash

    A new, permanent woodland is planned for a Calne rewilding project. The 34 acres of land at Hazeland has been purchased and forest cleared post-1945 will be restored with a mix of planting and rewilding, and a further ten acres of existing ancient

  • Cars to make way for cyclists at Chippenham's Monkton Hill

    Wiltshire Council as revealed a new cycling- and pedestrian-friendly scheme in Chippenham that will link the station to the town centre via a traffic-free route. The new scheme will see the temporary closure of Monkton Hill to motor vehicles, from

  • Man charged following RWB stabbing

    A man has been charged following a stabbing in Royal Wootton Bassett earlier this week. The assault took place in Rylands Way shortly after midday on September 10. Joseph Bridgeman, 21, of Chestnut Avenue, Tidworth, has been charged with GBH

  • PCC cash is helping communities and tackling crime

    Earlier this summer, when I realised the significant impact the COVID19 pandemic was going to have on charities and voluntary groups, I launched the PCC Covid-19 Response Fund. I set aside £50,000 to help the local communities of Wiltshire and Swindon

  • Marlborough Mound - latest image of renovation work

    The MARLBOROUGH College Mound has had a makeover. The current works, pictured, are phase three of the tree removal on what is the second largest prehistoric mound in Britain. Over the last few years, the College has begun to remove excess vegetation

  • Love Books winners announced

    WINNERS from the Marlborough LitFest Love Books competition have been announced from around 100 entries. The competition invited participants to celebrate their love of reading by explaining their choice of favourite book, poem or play. In the

  • Ash dieback is hitting Wiltshire

    A FORESTRY expert has warned that the deadly Ash Dieback disease sweeping the UK is having a devastating impact on the local landscape, and is currently hitting Warminster and Westbury. The serious fungal disease of ash trees, caused by a fungus