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  • Artist draws on fond memories of fascinating career

    Children's book illustrator Anna Currey made a special visit to the Chippenham and District Artists group last Sunday. The artist's 'big break' into the publishing world came with the book 'Mr Pepino’s Cabbage' and, throughout the years, she has collaborated

  • £1.2m aid for five arts and culture groups in Wiltshire

    Five arts and culture groups across Wiltshire get share of £1.2m cash boost from the government. The five groups receiving a shared pool of £1,208,023 are the Pound Arts Trust in Corsham, Wiltshire Music Centre in Bradford on Avon, WOMAD Ltd and

  • Festival will be a virtual event

    THIS year’s Trowbridge Apple Festival will not be taking place in the town park on Saturday (Oct 17) after being cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions. Sadly it’s the second time in its eight-year history that the event has been

  • PLANNING: School works, Aqua Sana extensions and Lidl

    THE following planning applications have been decided upon by Wiltshire Council recently. Malmesbury: Plans for a proposed change of use of agricultural buildings in Kingway Nurseries Chippenham Road have been thrown out due to ‘inadequate information

  • Pub fears smoking shelter removal will cost them business

    A Corsham pub landlady says the decision to reject an appeal to keep her smoking shelter will hurt her business. Landlady of the Hare & Hounds, Beth Crib lost an appeal to challenge a refusal of a retrospective application for her smoking shelter

  • EATING OUT: The Milk Churn, Melksham

    CORONAVIRUS has changed lots of things in life this year, but since the national lockdown was lifted, those of us lucky enough to live in areas where local restrictions have not hit have been able to get back to enjoying eating out again. Having

  • Desperate mother pleads for respite help for family

    A TROWBRIDGE mother-of three has appealed to her local MP to help regain a respite care package for her 28-year-old son Benjamin. Amanda Powell, 55, says the care package was axed by Wiltshire NHS Clinical Commissioning Group back in March when

  • Think before you dial, pleads Chief Constable

    When people think of a police force they very often tend to picture a bobby on the beat, a detective solving crimes or a police officer rushing to an emergency. In fact, a modern-day police force is made up of a wide variety of different roles,

  • PICTURES: 18 stunning images of fabulous funghi

    Fairy houses, puff balls and beautifully delicate growths have been making an appearance in the fields, lawns and woodlands around Wiltshire as autumn moves in. Our Swindon and Wiltshire Camera Club members have been out and about snapping some

  • Hate crimes against disabled at an all-time high in Wiltshire

    HATE crimes against disabled people in Wiltshire reached a record high last year, new figures reveal. Home Office data shows 78 disability hate crimes were recorded by Wiltshire Police in 2019-20. That was up by 11 per cent compared to the previous

  • Wiltshire among worst places in country for power cuts

    WILTSHIRE has been named the fourth worst place for power cuts in the UK. New data from Uswitch.com shows the county has 217 power outages per month, with the average duration coming in at 12 hours. Norfolk is the worst-hit county in the country

  • Pictures: Amazing rainbow over Swindon

    A stunning double rainbow over the town had snappers racing for their cameras and mobile phones to catch it before it faded away. Among them were members of our Swindon and Wiltshire Camera Club who turned in some some stunning images as you can