IMPROVEMENTS to a key route into Warminster town centre could depend on housing developments. The town council’s town development committee is waiting for results of a metro count of traffic speeds and volumes in Silver Street before deciding what
POSSIBLE reforms to the controversial leasehold system in England to clamp down on high costs when extending a lease have been given a mixed reception by industry experts. The Government says its proposals should help those with shorter leases
CHILDREN in Heytesbury, Imber and Knook are to be asked to help choose new equipment for their village play area. They and their families are to be consulted by the local parish council and will be asked to fill in a short eight-question questionnaire
CHILDREN are to be temporarily banned from using the play area at the King George V playing fields in Melksham. The play area will be closed for two months from January 18 to enable much-need improvements to take place. Melksham Town Council
DRIVERS in Warminster are being warned about the temporary closure of one of the town's main through roads. Part of the B3414 Boreham Road from its junction with Imber Road to its junction with Woodcock Road is being closed to all traffic from 7am
Covid figures must drop considerably to ease the pressure on health and care services, Wiltshire’s health chief says. In the last seven days, the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 has risen by 1,811. A figure which has tripled since December
Trowbridge town councillors will vote on offering the Civic Centre free of charge to the NHS for Covid-19 vaccinations tonight (January 12). The extraordinary meeting of the town council was called due to a motion raised by the leader of the town
A SOUTH west Wiltshire sheep farmer looks set to benefit from Aldi’s plans to increase the amount of food and drink it buys from British suppliers. The German-owned supermarket chain plans a £3.5 billion rise in spend over the next five years
TRAFFIC police have asked pilots if they’re missing an aircraft door – after one was found on the M4. Wiltshire Police’s specialist operations department, which includes the roads policing unit, took to Twitter to appeal for the owner of the white
A cuddly bear collection donated to Calne Town Council to thank the community has been distributed to local groups. Wendy Crunden gave her collection of Charlie Bears, after what she described as the incredible support that a member of her family
The reopening of the swimming pool in Trowbridge has been postponed due to lockdown. The £350,000 works to repair the steel-framed pool started in August and were officially completed on December 23 last year. The pool was forced to close in
