PREMIER Inn owner Whitbread has cut 1,500 jobs and thousands more staff have been asked to reduce their hours after the Covid-19 pandemic hit sales and profits. The group – which owns Premier Inns locally in Chippenham, Marlborough and Trowbridge
INTERVENTION by the Wiltshire Times has helped a disabled Trowbridge woman recover some of the £200 she paid out to a seller who then failed to hand over a puppy. Rose May, 58, was left heartbroken after she paid £200 to a woman living near her
South America, Panama, Portugal and Cape Verde will be subject to a travel ban from 4am on Friday over concerns about the Brazilian coronavirus variant, Grant Shapps has announced. The move comes amid the emergence of a new strain of coronavirus
AN air filtration machine developed by a Malmesbury inventor is helping NHS hospitals in London and the Midlands to fight the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Andrew Carnegie is supplying intensive care units at several hospitals including Ealing
New NHS data has revealed which regions in England are coming out on top as the country continues the mass rollout of Covid vaccines. NHS England published the first regional breakdown of coronavirus vaccinations administered on Thursday (14 Jan
WESTBURY people have rallied round to support a local family, with more than £6,500 raised to help the Tilleys while dad Lee is in an induced coma as he battles the coronavirus. Mr Tilley, 43, is in intensive care at the Royal United Hospital in
TWO of the main towns in west Wiltshire - Bradford on Avon and Westbury - have now approved their budgets for 2021/22 and set their precepts. Melksham and Warminster town councils will meet on Monday (January 18) and Trowbridge on Tuesday (January
THE following planning applications have been decided by Wiltshire Council recently. Melksham: Sue Spurrier of 48 Longford Road has been granted planning permission to build a single-storey side extension at her property. Chirton: A planning
THE following planning applications have been decided by Wiltshire Council recently. Melksham: Sue Spurrier of 48 Longford Road has been granted planning permission to build a single-storey side extension at her property. Chirton: A planning
POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a section of fence at Shearwater on the Longleat Estate was damaged. They believe it happened sometime between Friday and Tuesday. PCSO Candida Jackson said: "Due to coronavirus restrictions the gates
Prime Minister Boris Johnson branded images shared online of free school meal offerings sent to families as “disgraceful”. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said that he was “absolutely disgusted” after seeing a picture of one of the food packages
The idea of issuing a ‘vaccine passport’ or health certificate to those who have been inoculated against Covid-19 has proven controversial. ‘Health passports' would allow users to ‘prove’ their immunity, and could grant them safe access to theatres
People travelling by train during lockdown are being urged to check journey planners as timetables are slashed. Services are being cut from around 87% of normal levels to 72% due to the latest coronavirus lockdown in England as Covid cases rise
A CHIPPENHAM man was found safe and well after police put out a missing appeal late yesterday evening to locate him. They said that Christopher Hewlett had been found safe and well, police said this morning. Mr Hewlett, 48, had not been seen
AN elderly woman was stretchered out of a home near Warminster by a fire crew on Wednesday. Paramedics from the South Western Ambulance Service requested help from the fire crew at Warminster at 8.27am for assistance to take the woman to hospital
Have you noticed more people adding a blue heart to their social media profiles? Social media users are being encouraged to add a blue heart to their name on Twitter as a mark of support for NHS staff. The initiative comes amid reports of abuse
