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  • More than 205,000 have jab so far

    MORE than 205,000 people in Wiltshire have received a Covid vaccine so far – 28.7 per cent of the county’s 722,217 population. In its weekly data release, NHS England has published vaccination figures by constituency for the first time. Salisbury

  • More join lockdown art window display

    FIFTEEN artists, galleries and shops in Bradford on Avon have now joined a lockdown art window exhibition. The initiative was launched back in January by local artist Tanya Achilleos Lock, owner of the Corner Gallery, and a finalist in the BBC Wildlife

  • Holiday park plans run into local objection

    PLANS to build a manager's house at Fairwood Lakes Holiday Park near Dilton Marsh have run into an objection from a nearby resident. The applicant, Crispin Thomas, has applied for planning permission to build a manager's house with a shop and office

  • Rides will raise funds for Palestine children

    A FRIEND of Palestine is cycling 22 miles on each of 51 consecutive days to raise £4,000 for families on the West Bank living in territory occupied by the Israelis in 1967. Judith Hammond, from Bradford on Avon, started her challenge on February

  • The cheapest gym deals to help you get fit as lockdown eases

    WITH gyms set to fling their doors open in April, many of us will be itching to build back those abs and biceps after months of lockdown - but without breaking the bank. As part of Boris Johnson's roadmap out of lockdown, gyms, indoor leisure centres

  • Church bells will toll for Sir Tom Moore

    CHURCH bells will ring out across north and west Wiltshire later today to mark the funeral of Captain Sir Tom Moore. Many bellringers are planning to toll a single bell 100 times to commemorate his age and the number of laps Sir Tom did in in his

  • Devizes to Westminster canoe race is cancelled - again

    ORGANISERS of the Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race have cancelled the event for this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The annual event was due to take place over the Easter weekend from April 2-5 but organisers said they could

  • Car overturns near Royal Wootton Bassett

    A man was released by fire crews after overturning his car near Royal Wootton Bassett in the early hours of this morning. Three crews from Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon and Westlea attended the road traffic collision at 2am involving a single

  • Planning: extensions, new builds, college walkways and more

    THE following planning applications have been decided by Wiltshire Council recently. Malmesbury: Mark Peart has lost a planning bid to build garages on land at Cherry Tree Cottage in Cloatley End. Mr Peart, who lives at Cherry Cottage, planned