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  • Rescuers pull dog from lake

    A DISTRESSED dog owner called 999 after being unable to retrieve her pet from a Westbury lake after it leapt in to chase geese. Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service took the call at 1.19pm on Friday. A spokeswoman said: "Control received

  • Gold strikes are blooming lovely

    FIVE of Wiltshire’s market towns are celebrating winning Gold Awards in this year’s South West in Bloom competition. Bradford on Avon, Calne, Chippenham, Marlborough and Melksham all struck gold in the regional awards presented in a ceremony in

  • Detective drama filmed at manor

    SECURITY was tight at an Edwardian manor house near Bradford on Avon last Friday as a film crew shot scenes for a television detective drama series. The activity was taking place at the 19th century Granby House at Elms Cross where a police vehicle

  • Plans for a replacement bungalow at a farm rejected

    PLANS for a replacement house and garage in Murcott have been rejected by Wiltshire Council. Neville Hughes of Murcott Farm in Crudwell had applied to replace the bungalow at his farm. However, officers refused Mr Hughes planning permission

  • Former cattery and kennels to become two houses

    A FORMER cattery and kennels will be transformed into two houses. Mr and Mrs McColgan applied to Wiltshire Council to divide the former Steeple Ashton Kennels & Cattery on Larks Leaze, Edington Road into two houses. READ MORE: Council team