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  • Katie is finally honoured with citizen youth award

    A WILTSHIRE 17-year-old has finally been presented with a Certificate of Honour at the Palace of Westminster after being given a British Citizen Youth Award. Katie Bradbeer, from Westbury, received the BCyA medal by courier last November because

  • Soldier dies during training exercise on Salisbury Plain

    A SOLDIER has died during a military training exercise on Salisbury Plain. The 23-year-old was part of a crew operating an armoured vehicle in a training area near the village of Enford, Wiltshire, when the incident happened on Friday. Wiltshire

  • £5k pay-out for wrongful arrest

    WILTSHIRE Police have paid out a £5,000 settlement to a badger cull protester who made an official complaint for wrongful arrest. The arrest took place in Kington Langley in 2018 and the Wiltshire Against the Badger Cull member - who has not been

  • Defence cuts could hit The Rifles hard

    THE Rifles Regiment, which has troops stationed in Wiltshire, looks set to lose around 921 soldiers in a Ministry of Defence Integrated Review, it has been disclosed. It is one of the British Army’s largest infantry regiments, comprising five regular

  • Welcome for new approach

    A COUNTRYSIDE charity in Wiltshire has welcomed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's statement to prioritise development on brownfield sites. CPRE Wiltshire chairman Anne Henshaw called on Wiltshire Council to include this strategy in their Local Plan