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  • Soldier who died in army exercise named

    A SOLDIER who died during a military training exercise on Friday has been named as Jethro Watson-Pickering from 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment. Private Watson-Pickering, 23, from Boosbeck, Redcar, was apparently killed when an armoured vehicle

  • MP calls for rail service cuts plan to be reversed

    CHIPPENHAM MP Michelle Donelan has called on the Department for Transport and South Western Railway to reverse planned cuts to direct rail services from Bradford on Avon to London Waterloo. In a hard-hitting note to SWR managing director Claire

  • Soldier died after armoured vehicle overturned

    A SOLDIER who died during a military training exercise on Friday was apparently killed when an armoured vehicle overturned and hit a tree. The 23-year-old was part of a crew operating an armoured vehicle in a training area near the village of Enford

  • 'I haven't been back since'

    A WILTSHIRE man has pledged never to return to the Barge Inn at Bradford on Avon after receiving a £60 parking charge notice which has since rocketed to £170. Account manager Danny Purnell visited the Frome Road pub on July 24 and spent just £2.95

  • CCTV could curb anti-social use of park

    TROWBRIDGE Town Council may be forced to upgrade the CCTV coverage in the Town Park because of public concerns about anti-social behaviour. The council is working with Wiltshire Council and Wiltshire Police to tackle the problem of drug users who