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  • Brothers help to switch on Westbury’s Christmas lights

    TWO brothers helped Westbury mayor Mike Sutton switch-on the town’s Christmas Lights celebrations watched by thousands of people. Jasper Addison, aged eight, beat his older brother Theo, aged nine, to the honour of being able to switch on the lights

  • Restoration works approved for stretch of the River Avon

    Wiltshire Council has approved restoration works and habitat improvement along a 3km length of the River Avon. According to the submitted planning application, the site is situated between the north west boundary of Amesbury and the southern boundary

  • Update on church tower's restoration programme

    TWO stonemasons who went to school in Bradford on Avon have helped to create intricate carvings for the restoration of the town’s historic Christ Church south west pinnacle. Ethan Darby and Adrian Moodie are both employed by Wiltshire Stonemasons

  • Historic Wiltshire hotel is up for sale at £795,000

    THE historic Swan Hotel in the heart of Bradford on Avon is up for sale with a £795,000 price tag. The Grade II-listed 17th-century coaching hotel on the corner of Church Street has a history dating back to 1500 but its façade is from the Georgian