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Schoolboy wins Wiltshire Junior Chef of the Year and opportunity of a lifetime
A teenager from Wiltshire has just won a life-changing opportunity to be mentored by a Michelin Star chef, after being named the county's Junior Chef of the Year. 15-year-old James Rushton is a student at St John's School in Marlborough who took
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Wiltshire stores picked for Aldi’s brand new trial
Several stores in Wiltshire will become the first in the country to take part in Aldi's trial to peel away plastic waste. Aldi is the UK's fourth-largest supermarket, but up until now it has traditionally always packaged bananas in a plastic bag
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M4 crash damaged third car on opposite carriageway
A crash on the M4 which involved two vehicles damaged a third car on the opposite carriageway. Police are appealing for witnesses and dash cam footage of the collision on the motorway which happened on the evening of Tuesday, June 17. At around
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Latest on canal repairs after lorry carrying carrots falls off bridge
Workers are preparing to dredge a canal on the outskirts of Marlborough after a lorry carrying carrots crashed through a wall and plunging into the water. The dramatic crash took place on the A346 in the early hours of Saturday, June 15, and police
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The best pictures as thousands flood Wiltshire town for Pride event
The organisers of a Wiltshire Pride event say thousands of people flooded the town for a “phenomenal” day. Penny-Louise MacDivitt, the chair of Chippenham Pride, says over 3,500 people attended the group’s second annual event on Saturday, June
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'No interest' from firms in taking on closing Tesco superstore
The owners of a Wiltshire shopping centre say major occupiers showed “no interest” in replacing a closing Tesco superstore. Tesco announced earlier this year it would be leaving its home at Emery Gate Shopping Centre in Chippenham, and it has since
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England’s first village-wide rain garden project opens in Wiltshire
An innovative rain garden project said to be the first of its kind in England has officially taken the next step in a Wiltshire village. Great Bedwyn, just outside of Marlborough, has a long history of flooding events which have repeatedly swept
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Update on possibility of planned Lidl store being built in Wiltshire
The council has given an update on the possibility of a Lidl store being built on the edge of Wiltshire town. Last October Lidl resubmitted plans to build a 2,280sq metre supermarket, and ten employment units, to the east of Oxford Road in Calne
