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Motorcyclist dies in crash involving van near Devizes
A motorcyclist died at the scene of a crash involving a van near Devizes. Police and paramedics responded to reports of a collision on the A342 Monument Hill at around 10.10am on Saturday. The man in his 60s from Melksham who was riding the
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Pictures and details as thousands flood Wiltshire for music festival
Tens of thousands of people have flocked to Wiltshire for the county’s largest annual music festival. WOMAD 2024 kicked off at Charlton Park in Malmesbury on Thursday, July 25, and the event has been ramping up ahead of the rest of the weekend.
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IN THE DOCK: Latest cases from Wiltshire courts
The following cases were heard at magistrates courts in Swindon and Salisbury. MARLBOROUGH: On Wednesday, July 10, Lewis Miles, of Chiminage Close, was sentenced for racially aggravated harassment and possession of a Class A drug. The 42-year-old
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Former town centre Body Shop unit covered up and back on the market
The former Body Shop unit in a Wiltshire shopping centre has been stripped and put on the market. The national retailer closed its Chippenham branch in Borough Parade earlier this year after a cull of around half of its stores nationally. Since
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Wiltshire based business celebrates prestigious King's Award for Enterprise
The directors of a Wiltshire fabric business have welcomed a representative of the palace as the recipient of the 2024 King's Award for Enterprise. Launched by Martin Ephson and Tom Helme in 2010, Fermoie, based in Marlborough, is a manufacturer
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All you need to know as food and drink festival set to take over Wiltshire town
Excitement is building amongst foodies in a Wiltshire town after details of this year’s food and drink festival were released. The annual Devizes Food and Drink Festival will take place across a week in September this year, from September 21 to
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Popular bistro closes its doors just 3 months after opening
A popular bistro that opened in April this year has now announced it will 'temporarily close' with almost immediate effect just three months later. Quercus Bistro, attached to the RWB Auctions house on Royal Wootton Bassett's High Street, first
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Drink driver crashed car ‘trying to find girlfriend’ who was sleeping next to him
A 'family man' from Calne who crashed a car into a ditch after drinking at a party claims he had been trying to find his girlfriend who was asleep next to him. Kevin Doman, of Swaddon Street in Calne, was found on the B4042 in the early hours of
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Town centre bank forced to announce temporary closure
A town centre bank in Wiltshire has been forced to announce it will be temporarily shutting to customers. HSBC has displayed signs at its Devizes Market Place branch warning customers that it will be closing its doors for two weeks from Monday,
