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New highways depot among Wiltshire's latest planning decisions
Wiltshire Council has granted temporary permission for a highways depot to be set up at 32 Lancaster Road, Bowerhill, in Melksham. The site was previously the location of the now demolished Christie Millar sports centre and will accommodate 40
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Popular greengrocers move out of ‘dying' shopping centre
Fruit and vegetable supplier SK Fruits has moved out of Castle Place Shopping Centre after lamenting the drop in footfall. While SK Fruits may only be moving across the road to The Shires Shopping Centre, locals are becoming concerned about the
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12 foot ‘giving tree’ returns to Wiltshire town with a new look
Bradford on Avon’s ‘giving tree’ is returning for its ninth Christmas, and this year it has had a spruce up. The 12-foot-tall tree will tower over the town once again for the six weeks leading up to Christmas, encouraging locals to come and donate
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PICTURES: Trowbridge celebrates Christmas with huge festival of light
It might still be one month until Christmas, but Trowbridge pulled out all the stops to make the annual Christmas lantern festival and lights switch on a successful and colourful spectacle. Crowds of thousands flocked to the centre of Trowbridge
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'Outstanding' nursery in Trowbridge celebrates another success
Busy Bees Nursery in Trowbridge has been rated ‘Outstanding’ in all areas for the third time in a row. The nursery on the Paxcroft Mead Estate in Hilperton has been picked up on its “exceptional partnership with parents”, which Ofsted inspectors
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The Works partners Salvation Army’s Christmas Present Appeal 2023
The Works in Trowbridge has joined the Salvation Army’s Christmas Present Appeal as a collection point. The company’s store in The Shires shopping centre has become one of several collection points across west Wiltshire ready to receive your donations
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Car park claims another victim as man slapped with £170 parking fine
A man has been left feeling ‘pinned into a corner’ after receiving a letter telling him to pay a £170 fine or go to court, due to a ‘car park mistake’. Lewis Edwards from Westbury said he regularly uses The Shires shopping centre car park in Trowbridge
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Action group says trees will block views of Cranborne AONB
A new action group says plans to plant more than 166,000 trees on farmland near Stourhead House will block views to a picturesque beauty spot spread over four counties. They claim the scheme by the Stourhead (Western) Estate run by Nick and Lucy