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Man hospitalised after car 'crashes into tree at busy supermarket'
A man has been hospitalised after a car driver reportedly crashed into a tree in the car park of a busy Wiltshire supermarket. At around 7pm on Friday, March 1, a Kia Picanto was found with significant damage after allegedly crashing into a tree
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Mother wins negligence claim against hospital after post-op wound burst
A mother-of-one from west Wiltshire was forced to give up her hobbies overnight after a botched operation at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. Karena McAlister, from Melksham, was left in chronic pain after a surgical incision following an operation
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'Unreasonable' Wiltshire Council ordered to pay costs to energy firm
Wiltshire Council will have to pay costs to a renewable energy company after losing an appeal during which it was deemed to have behaved “unreasonably.” Pelagic Energy launched an appeal after Wiltshire Council failed to determine the outcome
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Wetherspoon pub to shut for three months for £2m refurbishment
Wetherspoon is to close its Albany Palace pub for three months for a £2.1 million refurbishment. The Trowbridge pub’s last day of trading will be Saturday, March 9 with work starting on Monday, March 11. The major refurbishment is expected
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Driver, 20s, fighting for her life after serious crash in Wiltshire
A woman has been airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a serious crash on a busy Wiltshire road. The driver, a woman in her 20s from Westbury, sustained “potentially life-threatening leg and internal injuries” after her Seat
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Couple who transformed historic building into top venue scoop award
A couple who rescued a historic Trowbridge town house from being split into flats have scooped a top business award. Parade House, a Grade I Georgian property, was rescued from dereliction and has now been turned by its owners Simon and Carey Tesler
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Enforcement notices pinned on door of closed Wiltshire pub
A well-known Wiltshire pub has shut having failed to reopen after Wessex Water works temporarily closed the road outside for more than four months. The Old Bear Inn on the B3105 at Staverton was hit by a £500,000 project last year which saw old
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Plans to rebuild historic building destroyed by fire
Plans to rebuild a Grade II listed building destroyed in a large fire are set to be considered by Wiltshire Council. The planning application concerns The Stables, on Jadgalik Road, on the southern border of the town. In July 2022, the building