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Young Reporter Charity Walk Trinity Abbitt Kingdown School
On Friday the 22nd of March, four workers from Screwfix completed a 10 milr walk (lasting around three and a half hours) from Bath to Bradford on Avon to raise money for the Screwfix foundation. The Screwfix foundation is an organisation
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Detectives still searching for Wiltshire teenager missing for 25 days
Police are still searching for a teenager who was reported missing from Wiltshire nearly a month ago. Linh Hoang, from Trowbridge, was last seen shortly after midnight on Saturday, March 2, and was subsequently reported missing to police. Detectives
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NPPF changes to be “important consideration” for future planning applications
Recent changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) will be an “important consideration” for future planning applications, according to Wiltshire Council. The NPPF was updated at the end of 2023 and included a relaxation of the need
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Group to modernise chapel after 25-year lease granted
The Friends of Down Cemetery in Trowbridge are to be granted a 25-year lease on the old non-conformist chapel at its entrance. The group wants the long lease to secure the future of the chapel and plans to use it to benefit the local community
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Search and rescue teams scramble to Wiltshire car park by River Avon
SEARCH and rescue teams are currently in place at a car park just outside the city centre. Salisbury Journal has reported teams from both Wiltshire and Hampshire Search and Rescue - along with Wiltshire Police - have closed off Churchill Gardens
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Uninsured driver loses car after tailgating police then cutting them off
A Whitley driver has been stopped after police claimed he tailgated them before cutting them off. The driver cut across multiple lanes to get in front of the unmarked police car, said Wiltshire Specials in a statement. The car was written off
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Housing development refused after over 140 letters of objection
Plans for a new housing development in Dilton Marsh have been refused by Wiltshire Council after it received over 140 letters of objection. The application was submitted in March 2023 and proposed the construction of 62 homes on land to the rear
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Lorry driver who blocked main Wiltshire route has left company
AN articulated lorry driver who tried to turn his vehicle on the A361 near Trowbridge and blocked the main road to the A350 and Devizes is no longer working for his employer. Managers at R R Memmory Haulage Ltd in Sheffield said the driver has