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Trowbridge businesses win awards for flower festival floral displays
FOUR businesses have been given awards for helping to brighten up Trowbridge town centre as part of its summer-long flower festival. They are Absolutely Fabulous Florists in Church Walk, the SILT Studio and Serenity Beauty and SASS Circus Space
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Family pay tribute after man killed in crash as others released
The family of a Warminster man who died in a fatal road traffic collision in North Dorset have issued a tribute. Dorset Police received a report at 7.46pm on Thursday, June 6 of a collision on the A350 Main Road near the village of Compton Abbas
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REVIEW: Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle a barrel of laughs
Mischief Theatre Company has pulled off yet another magical comedy in the best tradition of that comic genius Tommy Cooper whose tricks always seemed to go wrong. The Welsh prop comedian and magician – best known for his catchline ‘just like that
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Alert raised as child approached outside school
POLICE are investigating an incident in which an unknown woman approached a child close to a Trowbridge primary school on Tuesday (June 11) and asked if they wanted to go home with her. The incident happened after school when the woman spoke to
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Extended sick leave for council employees costs £1.4 MILLION in 4 years
The total cost of extended sick leave at Wiltshire Council since 2020 is £1.481 million, a freedom of information request has revealed. It also showed that the most common reasons for extended leave are related to mental health issues. Extended
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Potential sites identified for 'badly-needed' all-weather sports pitch
The search for a site for a new all-weather, floodlit pitch for Trowbridge football and rugby clubs to use continues. Following the cancellation of the £4.8 million Doric Park project, Trowbridge Town Council is now discussing options to locate
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'Lonely' canal boaters in Wiltshire 'at mercy of drunken stag dos' during summer
The majority of boaters living on the Kennet and Avon Canal are feeling lonely or isolated, a new survey has found. It also found that nearly six out of 10 of respondents stated that their boat was in need of repairs. They are also fed up with