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Sudden death of teenage boy sparks emergency response
Emergency services rushed to a scene in Westbury on Monday afternoon following the death of a teenage boy. Wiltshire Police say they were first called to Lower Westbury Road in Wiltshire at around 1.30pm on Monday, June 26, after a 17-year-old
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Wiltshire landlord who 'preyed' on vulnerable women sent to prison
A man from Wiltshire has been sentenced to a prison term for sexual offences, after using his position as a landlord to prey on vulnerable women. On Friday, June 21, Frederick Allard, 73, of Nepaul Road, Tidworth was sentenced to 30 months in prison
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Wiltshire man sentenced for attempting to arrange sexual encounter with child
A Wiltshire man has been sentenced for attempting to arrange a sexual encounter with a child. Kurt Anderssen, 58, from Amesbury, was found guilty of three counts of arranging/facilitating the commission of a child sex offence, encouraging/inciting
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See inside Wetherspoons new-look pub in Trowbridge after £2m refurb
Pub chain Wetherspoons has given a ‘sneak preview’ of the changes to the Albany Palace pub in Trowbridge following an extensive £2.2 million refurbishment and expansion project. Trowbridge mayor, Cllr Stephen Cooper, will officially reopen the
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Residents left battling for spaces in 'parking war' slam council
THE leaseholder of a flat in Ashmead Court, Trowbridge, has accused Wiltshire Council and Selwood Housing of playing ‘ping pong’ over complaints by residents about a neglected parking area. Sara Heywood, 42, has been battling for four years to
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Squash player blasts council over controversial courts closure
A member of Scorpion Squash Club is claiming that Wiltshire Council’s decision to close the Warminster squash courts is “corrupt”, after he says he was excluded from a meeting on the topic. Steve Howe is one of the players fighting to keep the
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Council to crack down on 'awful' bus shelter graffiti
The tagging of bus shelters has been described as unacceptable in a Wiltshire Council cabinet meeting. Councillors were told that graffiti on a bus shelter near Trowbridge County Hall is “pretty awful” in a meeting held on Tuesday, June 18.