Wiltshire County, England News

EVERY day for the next month the Adver will be teaming up with Wiltshire Police to publish CCTV images of suspects they want to speak to about unsolved crimes around Swindon.

Residents in Warminster are celebrating their victory over developers after Wiltshire Council refused planning permission for 60 homes near Dorothy Walk.

Pupils at St Mary's in Calne have helped to raise A 11,500 for The Armed Forces Fund by performing at an opera night in London last week.

Congestion concerns continue to arise as Dyson in Malmesbury says it may install a second roundabout to cope with its major expansion plans.

Concerns have been raised over the lack of affordable housing in and around Malmesbury, as the GreenSquare Housing Association sells off properties.

A SUSPECTED rapist is still at large as police re-appeal for vital information that could help them trace the attacker.

Wiltshire Air Ambulance posted an open message on Twitter to the "idiot in Devizes" who shone a laser at its helicopter as it prepared to land Devizes police have condemned as stupid and dangerous the actions of someone who shone a laser pointer at the Wiltshire Air Ambulance helicopter as it flew over the town.

Vivien Norfolk, Gill Winfield, Joyce Shaw and Roy Hobson are annoyed at the length of time they have had to wait for their flats' lift to be fixed A group of retired residents are fed up with having to climb two flights of stairs to their flats because a lift has not been repaired since it flooded on Christmas Eve.

PEOPLE power is being hailed as the victor as controversial plans to build a biomass plant in Cheney Manor have been officially thrown out by the council.

Singer-songwriter Charlie-Anne Bradfield, who said it is an honour to open this year's Pride of Swindon awards The talented teen stepped into the breach after the death of former town crier Fred Ferris last November left the awards without an introduction.

More than 130 pupils of Queens Crescent School, Chippenham, had fun joining in the Big Pedal inter-school competition, which aims to get more children active by cycling and scooting to school.

Ben Nicholson, of Lyndhurst Crescent, Swindon, and Brandon Day, of Faulkner Street, Oxford, pleaded guilty to possessing drugs with intent to supply.

The school is also taking part in the national Read For My School challenge, run by BookTrust and the Pearson Foundation.

A decision on a controversial 80-hectare solar farm on the edge of Melksham has been delayed to allow councillors to visit the site.

MOTORIST and Wanborough resident Mike Eldridge has slammed Swindon Council's attempts to repair the surface of a primary route in and out of the village.

Maryrose Mantle and Coun Helen Osborn with the defibrillator put in place at the Civic Centre, Trowbridge, last year.

Police are appealing for information after a child was attacked by a brown staffie-cross dog on Portman Road, Melksham.

Animal lover Mary Cunningham-Simpson has been warned by housing bosses that she must not take in any more cats.

The Princess Royal will enjoy a brief narrowboat trip, a tour of ancient Britain and a cup of tea with volunteers when she visits Devizes The Princess Royal will enjoy a brief narrowboat trip, a tour of ancient Britain and a cup of tea with volunteers when she visits Devizes next month.

A HUGELY controversial proposal to build a biomass plant in Cheney Manor has today officially been thrown out by the council.