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Trial could pave the way to expand police inquiry services
HOPES that the police inquiry offices in Malmesbury and Cricklade could be expanded to provide a better service have followed news that three other centres in the county are to be staffed by volunteers.
More police offices are reopened
Police in Wiltshire have decided to reopen three more inquiry offices which were closed in 2007 after claims they were not being used by the public.
Illustration of Giles doing handed press ups in a restaurant
'I remember challenging a former Mr Dorset to a one-arm press-up contest. He must have demurred' The great thing about getting married to a journalist, which I am about to do, is that from now on, whenever I am anywhere, and am supposed to write about it afterwards, she will be there too, highly trained, professionally observant, wryly assessing my ...
Grants given out to community projects
SEVERAL groups working in the community are to benefit from grants handed out by Wiltshire Councila s South West Wiltshire Area Board.
Police reveal identity of A36 crash victim
A 22-year-old man who died in a horrific crash on the A36 near the Warminster village of Codford on Sunday has been named by police.
Summer ball raises funds for air ambulance
A SUMMER ball at the South Western Hotel in Tisbury raised A 2,550 for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance Appeal.
An apartment in the East Wing of the former home of the Arundell family in Tisbury, Wiltshire is on the market Tuesday, 24 November 2009 The East Wing of Wardour Castle near Tisbury is on the market through the Strutt & Parker Salisbury office The four bedroom apartment has three reception rooms, its own garden as well as access to communal ...
UK holidays: walking in a Wiltshire wonderland
Head to Wiltshire for tranquil treks, stunning views and a genteel glimpse of the past, says Annabel Venning.
Thieves steal laptops from Tisbury school
THIEVES have taken 16 laptop computers from St Johna s School in Tisbury in two separate break-ins. The first happened on the evening of Sunday, October 4 when the burglars smashed two windows to break into the school and remove 14 laptops from a trolley.
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Honour for Warminster community hero's work
A community hero was praised for his hard work and charitable contribution to Warminster at the mayora s annual civic awards ceremony on Friday.
Hard hitting presentation aims to cut road deaths
ABOUT 1,000 Year 11 students from the Salisbury area will experience a hard-hitting road safety presentation on November 11 and 12.
Honour for Warminster community hero's work
A community hero was praised for his hard work and charitable contribution to Warminster at the mayora s annual civic awards ceremony on Friday.
TISBUS, the community minibus service for Tisbury and the surrounding villages, has added a new 16-seater to its fleet.
Travelling cinema could come to Amesbury
RESIDENTS of Amesbury could soon get the chance to pop out to watch a film, thanks to a travelling film company based in Dorset.
We've gone from tee-shirts to turtlenecks and back again. Typical fall weather. Sunday morning when Mike and I walked our dogs at Sepiessa, the landscape sparkled and the pond was high over the beach.
The Martha's Vineyard Commission last night imposed a moratorium on large-scale wind generation in waters within three miles of the Island.
Island trash may take to the rails
A preliminary discussion about the possibility of transporting trash and recyclables by rail took place between an Island group and CSX and Cape Rail representatives in New Bedford last Thursday.
West Tisbury spends to remove dead trees
In what chairman Dianne Powers called "a record-setting" brief 22-minute meeting on Wednesday, Sept.
MVC weighs new rules for the sky above
At its meeting next Thursday, the Martha's Vineyard Commission is set to accept an unusual nomination for a district of critical planning concern .
Clawing back some good from 'aliens'
ALIEN crustaceans have invaded the waterways of the South West and are wreaking ecological havoc.