Wiltshire Conservatives voted in February to charge you £40 per year to empty your garden waste bins. In West Wiltshire the green bins were introduced by the old District Council, and were free as a…
The uproar generated by the withdrawal of funding for the service has had an effect. WC now says the Hopper will stay until April instead of being axed this autumn. However the long term future is…
Police and Crime Commissioner Angus Macpherson has announced plans to build a new custody unit in the Warminster area to serve the county. The current unit in Melksham would close, and there would be…
Press Release from Campaign for A Better Trowbridge
A huge solar farm near Melksham has been permitted on appeal. The 80Ha scheme will cover parts of Snarlton, Tanhouse and Sandridge Farms.
Persimmon Homes and Ashton Park Trowbridge Ltd have put in an outline planning application for a development of 2,500 dwellings, employment (Class B1, B2, and B8); two local centres (Classes A1 - A5,…
2015 marks the centenary of Wilts & Dorset bus company, now known as Salisbury Reds and morebus, and the company is celebrating with a host of initiatives throughout this year.
Wiltshire Independent Councillors Terry Chivers, and Jeff and Helen Osborn launched an online petition that was presented to Wiltshire Council on May 12th, to try to save cuts to the RUH Hopper bus…
Wiltshire Councillors Jeff Osborn (Ind) and Peter Edge (LD), have put a motion to today's council meeting in protest at the axing of funding to two particular voluntary groups, which have done a lot…