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Rail usage increases
Figures published by West Wiltshire Rail Users Group show a steady increase in the numbers of people using local stations. For example in Trowbridge passenger figures went up from 779,000 in 2012 to…
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Britain's bravest sunflower?
It takes a bit of nerve to grow in the middle of the A361, even if you are protected by a bollard. Under the Balfour Beatty contract we can perhaps expect more exotic vegetation spreading over the…
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Yurts for Thoulstone.
The Mongols terrorised Asia and Eastern Europe in the thirteenth century, and soon their tents could be being pitched in West Wiltshire. WC has approved a planning application for a camp site on part…
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More Tory cuts - now bus pass users are under attack
Wiltshire Conservatives have announced that the free bus pass used by elderly and disabled residents is to be restricted to save money. Currently pass-holders can travel free on most bus services at…
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Bus service changes in West Wiltshire
A number of First bus services, particularly affecting the Trowbridge Town Network, will change in the coming weeks.
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AONB petition for Westbury White Horse Area
The White Horse Alliance are running a campaign to make the lovely area near the Westbury White Horse into an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Despite rebuffs by government planning inspectors…
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Strange youth u-turn
On Tuesday Wiltshire Council Conservatives spent ninety minutes attacking and defeating a Liberal Democrat motion to put an extra £225,000 into youth services, saying the money did not exist and was…
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Army Basing Programme update
A masterplan for the development of the military bases on Salisbury Plain has been approved by Wiltshire Council's Strategic Planning Committee. The agenda, which includes the plan, can be seen on…
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New Business Park for Hawkeridge
An outline application has been permitted for land at Mill Lane, opposite the entrance to the West Wilts Trading Estate, to be converted to a Business Park. Applicants HPH Commercial say they'll put…