Kennet apologises for selling low cost homes to developer

2:53pm today

KENNET District Council has admitted that it was a mistake to sell seven low-cost homes on the Le Marchant Barracks site in Devizes to private landlords.

	Princess opens history centre in Chippenham
	2:28pm today
	MORE than 100 schoolchildren and well wishers flocked to the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre today to see Princess Anne officially open the building this afternoon.

	School criticised as Wroughton hammer attackers are jailed
	1:49pm today
	A judge today criticised the school where a teenager was beaten to the brink of death with a hammer as she imprisoned five gang members involved in the "brutal" attack.

	Princess Anne to visit Chippenham today
	11:11am today
	STAFF at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre are gearing up for a royal visitor when Her Royal Highness Princess Anne visits to officially open the £11.1million building today.

Stats on South West released

10:51am today

The South West has the highest percentage of people of pension age and over of any region of the UK (22 per cent), according to the latest issue of Regional Trends, released today by the Office for National Statistics.

Quakers Walk gets a boost

10:20am today

THE campaign to save the ancient bridleway of Quakers Walk from interference from developers received a massive boost at a public meeting this week.

Calne council votes not to fly flag

10:07am today

CAMPAIGNERS have been left disgusted after Calne Town councillors voted not to fly the flag for the third time.

Sexiest specs wearer wanted

9:44am today

DEVIZES spectacle wearers could win themselves a pair of designers glasses as well as the chance to win a national competition.

	Pewsey soldier teaches troops
	9:39am today
	A WILTSHIRE soldier is teaching troops how to handle the Army's toughest vehicle.

	Swindon man stranded
	9:04am today
	A WALCOT man who fled the Philippines in a dramatic bid to stop his baby daughter being taken from him, has spoken out to answer his critics.

Gang to be sentenced for schoolboy hammer attack

8:59am today

A gang convicted of involvement in a brutal hammer attack on a 16-year-old schoolboy will be sentenced today.

	Swindon man to give up residency battle
	8:53am today
	A Filipino man whose wife died after an NHS blunder said today he was on the point of giving up his fight to stay in Britain.

Men charged in connection with Tamil Tigers

8:41am today

Four men have been charged with terrorist activities linked to the banned Tamil Tigers.

	Funeral for farmer's son
	8:35am today
	St Michael's Church in Urchfont is expected to be full to capacity next Friday, May 16, for the funeral of 23-year-old William Bodman.

	Cannabis factory found in Calne
	2:57pm Thu 8 May 08
	Armed police stormed a flat in Calne this afternoon disturbing a cannabis factory.
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