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Battery recycling scheme launched New!

Fri 3rd Jul 2009

You can now take spent household batteries to any one of the ten household recycling centres in Wiltshire.

Government pulls plug on college schemes New!

Fri 3rd Jul 2009

Plans to relocate Trowbridge College to the old Bowyers site have been scuppered after the government quango known as the ' Learning and Skills Council (LSC)' changed its mind about funding the scheme.

WC 'not told of bypass decision'. New!

Fri 3rd Jul 2009

Wiltshire Council is upset because it learnt about the rejection of its application to build the Westbury bypass from the Wiltshire Times.

Rainbow (photography: Tim Prater)

A letter from Wiltshire's Lib Dem Euro-MP Graham Watson New!

Fri 3rd Jul 2009

Normally the political parties in the European Parliament allow a clear fortnight after the election before meeting to prepare for the opening of Parliament.

Graham Watson MEP, leader Liberal Democrat Group in European Parliament (photography: Courtesy of European Parliament www.europarl.eu.int)

Bypass Refused!

Thu 2nd Jul 2009

The decision on the Westbury Eastern bypass has been announced and the brilliant news is that it has been refused by the government.

bypass (photography: Trevor Carbin)

MP in hostage stunt

Wed 1st Jul 2009

You might think that at a time when two British hostages have recently been murdered and four of their colleagues are still missing with no way for their friends and relatives to know if they'll ever see them alive again that indulging in a hostage publicity stunt was no way for a sane MP to behave.

Youth orchestra in the finals

Wed 1st Jul 2009

Young musicians from Wiltshire head off to the Symphony Hall in Birmingham for the finals of The National Festival of Music for Youth on July 6th.

Junior Strings

Health update for West Wiltshire

Wed 1st Jul 2009

The Department of Health have published an updated 'Health Profile' for West Wiltshire for 2009 - the fourth year the figures have been published.

Another one bites the dust - Devizes Courts Closure

Wed 1st Jul 2009

The decline of Wiltshire's public services continues with the closure in mid-August of Devizes magistrates court.

Salisbury New Law Courts (photography: Trevor Carbin)

Bradford on Avon Area Board next Wednesday

Wed 1st Jul 2009

The Bradford on Area Board will launch on Wednesday, July 8 at St Margaret's Hall.

Nice crime

Wed 1st Jul 2009

"Dad?"

Knife

New website for Holt and Staverton division

Tue 30th Jun 2009

For news of Holt, Monkton Farleigh, South Wraxall and Staverton, including the latest planning applications etc, go to www.trevorcarbin.mycouncillor.org.uk

Wiltshire's memory cafe opens

Tue 30th Jun 2009

People with dementia, their carers and families, are set to benefit from an innovative memory cafe where care, support and advice will be served up along with refreshments.

Melksham Town Centre Improvements

Tue 30th Jun 2009

Improvements to Melksham town centre will start in August.

Health Service in Warminster Library

Mon 29th Jun 2009

The new health information and support service, which has been available in three libraries in Wiltshire since early June, will be officially launched on July 10.

Fighting the recession in Wiltshire

Fri 26th Jun 2009

Wiltshire Council has agreed a package of measures aimed at helping the county weather the storm of the economic depression.

Running WC - council starts search for new boss

Fri 26th Jun 2009

The WC cabinet has agreed to start the process of finding a new chief executive. They've hired consultants at a cost of £50,000 to do the recruitment and the successful applicant will get paid about as much as the Prime Minister.

RAF Keevil Training Days

Fri 26th Jun 2009

Training for Keevil during July is as follows...

Keevil airfield

Road Works in South West Wiltshire

Fri 26th Jun 2009

TROWBRIDGE FORE STREET 05/07/2009-06/07/2009 WALES & WEST UTILITIES Two-Way Signals

Road works sign

Tribute to Tony Phillips

Thu 25th Jun 2009

On behalf of Wiltshire Council Liberal Democrat Group I'd like to pay tribute to Tony Phillips who has died at the age of 82 just a couple of weeks after being elected to represent Southwick and North Bradley on the new Wiltshire Council.

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"On issue after issue, the Liberal Democrats have led the fight for real change while the Conservatives lagged behind. On the economy, on the environment and now on the real reform of politics, it is the Lib Dems that are offering something different."

April Pond, Liberal Democrat candidate for the Norwich North by-election

www.norwichlibdems.org.uk - 21 June

"I believe that my position as an MP between now and the next election is untenable."

Labour MP Ian Gibson

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