The Latest Breaking News from Wiltshire

Center Parcs 'serious medical incident' as child 'pulled from the water'

Wiltshire Police said it attended Longleat Center Parcs near Warminster this morning following reports of an incident involving a child, with witnesses describing a boy being pulled from the wave pool

Daily Mirror · Dec 24, 2022

Last ever funeral for 'ghost village' that's been empty since mass evacuation in 1943

The funeral of 87-year-old Ray Nash will be held in Imber, where he lived as a baby. The Wiltshire village was evacuated in 1943 for wartime training exercises and no one has been allowed to live there since.

Daily Mirror · Dec 21, 2022

‘Ghost village’ evacuated and closed in 1943 to have its last ever funeral

Imber in Wiltshire was cleared by allied forces during the Second World War to make way for training exercises for D-Day

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2022

Rolls-Royce and easyJet claim world first by powering aircraft engine with hydrogen

The ground test took place at the Ministry of Defence’s Boscombe Down site in Amesbury, Wiltshire

Wales Online · Nov 28, 2022

Man who ate two roast dinners a week lost whopping six stone by playing football

Brandan Woodhouse, 25, a civil servant from Melksham, Wiltshire, used to gorge on roast dinners and would eat as many as he could, and now he's lost a whopping six stone by joining a football team

Daily Mirror · Nov 25, 2022

Mercedes-Benz vans and trucks dealership in management buyout

Wiltshire-based Rygor Group is the UK’s largest dedicated dealership for Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles

Birmingham Post · Nov 25, 2022

How an international assassination attempt brought horror to the streets of a sleepy English city

 Andy Gregory looks back on the shocking and tragic events that thrust the Wiltshire city into global headlines

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2022

Swindon council apologises for error-strewn Covid key worker tribute

Wiltshire council criticised for unveiling plaque littered with mistakes

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2022

UK's best places to work list includes Wiltshire’s Good Energy

The renewable energy firm was scored highly by its staff on a survey produced by employee engagement specialist Best Companies

Birmingham Post · Nov 8, 2022

Girl, seven, died after cycling into HGV outside Wiltshire home, inquest hears

Lorry traffic is turning picturesque village into ‘wild west’, say residents after death of Eloise Jackson

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2022