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Construction of new Salisbury homes starts with plans for 640 properties

Vistry Group acquired the Wiltshire site earlier this year, with the housebuilder saying its interest in buying the land stretched back 10 years

Birmingham Post

Swindon shooting: Teenage boy seriously injured after he was shot in early hours

A 17-year-old boy was taken to the hospital by air ambulance after suffering life-changing injuries thought to have been caused by a firearm in Swindon, Wiltshire

Daily Mirror

Sickening video shows cowboy builders filming themselves 'bodging' a job while mocking their elderly customer

They made £45,000 from crimes committed in 18 properties across Wiltshire, Bristol and Gloucestershire

Bristol Post

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Brazen cowboy builders film themselves boasting about ripping off 82-year-old victim

Three cowboy builders have been jailed after making £45,000 from crimes committed in 18 properties across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Bristol between October 2020 and March 2021.

Daily Mirror

Waterloo station: How to claim a refund if your train has been disrupted or cancelled

Surrey, Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Dorset trains from the entire network were cancelled on Thursday morning

Evening Standard

Ant and Dec gift heroic Bristol tanker driver trip to Florida after saving woman from burning house

Neil Luton had just cleared a septic tank for a client in Wiltshire when he "happened to be in the right place at the right time and acted instinctively"

Bristol Post

Inquiry into novichok death of Dawn Sturgess to begin in autumn 2024

Exclusive: Date set for start of long-awaited hearing into Wiltshire woman’s 2018 poisoning

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'I lost my soulmate and home in Salisbury poisonings - five years on I want answers'

Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after she was exposed to the nerve agent Novichok left in a perfume bottle in Amesbury, Wiltshire, in July 2018

Daily Mirror

Gogglebox's Giles slammed by Mary for 'hate crime' after mocking Paddy McGuinness

The posh Wiltshire couple have been controversial again, this time making fun of a very recognisable Northern English accent

Wales Online

Starmer says Labour would freeze council tax bills this year

The Labour leader is launching his party’s local elections campaign in Swindon, Wiltshire.

The Independent UK

Good Energy profit margins cut by ‘rapidly increasing’ wholesale costs

The Wiltshire-based renewable electricity supplier said it had made ‘significant strides’ as it looks to broaden its offering to more green energy services

Birmingham Post

Brit stranded in the Philippines after cruise ship abandons him while having medical test

Holidaymaker Christopher Capel, 72, from Swindon, Wiltshire, left the ship after going to the hospital for some quick medical tests but when he got back, the vessel had already exited the port

Daily Mirror

50 beavers living secretly on the Bristol Avon, stunned researchers discover

Until 2020, they were thought to have been extinct for almost 500 years

Bristol Post

Dragons' Den contestant says business 'may have to close down' - but vows she will not give up without a fight

The Wiltshire-based founder of a social enterprise that makes cleaning products had secured an £80,000 investment on the BBC series during an episode broadcast in January

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Construction firm Beard sees turnover build to pre-pandemic levels

The 130-year-old Wiltshire-based business completed 45 projects last year, including some multi-million pound renovation jobs in the South West

The Independent UK

Mother of disabled child feels Government has turned its back on most vulnerable

The Wiltshire mother said she was left ‘disappointed’ at the Budget announcements on Wednesday.

Birmingham Post

Wiltshire accountancy firm creates jobs as it opens new office

Gooding Accounts, which serves more than 2,500 clients, has launched a new base in Melksham

Daily Mirror

Family feels 'left in the dark' after soldier, 19, found dead in military barracks

Ebrima Nyabally, 19, was found dead in his room at the barracks in Tidworth, Wiltshire, at 9pm on February 25. His family were left devastated and are trying to find more information about his death

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Wiltshire firm makes £600,000 investment to boost growth and sustainability

Calne Engineering, which supports contractors working on major national infrastructure projects, has acquired a laser cutting machine

Birmingham Post

Wincanton issues profit warning after losing key government contract

The Wiltshire-based firm said it was “extremely disappointed” after HMRC switched to another logistics provider to support its UK customs arrangements at inland border facilities

Birmingham Post

2023 FSB South West Small Business Awards winners revealed

Women’s urinal creators Peequal and the Devon Seaweed Company were among the firms to home prizes on the night

The Independent UK

Gibson guitar used by Chuck Berry at Wembley could fetch £20,000 at auction

The 1964 Gibson Firebird V will be auctioned off in Wiltshire later this month

Daily Record

Couple renovating home find hidden 1971 note from previous owner who paid only £3k for house

The message found in a home in Devizes, Wiltshire, was signed by a man named E.C. Pearce who bought the property in 1971 for £3k on a £5 mortgage while earning 65p an hour.

Birmingham Post

Dyson pledges £6m for Wiltshire school’s planned education centre

A quarter of the school's pupils have parents or guardians working at the engineering firm's nearby campus in Malmesbury

The Independent UK

Revealed: Crime data shows most dangerous and safest places to live

Data from the Office for National Statistics ranks Cleveland in Yorkshire as the most dangerous place to live, while Wiltshire is the safest

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