14+ hour, 9+ min ago   (528+ words) Wiltshire Council has explained why it cut a fleet of pothole-fixing machines - and why a task force dropped the word 'pothole' from its name. Last week it emerged that the first job of the council's cross-party Pothole Task Group was…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (256+ words) US President Donald Trump has said he “loved” the backlash to his comments in support of Irish unification. Mr Trump spoke briefly to reporters on Sunday as he walked to the first tee on his golf resort in Doonbeg, Co…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (548+ words) The owner of a famous Cotswold bed and breakfast has described plans for a tourist tax as a “hammer blow” to the industry. Caron Cooper runs the Fosse Farmhouse, which is located between Castle Combe and Nettleton and has become…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (639+ words) Wiltshire Council is forecasting a £6.7 million budget overspend by the end of the financial year, members will be told next week. The council's Cabinet will hear on Wednesday, September 16, that the spiralling cost of looking after vulnerable adults and children…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (223+ words) Work is underway to turn a retail space that was formerly home to a national bank into a number of new flats. Barclays Bank left the premises of 66 Market Place in Chippenham in 2023, and three years on the owners of…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (497+ words) US President Donald Trump has pledged to send every American adult 5,000 dollars (£3,691) if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, in an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November. The promise would…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (310+ words) Plans by a social housing provider to turn its former Wiltshire office into 30 flats have been revealed. Green Square Accord wants to convert the offices at Methuen Park in Chippenham. It is preparing to submit formal plans to Wiltshire Council…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (498+ words) Sarah Gibson at the Mercedes F1 Factory in Northamptonshire (Image: Sarah Gibson / Facebook) Hospitality, gifts and overseas trips accepted by Westminster’s representatives are laid bare in the latest MPs’ Register of Financial Interests, offering voters a window into the benefits politicians…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (717+ words) A campaign by Reform UK councillors to make Swindon's parks safer for women appears to have backfired - after a woman was assaulted at the party's annual conference. Reform group leader Sara Godwin and fellow councillor Colin Lovell took to Facebook…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (602+ words) Bailiffs were set on 6,600 council tax debtors in Wiltshire last year, as Wiltshire Council looked to recover nearly £31 million in arrears. The council says it only passes debts to bailiffs as a matter of last resort. National Debtline welcomed the…...