A “compassionate” Wiltshire headteacher has been recognised with a prestigious national award. Dan Crossman, the head of Marlborough St. Mary's, has won a Silver Award for Headteacher of the Year in a ...

An 11-year-old girl has become the youngest person to receive an MBE. Carmela Chillery-Watson was honoured in the King’s Birthday Honours for her work in charitable fundraising, much of which has ...

A Wiltshire special constable has been awarded a British Empire Medal. Special Constable Damien Penman was recognised in the 2024 King's Birthday Honours for his services to policing. Mr Penman, who ...

Extra trains and seat reservations are part of plans to help tens of thousands of festival-goers reach Glastonbury festival ...

Keepers are hand-rearing a rare bird at a Wiltshire safari park. The secretary bird chick, whose gender is not yet known, hatched five weeks ago at Longleat. It is the offspring of seven-year-old ...

Thousands of former Wilko workers are set to receive compensation after a successful legal case. Nearly 10,000 staff will be paid a share of £2 million after a ruling found the retailer failed to ...

The new owner of a long-abandoned pub has started work to transform it into housing. Fenibo Peterside, founder and director of Peterside Developments, completed the purchase of the former Royal Oak ...

Along with neighbouring councils including Swindon, Dorset, and Hampshire, Wiltshire Council is a member of national lobbying organisation F40, which represents the 40 most poorly-funded authorities ...

Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (DWFRS) has issued the warning for the South West, where large areas of open land such as heathlands, fields and cliffsides are particularly vulnerable ...