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WILTSHIRE is amongst the most recycling efficient counties in the country according to new figures released by Environment Minister Joan Ruddock.

A Swindon teenager who failed to complete community service for drugs offences has been jailed for six months.

Hundreds more learner drivers could clog the roads of Chippenham if plans to shut the Trowbridge test centre go ahead.

The Council for the Protection of Rural England has announced its opposition to plans for housing on the outskirts of Swindon.

The National Deaf Children's Society's Listening Bus, will make a stop at Sheldon School in Chippenham on May 20 from 10a to 3pm.

A health centre in Malmesbury will be ready for use in a month, the Wiltshire Primary Care Trust has said.

A psychotic schizophrenic who set light to the family home while his parents slept is to be detained in hospital.

DRIVERS were brought to a standstill this morning after gates leading to Emery Gate car park were superglued shut.

It is business as usual for the newly re-opened Chippenham police station enquiry office.

Mark Kingsbury, 45, was chairman of family owned electrical wholesalers, Wilts.

The British Heart Foundation is urging engaged couples in Wiltshire to ask wedding guests for donations to the charity instead, as a survey reveals that over a quarter of gifts given to newlyweds will never be used.

Nightmare neighbour Deborah Jeary , who twice assaulted a policeman while on bail for attacking a student, has been jailed for ten months.

Family of Samuel Woodley who attends Springboard Opportunity Group, in Chippenham have raised more than £3,000 to help with its running costs.

Just under 3,000 people - twice the number expected - flocked to Wiltshire Music Centre on Saturday to join in the Centre's 10th birthday celebrations, Live & Free @ WMC.

Brigadier Robert Hall was this week elected as the new chairman of Wiltshire County Council at a meeting of the full council.

A teenager branded a drunken yob' by a judge has been jailed for 23 months for a string of violent crimes.

ASDA today started its appeal to build a new store in Chippenham but still face strong opposition from the council and public.

A SUMMER fundraising event will help send young Callum Kaye to America for life-saving treatment.

That's the question being posed by organisers of Swindon's annual summer theatre show.

WILDFLOWERS are starting to make a comeback in the county.