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Following last year’s sold out success ‘Concert At The Kings’ is back for its fifth year to continue raising awareness and funds to fight cancer. Performances include The SAS Band (plus special guests), Suzi Quatro and True Heights. The event will take place at The Kings Arms in All Cannings on Saturday 21 May. In […]
After more than 10 years away from the mainline, the world’s most famous locomotive, Flying Scotsman, which returned to action earlier this year, visited Salisbury twice this summer, hauling The Cathedrals Express. The train arrived from London Paddington via Westbury. Departing from Salisbury in the afternoon on Saturday 21 and Saturday 28 May, those lucky enough to […]
Motorsport history will be made at Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb on the weekend of May 28/29. The most unusual, certainly the quietest, and probably the “greenest”, of the cars taking part in the British Hillclimb Championship event will be a Toyota Mirai, which has no engine but produces energy for it’s electric motor […]
A former member of the British Armed Forces has been appointed as the Chair of Trustees for a recently launched Wiltshire-based military charity. Retired Lieutenant Colonel, Mike Jeng MBE, will help develop the strategic direction for the new military mental health charity, Stand Down, which delivers confidential online counselling for serving personnel, veterans and their […]
The Motorpoint Spring Cup Series reaches the penultimate round at the Cycle Wiltshire Grand Prix on Sunday 8 May. Sir Bradley Wiggins’ Team Wiggins will be one of the 11 professional cycling teams that will be racing through south Wiltshire in the race on Sunday 8 May. Around 140 elite riders from top professional teams […]
Wiltshire residents are being asked to comment on some proposed changes to parish boundaries during a consultation which includes a series of public meetings. People have until 20 May 2016 to have their say on the Community Governance Review (CGR) which is being carried out at the request of a number of parish, town and […]
27 June – 3 July 2016 2016 saw the centenary of three very important battles of the First World War: the naval Battle of Jutland, the French and German ten-month Battle of Verdun, and of course the Battle of the Somme, so indelibly marked on our national consciousness. Now in its sixth year, The Daily […]
400 pupils from 15 primary schools across the county raised the roof at Wiltshire Music Centre on 20 April as part of a major radio project. Since January, children from 15 schools have learned nine folk songs from Britain’s musical heritage. The nine songs, including such old favourites as ‘Cockles and Mussels’, ‘The Skye Boat […]
A series of then and now photographs of Lacock during the 1940s and today will be on display this bank holiday weekend as part of a lottery funded project. Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre digitised around 80 photographs depicting the Wiltshire village in the Second World War. The fascinating insight into Lacock will now be […]
