Issue 449 – Keep an eye out for 4×4 thieves
Wiltshire police have seen a recent increase in reports of thefts of Land Rovers and similar 4x4 vehicles, from across Wiltshire but predominantly from rural locations.
Issue 444 – Westbury train driver keeps calm under attack
AN HEROIC train driver from Westbury managed to keep calm when a teenager smashed a window in the driver’s cab, as she was driving.
Issue 444 – Police recover stolen bicycles
POLICE are trying to trace the owners of two bicycles stolen in Westbury after retrieving them from the thieves.
Issue 441 – Community dig deep for Jacob
THE WESTBURY community has rallied round to help a family whose disabled toddler was left housebound after thieves stole his specially adapted buggy.
Issue 441 – Arrest for street drinker
POLICE took action against persistent street drinkers in Westbury Market Place when they arrested a man last Friday afternoon.
Buggy theft leaves disabled toddler housebound
A disabled boy from Leigh Park has been left housebound after thieves stole a specially adapted wheelchair from outside his home.
Three-year old Jacob Scott’s custom-made buggy was stolen on Suffolk Road just before 1.00am on Monday 6th July. Jacob needs the bespoke grey, blue and orange wheelchair as he is unable to sit up on his own due to a rare disorder similar to cerebral palsy.
Jacob’s mother Rachelle Allen said, “I like to take him out for a walk every day to town or to the park to feed the ducks but now we’re not able to do anything really.”
Council seek ways to crack down on street drinkers
WESTBURY Town Council is to look at the ramifications of turning Westbury Market Place into an alcohol-free zone.
Mayor of Westbury, cllr Sue Ezra, said that something needed to be done to curb what she and fellow councillors saw as an increasing problem with abusive behaviour from drunk people congregating in the square.