EXCITING and ambitious plans to transform Westbury are being discussed by Westbury Town Council this week. Amongst the ideas under discussion are a new arts centre, larger pavements in the…
LOCAL resident, Peter Chmiel, secured himself a place in the history books as his debut display won ‘best in show’ at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. Peter worked in conjunction…
WESTBURY Community Area Board will be hosting the first Westbury Community Area Environment Forum in October. The forum will be held on Tuesday 12 October, from 6pm until 8pm, at…
Thousands of people flocked to Westbury’s first hosting of the Wiltshire Chilli Festival with Extra Cheese, to mark the opening of the annual Westbury Festival last weekend. Spice lovers came…
WESTBURY Town Council has made provisional plans to represent the town in the fight against a controversial waste incinerator being built. The town awaits a decision from Secretary of State,…
COUNCILLORS and staff at Westbury Town Council have set up a forum in order to share ideas on how best to prepare Westbury for the effects of climate change. The…
WESTBURY’S fortnight-long arts and culture festival is set to start on 25th September and, with more than 60 events planned, organisers say there is something for everyone. A fantastic programme…
MAYOR cllr Sheila Kimmins faced an unusual ribbon cutting ceremony when she opened Westbury’s new-look heritage centre. The Victorian cast iron statue of Hercules, which appeared on BBC’s The Repair…
LOCAL councillors believe that maintenance work to fix a faulty biofilter at Hills Waste’s Northacre plant could have been completed earlier, saying that the inconvenience caused to Westbury citizens in…
NOW is the time to have your say on how your local authority handles its approach to climate change, as Wiltshire Council is running an engagement exercise over the next month. …
Westbury to set out road repair through five year plan
Funding for road repairs and maintenance over the next five years in Westbury was discussed at the Westbury Area Board earlier this month. The plan of improvements is in a preliminary stage but will have a focus on giving certain areas of concern significantly more funding.
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Wiltshire Air Ambulance’s costs rise to £4m a year
Wiltshire Air Ambulance’s costs have risen to £4million a year as the charity emerges from the clinical and financial challenges of the Covid pandemic. A new three-year strategy launched by the charity reveals its income target will rise from £3.75million a year to £4million from the 2021-22 financial year onwards. It comes as Wiltshire Air Ambulance plans to enhance its clinical delivery by investing in additional training, as well as increasing the number of pre-hospital consultants (doctors) on its rota.
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