• Campaign to Stop Wind Farm at West Ashton

  By Pickle11

  Wind farms are a waste of space. They are expensive, inefficient and ugly. They are not green,...

            

   

  By KimHerbing at 18:20 on 30/04/12

  

  A community campaign opposed to the proposed site of a three turbine wind farm at Grange Farm near West Ashton has been gathering pace. Stop Grange Farm Wind Farm has been putting up posters and is preparing a thorough report to be presented to Wiltshire Council's Core Strategy group when it meets in June. It aims to persuade councillors to increase the minimum distance a wind turbine can be from homes to 2km, which would likely put...

• Fighter jet drama over Bath

  By R_Ferrier

  Saw a jet speed over Corsham yesterday afternoon at about half five. Amazing.

            

   

  By Bath Chronicle at 06:45 on 13/04/12

  

  Two fighter jets screamed across the skies above Bath last night in an incident that was still raising questions this morning. The Ministry of Defence and police said the supersonic aircraft were responding to what appeared to be an emergency call from a helicopter. Residents from Peasedown to Weston saw and heard one of the Typhoon Eurofighters flying low over the city yesterday evening. It was tracking a helicopter flying over the...

• How long does it take to open a flooded road?

  By mrhappy_ry

  Ditto to the above - has been flooded since Sunday! Come on Wiltshire Council sort it out....

            

   

  By White Horse Fire safety at 15:18 on 03/05/12

  

  Station Rd flooded early on Monday morning, how long does it take to re open the road? a good question you may ask, it is now Thursday afternoon and still no sign of the water being removed. As a retired Fire officer I am appalled that the water has not been pumped away so that a major route for the town and its businesses and railway station, it has now been closed to traffic for 4 days. All it needs is for some one with a light weight...

• Harnessing the Power of Pensioners to Clean Famous Westbury White Horse

  By KimHerbing

  wp_alistair I'm with you on this, let's hope it is now kept clean and sparkling! Do take the kids up...

            

   

  By KimHerbing at 15:31 on 16/04/12

  

  A team of brave pensioners learned to abseil so they could scrub their local landmark in time for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Members of the Rotary Club in Westbury, Wiltshire, whose average age is 72, strapped themselves into harnesses and descended off the steep hill above the town to clean the famous white horse. The dozen or so volunteers learned to abseil at the end of last week in preparation for the mission, which took place...

• Westbury man completes Charity Everest Trek

  By KimHerbing

  Such an amazing achievement isn't it. Justin should be very proud of himself.

            

   

  By PROSEC Consultancy Ltd at 14:45 on 24/04/12

  

  Justin Whatley has now completed his Everest Trek. The trek, sponsored by Westbury based Security, Investigations and Training Company PROSEC was conducted in order to raise money for both Help for Heroes and Wiltshire Air Ambulance. The fundraising is not yet complete and anyone can still donate to these charities via Justins web page at;   http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage....

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