Trowbridge Rugby Club has been given planning permission to move to Hilperton. A previous application had already been approved, but the impact of the credit crunch meant their plan to sell off the Green Lane ground for housing was less profitable than originally expected, so a revised, smaller, scheme came forward.
All of the candidates in this election will talk about wishing to reduce all crime and in particular violent crime, alcohol and drug related crime and sexual assaults. All of us will agree that offenders need to be caught and punished for the criminal acts they have done. The difference between the candidates will come on:-
Chippenham, Trowbridge, Wootton Bassett and Amesbury have got £10,000 each as part of a national programme to boost town centres.
Wiltshire has received £30,100 to be spent on young people being able to explore the white horses and chalk hill figures in the county under a new project, Virtual Landscapes.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is continuing his campaign to stop electric pylons being built through the Lake District National Park as part of the National Grid's "North West Coast Connections Project".
Wiltshire Council's waste management and recycling contractor, Hills Waste, has produced its Annual Review of the waste management services in the county. It's available via : http://www.recycleforwiltshire.com/index.php/stats/performance