Lower Seagry News Today

FLOOD alerts have been placed on rivers across the area.

FOOLHARDY drivers have already begun to ignore ‘road closed’ signs at Staverton as the area experienced its first flooding of the new year.

FOOLHARDY drivers have already begun to ignore ‘road closed’ signs at Staverton as the area experienced its first flooding of the new year.

River levels are rising along various watercourses around the county and people are being advised to be prepared

River levels are rising along various watercourses in and around the city and people are being advised to be prepared

Wiltshire Police have been enforcing speed limits in several villages in the Chippenham area.

Wiltshire Police have been enforcing speed limits in several villages in the Chippenham area.

Wiltshire Police have been enforcing speed limits in several villages in the Chippenham area.

Euclid Street, Swindon A new property ‘Golden Triangle’ is taking over areas of both Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, with an influx of former city dwellers making moves according to property experts. The triangle with points at Cirencester to the North, Swindon to the East and Chippenham to the West is home to chocolate-box villages, affluent towns and links to key locations such as Bristol, Bath, Oxford and London. At the heart of the Golden Triangle, is Minety Lower Moor, halfway bet...

JUDGING has begun for this year’s keenly-fought competition to find Wiltshires best-kept villages. The Campaign to Protect Rural Englands Wiltshire Best-Kept Village Competition is once again being sponsored by The Hills Group and Princeton Homes. The annual competition was cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This year, 28 villages have entered. CPRE project officer Mike Manson said: "It seeks to find the villages that are best looked after by their inhabitants and where...