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The daughter of two Covid victims has been left heartbroken after coronavirus has devastated her family by taking both parents within days of each other. Geraldine Haughan said: “It has been the most awful time of my life and I am heartbroken - although they were 87 they were so fit, lively and independent. It wasn’t their time to go.” Geraldine’s parents, Gordon and Jean Reardon, from Currock, were fit, active and devoted to each other. Geraldine said: “The family is devastated...

ON Valentines Day tomorrow, people will take a romantic look back at their first meeting - which is even more poignant for those who found love across a crowded dance floor, or over the noise of a live band, at a time when venues are closed because of coronavirus. The Music Venues Trust, which is working to support our venues nationwide through the pandemic, have set up a platform for people to share their memories, and we take a look at some of the Wiltshire stories that will feature on #V...

The Lockdown Window Exhibition display in SerenArts Gallery ARTS and craft workshops in Bradford on Avon are pulling together to host a window-displayed exhibition where walkers can view local wares in a safe, socially distanced environment. The exhibition includes work from painters, potters, sculptors, photographers and potters, and will have a weekly rotation of products for locals to enjoy at a distance. The initiative was launched by local artist, Tanya Achilleos Lock, of the Corner ...

The Lockdown Window Exhibition display in SerenArts Gallery ARTS and craft workshops in Bradford on Avon are pulling together to host a window-displayed exhibition where walkers can view local wares in a safe, socially distanced environment. The exhibition includes work from painters, potters, sculptors, photographers and potters, and will have a weekly rotation of products for locals to enjoy at a distance. The initiative was launched by local artist, Tanya Achilleos Lock, of the Corner ...

An imaginative visualisation of how Tithe Barn could be restored. - Credit: Hallam Land The site was first identified in 2006 with the developers arguing that “the release of greenfield land for housing will be required to meet growth requirements of the district”.   They argued, too, that “Chatteris is the right location for a proportion of the districts growth requirements and that the application site is suitable to meet those requirements.   Tithe Barn, Chatteris, which will underg...

Brazen thieves used a blowtorch to break into two homes in the same Peak District village in a matter of hours in the latest example of a terrifying new trend.  The criminals used the tool to burn a hole through a uPVC front door to gain entry to a house in Tideswell, Derbyshire, where they stole £33,000 of vehicles. They took wallets and keys to a £25,000 Audi S1, as well as a £4,500 limited edition 2016 KTM 125 motorbike and a 2018 electric Devinci Ebike worth £4,000. Police said the bre...

>More in Minette Batters © Geoff and Tordis Pagotto Minette Batters discovered her “life’s calling” in farming after ignoring advice from friends and family to pursue an alternative career. Desert Island Discs, the NFU president revealed that her friends told her she was “mad to do this” – but she decided to ignore them and insisted “I’d always wanted to farm”. “I felt very strongly that this was a life’s calling. ...