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PUB landlords and their staff have pulled their first pints for three months across bars in Wiltshire. Old friends and families were pleased to get out and meet up again while enjoying a quiet – or noisy – drink at their locals. At the Tollgate Inn in Holt, manager Mark Hodges, was “delighted” to be back behind the bar and trading again. “It’s been really good. We’re really pleased to be open again and seeing customers. “We opened up at 9.30am for coffees and we’ve been busy all day. “We didn’t start serving alcohol until midday but we’re taking bookings fo...

THE streets of Bradford on Avon were busy this morning as shopkeepers and other non-essential businesses opened their doors for trade for the first time in several weeks. There were queues of men outside the Silver Street Barbers lining up for haircuts, and many of the town’s shops reopened after the third lockdown since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Jackie Allan, owner of the Piha retail clothing shop in Lamb Yard, said: “It feels like the town is coming alive again. People have been coming in just to say hello and have a chat about what is going on. “We’ve taken some deliveri...

Long-awaited plans for the return of rail to Devizes have taken a major step forward with the backing of £34,000. The team behind plans for the Devizes Gateway station are pulling together an ambitious business case to be submitted by the end of this year - which will determine the rail future for the town. Investigations by Atkins are underway into the current transport challenges facing the town and how a station could combat them, but also into if the currently proposed location for the station, in Lydeway near Urchfont, is the most practical site. The station will bring a “game...

A BLACKHEATH dad is starting his own takeaway out of a Halesowen pub after being made redundant during lockdown. Jason Howles is opening fried chicken takeaway Cluck Chicken, which will operate out of The Clock Inn on Nimmings Road, from Thursday (March 18). The father-of-three, of Church Street, came up with the idea for a lockdown-proof business after he was made redundant from his job in insurance last July. Jason, aged 40, said: "I approached Kelly who runs the pub, who I'm friends with, and the idea grew from there. "I've had lots of time to practise cooking the food and have ...

writes Barry Shurlock. But a new investigation by a museum curator has come up with a completely different story. It turns out that it was in fact a British training aircraft which crashed near the pond after losing a flap and climbing vertically out of control. The pilot, who died in the crash, was in the process of obtaining his wings two months before the Battle of Britain. The sleuthing has been done by former Observer Lieutenant Neville Cullingford, who served for many years in the Royal Observer Corps and is now Honorary Curator of its Museum. Outlining his discoveries, he said: “...