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Covid case rates have sky rocketed across the country, and Wiltshire is no exception.

THE nation’s roadmap out of lockdown has been revealed, giving the public an idea of when life will return to relative normality. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he is “very optimistic” Covid restrictions in England can be lifted on June 21, but warned “nothing can be guaranteed”. He said his roadmap for easing lockdown measures, laid out this week, was “a cautious but irreversible approach”. Cases in various pockets of Wiltshire have risen in the last week, leading to a cautious welcome from officials and reminders “not to let down your guard.” In Devizes, whe...

Wiltshire Council have been accused of “playing ostrich” over the proposed closure of Furlong Close, in Rowde.

PRESSURE is growing among those fighting over the future of Furlong Close and its unknown closure date. The care facility, in the village of Rowde, is home to 34 disabled people, and has been earmarked for closure. Impassioned relatives of residents have now formed an official group, the Families and Friends of Furlong Close, to raise awareness of their situation. Chairman Antonia Field, whose brother lives at Furlong Close, has written an open letter to both Wiltshire Council and Hft Rowde. She said: “It is now three months since Hft announced to shocked residents, staff and fami...