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THE long-promised new leisure centre for Trowbridge has been allocated £25m in Wiltshire Council’s proposed budget.

THE long-promised new leisure centre for Trowbridge has been allocated £25m in Wiltshire Council’s proposed budget.

Cllr Bob Brice is retiring from local politics after 30 years' service A long-serving Trowbridge town councillor is to retire from local politics ahead of the May local elections after 30 years of unbroken service. Cllr Bob Brice, lately a councillor for the Grove Ward, has served the town and county in various capacities since being elected in 1991. The former teacher has decided he will not stand for re-election in the upcoming local elections in May. Born and bred in Trowbridge, Mr Brice was first elected as a town councillor for what was then the town’s John of Gaunt Ward. On ...

File photo dated 10/07/20 Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick who has cast doubt on reports of fresh draconian new lockdown restrictions for London and said talk of an expanded shielding programme was "just speculation". PA Photo. Issue date: Sunda Fourteen Wiltshire and Swindon councillors have signed a letter urging the government to scrap the ‘most damaging’ parts of its planning white paper.  They are among over 2,000 councillors from across England who have signed an open letter to the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick calling on him to rethink the proposed planning reforms. Chai...