EXPLOSIVE experts have detonated an unexploded wartime bomb found in a farmer’s field near Pewsey.

The four-inch naval shell was blown up last Friday – leaving a gaping hole in the farmer’s field at Stanton St Bernard.

FIRE crews in Devizes gained entry to a property earlier this morning to give South West Ambulance Service paramedics access to a patient who had fallen inside.

TODAY is set to start cold and bright across most of Wiltshire, but forecasters have warned milder weather and the risk of flooding are just around the corner.

WILTSHIRE Council is urging residents to think carefully where they do their daily exercise and to ‘jog on’ if they travel too far or there’s too many people.

There is evidence to suggest the new variant of Covid -19 - that emerged in the UK in September last year - is more deadly, the Prime Minister has warned.

ENVIRONMENTAL charity Avon Needs Trees has received an anonymous £25,000 donation towards the purchase of a second piece of land in Wiltshire to create new woodland.

OFFICERS from Devizes Police are currently dealing with a wartime shell found by a farmer in the Pewsey area this morning.

A 37-year-old man from Swindon has died in a single vehicle road traffic collision near Avebury this morning.

THERE’S colder weather in store for many as Storm Christoph pulls away from the UK and rainfall starts to ease, although river levels in parts of the UK could continue to rise for a little time to come.

A VIRTUAL journey to the North Pole has been undertaken by staff at allmanhall, near Corsham, raising £1046.13 for Cancer Research UK in 2020.