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Successful fundraising meet for the ‘Silks’, and a bit of help from the Chancellor

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Elaine’s Travel wins Prestige award

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The Parade Cinema – update: work in progress and a new manager appointed

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Great Bedwyn pupils bring Spring cheer

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Rotary purple crocus flowers signal Spring and the power of vaccines

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Prospect Hospice – seeking new Trustees

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‘Welcome to the House of Fun’ for this year’s Annual Town meeting unlikely

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Join Marlborough Ladies Who Latte to celebrate International Women’s Day

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From founding the RFU to pitches on The Common – the history of Rugby in Marlborough

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February 2021 – warm start but then…..

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Usha’s Very Own inspiration out of the Pandemic

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Lola from Aldbourne spends lockdown making earrings to help Sarcoma UK

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Second ‘Love Books’ competition launches with Bath Spa University

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Caretaker or Caretaker/Grounds Person for Ramsbury Primary School

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Free Zoom fitness classes by Marlborough Rugby Club for Lockdown Saturdays

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Marlborough Teen – Henry Dukes – releases track for Mental Health

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Council Tax across Wiltshire to increase by just under 5% (4.99%) we believe

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St John’s Proposed Sports Hall and Pitch development approved by Councillors

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The Wheatsheaf' - 'Silks on the Downs' in another era

Successful fundraising meet for the ‘Silks’, and a bit of help from the Chancellor

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Progress at the new Parade Cinema - Image Cinema chairman - Robert Hiscox (r) and newly appointed Cinema Manager David Williams (l)

The Parade Cinema – update: work in progress and a new manager appointed

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Prospect Hospice

Prospect Hospice – seeking new Trustees

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‘Welcome to the House of Fun’ for this year’s Annual Town meeting unlikely

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Join Marlborough Ladies Who Latte to celebrate International Women’s Day

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Dry River Kennet at Manton a while back - sign of things to come?

Wiltshire Climate Summit – Opportunity for Wiltshire residents to air their views about the crisis

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Start of Spring?

February 2021 – warm start but then…..

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What’s On

The Merchant’s House Zoom lecture 2 – The creed of progress and its critics

4 Mar 2021 @ 10:00 - 11:00

MARLBOROUGH GARDENING ASSOCIATION TALK – ‘Plants for Spring’ at Christchurch Wesley Hall

10 Mar 2021 @ 19:00 - 23:59

The Merchant’s House Zoom lecture – The Pre-Raphaelites and Victorian Realism in art

11 Mar 2021 @ 10:00 - 11:00

Wilts & Dorset Museums online lecture : Building a new chronology for the Mount Pleasant mega-henge

11 Mar 2021 @ 19:30

The Arts Society Kennet & Swindon lecture – Sculpture in Steel: The Art of European Arms and Armour

15 Mar 2021 @ 11:00

The Merchant’s House Zoom lecture – The Victorians and the Art of the Imagination

18 Mar 2021 @ 10:00 - 23:00

FROM CASTLE TO MANSION: The development of the country house in Medieval England – A Marlborough History Society talk by Christopher Rogers

18 Mar 2021 @ 19:30 - 21:00

The Merchant’s House Zoom lecture – Christian architecture for a Christian society

25 Mar 2021 @ 10:00 - 11:00

AGM – LINK – Marlborough & District

27 Mar 2021 @ 10:00 - 12:00

The Merchant’s House Zoom lecture – The Age of William Morris

1 Apr 2021 @ 10:00 - 11:00

Wiltshire Museum online lecture : Mycenean gold-working and parallels in Brittany and Wessex

1 Apr 2021 @ 19:30

The Merchant’s House online concert – Flumpet Duo

21 Apr 2021 @ 19:30 - 20:30

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Usha’s Very Own, – Rice Lobia (left), Bhindi (right)

Usha’s Very Own inspiration out of the Pandemic

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Lola Precious-Ward and a selection of the earrings she has created for Sarcoma UK

Lola from Aldbourne spends lockdown making earrings to help Sarcoma UK

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Second ‘Love Books’ competition launches with Bath Spa University

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BootCamp fitness on The Common, pic (and sessions) courtesy of Marlborough Rugby Club

Free Zoom fitness classes by Marlborough Rugby Club for Lockdown Saturdays

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Henry Dukes - Slow Down

Marlborough Teen – Henry Dukes – releases track for Mental Health

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Council Tax across Wiltshire to increase by just under 5% (4.99%) we believe

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St John's Sports Hall and pitch development

St John’s Proposed Sports Hall and Pitch development approved by Councillors

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Plan for shared use path at entrance to Business Park

Long awaited pedestrian / cycle path link approved to Business Park entrance

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Danny Kruger’s February – Vaccination, Climate and support for the Military Covenant

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Marlborough from St Peter's Tower

Marlborough’s Area Neighbourhood Plan – your (final) chance to have your say

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Ballot Box - do you want to fill one of these?

Want to become a Councillor – Parish, Town or County Councillor in May? Here’s how

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Extract from NHS letter to members of Priority Group 5

Mixed messages from NHS for Group 5(65-69 yr olds) – so to be sure of getting the vaccine book online

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Elaine’s Travel wins Prestige award

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Elaine’s Travel in Marlborough’s High Street has won the South West Prestige award for Travel…

Rotary purple crocus flowers signal Spring and the power of vaccines

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Sparkling in the spring sunshine, two thousand purple crocus flowers adorn a grassy bank in…

Have your say on Climate Change in the online Wiltshire Climate Summit

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On Friday of this week – 19 February between 11am and 4pm Devizes MP Danny…

Hare Coursers caught near Ogbourne St Andrew

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Two men have been released under investigation after reports of hare coursing near Marlborough.   …

The Merchant’s House announce Spring Study Zoom lectures

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The Merchant’s House are delighted to announce their Spring Study Series 2021. The series of…

Free digital arts fest for February half-term

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A group of Young Arts Leaders in Swindon have announced a brand-new digital arts festival…

Kennet Valley School collect food donations for Love Marlborough Kids Meals

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Can you help? Kennet Valley C of E VA Primary School are collecting food donations…

Free Counselling for Carers – from Carer Support Wiltshire

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Many carers have had a difficult time during the pandemic. Most are caring for vulnerable…

Witness appeal following fatal road traffic collision near Avebury

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Wiltshire police have issued the following statement : At 6.30am this morning (22/01) we were…

Previous Articles

Latest Covid vaccine news – Priority Group 5 aged 65-69 will not be contacted by local surgery

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Healthy half-term milkshakes from The Milk Yard

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Free ‘bee friendly’ wildflower seeds being handed out to help the bee population

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Extinction Rebellion’s Jo Ripley – ‘Guilty as charged’ but let off with Conditional Discharge

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The future of Marlborough’s Common – chance to have your say

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Weekend (Saturday only) Covid vaccination clinic at Marlborough Leisure Centre for over 70s and shielding

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Marlborough Conservatives announce their three candidates for May’s Wiltshire Council elections

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‘Save the Silks’ – a chance to buy a slice of Ogbourne St Andrew’s popular pub

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Christmas in February brings joy to KVS pupils

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Wiltshire Air Ambulance Valentine’s Day fundraiser

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Teenage skateboarders show their appreciation to Town Council for skatepark lighting installation

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Councillors object again to a Street Trading Licence for a Kebab Van in George Lane car park

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Richmond Fellowship and local residents work together in the Plume of Feathers garden

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Marlborough Town Council accepts recommendations from Climate Emergency Working Party

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Wiltshire Council delays residents’ parking scheme citing the pandemic

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January 2021 – a cold start to the year

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150th anniversary of the founding of the Rugby Football Union in 1871 – and the Marlborough role

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Drop in to Old Sarum to support dementia with Alzheimer’s Support

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Brendoncare resident celebrates 100th birthday in lockdown

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Marlborough’s Vicar’s Library – a hidden treasure to be shown on film

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The White Horse Bookshop launches new website

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Danny Kruger MP – Dec / Jan Column

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KAMP delivered 1170 vaccines this weekend

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Ramsbury Brewery’s Beer Tasting fundraiser for Prospect Hospice

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The Milk Yard – a chance to buy your milk direct from the farm

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Ramsbury Primary’s Got Talent: learning is fun in Lockdown 3

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More Marlborough road closures announced

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Town 2021/2 Precept increase held to 3.75% against a very difficult economic climate

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Obituary – Geoffrey Findlay 1945-2020

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Give your views on the Marlborough Area Neighbourhood Plan

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Parents praise Pewsey Vale School’s approach to Lockdown 3

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A further year in office for Marlborough’s mayor and deputy

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Local businesses getting involved to help local volunteer drivers take residents for vaccination

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Covid vaccine update – over 75’s are being contacted

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Lockdown Blues award for Barrelhouse – voted Severn FM’s ‘Band of the year’

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Traffic chaos on the horizon – roadworks with 4-way traffic lights starting on Jan 25

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Donate your unwanted IT equipment so Green Machine can fight digital poverty

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Themed Fridays lift spirits at Kennet Valley School

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Covid jabs with soothing music in Salisbury Cathedral

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2020 Short-list for nature writing literary prize is announced

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Obituary – Mike Smith 1938-2021

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Covid vaccination update from Kennet and Avon Medical partnership

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GWH declares critical incident with 159 Covid cases

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Brendoncare Froxfield residents and staff receive Covid-19 vaccinations

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Vaccinations – Marlborough & District LINK require volunteer drivers urgently

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