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Letter regarding Traveller encampments – from Kennet Valley Community leaders

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The Merchant’s House Zooms into the future – ‘Music in Art’, their first ‘virtual’ live event

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Sir Simon Russell Beale talks to Marlborough.news about LitFest, lockdown and living in Marlborough

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Lockdown: The student’s perspective

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Travellers depart from Elcot Lane and Kennet Valley Hall

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Obituary: Ewart Holmes, an appreciation from the Avebury Society

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Long queue as Marlborough’s Recycling Centre opens to local residents

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Obituary: Len Bulley, three-time Mayor of Marlborough

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Pewsey Carnival: Another COVID-19 casualty

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Avebury to close for Summer Solstice

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Memoirs of a Music Man – Part Nine: The Marlborough Years (3) – more Tours and the recordings

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Where Are We Going? – a letter from Jasper Selwyn

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'Music in Art' - Zoomed from The Merchant's House on Saturday 30-May-2020

The Merchant’s House Zooms into the future – ‘Music in Art’, their first ‘virtual’ live event

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The Merchant’s House Zooms into the future – ‘Music in Art’, their first ‘virtual’ live eventRead Full Article

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What to do with the kids during lockdown? Practical ‘home learning’ – a sunflower growing competition!

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Sir Simon Russell Beale, Marlborough LitFest Patron

Sir Simon Russell Beale talks to Marlborough.news about LitFest, lockdown and living in Marlborough

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Madison (left) with her friend, Sabrina before lockdown

Lockdown: The student’s perspective

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Travellers in the Marlborough Town Football Ground in Elcot Lane

Travellers depart from Elcot Lane and Kennet Valley Hall

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Ewart Holmes - Avebury Society

Obituary: Ewart Holmes, an appreciation from the Avebury Society

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Long queue as Marlborough’s Recycling Centre opens to local residents

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‘Music in Art’ – a ‘virtual’ Zoom even from The Merchant’s House

30 May 2020 @ 19:30

— CANCELLED — SALISBURY RACE:: SPRING AFTERNOON RACING

9 Jun 2020 @

PARKINSON’S CAFE at Savernake View Care Home

9 Jun 2020 @ 11:00 - 12:00

SALISBURY RACES :: CATHEDRAL STAKES & FAMILY FUN RACEDAY

14 Jun 2020 @

A PAINTED OCEAN @ THE ARTS SOCIETY PEWSEY VALE

23 Jun 2020 @ 19:00 - 23:59

SALISBURY RACES :: WHISTBURY MANOR STUD – BIBURY CUP DAY

24 Jun 2020 @

BARBURY INTERNATIONAL HORSE TRIALS

2 Jul 2020 - 5 Jul 2020

MARLBOROUGH FLORAL CLUB – Monthly Meeting at MILDENHALL VILLAGE HALL

2 Jul 2020 @ 14:00 - 23:59

SALISBURY RACES :: LADIES’ EVENING & THE DELOREONS

11 Jul 2020 @

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Obituary: Len Bulley, three-time Mayor of Marlborough

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Sunrise at Avebury

Avebury to close for Summer Solstice

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Chalked bike mystery resolved: drawings highlight the need to make streets safer

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Kennet Valley School photo - taken before the lockdown

‘Good in all areas’ – Lockeridge’s Kennet Valley School pre-Lockdown OFSTED report

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Supporting reading in lockdown – St John’s brings their library to homes

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Sir Simon Russell Beale, Marlborough LitFest Patron

Marlborough Litfest patron, Sir Simon Russell Beale records nature readings for lockdown

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Marlborough College Summer School cancels – another Covid-19 casualty

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Marlborough's Household recycling Centre

Marlborough Recycling Centre to re-open next week, but…. a PostCode Lottery!

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Marlborough Tennis' new courts at Port Hill - open to the public for the first time on Sunday (22 July 2019)

Lockdown relaxation – Tennis returns to Marlborough and Pewsey

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Hand Sanitiser direct from Ramsbury Brewery – now available to all

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Home-Start Kennet now formerly announce their National Lottery Funding

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Local NHS still calling for PPE donations

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Pewsey Carnival: Another COVID-19 casualty

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Organisers of the Pewsey Carnival issued an announcement earlier today (Tuesday 19 May) that this…

GWH announce another Covid-19 fatality from their clinical family

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GWH Chief Executive Kevin McNamara announced this afternoon (Thursday 14 May): “It gives me great…

New timetable for Bedwyn trains as from next Monday – May 18

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GWR have announced a new timetable from Monday 18 May. Below is a summary of…

Four arrested near Burbage on suspicion of burglary

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Four men from the Nottinghamshire area have been arrested on suspicion of going equipped to…

St Michael’s School celebrates child-led learning on Instagram

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Last Tuesday April 28, St Michael’s School, Aldbourne, were chosen to take over the Instagram…

Arrests made after Budgen’s ATM attacked

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Police arrested two men shortly after the ATM at Budgens BP Petrol Station in Hertford…

Wiltshire Council funds tablets for St John’s students

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Staff at St John’s Marlborough are delighted that the school has been awarded a £3,000…

Rail travel: GWR need info for recovery plan

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Great Western Railway are starting to prepare for the eventual easing of the lock-down –…

GWH debt written off

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The Health Secretary’s decision (April 2) to write off £13.4 billion of NHS hospitals’ debts…

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Local band Barrelhouse hit national chart success with new album – ‘Mainline Voodoo’

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Cllr Mark Cooper Zooms in as Marlborough’s new Mayor

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Thieves steal Arnhem War Hero’s statue from display on VE Day

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VE Day 75 in Marlborough – Socially Distanced…

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‘New Normal’ for Marlborough’s traders: Beauty Full Time offers local home delivery and virtual make-up advice

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‘New Normal’ begins to emerge in Marlborough’s High Street as The Food Gallery reopens for take-away

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Marlborough’s new mayor – “I want to represent the people and the town to the best of my ability”

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Marlborough’s Jubilee Centre is looking for more customers for its home delivered £8 lunchtime meal

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Creativity, community and compassion – all part of St Michael’s School home learning programme

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Own a digitally signed Nigel Hudson print and help GWH ‘Brighter Futures’ appeal

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We will miss you Mac, thank you for all you have done for us – customers pay tribute as Mace store’s owner retires

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VE Day 75 in Marlborough – bringing people together at home

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George Lane Police Station development: designs now on view for comment

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April weather – rainfall record broken even though most days dry

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VE Day 1945 in Marlborough – processions, street parties, lemonade and jam sandwiches, bonfires and more

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Get the Corona LockDown Lingo! New words for the new normal

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Chilton Foliat Primary School focuses lockdown on ‘thankfulness, courage and love’

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Anya’s virtual cycling adventure raises funds for NHS Charities Together

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Friends of the Marlborough / Gunjur Link and the Marlborough Brandt Group support the poorest families in Gunjur, The Gambia

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Danny Kruger MP: Monthly Column

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Prospect Hospice given much needed funding boost by Marlborough’s NFU Mutual team

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Small is Beautiful: Pewsey’s Shed Alehouse now delivers beer and cider to order by Tuk Tuk

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Supporter sets up CrowdFunding page for Marlborough’s scrubs team

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From the front line – what’s happening elsewhere : Seoul, South Korea

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Are you a health care professional who needs a PPE face shield? Contact St John’s Academy

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Cadley’s Dobie Wyatt switch all production to produce 40,000 PPE masks for the NHS

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Ridgeway between Overton Hill and Hackpen to be closed to motor vehicles for the summer

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Marlborough Academy of Dance and Drama raise funds for NHS and key workers

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Running challenge raises funds for Friends of Savernake Hospital

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Overheard during lockdown……..

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Lights in the sky – good practice for Marlborough’s Dark Skies Fest

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Thank you to Marlborough’s volunteers – we’re in this together

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Easton Royal School’s lip-sync video goes viral

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From the front line – what’s happening elsewhere: Seattle, USA

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Programming robots, rainbow weaving, bug hotels, cosmic yoga – all part of Ramsbury School’s home learning programme

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PPE shortage – Sewing for Scrubs in the College Laundry room and a call for more sewers and cotton

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From the front line – what’s happening elsewhere: a farm in Shropshire

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Coronavirus: calls are still going out for supplies of Personal Protection Equipment

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From the front line – what’s happening elsewhere : Bishampton, Worcestershire

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MP’s extra £10k allowance for home working – Danny Kruger declines to use

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Obituary: Ray Whant – 1929-2020

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Marlborough’s blossom trail – an uplifting sight in lockdown

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Stick to ‘Clapping for the NHS’ – Fire service warn against lighting Chinese lanterns

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Seventeenth century echoes? – Daniel Defoe’s Journal of the Plague Year

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Phoebe’s winning t-shirt design to raise money for NHS

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