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Full Time Class Teacher – Great Bedwyn Primary School

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Marlborough resident fined for abandoning and dumping VW Passat in Silverless Street

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Savernake Road Closures: packed Savernake Parish meeting hears more….

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Caretaker/Site Supervisor – St John’s, Marlborough

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Exam Invigilator – St John’s, Marlborough

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Ladies Day at Newbury Races this weekend (14th) – and the first female commentator ever to call a race will take to the microphone

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Mayor-Making returns to Marlborough after three years – Lisa Farrell is Marlborough’s new Mayor

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Marlborough Rugby: U13s team triumph in league and tournament trophy

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Inspection report finds Marlborough College must improve safe-guarding procedures

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Marlborough’s Jubilee ‘Buntingeers’ hard at work in the Town Hall

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Jane Holderness-Roddam talks to Niki Hinman about Dressage, Badminton and her career

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Craft beer coming soon to Hughenden Yard

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Finally a new Town Councillor appointed – Kelvyn Shantry

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New shops open in Hughenden Yard 

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Danny Kruger MP visits Kennet Valley School

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Ice cream, truck driving – and British Team ambitions

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Ramsbury Tennis Club’s big tennis weekend Open Day

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April weather – almost ‘rain free’, but largely ‘warmth free’ as well – dry but chilly

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Entrance to Savernake Forest from the A4 at the top of the Grand Avenue

Savernake Road Closures: packed Savernake Parish meeting hears more….

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Marlborough's new Mayor, Cllr Lisa Farrell with members of the Town Council and , the Marchioness of Landsdowne (High Sheriff of Wiltshire), and Mrs Ninna Gibson(Deputy Lieutenant)

Mayor-Making returns to Marlborough after three years – Lisa Farrell is Marlborough’s new Mayor

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Marlborough Rugby: U13s team triumph in league and tournament trophy

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Marlborough's band of volunteer Jubilee 'Buntingeers' in the Town Hall, displaying the first long line of Marlborough Jubilee Bunting

Marlborough’s Jubilee ‘Buntingeers’ hard at work in the Town Hall

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Jane Holderness-Roddam talks to Niki Hinman about Dressage, Badminton and her career

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Craft beer coming soon to Hughenden Yard

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Finally a new Town Councillor appointed – Kelvyn Shantry

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Peter Knight’s Gigspanner Big Band, at The Town Hall, presented by Marlborough Folk-Roots

18 May 2022 @ 20:00

Can you make Bunting? For the Jubilee? Come join the Marlborough ‘Bunting Workshop’……

20 May 2022 @ 10:00 - 14:00

Findlay Spence (cello) and Anna Han (piano) – next in the Brilliant Young International Musicians in St Peter’s Church series

22 May 2022 @ 19:30

Pewsey Bowls club – Open Weekend – Try Bowls for Free

28 May 2022 @ 10:30 - 13:30

Pewsey Bowls club – Open Weekend – Try Bowls for Free

28 May 2022 @ 14:30 - 16:30

Pewsey Bowls club – Open Weekend – Try Bowls for Free

29 May 2022 @ 10:30 - 13:30

Pewsey Bowls club – Open Weekend – Try Bowls for Free

29 May 2022 @ 14:30 - 16:30

Marlborough Rugby Summer Ball

4 Jun 2022 @ 19:30

Rainscombe Country Show, Oare, Marlborough

11 Jun 2022 @ 09:00 - 17:00

Rainscombe Country Show, Oare, Marlborough

12 Jun 2022 @ 09:00 - 17:00

Three Villages – Altons and Honeystreet – Open Gardens

12 Jun 2022 @ 11:00 - 18:00

MantonFest 2022 – Saturday 25 June

25 Jun 2022 @ 11:00 - 23:00

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New shops open in Hughenden Yard 

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Danny Kruger MP visits Kennet Valley School

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David-Doel with Galileo

Ice cream, truck driving – and British Team ambitions

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April apple blossom - pic - Eric Gilbert

April weather – almost ‘rain free’, but largely ‘warmth free’ as well – dry but chilly

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Marvellous Maths at Kennet Valley School

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Poulton Mill equine clinic application

Poulton Mill Equine Clinic application decision reversed by the Town Council – now to ‘Approve’

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Doughnuts and Olympic dreams for Falco and Tim Price

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Stand Sure Orchestra and Choirs are recruiting new members

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Marlborough LitFest 2022 announces key authors and Friends of Marlborough LitFest scheme

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Walking festival celebrates 50th anniversary of North Wessex Downs AONB 

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Without an additional £600,000 a year, Prospect Hospice will be forced to help fewer local people

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More ‘phantom road works’ on A4 – traffic lights, hold-ups but no action

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News In Brief

Marlborough resident fined for abandoning and dumping VW Passat in Silverless Street

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Wiltshire Council has successfully secured a prosecution against the owner of an abandoned Volkswagen Passat,…

Marlborough Rugby and St John’s – hoodies awarded to students

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The burgeoning and fruitful partnership between St John’s Academy and Marlborough Rugby grew even stronger…

Ladies Day at Newbury Races this weekend (14th) – and the first female commentator ever to call a race will take to the microphone

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Dani Jackson is to commentate on the very first race of the day, a charity…

Inspection report finds Marlborough College must improve safe-guarding procedures

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An ISI(Independent Schools Inspectorate) report, published earlier this week, finds Marlborough College does not meet…

Ramsbury Tennis Club’s big tennis weekend Open Day

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Ramsbury Tennis Club are holding an Open Day next Sunday, May 8, from 10.30am to…

St Michael’s pupils raise money for Ukraine

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Four Year 6 pupils from St Michael’s School, Aldbourne raised a whopping £762 for two…

Fast fibre broadband is coming and so are the roadworks

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Marlborough Town Council announced today, April 26, that two companies Giganet and Gigaclear, have plans…

Country walk raises funds for Ukrainian orphans and refugees

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Last Saturday, April 9, over £1000 was raised to send to the charity Hope and…

Peter O Sullevan Lambourn Open Day this Easter Weekend

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Crowds are expected at the Peter O Sullevan Lambourn Open Day this Easter Weekend.Having been…

Previous Articles

The Enablement Hub to close due to Wiltshire Council cut in funding

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Making Marlborough fit for a Queen with a Festival of Flowers

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Final call for entries for the 2022 White Horse Gallery Open Art Exhibition

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Wiltshire Police – recruiting again for trainee officers

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Ukraine: Online Auction by Messums Wiltshire in support of charities helping Ukraine

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Manton strike first in the Jubilee Celebrations – commemorative tree planted on the Green

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Local author’s French adventures on a Brompton folding bicycle

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Phoenix Brass Band Concert raises funds for Ukraine

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Green Machine Computers wins national award for ‘Commitment to the Community’

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Marlborough International Jazz Festival remembered – dedicated stone unveiled in Priory Gardens

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‘Welcome to Marlborough’, a simple and vitally informative site for Ukranian refugees making their homes here

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Savernake Forest road closure proposal – emphatic ‘thumbs down’ from Town Council and Community

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Savernake Forest proposal to ban all cars – Town Council to discuss on Monday evening (11 April)

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Send support to Ukraine through a direct Marlborough link 

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St Michael’s School adds to Queen’s Green Canopy

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Christchurch Methodist Church building to close

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Marlborough Rugby: Resounding home victory on The Common in high scoring game

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Finishing Line in sight for Ogbourne St Andrew’s ‘Silks on the Downs’

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Fight the cuts to Bedwyn trains says Bedwyn Trains Passenger Group 

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Tedworth Hunt Point to Point at Barbury this Sunday (April 10)

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March weather: Chill winds, occasional heavy downpours but also a welcome spot of warmth

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Marlborough’s Climate Day raises awareness of local initiatives

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Marlborough Rugby: a tough second half means a loss to Bracknell

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Marlborough’s Twinning conundrum solved – maybe?

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Aldbourne pupils join British Army musicians for concert

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Parking charge changes as from this Friday, 1 April

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Happy Birthday Kathleen – 100 today!

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Grants awarded to community organisations at last week’s Marlborough Area Board meeting

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Marlborough Rugby Under 16s – the Mustangs – fall agonisingly short against Dorchester

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Travel by Hannah named best travel agent in South West

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‘Sparkling Streams’ project to improve the Kennet to end this week

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Future for Savernake Forest – no cars allowed in?

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Marlborough Rugby: a return to form with resounding victory over Beaconsfield

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Marlborough LitFest launches 2022 Love Books Competition

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Wilton Windmill to open again to the public after two years

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Kennet Valley School celebrates Red Nose Day

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Ramsbury Primary School celebrates Science Week

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Recycling collections back to normal next week – w/c 21 March

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The Merchant’s House to close temporarily for events, visits and tours

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COVID-19 still a threat, local Clinical Commissioning Group encourages caution

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Marlborough Town Council awards grants

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Commonwealth Day 2022 marked for Marlborough by the Town Mayor

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St Mary’s warmly welcomes new Headteacher

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Phoenix Brass Band hold concert for Ukraine

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Raffle to raise funds for Ukraine

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