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Tractors to take over Marlborough – Friday at noon

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St John’s closes as member of staff tests Covid positive

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Rotary to bring some Christmas cheer to Marlborough

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Marlborough’s Remembrance Day commemorations are cancelled

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Electrician

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Electrician – I&T Compliance

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Domestic Services Supervisor

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Breakfast Assistant/Cleaner: Dancy House (part-time)

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ARK’s Water Matters schools’ project continues during COVID

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Mountaineer, Vanessa Folkerts, zooms in to give Kempson Rosedale Enterprise Trust Lecture

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Giffords Circus will return to Marlborough Common in 2021

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Day care assistant – Jubilee Centre

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Covid-19 uncertainties kill this year’s Christmas Market

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Ramsbury pupils create spectacular wood mosaic for school playground

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Work restarts on The Parade Cinema project

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Memoirs of a Music Man-Part Fifteen – Examining in Hong Kong

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Pewsey Vale School virtual Open Evening web pages are live

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Dangerous pedestrian crossing – “Something must be done before it is too late.”

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Tractors to take over Marlborough – Friday at noon

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St John’s closes as member of staff tests Covid positive

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Marlborough’s Remembrance Day commemorations are cancelled

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Giffords Circus will return to Marlborough Common in 2021

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The former Chapel in The Parade - soon to become Marlborough's new cinema

Work restarts on The Parade Cinema project

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Dangerous pedestrian crossing – “Something must be done before it is too late.”

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Queen honours two Burbage residents

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Milton Architects
Marlborough (Wiltshire) Mobility
Elm Tree Cars

What’s On

Rabley Gallery Exhibition – A little Bit of Infinity – small sculpture and drawing – Peter Randall-Page

20 Sep 2020 - 30 Oct 2020

Dolls House Sale at Little Shaw, Lockeridge

25 Oct 2020 @ 11:00 - 13:00

U3A Kennet Virtual Coffee Exchange

29 Oct 2020 @ 10:45 - 12:00

‘Scaling Everest’: Zoom talk by Vanessa Folkerts for the Kempson Rosedale Enterprise Trust

6 Nov 2020 @ 20:00

John Singer Sargent: The Power of the Portrait – Online Lecture from The Arts Society, Pewsey Vale

10 Nov 2020 @ 19:00 - 21:00

MARLBOROUGH GARDENING ASSOCIATION TALK – ‘Lilies for your Garden’ at Christchurch Wesley Hall

13 Jan 2021 @ 19:00 - 23:59

COLOUR IN ENGLISH GARDEN DESIGN @ THE ARTS SOCIETY PEWSEY VALE

26 Jan 2021 @ 19:00 - 23:59

MARLBOROUGH GARDENING ASSOCIATION TALK – AGM and ‘Thomas Fairchild, 17th Century Plantsman’ at Christchurch Wesley Hall

10 Feb 2021 @ 19:00 - 23:59

ART BEHIND BARS @ THE ARTS SOCIETY PEWSEY VALE

23 Feb 2021 @ 19:00 - 23:59

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Marlborough’s Mop Fair traditions upheld and plaque unveiled

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Marlborough’s mass flu vaccination clinics start next week

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Town council support development of police station site with conditions

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Town Council supports Preshute Primary School’s plans for new classrooms and facilities

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Virtual LitFest events are resounding triumphs

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Extinction Rebellion Devizes and Marlborough supports Global Day of Climate Action

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New facilities and classrooms for Preshute Primary School

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Marlborough’s new café restaurant to focus on healthy eating and wellbeing

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Danny Kruger MP apologises for not wearing mask on train and donates fine to NHS

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Town Council awards grants to local organisations

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Portfields, Wolsey, Jebb and Fishponds – new names for new Marlborough streets

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Funding boost for community IT courses

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College Fields
Elysium
HomeStart

News In Brief

Mountaineer, Vanessa Folkerts, zooms in to give Kempson Rosedale Enterprise Trust Lecture

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The KRET(Kempson Rosedale Enterprise Trust) Annual Lecture will take place on Friday November 6at 7.30…

Covid-19 uncertainties kill this year’s Christmas Market

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This year’s planned High Street Christmas Market, scheduled for Friday 20 November has been cancelled.…

St John’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Competition winners announced

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In July, working under lockdown, St John’s launched a poster competition for the school’s “Be…

Dementia charity reopens Mildenhall community group

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Alzheimer’s Support has reopened its Tuesday morning Music and Movement for the Mind group in…

Statement on Bridgestone British Masters motocross event

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A decision has been made that the Bridgestone British Masters Battlecross motocross event in Winterbourne…

Local residents are invited to Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Annual Members’ Virtual Meeting

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Local residents from Swindon and the surrounding areas are invited to attend Great Western Hospitals…

Attack and robbery in West Woods – report from Marlborough police

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A man was arrested Tuesday morning (08/09) following a robbery in Marlborough. Officers were called…

Rotary celebrates the end of polio in Africa

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Marlborough & District Rotary, together with Rotary clubs around the world, has been working since…

GWH Radiotherapy Centre: building work begins

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Building work has started on the site for Great Western Hospital’s radiotherapy centre. When it’s…

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GWH get £15million for their new Urgent Treatment Centre

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Pewsey Vale School invites prospective pupils and parents to a virtual Open Evening

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Marlborough LitFest makes book donation to Home-Start Kennet to help share the joy of reading

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Marlborough LitFest announces Love Books Competition winners

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Pewsey Firefighters’ walking challenge raises funds for Pewsey Carnival 


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Sculpture in a Landscape Exhibition opens to wide acclaim

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Love Marlborough Kids Meals initiative receives funding to continue

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Marlborough Town Council declares a Climate Emergency

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No Marlborough Christmas Lights switch-on event but Christmas Market given the go ahead

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‘I want to give back to the community that has made me feel so welcome’ – Jo Waltham, new Town Councillor for East Ward

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Marlborough College resumes full on-site operation for the first time since lockdown

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25 years at Kennet Valley School – an important anniversary for Teaching assistant Naomi Watts

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Marlborough XR activist, Jo Ripley, spends another night in a London Police cell

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Manton’s Jubilee Field play area now open after long and successful fundraising venture

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Mop Fairs cancellation – the reasons why

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Otters in the Kennet at Cooper’s Meadow may be behind the apparent decline in the number of ducks?

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New crafty creative after school clubs and evening classes opening in Marlborough

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Virtual ‘Zoom’ meetings to continue for the Town Council

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August weather review: a month of contrasts

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Local family survives on refugee rations

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Burbage’s ‘Rapunzel’ cuts locks for charity

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Danny Kruger MP, August column

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Marlborough joins the Great British September Clean

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Obituary: Mankamang Touray (Manky), a founder of the Marlborough Gunjur link

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9 year old pupils’ cycling challenge raises bumper funds for their school

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Local schools celebrate GCSE results after a turbulent year

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The Merchant’s House seeks volunteers

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New road names for the new Rabley Wood development – can you help ?

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Mayor visits Manton’s Jubilee Field’s new play and picnic area

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‘Safe re-opening of the High Street’ – safety barriers to be erected later this week and free parking to be offered on Fridays

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The Parade Cinema – opportunity to become involved as work restarts to complete

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VJ Day-75: Muted commemoration to mark end of WWII anniversary

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Saturday 15 launch at Sound Knowledge of ‘The Pen’, Ed Witcomb’s new CD produced during Lockdown

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Danny Kruger adds support to the Marlborough-Beckhampton A4 road safety campaign

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A-level results in unprecedented times

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Are you ready for the Marlborough LitFest’s Big Town Read?

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Marlborough’s Mop Fairs – further casualties of the Coronavirus pandemic (but hopefully back for 2021)

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‘Safe re-opening of the High Street’ – the final parking plan

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Beat the Lockdown Blues with an invigorating FREE Rugby BootCamp at Marlborough Rugby Club

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Marathon day for Jo as she raises funds for MIND

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Staff at Kennet and Avon GP surgery “very disappointed” but smiles all round at Ramsbury, Great Bedwyn and Burbage

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A Stonebridge ‘Vole Stroll’ to help the lockdown stress and anxiety

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Prospect Hospice’s ‘Help us to support you’ appeal raises over £1million but more is needed

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Fourteen year-old fundraiser runs for the British Heart Foundation

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July weather: a distinctly below average month

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