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Sirs Regarding your report of Nigel Kerton’s comments concerning the name of Stonebridge Meadow originally being Webber’s Meadow, I think his information is incorrect. According to David Chandler’s book – …
Stonebridge Meadow – not previously Webber’s MeadowRead More
Sirs, I would like to amplify the comments that I made at the Parish meeting for those who were not present. Firstly I would like to quote from an e-mail …
Sirs I am very relieved that I managed to keep away from the Annual Parish Meeting as keeping my mouth shut following the inane and sneering comments made about Action …
Sirs, Whilst the idea is worth exploring and Claire Perry MP is keen to take the matter up on the Town’s behalf I am worried that it will be dismissed …
Proposed Marlborough rail link – will benefit a far wider audience than just MarlboroughRead More
Nice try David Pollitt. Unfortunately for you, anyone who has contacted Claire Perry with a predicament such as unglamorous flooding and sewage, to requiring support for their project or merely …
“Nice try David Pollitt…”: response to UKIP candidate’s attack on Claire Perry MPRead More
Sirs, It is with regret that I see that yet more public money is being used to subsidise private business. The bane of this country in general of course. In …
Misconceived High Street CCTV system should not be subsidised by public moneyRead More
Sirs, Your readers may remember that over a year ago I raised the matter regarding the performance of Wiltshire Council’s new main contractor, Balfour Beatty Living Places (BBLP) on grass …
Wiltshire council workers are being denied their trade union rightsRead More
Sirs, We all remember the big fanfare when Tesco came to Marlborough with all their big promises to support the local Community blah blah blah. How things change, as my …
No Easter bonnet for Tesco as it fails its “every little helps” promiseRead More
Sirs, As a Wroughton resident I am very disappointed that Eric Pickles MP, the Secretary of State for the Environment, has ordered a public inquiry into the proposal to construct …
Eric Pickles has taken almost four months to call a public inquiry into solar farm projectRead More
Sirs, It was with some disappointment that I read the article relating to the proposed solar farm at Wroughton on your website yesterday. Not, I hasten to add, because you …
Swindon Borough Council states its case for major solar farm project at Wroughton airfieldRead More
Sirs, The democratic decision to have CCTV in Marlborough was made in January last year by the Area Board and more recently by the Town Council. The support for the …
Sirs, For shame, omitting to mention from this article that the site in question is at the Wroughton airfield, now the Science Museum’s storage facility, where antique hangers too unsafe …
Solar Farm at Wroughton will not destroy any fields or farmlandsRead More
