Environment

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Downton man evicted from caravan site over toxic waste burning

RICHARD Willett has been evicted from a Wiltshire Council owned gypsy and traveller site in Downton near Salisbury after…

The grant will help enable the purchase of 35 acres of land. Picture: BBNR

£50,000 grant to help create nature reserve in Salisbury

A SALISBURY project has been awarded £50,000 to buy land for a public nature reserve. Salisbury City Council has awarded…

Household waste should not be put in public bins. Picture: Wiltshire Council

Warning over rubbish after £1,000 FPN for using ‘wrong bin’

PEOPLE in Wiltshire are being warned not to dispose of household rubbish in public bins – after one resident…

Green Gram in Fordingbridge sees increase in turnover after move

AN award-winning Fordingbridge eco store is celebrating a year in new premises – which has seen business soar. The…

Phil Heads is the new chair of Wiltshire Wildlife Trust's board of trustees

Dr Phil Heads is new chair of trustees at Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

A NEW chair of Wiltshire Wildlife Trust’s board of trustees has been appointed. Phil Heads has taken on the role,…

Boston Tea Party launches campaign to ban single-use coffee cups

RESTAURANT chain Boston Tea Party (BTP) has called on its rivals to follow their lead – and ban single-use…

Fly-tipping in Amesbury, left, Salisbury, top right, and Upton Scudamore, bottom right. Pictures: Wiltshire Council

Woman scared of maggots in her car dumped waste – and got fined £1,000

BUSINESSES in Salisbury and Amesbury and a resident from Hilperton – who said dumped her household waste on the…

Wiltshire Council gritters are ready to go

Gritters hitting Wiltshire roads ready for winter temperatures

GRITTERS – including Usain Salt, Thaw Enforcement and Sir David Attenburrrr – are ready to hit the roads of…

Lanterns travelling down the Avon on the anniversary of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki nuclear attacks

Salisbury CND welcomes Nobel Peace Prize for nuclear bomb survivors, the Hibakusha

SALISBURY campaigners have welcomed news of a Nobel Peace Prize for their friends in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Salisbury Campaign…

The ebikes will be used by council staff in Salisbury. Picture: Salisbury City Council

E-bikes bought for Salisbury council staff to get around in a greener way

TWO e-bikes are on the streets of Salisbury – transporting council staff around the city. The bikes and helmets have…