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Trowbridge

Tim Adlam on a mobility scooter wearing a brown leather-brimmed hat, travelling through a field on a muddy track.

Engineer takes on mobility scooter challenge

Tim Adlam spent his career designing equipment for disabled people and now uses a mobility scooter.

A man holds up a purple and cream scarf with a hole in it, with his face partially visible through the hole. He is standing behind the counter of of a charity shop, with two bags of donations on the table in front of him.

Dirty nappies and stained clothes left at charity shops

Staff say they are being given about 100 bags of donated items a week – much of it unusable.

A council worker wearing orange high vis and wellington boots is standing in a river holding a road sign. The river is flowing behind him and there is a rusty trolley in the water.

'Deep concern' over signs and trolleys in river

A large amount of debris including road traffic cones are found in the River Biss.

Blurred jockeys on racehorses to the front, in focus behind is green landscape with the city of Salisbury behind, the cathedral high above everything else

Wiltshire in Pictures: Steeds and sunrises

Horses, summer solstice memories and countryside walks all feature in our weekly gallery.

A traffic junction with several cars driving past the camera. Signage and trees are visible in the distance as is a supermarket foodhall.

Major junction improvements to begin in July

The upgrades to the important gyratory are aimed at improving journey times and pedestrian safety.

The CEO of a helicopter manufacturer stands in front of his unmanned helicopter at Keevil Airfield.

Pentagon funding for firm's new unmanned helicopter

Certo Aerospace hopes the aircraft will be used by the US and UK militaries in the next few years.

A computer generated image of what the care centre will look like once finished. It is a large white building clad with the entrance block clad in wood. There is a car park in front with people walking and cycling across it.

Completion of £16m medical centre 'firmly in sight'

The integrated care centre in Trowbridge is expected to open in early 2026.

Image of a street bank sign for NatWest on the side of a brick building

MP criticises closure of Bridgwater NatWest branch

The branch in the Somerset town is one of several that will close across the West.

Five people stand in front of a Georgian-style house, on the steps leading up to it. There are flower pots and small hedges going upwards to it.

Apprentices transform garden of historic house

They used plants from a national collection for the project ahead of the town's flower festival.