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Eight large bins with green lids, full to the brim and overflowing with scrap metal. Discarded items include clothes hangers, bike frames, metal chairs, ironing boards, microwaves and poles.

Man fined £3k over illegal scrap metal business

Mark Tapp was fined for driving around residential areas and touting for scrap metal collection.

A stone bridge with a white van on its side and a police vehicle with its blue lights flashing

Van overturns and hits Pewsey bridge

Drivers are warned to avoid the area after the crash closed both lanes of an A-road.

Suspected hare coursers use catapults against farmers

The group also rammed a farmer's vehicle in a "terrifying" incident in Wiltshire, police said.

Dozens of cigarette cartons are spilled on the floor under a vending machine that has been broken into by shoplifters

'I lie awake at night worrying about shoplifters'

Business owners say 'prolific' gangs are causing concern and making staff feel unsafe.

Two women on stationary exercise bikes pointing at a screen of people also on exercise bikes

Virtual class roll-out for county health drive

Exercise classes on big screens are being rolled out across Wiltshire by the county council.

Man and woman cuddling near sea during sunset.

Man completes White Horse Trail in wife's memory

Mark Butler took on the 95 miles (152km) hike after his wife Jo Kehoe died from cancer.

Mark Butler with his arm around his wife. They are stood next to an old brick wall with the sea behind them.

Man walks Wiltshire's white horses in wife's memory

Mark Butler and his friend Mike Hutchison will walk 95 miles to raise money for Prospect Hospice.

A close-up picture of the roof of a police car, with blue flashing lights.

Woman in 'life-threatening condition' after crash

A minibus and a Land Rover collided at about 16:45 BST on Wednesday, police say.

A345 near Enford, Pewsey

Road closed after two-vehicle crash

One person has been taken to hospital after the crash near Pewsey, police say.