Armed forces pay tribute to Wiltshire town.

Since the Spring of 2007, the people of the Wiltshire market town of Wootton Bassett have honoured the dead of the British armed forces upon their return to England from Afghanistan and Iraq, lining the streets of...

Stonehenge was a Healing Centre, say Archaeologists

NEOLITHIC stone circles have always fascinated mankind; many thousands of years old, we wonder, who built them, and why?  After recent exacavations, archaelogists believe that Stonehenge may have been used as...

'Beasting' death soldiers cleared

Pte Williams dedication is worthless. He died after being punished for a misdemeanour. The verdicts makes the family shocked. Pte Williams mom will continue figthing for justice. " Three soldiers have...

solar-powered car that travels hundreds of miles

"James Dyson is working on a solar-powered car to match the success of his bagless vacuum cleaner. Engineers at the entrepreneur’s Wiltshire HQ are developing a lightweight electric motor that could power a...

Most Complex Crop Circle Ever Discovered in England

I'm not usually one for unsolved mysteries, UFOs and crop circles, but Rory Tate would have had a field day with this one: a crop circle that represents the first 10 digits of pi? That's pretty impressive, even by...

Wiltshire crop circle identified as symbolic code for first ten places of pi

" Mathematicians are perplexed after a highly complex crop circle appeared in a Wiltshire field - depicting a fundamental mathematical symbol. The circle is, apparently, a coded image representing a complex...

Sex with a bike, Sex with a hoover, now we have sex with a lamp-post

A 32-year-old man has been arrested in Wiltshire for allegedly simulating a sex act with a lamp-post.

DIY Flood Protection Solution?

A DIY product which the manufacturers claim stops flood water coming in through doors 100%, looks like a possible relatively low cost solution for many of the flooded households.   If this...

Divers find lake's 'lost village'

"A team of divers who set out to solve the mystery of the drowned village of Bowood in Wiltshire has found the remains of buildings under a lake. The lake at Bowood House was created 250 years ago by 'Capability'...

Humanitarian crisis: thousands without power, food and drinking water

UPDATE; 26th July 2007. A warning that bogus water officials are preying on flood victims. The sick bogus water officials who are preying on Flood victims UPDATE; 24th July 2007. More than 340,000 people in...

Row, Row, Row Your Bowl: Thames by Doggie Dish

A cunning stunt indeed: a vet and his dog have rowed the lenght of the River Thames in an outsized dog bowl, covering a distance of 150 miles over nine days."A TV vet has successfully rowed down the River Thames...

Balloonist Sets New World Record

"Adventurer David Hempleman-Adams has successfully flown across the Atlantic in a tiny hot air balloon. The 50-year-old from Box in Wiltshire flew over the coast of Brittany, France, in his helium balloon four...

Stonehenge site for summer solstice celebration

"Thousands of modern-day druids, pagans and partygoers converged on Stonehenge late Wednesday as people across the northern hemisphere prepared to welcome the summer solstice: the longest day of the...

Sisters in inheritance tax battle

"The lawyers for two elderly sisters are due in court to begin their attempt to win the same inheritance tax rights as married, gay and lesbian couples. Joyce and Sybil Burden, from Wiltshire, have lived together since birth but if one of them dies the other will face a large...

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