Wiltshire Police are  appealing for dash cam footage following a serious road traffic collision yesterday, February 2,  on the B3092 at Mapperton Hill between Gillingham and Mere. At around 1.45pm, a black BMW …

Waste management company, Cleansing Services Group Ltd, was yesterday fined more than £72,000 after it treated sewage without a permit, despite knowing that they were acting illegally. Based in Fareham, Hampshire, the company …

Councillors in Mere have voiced their objections to plans for a gypsy and traveller site off the B3092 at Mapperton Hill. The site for the proposed ten gypsy-traveller pitches is just on the …

A shop which generates funds for a local cat charity will reopen its doors this Valentine’s Day with a celebratory love-themed opening. Cats Protection’s Mere & Gillingham shop, located on the High Street, …

A number of families are moving into their own home for Christmas after Wiltshire Council picked up the keys to affordable homes. Wiltshire Council has bought three ex-council houses in Salisbury and Mere, …

Former Mere resident Wolfe Frank – Nuremberg’s Voice of Doom – is to be honoured with a blue plaque . . . and his later role as The Undercover Nazi Hunter will be …

Don Butchers and Richard Coombs from Mere Bowls Club won the county Secretaries Treasurers competition for the second time in three years at the Wiltshire county finals in Devizes on Sunday 8 September. …

An organisation dedicated to informing and helping disabled people, their carers and the elderly in Gillingham and the surrounding area is celebrating its 25th year. The North Dorset Disability Information Service (NorDDIS), whose …

Police volunteer John Hancock has been nominated for for the 2019 Regional Police Support Volunteer of the Year Award in recognition of the ongoing support he gives to the community of Mere. John …