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Search for missing emu Irwin amid fears bird fell into Wiltshire river

People in Malmesbury asked to keep eye out for Irwin, who vanished from animal sanctuary on Monday

The Guardian - UK

Stonehenge’s altar stone was carried all the way from north-east Scotland. But how?

Transporting a six-tonne megalith nearly 500 miles to Wiltshire is quite a feat. How was it achieved 4,000 years ago?

The Guardian - UK

Stonehenge’s giant Altar Stone came all the way from north-east Scotland – here’s how we worked out this astonishing new finding

No one is certain why Stonehenge was built. This world-famous monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire is thought to commemorate the dead, and is aligned with movements of the Sun and Moon.

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Stonehenge Altar Stone was transported 430 miles from Scotland, say scientists

Previously it was believed that the six-tonne sandstone had been brought to the monument in Wiltshire from Wales.

The Independent UK

Blackstone boss Stephen Schwarzman hits newt trouble amid £80m Wiltshire estate revamp

Stephen Schwarzman has been complaining to chancellor Rachel Reeves about the problems he’s been having with the UK’s planning process

The Independent UK

Wiltshire serial fraudster and shoplifter who made more than £500k jailed

Narinder Kaur claimed refunds on goods stolen in 1,000 raids on high street stores across England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

‘Slapping therapist’ found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter

Danielle Carr-Gomm fell fatally ill when she stopped taking insulin during Wiltshire workshop run by Hongchi Xiao

The Guardian - UK

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Other lives: History teacher at Eton who became a creative headteacher of Cranborne Chase school for girls in Wiltshire

The Guardian - UK

Woman who died at slapping therapy retreat viewed healer as ‘sent by God’, court told

Danielle Carr-Gomm, 71, who stopped taking insulin for diabetes at Wiltshire workshop, had praised Hongchi Xiao

The Guardian - UK

‘Slapping therapy’ healer failed to get help for dying diabetic woman, court hears

Hongchi Xiao denies manslaughter by gross negligence of Danielle Carr-Gomm, 71, in Wiltshire in 2016

The Guardian - UK

Slapping therapist ‘failed to get help as diabetic woman lay dying’ at workshop

Danielle Carr-Gomm, died at Cleeve House in Seend, Wiltshire, where she was taking part in the workshop in October 2016

The Independent UK

Families behind the two-child limit to benefits – photo essay

Photographer Dan Dennison has documented three families around the UK from Manchester, Wiltshire and London and their struggles due to the two-child limit to benefits

The Guardian - UK

Stonehenge likely to be put on world heritage danger list over tunnel plan

Unesco officials recommend adding Wiltshire stone circle amid fears road scheme would compromise its integrity

The Guardian - UK

Police hunting two men after teenage boy reports number of sexual offences

Police urge anyone who sees them not to approach them, and to call 999

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Summer solstice 2024 is here! See celebrations at Stonehenge and beyond (photos)

Around the world, people celebrated the June 20 solstice in a variety of ways as Earth's north pole reached its greatest tilt towards the sun.

The Guardian - UK

Stonehenge sprayed with orange powder paint by Just Stop Oil activists

Two people arrested, say police, while Rishi Sunak’s comments on protest prompt response from Labour donor

The Guardian - UK

Officers disciplined for misconduct after bungling inquiry into serial rapist David Carrick

Negligent investigation left sex attacker and Met police officer free to continue offending for five years before arrest

The Guardian - UK

Coroner issues warning over year-round ambulance delays in England

Wiltshire coroner writes to health secretary after inquest of man who died after waiting more than 5 hours for ambulance

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Boy, 8, dies after being hit by car in Wiltshire

Wiltshire Police said the incident involving a vehicle and a pedestrian happened in Dilton Marsh.

Autosport

The 500cc F3 machines celebrating Castle Combe's 500th car racing event

Castle Combe celebrates its milestone 500th car race meeting on Easter Monday, with 500cc Formula 3 cars rolling back the years to the Wiltshire circuit’s inaugural event, run behind closed gates by the Bristol Motor Cycle Light Car Club on 8 July 1950.

Evening Standard

'Vivienne Westwood asked to buy it': Amber Rudd's former family home is on the market for £8 million

A Wiltshire manor house once occupied by Amber Rudd and lusted after by Vivienne Westwood is up for sale

The Guardian - UK

‘Enormously exciting’: farm to create biggest natural grassland in southern England

Lower Pertwood in Wiltshire aims to restore declining plants, insects and endangered species

The Guardian - UK

Buckled Wiltshire road that became hotspot for skateboarding to be repaired

£6m scheme to fix section of B4069 near Lyneham submitted, but road may take another year to reopen

The Guardian - UK

Siemens to invest £100m in Chippenham rail factory site in Wiltshire

Plan to open new facility by 2026 comes after firm invested £200m in east Yorkshire train factory

The Guardian - UK

‘Poisoned by chemicals’: citizen scientists prove River Avon is polluted

Charity says the decline of invertebrates linked to chemicals in water while Environment Agency said Wiltshire river had not deteriorated

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