Government borrowing last month jumped to the highest level for May outside the pandemic era despite a boost to the tax take after the Chancellor’s national insurance hike.

Lionel Messi lit up the Club World Cup with a fine free-kick as Inter Milan came from behind to beat Porto in Atlanta. Champions League winners Paris St Germain were stunned by South American ...

The Office for National Statistics said the total volume of retail sales fell by 2.7 in May – the biggest drop since the end of 2023.

Temperatures had been forecast to hit 32C across the south east on Saturday and had already reached that level on Thursday in London.

The Met Office is forecasting that the hot weather for Wiltshire will continue into the weekend with temperatures expected to reach up to 32C.

A section of a busy main road in Wiltshire that has seen ‘urgent closures’ overnight this week has sparked confusion.

A fundraiser has been launched and tributes paid to the memory of three motorcyclists who died following a crash on the A36. Four motorcyclists were involved in a crash with a car on the A36 at Knook, ...

Plans to lower the speed limit on two key roads into a town are progressing after multiple crashes. Two highways improvement requests were recently submitted by Cllr Iain Wallis to lower the speed ...

A primary school in south west Wiltshire has said it is ‘delighted’ with its most recent Ofsted report. On June 18, Westwood-with-Iford Primary School was rated ‘good’ in all areas in an Ofsted ...

A new takeaway café has opened at the historic Stableyard at Stourhead. The café offers hot and cold drinks, snacks, sandwiches, and ice creams, with outdoor seating available. For the past 300 years, ...

The £762 million takeover of Wiltshire-based firm Wincanton has been given the green light after fears of “higher costs” were resolved.

A Wiltshire mum who put off a routine smear test for years says it saved her life. Joanne Male, 40, finally attended her cervical screening appointment in October last year and was diagnosed with ...