Month: June 2015

Parish Council News for June 2015

Edington Parish Council

June’s meeting was well attended with a packed room.  The start of the meeting was dedicated to the planning application in little court lane .The developer QDOS was given time to outline his plans and villagers given the opportunity to respond prior to the council considering  the plan in detail. We have since heard that […]

Edington and Tinhead WI – July news

EDINGTON & TINHEAD WI Meetings every second Tuesday of the month in the Parish hall VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME   JULY NEWS Contact Helen O’Donoghue 830501 for more information www.facebook.com/edingtonandtinheadwi As part of our centenary celebrations you are all welcome to attend a Bring and Buy and Coffee morning on Thursday July 9th from 10am to […]

Beware Bogus Fish Sellers!

This is a message sent via Wiltshire and Swindon Community Messaging. This information has been sent on behalf of Wiltshire Police Message sent by Mark Jones (Police, Media Officer, Wiltshire) Operation Arwen is a National Trading Standards Operation targeting the selling of fish door to door by salesmen from the North of England. Customers find […]

Edington and District Gardening Club – June meeting

Gardening Club

We were entertained and informed in equal measure by Charlotte Popescu on “Keeping hens in the garden”. This was a new topic for us although there are hen-keepers among our members, some “may-be’s” and some “no-thank-you’s”.  All of us learned something new from a real expert who went from keeping 4 to 50 free range […]

Edington and Tinhead WI news for June

The Speaker at our next meeting on Tuesday 09/06/15 will be John Clark on Underwater Treasure Hunting. John has visited us previously and is a very polished and professional speaker; do bring any friends or neighbours who may be interested. CENTENARY YEAR EVENTS:  A date has been fixed for a coffee morning to be held […]

Shed and outbuilding breaks

Shed and outbuilding breaks This is a message sent via Wiltshire and Swindon Community Messaging. This information has been sent on behalf of Wiltshire Police   Message sent by Caroline Wright (Police, Community Support Officer, Westbury Neighbourhood Policing Team) A spate of shed and outbuilding breaks have been reported to us.  To help prevent this […]

News from Councillor Jerry Wickham

Following the very well attended Parish Council Meeting on Monday 1st June, which looked at the proposed development in the village, I have sent in a request to Wiltshire Council planners for the matter to go before a full planning committee, if the case officer recommends approval. We have to await the outcome of this. […]

News from Wiltshire Councillor Jerry Wickham June 2015

After the longest general election campaign in memory we now have the most “surprising” result in 25 years and one which the polls had absolutely wrong but we are now at least settled with a Westminster government for the next five years.  This will produce its own challenges for local government and we are still […]