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Philip Wilkinson OBE, Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon is looking for public support to increase the precept for 2023/2024, to ensure Wiltshire Police have the necessary resources to fight and prevent crime.

Residents are encouraged to fill out a survey with your response.

South West Enterprise Fund Grants – open for applications:

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Two of the public toilets that were closed due to vandalism are now open. We have our contractor visiting the site this afternoon to investigate the issue of the third toilet door which will be closed until fixed.

We thank residents for their patience as we try to resolve these issues.

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ALL THE PUBLIC TOILETS ARE OPEN AND WORKING AT BOROUGHFIELDS SHOPPING CENTRE.

Due to the delivery of our town’s Christmas trees, 3-way traffic lights will be in situ on Royal Wootton Bassett High Street and Station Road on Sunday 20th November 2022 from 7.00am to 10.00 am.

We apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Festive Fun for all the Family – Celebrate the Christmas Season with Royal Wootton Bassett Orchestra

Royal Wootton Bassett Orchestra are holding their popular Christmas Concert on Saturday December 17^th. Starting at 7.00 pm in St. Bartholomew’s and All Saints Church, Royal Wootton Bassett the concert will include a wide range of well-known Christmas music, featuring Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite and Christmas Waltz, Mozart’s Sleigh Ride, Christmas at the Movies and Fanny Mendelssohn’s Prayer on Christmas among others. Children from local primary schools will also be performing. There will be singalong carols and mulled wine and mince pies will be served in the interval.

Tickets are £10 for adults (under 16’s free) and are available through our website: http://www.rwbo.org.uk/

The Christmas concert will be the culmination of the orchestra’s 40^th Anniversary Celebrations. It follows our special 40^th Anniversary Concert in October which showcased talented members of the orchestra. The music chosen highlighted the orchestra’s versatility with favourites from each decade of the orchestra’s history.

Looking ahead the orchestra will be performing in Malmesbury Abbey on April 22, 2023. The concert will feature English composers notably Parry’s Symphony 3, The English and local soloist, Sara Stagg, performing The Lark Arising by Vaughan Williams.

Nicola Ashton, RWBO’s Musical Director said, “RWBO has a fantastic future ahead. The orchestra is back to full strength after the pandemic and we’re looking forward to exciting times over the next year. We have plans to run workshops, to build exciting programmes with a mix of genres, styles and challenges – and most importantly, to keep enjoying our music making together. We welcome new players – come and join us, you will find a very warm welcome.”

For more information and to get in touch please visit our website – www.rwbo.org.uk

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