

Calne is gearing up for its annual Christmas Festival of Lights this Saturday, 29th November, with a packed afternoon of stalls, entertainment and the much-loved lantern procession set to draw people into the town centre.
An outline planning application has now been submitted for the Penn Hill site in Calne, a year after developers unveiled revised proposals for the controversial housing scheme.
Calne Town Council is urgently calling for volunteers to help at this Saturday’s Christmas Festival of Lights, with several key marshal roles still needing to be filled.
Residents passing the Lidl construction site on Oxford Road will have noticed the steady pace of construction in recent months, with the main framework now in place, signage up and road and landscaping works underway.
Residents in the Chilvester & Abberd ward headed to the polls yesterday, Thursday 20th November, to choose a new representative for Calne Town Council, following the resignation of Jackie Bennett.