Council Tax rise
North Wiltshire District Council has set its budget for 2007-08, including a 5% rise in its share of council tax collected from North Wiltshire home owners. An average band D property will pay £127.88 a year, equivalent to an extra 12p a week or £6.09 a year. The total council tax for band D properties [...]
House Price Update
Using the latest Land Registry data we have calculated the average selling price of properties in our area for the six month period, 1/5/06 to 30/11/06: Brinkworth: £383,000 Cricklade: £233,000 Purton: £268,000 Wootton Bassett: £180,000 North Wiltshire: £230,000 Source: http://www.houseprices.co.uk.
Ceri’s Cheeses wins new business competition
The only cheese maker in North Wiltshire interrupted her honeymoon to hear she had won an annual New Business competition. Ceri Collingbourn, from Brinkworth, who is the fifth generation of her family to make cheese, won £3,000 from North Wiltshire District Council. Ceri makes ‘Malmesbury Mold’ and ‘Honey Queen’ using milk from her father’s herd [...]
Cricklade School Under Special Measures
Following the recent Ofsted inspection of St Sampson’s Infant School, Cricklade, “Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector is of the opinion that this school requires special measures because it is failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education and the persons responsible are not demonstrating the capacity to secure the necessary improvement in the school.” [...]
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