Power Outage

Thursday, 07 September 2017 13:45 There is an issue with the electricity supply to the village.  Following a brief outage earlier this afternoon the power supply is being delivered at a lower voltage than normal.  This will affect some electrical devices in our homes but not all.  For example, TVs Read more…

Beware bogus fish sellers

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 themselves forced into buying a vast amount of fresh fish.  The volumes and the price charged are never discussed. Read more…

Website User Guide

Hello! If you’re looking for a quick start guide for this site, you’ve come to the right place. On this blog, we explain the menus and layout, how to subscribe to – and interact with – the site, plus we introduce some basic terminology. Finding your way around The image Read more…

Making the most of Broadband

We recently discovered that Burton will receive superfast broadband in the next 12 months or so.  The exchange at Badminton has already been upgraded and is “taking orders”.  Sadly we can not make an order as yet.  The next stage in providing the new service to Burton involves laying fibre Read more…

Theft of Landrover parts

We are currently experiencing a significant series of thefts of Landrover Defender parts, including bonnets, air intakes, grills, lights Please  advise owners re additional security (to lock bonnets etc) particularly late evenings and nights. Dave Inspector David Hobman Sector Inspector Chippenham, Calne and Corsham Wiltshire Police DDI: 01249 709502 Email: david.hobman@wiltshire.pnn.police.uk