• Costa Coffee looks to open in Warminster

  By wp_alistair

  We understand that planning application for Costa Coffee has been granted by Wiltshire Council, but...

            

   

  By wp_alistair at 20:44 on 18/12/11

  

  The rumours have been flying around since the start of the year that Costa Coffee, the premium-priced espresso chain, were potentially looking for premises in Warminster. They have now applied for Change of Use to the old Stead and Simpson unit, with access from both Market Place and the Three Horseshoes Mall. In the age of austerity, premium coffee is increasingly viewed as one of the few retail success stories, despite an obvious...

• Warminster ranks highly in Tripadvisor searches

  By wp_alistair

  No, No, pedantry is fine and all very welcome...there has to be accountability! I clearly have a...

            

   

  By wp_alistair at 00:43 on 17/12/11

  

  Believe it or not, Warminster has been ranked as one of the fastest-growing tourism destinations in Europe, based on online searches. Warminster ranks 9th out of destinations which have seen an increase in traveller interest in 2011, based on searches carried out on the TripAdvisor stable of websites. Tripadvisor attributes increased interest for a number of towns to the Olympic Games in 2012, but as there are no events near...

• Farewell to the Potato Hut in Warminster

  By derryhawk

  Just the kind of report I hate to read. Big business, bullying its way into a small town, and...

            

   

  By wp_alistair at 16:26 on 04/01/12

  

  The Three Horeseshoes Walk in Warminster has said goodbye to The Potato Hut kiosk, which sold takeaway food, drinks and sandwiches, following an early termination of the lease by Stockland, which owns the shopping mall. The kiosk has been in existence for some 30 years, and prior to being a takeaway sold sweets, cigarettes and newspapers. The change in lease, instigated by the owners of the mall, comes in anticipation of a planning...

• HRH The Duchess of Cambridge becomes patron of Warminster-based charity

  By derryhawk

  Well done Duchess!

            

   

  By wp_alistair at 21:30 on 05/01/12

  

  Action on Addiction, with its Head Office in East Knoyle between Warminster and Shaftesbury, and a training centre on Ash Walk in the centre of Warminster itself, was delighted to announce today that HRH The Duchess of Cambridge has included it as one of four charities she will be patron of in 2012. Action on Addiction is the only UK charity working on a spectrum of issues across the addiction field, including prevention, treatment,...

• Village vigil for peace as gunfire comes to a halt

  By joning

  Derryhawk, without such sacrifices it would be called Imburg now. It should have been returned after...

            

   

  By Western Daily Press at 09:00 on 02/01/12

  

  wdnews@bepp.co.uk A lost village forcibly emptied of its population to aid D-Day training has been enjoying a friendly invasion. Three times a year former inhabitants of Imber, on Salisbury Plain, are allowed to return to the village which has been the scene of military exercises for the last 68 years. Others who appreciate the villagers' sacrifice join the pilgrimages, and for the last ten years an Inter Faith Peace Vigil has been...

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