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A man who was found dead within the secure compound at a garage in Swindon has been identified. Gary Gray, 38, of Beverley, Toothill was confirmed to have died after staff at JB Autos, Stratton Road, arrived for work on the morning of Friday 15 November.

We were called to a fire in Chippenham yesterday and are appealing to the public for any information. Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service initially made us aware of the incident in the early hours of November 17.

We are investigating an aggravated burglary which occurred in Swindon. Shortly after midnight on October 20, four men entered a house in Chandos Close and demanded the occupants hand over money and drugs.

Wiltshire Police is taking part in the UK's biggest road safety event, Road Safety Week (18-24 November) coordinated by the charity Brake.

Officers investigating an incident in which a man sustained significant injuries to his ear are appealing for information. Police were called to the Aldbourne Close area of Penhill just before 5am on Sunday November 17.

A cyclist suffered life changing injuries in a collision in Westbury last night (17/11). The collision occurred just after 6pm on the A350 junction with Coach Road. A BMW M5 was travelling south on the A350 approaching the Coach Road junction when it collided with the cyclist.

A woman was arrested in Swindon on Wednesday (13/11) on suspicion of money laundering and managing a brothel. The arrest was made by officers during a warrant conducted at an address in Commercial Road.

A man was arrested in Royal Wootton Bassett last night on suspicion of possession of a bladed article in a public place. Shortly after 10.30pm on November 14, we received calls that a man had been seen in the High Street carrying a weapon.

Three people have been charged following a drugs raid in Eldene, Swindon, on Wednesday. Aaron Betterton, 19, of Bowleymead, has been charged with being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine. He has been remanded in custody and is due at Swindon Magistrates Court today.

Wiltshire Police and partners of the Local Resilience Forum won a prestigious World Class Policing Award last night in recognition of its 'outstanding' response to the 2018 Novichok attacks in Salisbury and Amesbury. The Novichok poisonings of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March 2018, and the subsequent poisonings of local residents Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess attracted global attention and scrutiny.