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The family of a man who sadly died in a collision in Swindon at the weekend have paid tribute to him. Jack Robson, 66, from Swindon, was riding a motorbike when he was in collision with a car on Highworth Road just after 2pm on May 25.

A partial closure order has been obtained for an address in Warminster following complaints regarding anti social behaviour. The order was granted by a District Judge sitting at Basingstoke Magistrates Court on Friday for the address in Langholme Avenue.

Tributes have been paid to John Hancock - the 'village bobby' in Mere for nearly 30 years - following his sudden death last week. John, 71, who had a lifelong connection with the Force having joined as a police cadet in 1965 before serving as a police officer from 1968 through to his retirement in 1997, sadly died on Thursday afternoon.

We are appealing for witnesses after an incident of criminal damage in Swindon where an elderly man had the tyres of two of his cars deliberately punctured. The vehicles were parked in the driveway of a property in the Taw Hill area when they were targeted at around 10.50pm last Monday night (18/05).

We need your help after a motorcyclist died following a collision in Swindon this afternoon (25/5).

We are investigating an incident which occurred at an address in Porton this week. Between approximately 10am and 11am on Wednesday May 20, a man in his 90s was at his home address in The Avenue, when a man called at his door claiming to be a new neighbour.

No arrests have been made for breaches in the COVID legislation for the second week in a row in Wiltshire. The Force also saw a substantial drop in the number of COVID19 related logs being created in the control room. This fell to 454 from 812 the previous week.

As the holy month of Ramadan comes to a close this weekend (Saturday 23 to Sunday 24 May), Wiltshire and Swindon's Local Resilience Forum has issued an open letter to all Muslims in the county, reminding them of the social distancing rules still in place, despite the easing of the lockdown.

Two people were arrested in Swindon this morning following two simultaneous drugs warrants. Both warrants were executed at addresses in Welcombe Avenue.

We are holding our first ever domestic abuse surgery via Facebook.