A Wiltshire business which makes "underwear for horses" has launched in America. Snuggy Hoods has been trading in the county for 25 years. The company's also due to launch in Australia at the end of the month. I've been finding out more about the firm and trying to uncover the key to their global success:

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The man found guilty of murdering a Wiltshire solicitor in his office is beginning a life sentence. Michael Chudley shot Jim Ward last July while he was working in Devizes. It took the jury just two hours to convict the 63 year-old after a nine day trial at Salisbury Crown Court. Michael Chudley will spend at least 28 years in jail for Jim Ward’s murder.Listen to my report broadcast on BBC Wiltshire about how the local community has been coping since the incident:

Man jailed for 28 years after shooting solicitor

There's concern that for the first time the amount of oilseed rape being produced in the UK is not meeting the demand for oil.  It's grown in Wiltshire and a combination of factors, such as the poor weather during spring are being blamed for a fall in yeild.  I've been to a local farm to find out more:


Concern over oilseed rape production:

Wiltshire Police are continuing to question three men arrested over a jewellery raid in Marlborough.  A gang of masked men smashed their way into Deacon and Son Jewellers on the high street just before 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning.  BBC Wiltshire's Jess Avis has been speaking to Fiona Hall and Hannah Warren who watched the scene unfold:

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