Mr Gray, Conservative member for North Wiltshire, said the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Planning, Nick Boles, had contacted him.

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The last local election was held in Wiltshire four years ago, when the county council and North Wiltshire, Kennet, Salisbury and West Wiltshire district councils came together to form a unitary authority - Wiltshire Council.

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But nowadays Britons don't have to cross the Channel to enjoy this most Gallic of games, as anyone who happened to be passing through Sherston a tiny, picturesque village in north Wiltshire during its 17th annual boules tournament, earlier this month, could tell you.

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It covers Bath and the surrounding towns and villages in North East Somerset and Western Wiltshire.

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Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust provides specialist mental health services across Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire.

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