As Wiltshire’s biggest independent news website, Wiltshire 999s delivers impactful and important content to 200,000 readers every month – quickly and for free.
Public interest news is at the heart of what we do. We tell stories some people don’t want told but must be told. We don’t take orders, but we serve our community.
We’re passionate about providing high quality imagery alongside news stories. It’s not possible to document events without visuals.
Our small but passionate news team, led by multimedia journalist Daniel Jae Webb, find, chase and report some of Britain’s most significant stories.
We primarily cover Swindon and Wiltshire, but occasionally venture out to Bristol, Bath, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, and other neighbouring counties.
wiltshire999s.co.uk was visited by 2,386,885 people (unique users) in 2024, amassing a staggering 11.3 million page views. These figures are up significantly from 2023.
While we of course carry advertising to fund our website and staff costs, we aim to ensure that they are as unintrusive as possible. We hope our readers find a good balance between news content and promotional content.
On social media we have a large, loyal audience – especially on Facebook, with more than 90,000 followers. Our group, which allows readers to post about ongoing incidents, boasts a membership of more than 50,000.
Our first year on TikTok @Wiltshire999s, in 2024, resulted in more than 100 million video views and we gained over 100,000 followers. We continue to grow daily, sharing original and often exclusive news stories in full with voiceover.
We use our audience to do good things in the community wherever possible. Since 2018, we’ve raised more than £35,000 for people affected by tragedy in Wiltshire.
Most notably, we raised more than £26,000 for a 89-year-old beekeeper who lost his setup in an arson attack. We’ve raised thousands more for other causing – including to support victims of devastating house fires.
We also provide content to national and international news organisations, including The Sun, Sky News, Daily Mail and many more. This is through a syndication partnership with SWNS.
We are not a member of an independent press regulator but always strive to abide by ISPO’s Editors’ Code of Practice.
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