Hundreds lined a street today to honour one of the highest ranking British soldiers to be killed in Afghanistan as he was repatriated. Major Sean Birchall, of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, died in an explosion while on patrol near Lashkar Gah in central
A man who raped a 71-year-old woman as she walked her dogs at an isolated spot has been warned he could face a life sentence. Michael Alcock attacked the pensioner as she returned to her car with her two dogs after exercising them at the old Yatesbury
Daniel de Costa’s interview with police the day after he stabbed Devizes man Matthew Baggott to death was described as an “exercise in deceit” at Winchester Crown Court today. In his closing speech to the jury on the fifth day of the murder trial, prosecution
A man who denied raping an elderly woman, who was walking her dog near Yatesbury, has been found guilty at Swindon Crown Court today. Sentencing of Michael Alcock from Wales will take place on August 21. He has been remanded in custody.
Headteacher Dr Patrick Hazlewood has announced the new St John’s School in Marlborough will now not finally open its doors to students until December 7. It means that students will have to work from home for 12 days while the finishing touches are
A teenager who had sex with a girl three months before her sixteenth birthday has had a jail term suspended by a judge. And 19-year-old Daniel Latham will have to register as a sex offender for ten years as a result of the conviction. The chef was
A banned motorcyclist has been jailed after he led police on a high speed chase through residential streets at night. Andrew Fullwood, who had four previous convictions for dangerous driving, was not long out of prison and on a death trap machine when
One of the Queen's horse trainers was mopping up yesterday after fire swept through his country home near Marlborough. Richard Hannon, who trained the Queen's Ascot-winning horse Free Agent last year, was not at home when the fire started at
Tributes flooded in today for pop legend Michael Jackson. Leading the tributes was his ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley. In a statement reported on the BBC website, she said: "I am so very sad and confused with every emotion possible.
