WAYNE Thorne marked his first league appearance for Corsham Town since leaving as player-boss at Melksham Town at the end of last season with a goal in their 2-0 win at home to Welton Rovers. Thorne struck from the penalty spot, striker Dan King also
Wootton Bassett Town Council has donated £500 to help youth activites and says it has more to give away. Vitalise, which supports disabled people and their carers and Youth Action Wiltshire, both applied to the council for Grant Aid. Lynn Gibson, Assistant
Former mayor councillor Howard Marshall is delighted with the progress of Calne Boxing Club, which he helped set up nearly a year ago. “The first day we knew it would be a success as 20 boys and girls queued to register,” said coun Marshall. “Within
VIillages in the county are waiting to hear if they will be crowned the best. The winners of the first round of the Best Kept Village competition include Rushall and Clyffe Pypard in the small village category, Chirton and Yatton Keynell in the medium
A quiet village in North Wiltshire is to be the setting for a burial site for the Unification Church, sometimes known as the Moonies. The church was given a 500-acre farm in Stanton Fitzwarren near Swindon in 1972 when farmer Henry Masters and his wife
A resourceful group of Devizes tenants have brightened up their community by transforming their gardens. The gardens and communal areas at Sarsen run Belle Vue Road and Colston Road were overgrown and often used as dumping grounds for old fridge-freezers
A new community website designed to attract visitors to Malmesbury and promote interaction between residents has been launched. Malmesbury.com is run by Justin and Ruth Jeffrey, from Burton Hill, who have lived in the town for more than 20 years. Mr
Greatwood racehorse rescue and rehabilitation centre is asking people to hold Sunday lunch parties to help it make up for income lost as the recession bites. The downturn has had such an impact on the charity, which is based at Clench Common
After an absence of two years, the baby show is returning to the Devizes Carnival programme in memory of former organiser Myra (Midge) Webster, 62, who died of cancer this year. The popular show has not been part of the carnival for the past two years
An albino jackdaw is ruffling feathers in Avebury as people come from far and wide to see the rare bird. Among the first to spot it was local writer and journalist Andrew Collins, who took this picture of the bird next to a normal coloured jackdaw.
