Unison has voted for its members at Great Western Ambulance to go on strike next week. But David Whiting, Chief Executive of Great Western Ambulance Service, is reassuring the public that the trust will continue to provide a safe and effective 999 service
It is comforting to read in her column (January 13) that our MP, Claire Perry, enjoys old libraries. It is, of course, a great privilege to have access to such rich and ancient libraries to which she refers – those at the House of Commons and at her
CHIPPENHAM Town's Zamaretto League Premier Division trip to bottom club Tiverton Town tomorrow (3pm) is in doubt because of the state of the Ladysmead pitch. The Devon club have advised supporters to check with the club via their website tivertontownfc.com
This was the scene at the BP garage in Calne yesterday when a major alert was sparked when a driver hit gas bottles kept on the forecourt. Fire, police and ambulance were called in case an explosion occured. But the area was quickly made safe.
Police in Bristol investigating the murder of landscape architect Joanna Yeates have arrested the boyfriend of Tanja Morson who works at Dyson in Malmesbury. Dutchman Vincent Tabak, 32, a neighbour of Miss Yeates, was seized by police in a pre dawn
Chippenham's Highlights are like the cats who got the cream with their new pantomime Puss in Boots, which is set to open this Sunday. Actors aged five to 50 are starring in the classic show about about a cat who uses trickery and deceit to
SWINDON Town have signed defender Aden Flint from non-league Alfreton Town. The centre-back has moved to the County Ground for £150,000 - a club record for the Conference North side, with Town beating off Colchester United for the 21-year-old's
JON Clarke’s late drop goal inspired Wootton Bassett to a stunning victory over Salisbury under the Supermarine floodlights, as the Stoneover Lane side booked a place in the Dorset & Wilts Vase final. After a barren opening 20 minutes, Salisbury kicked
Wootton Bassett Light Operatic Society (WBLOS) are putting on their seventh pantomime this year and chosen to return to the traditional genre with Mother Goose. The first performance is at 7.30pm on Thursday January 27, with other showings at 7.30pm
Author Jilly Cooper is teaming up with the Westonbirt Arboretum to find stories of romance among the trees. This February the National Arboretum is looking for people to share their memories of romantic visits. Entries will be judged by best-selling
Malmesbury charity Jole Rider, which collects and ships bikes, books and sports kit to Africa, will be loading their 7,500th bike on Wednesday January 26. The loading will take place at a hangar in Hullavington Airfield where the bikes have been stored
After the disappointment of its inaugral Moviola film night, Calne Council is hoping for more success with its next showing this weekend. It will be showing two films – The Secret of the Kells and The American – through the day at the Beversbrook Sports
A wanted Calne man has been tracked down by police after a public appeal in the Gazette and Herald. John Robert Lynch was wanted on a number of drug and driving charges and police had appealed for information concerning his whereabouts. He was then
Take one stuffy cubby hole in a popular Marlborough junior school, add one corridor by taking down a wall and what do you get? A new school library for the 206 children at Preshute School. Preshute CofE Primary School has become a victim of
Stone taken from the base of the Market Cross in Devizes is to be donated to the Drews Pond Wood project. The pennant stone, a fine-grained sandstone, was replaced by Devizes Town Council when the Market Cross was refurbished a few years ago. The stone
Councillors have agreed to the creation of a new children’s burial area in Devizes Cemetery. Space is running out in the existing children’s area with only two grave spaces remaining. At a meeting last week Devizes and Roundway joint
Five members of staff at Morrisons supermarket in Devizes, who have been with the store since it opened 20 years ago, this week celebrated a joint century of service. Helen Roberts, 54, of Queen’s Road; Helen Lake, 46, of Anzio Road, and Judy
Brian and Nicky Teeder spent most of Tuesday cleaning up after their mill home in Whistley Lane, Potterne, was flooded following Monday night’s torrential rain. The couple, who have lived at Whistley Mill for 14 years, are concerned floods
An historic avenue of lime trees, which were first planted more than a century ago to commemorate a royal occasion, will be reinstated in Wootton Bassett’s High Street this month. The avenue will be returned to its original number of sixty when three
Schoolchildren are proving their commitment to the less fortunate after filling 130 shoeboxes full of goodies for children in Eastern Europe. Wootton Bassett School students in years seven, eight and nine adopted the scheme after they were visited
Minor amendments have been submitted in a planning application by Devizes Town Council for the refurbishment of Hillworth Park. The council wants to change the building materials to the community building and make amendments to the workshop building
