Spending almost a million pounds on turning Marlborough Town Hall into a modern entertainment centre with facilities including digital cinema need not leave the town with crippling repayment charges, says town clerk Liam Costello. He was responding to
Schoolgirl Emily Paxford, who won a national award for her bravery in fighting cancer, has died aged just 13. Her parents Mark and Christine have asked her many friends from Sheldon School, Chippenham, and their home village of Derry Hill, near Calne
Some 24 teams have already signed up to take part in the Devizes Lions annual Swimarathon this Saturday. Town mayor Pete Smith will set the watery fundraisers going in the swimming pool at Devizes leisure centre at 4pm. The youngest swimmers, some
The Care Quality Commission has told the NHS in Wiltshire that it must improve standards of care at Chippenham Community Hospital. CQC inspectors who visited the hospital in December found significant variations in the services provided. While
Martin Flaherty has been appointed as temporary head of the Great Western Ambulance Service and his first job will be to resolve the dispute with unions over new shift patterns. Mr Flaherty joined GWAS on 7 February as a temporary replacement for David
News that Devizes leisure centre will be upgraded to a community campus six years early has been welcomed. Wiltshire councillors are set to vote next Tuesday on plans to open the campus, which will include access to council services, by October 2012,
Four robbers, who were arrested by armed members of the Flying Squad as they prepared to carry out a heist in Marlborough, have been sent to jail. They were part of a gang of 30 international smash and grab jewellery shop raiders dubbed the Men in White
The police helicopter and dog teams were used to hunt raiders who struck at the Betfred bookmakers in Chippenham last night. A man wearing a balaclava walked into the bookies at 7.30pm and demanded cash. Money was handed over and he ran out
Rip off Marlborough is how the town has become regarded by visitors and local people who have to pay some of the highest parking prices in the county, the area board was told on Tuesday. Wiltshire Council is in the process of harmonising parking charges
Pupils from Devizes School will be making an attempt on the world’s longest string of bunting as they raise awareness for Fairtrade goods. It is part of the town’s Fairtrade Fortnight, designed to increase awareness for the movement that aims to get
Families in the Pewsey Vale have a programme of varied musical entertainment to look forward to in the Bouverie Hall as part of the initiative Music Live Pewsey. The aim is for the performances, given by professional musicians, to be entertaining and
Devizes CCTV system will have to be shut down and its equipment dismantled if it cannot fill a gap in its funding by the end of March. Devizes Development Partnership, which has run the system since it was set up in September 2007, said last October
Karma nightclub’s licence is under review again, after police expressed concerns that lessons have not been learned from their review in August. The previous review requested by Wiltshire Police was on the grounds that Karma, Chippenham’s only nightclub
Age UK has urged more teams than ever to enter this year’s pancake races in Devizes to be held on Shrove Tuesday, March 8. Even if you can’t raise a team yourself, the organisers are hoping that townspeople will turn up to cheer the entrants
Residents in Horton, near Devizes, say it is only a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt or even killed at the tight bend in the centre of the village. They are to lobby Bishops Cannings Parish Council about safety along the road where
Teachers at Corsham School have paid tribute to former pupil Jennifer Dietschmann who died on February 1 aged 19. Miss Dietschmann, who grew up in Corsham, had moved to Ayr Close, Chippenham, with boyfriend Mat Thomas and baby girl Ava.
Pupils at two schools saw in the Chinese New Year last Thursday with a special themed day. Pupils at Seend Primary School welcomed the Year of the Rabbit by learning about the customs surrounding the festival while those at St Mary’s Infants
An inmate who fled Erlestoke Prison aboard a tractor had been under pressure to smuggle in drugs , Salisbury Crown Court heard. Steven Clarke was deemed suitable to work in the community but drove off while grass cutting. He was chased by the
Corsham Tourist Information Centre has defended its role in the community at a time when it faces a cut in funding by Wiltshire Council. The centre, which is run by the Corsham Area Development Trust, could face closure this year if the money from Wiltshire
The mother of teenager Jennifer Dietschmann has spoken of the terrible moment she found the 19-year-old dead with her screaming baby by her side. Sue Dietschmann went to her daughter’s home in Chippenham after boyfriend Mat Thomas became worried when
Devizes writer Lucy Maxwell-Scott is helping to give out a million books as part of World Book Night. World Book Night, a national initiative set up by publishers, booksellers, libraries and writers, takes place on March 5 when 20,000 people around
Monsters were at their scariest at Southbroom Infants’ School, Devizes. With mayor Coun Pete Smith attending, today’s mini-monster assembly climaxed activities celebrating National Book Week. “Everyone decided we would really go to town for book
