Gifted and talented children from primary schools across Chippenham took on a challenge day at Sheldon school last week. Pupils from the town’s ten schools gifted in French and PE were invited to Sheldon to take part in French games, such as handball
Adie Mings admitted that he was disappointed with his Chippenham Town side’s performance in Saturday’s smash and grab win at Banbury United. The hosts dominated for large spells in the second-half but Alan Griffin netted his second of the afternoon
Language teacher Brett Jouny has hit on a novel way of getting his pupils to practise their skills – by talking to foreign-born sports stars. Mr Jouny, the new head of languages at Malmesbury School, invited Bath Rugby players, Argentinian Ignacio Fernandez
People suffering memory loss will soon be able to join a Singing for the Brain group in Devizes. Alzheimer’s Support, which runs the Sidmouth Club in the town, has teamed up with the national Alzheimer’s Society and Wiltshire Council to launch
Steve Wragg, the landlord of the Green Dragon in Market Lavington, has won through to the semi-finals of the national Licensee of the Year competition. He is one of 13 landlords from all over the country to make it through. It is the
St Francis School pupils Todd Benney and and Letti Bromovsky, who were both airlifted to hospital in separate incidents, have handed over a cheque for £1,200 to Wiltshire Air Ambulance. The money was part of the proceeds of the school’s Christmas
Despite having four different headteachers over the past three years St Katharine’s School in Savernake Forest has received a report from Ofsted inspectors saying the education its 67 pupils receive is satisfactory. The previous headteacher
A Malmesbury couple who met while dropping supplies over Afghanistan from a Hercules aircraft have started an art business. Alex and Jake Hamilton-Burnet met when they were posted to RAF Lyneham. Mrs Hamilton-Burnet, as navigator on the C17s, would
An inquest has ruled that the drowning of former lorry driver Anthony Perry in a knee-high brook last year was an accident. Mr Perry, 60, was found lying in the brook, next to Horsebrook, Calne, by a man walking his dog on August 29 last year. He lived
There was no Gregg Wallace or John Torode to judge when sixth formers at St John’s School in Marlborough held a cookery competition but the event still had all the tenseness of a TV Masterchef show. The contest finals held at the school
Devizes couple Ron and Sylvia Jordan celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary at the weekend surrounded by their family and friends. Although the actual blue sapphire day was on Friday, they celebrated on Sunday with a slap-up meal at the Crown in
The next Mayor of Marlborough is probably the first to list hang gliding in his hobbies. It’s fitting because Marlborough was the birthplace of the sport in the UK and Coun Alexander Kirk Wilson, 65, flies with the Thames Valley Hang Gliding
Nearly 80 people, including Devizes MP Claire Perry, learned how to use a defibrillator at a training session in Coronation Hall, East Grafton. Five defibrillators, to be used when someone has a heart attack, have been provided across the parish
Avebury Community Shop celebrates its second anniversary next month. The shop, which is organised by volunteers, replaced the village shop and post office run for more than two decades by Dick and Gilda Stannard. Its closure left shoppers
Generous shoppers in Malmesbury have helped raise money to pay for a defibrillator for Sherston Parish Council. They donated nearly £300 to a collection by the British Heart Foundation outside the Co-op this month. It followed a meeting at the town hall
Beversbrook Sports Facility is hosting the national launch of street snooker, an innovative new game which combines football and snooker. It involves kicking a football at a specially-designed wall, with points awarded for hitting coloured targets, and
A motorcyclist escaped with minor injuries from a crash near Prison Bridge on Bath Road, Devizes, on Tuesday. The incident took place at around 8.15am as the biker stopped to allow a car to enter Bath Road from Avon Road. His black Yamaha was hit from
