A POLICEMAN is being treated at hospital following a disorder on Chippenham town bridge this evening. The officer is understood to have been dealing with a public order offence at around 7pm when the offender resisted arrest and four other people tried
Chippenham Town’s faint hopes of making the Zamaretto League Premier Division play-offs look to be over after they suffered a heartbreaking defeat at Stourbridge earlier today. Ryan Rowe tapped home the only goal of the game in the 89th minute
FIREFIGHTERS were called out to a house fire in Chippenham this afternoon. Two fire crews from Chippenham were called to a home in Ladyfield Road at 1.05pm to a bedroom fire. Firefighters used two hose reels, one main jet, two sets of
Volunteers are hoping to be able to offer boat rides by Easter at a rejuvenated waterway around Chaveywell Bridge in Calne. Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal Trust has spent almost £4,000 rejuvenating the former waterway, using money mainly from
Residents and staff of have celebrated the 15th anniversary of Avonmead Care Home in Devizes. The celebration, on March 8, co-incided with birthdays of two residents. Guests at the celebration included Devizes deputy mayor Sue Evans and her husband
The popular Seend Beer Festival is moving to October just for this year. The event has grown each year and people from all over the country attend it. Last year’s festival attracted about 800 people and raised in the region of £3,000 for the Seend Community
I’VE been thinking about the Olympics for such a long time and it probably started back when I was 18. I started training for Beijing and when I realised that I was probably a bit young for those ones, I started thinking about 2012.
Chippenham woman Marie Indge had her 15 minutes of fame on Thursday after facing off against Anne Robinson, one of TV’s most fearsome presenters and winning The Weakest Link. Mrs Indge, of Avebury Road, took home £950 in the televised competition
Police are warning motorists that traffic jams are likely during the Ride of Respect on Sunday when 10,000 bikers are expected in Wootton Bassett. The ride, in aid of charity Afghan Heroes, will come a year after an inaugural event in which an estimated
Burbage Pre-School will soon have a sensory garden, thanks to the demise of a neighbouring pre-school at East Grafton. The £687 funds from East Grafton Pre School, which closed last year, were presented to the Burbage group. East Grafton chairman Emma
The Wiltshire Air Ambulance charity shop in Devizes is to close on Saturday. Owner Mandy Spedding took the difficult decision to cease trading due to a combination of factors – a downturn in trade and a knee injury. Mrs Spedding opened the shop in Sidmouth
Teenage tearaway Jordan Sweetlove has been jailed for six months for a range of offences including theft, burglary and breach of an anti- social behaviour order. Father-of-one Sweetlove, 19, whose address was given as Falcon Road, Calne, was jailed
Great Western Ambulance Service (GWAS) has bowed to public pressure and will no longer use the money donated to the Wiltshire Air Ambulance Appeal to pay the wages of paramedics. From tomorrow GWAS will be responsible for paying the wages of the paramedics
An Army veteran from Melksham is in training to take part in a 350-mile bike ride to Paris for Help for Heroes. John Marable, 56, will take part in the Big Battlefield Bike Ride in June from the UK headquarters of Operation Overlord at Southwick Park
Eight people who are competing to be Devizes’ Biggest Loser in a competition to raise money for Help for Heroes will face the first weigh in on Sunday. The eight have received free gym membership at Route 2 Fitness, Hopton Industrial Estate
Health campaigners have spoken of their disappointment that the plans for a Primary Care Centre in Devizes have been dropped. NHS Wiltshire made the surprise announcement at a meeting of Devizes Area Board last week. A Primary Care Centre
A Chippenham Sure Start Centre will be passing over to new management tomorrow after four and a half years with Barnardo’s. Redland Sure Start, which opened in November 2004, has offered a range of free support to almost 3,000 parents, carers and children
Golfer Bill Leighfield’s wish that his ashes should be buried on Marlborough golf course are being honoured by town councillors, who could have ruled the internment was illegal. Mr Leighfield was a member of Marlborough Golf Club for more than 30 years
Regulars at a village pub near Devizes will have plenty to cheer about this flat racing season. For Steve Lamb, who runs The Crown at Bishops Cannings, has high hopes for his new racehorse which he has named after the Wadworth beer 6X. Mr Lamb bought
The roadside pub The Bell at Broad Hinton has reopened with a new name, The Barbury Inn, drawn from the nearby Barbury Castle racing stables. The new owners are Tiggi Wood and Charles Walker, who also own the Vine Tree at Norton, near Malmesbury. The
The listed Assize Courts building in Devizes has been described as a sleeping beauty just waiting to be rewoken. But the Georgian building needs a huge amount of work on it before it can be brought back into use. The Gazette & Herald was given a glimpse
