CHIPPENHAM Town have another plum pre-season friendly to add to their summer calendar after it was confirmed an Exeter City XI will travel to Hardenhuish Park on Wednesday, July 31 (7.45pm). The fixture takes place three days before the beginning
Two men in their 30s are being sought following a burglary in Highgrove Close, Calne, at lunchtime today. Police believe the men forced their way into a studio flat at 12.05pm and stole several watches, including a Rolex watch, and tobacco belonging
Team mates from wine company Octavian are training hard for the White Horse Challenge. The annual event, sponsored by the Gazette & Herald and sister paper the Wiltshire Times, is on July 6 and 7 and is in aid of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance
Devizes Festival is nothing if not eclectic and there is music on the programme for every taste. They have achieved quite a coup in getting the Henry Girls, fast becoming one of the most talked about folk/roots acts to come out of Ireland in the
Alexandra Dariescu is the latest up-and-coming classical musician to cut their teeth at Devizes Festival. Pianist Miss Dariescu, who last visited Devizes in 2009, will return to give a recital at the town hall on June 18, just two weeks after her
Nicolas Christian Luffman, 46, of Mayenne Place, Devizes, has been charged with making a false bomb threat. He has been released on bail and is due to appear at Salisbury Magistrates Court on June 11.
A popular course on debt prevention is to run again in Chippenham as people say they need tactics to cope with the age of austerity. Sheldon Road Methodist Church, which has members trained by UK charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP), is planning
CHIPPENHAM ASC swimmers Jack Cook, Matt Cruse, Peter Holden, Matt Hare and Henry Moore were the second fastest team in the country in the 2013 Swimathon, raising money for Marie Curie Cancer Care. A total of 1674 teams entered the team relay with
CHIPPENHAM Redbacks claimed their second Welsh ARFL League victory of the season with a comprehensive victory over Vale Warriors in Barry 26-23-189 to 6-10-46. Starting at a frantic pace, Liam Ralp scored the first two goals of the match with Chris
Police treated the bomb threat at Mayenne Place as a major incident after a man they arrested said there might be explosives at his flat. A 46-year-old local man was arrested on suspicion of threats to commit criminal damage shortly after 1pm yesterday
RACING legends Kauto Star and Denman will appear at this year's Barbury International Eventing and Show in July (4-7). The star duo, former winners of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, will appear on Sunday, July 7, the culmination of the four-day event
The oldest pre-school in Chippenham celebrated its 50th anniversary at the weekend. Pewsham Preschool has been going so long that some of its staff attended as toddlers themselves. Supervisor Janet Croft, whose own mum was a helper when she
Families evacuated from flats in Mayenne Place, Devizes, yesterday following fears of possible explosives in a neighbouring property were told they could return at around 11.30pm last night. They had been given a temporary home in the former register
