The brakes have been put on a project to introduce more cycle racks in the High Street because of concerns about their location. During the first meeting of the new town council Ann Yates, from Transition Marlborough, discussed placing the racks
Burbage and Easton Royal Cricket Club has undergone a mini-makeover thanks to a grant from Charlie’s Charity. The club received £1,000 from the sports charity, which was set up in memory of 18-year-old Charlie Lamb who was killed in a car crash
Former Pewsey Vale School pupil Jessica Johnson is leaping towards a bright future as a dancer after bagging herself a place at a top London dance school. The 19-year-old has been dancing for three years and in September she will be moving to London
Key Stage 3 girls from the Corsham School were given an amazing opportunity to become ball girls at the semi-final of the Netball superleague. TeamBath had finished top of their group and the pupils were selected to be ball girls for the Bath University
Devizes Guardians have attempted to draw a line under the fallout of the resignation of mayor elect Jim Gudgeon but ill-feeling among other councillors remains. Mr Gudgeon, a Conservative, resigned a few days after he was re-elected a town councillor
Wiltshire Council’s cabinet has approved plans to axe 340 full-time posts which the authority said were needed to make minimum savings of £4million in staffing costs this year. Coun Stuart Wheeler, cabinet member for human resources, on the Conservative-led
Malmesbury estate agent David Rogers has turned detective to find out if Winston Churchill spent a night in the town – and wants your help. Mr Rogers, of Lockstones Estate Agents, is used to researching properties, but the sale of The Birches,
Thousands of visitors took a look at life in the slow lane when Castle Combe race circuit played host to a two-day steam and vintage rally at the weekend. Instead of cars hurtling around the track at speeds of up to 160mph, there were steam vehicles
The streets of Royal Wootton Bassett were once again lined with hundreds of revellers as the annual carnival took place this weekend. There was entertainment and a feel-good atmosphere as the sun came out to mark the beginning of the parade through
Hope for Tomorrow, the charity which put the world’s first mobile chemotherapy unit on the road in Gloucestershire six years ago, is visiting Malmesbury this week. The unit, operated by NHS staff and maintained by Hope for Tomorrow, allows patients
More than 200 embroiderers from across the region descended on St John’s School in Marlborough for the South West Regional Festival hosted by the Marlborough and District Embroiderers’ Guild. Members representing 18 guilds enjoyed a lecture on
Enries are now open for the 2013 running of the Kennet Kanter ten-mile trail run. Competitors will line up at the start at the Wharf at 10.30am on Sunday, June 16. Registration remains at Devizes Leisure Centre and runners will then have to
As part of national Science and Engineering week, Grittleton House School students put their skills to the test to design an shelter for those in the aftermath of an earthquake. In a challenge set by educational organisation, STEM South-West, the
A world of exotic creatures at Lackham is allowing students first-hand experience of animal care. And on Sunday, Wiltshire College opened the doors of its animal centre to the public. About 700 visitors grabbed the chance to see and handle
Some celebrate their birthday by taking in a show or flying abroad for a city break, but this year the Queen spent hers watching thoroughbred horses being trained. The Queen has been a passionate horse owner and breeder for much of her 60
This year’s Devizes and Roundway in Bloom awards will recognise gardening heroes who goes out of their way to make their community looking pretty. Zena Robson, chairman of the Bloom committee, said: “If you have a neighbour who not only tends their
Dwindling numbers have forced Corsham Rotary Club to fold at the end of the month, but the annual Corsham 10k run it organises has been saved. The club, which meets at the Methuen Arms, has been raising funds for good causes in the town for 35
Organisers have cancelled this year’s Avebury Rocks festival but promise that it will return in 2014. The fundraising event, which involves a 20-mile walk followed by an evening concert on the village sports ground, has been running for two years
Ice queen Shelley Rudman has taken a break from skeleton bob training to visit Right to Play projects in Tanzania. The world champion, from Pewsey, is an Athlete Ambass-ador for the charity that uses the power of play to educate children facing
Independant businesses in Devizes are getting together to ensure an upcoming travel fair reflects the best the town has to offer. Devizes is noted for the number and range of its small, independent firms and June Allan of Travelwise and Coffeewise
Sainsbury's has donated plants to Frogwell School in Chippenham to give a boost to a gardening club it helped to set up two years ago. Many of the primary school’s seven to nine-year-olds meet weekly to work in the gardens. Frogwell has been
Families and gardening enthusiasts flocked to the eighth Rowdeford Garden Fair on Sunday. Almost 1,000 visitors attended and bought plants from the 20 or so nurseries that had stalls. The event is in the grounds of Rowdeford School, Rowde,
Concerns have been raised that inconsiderate drivers are putting the lives of pupils at risk at St John’s School, Marlborough, by parking in taxi bays. There are parking bays marked as ‘loading for taxis and coaches only’ but companies on Wiltshire
