The body of a man missing from the Avon area was found hanging in a barn in Gastard on Saturday. The man was found in the barn shortly after midday by Wiltshire Police officers. The death is not being treated as suspicious. The man was reported
CHIPPENHAM Town have snapped up midfielder Harley Purnell from Yate Town. The 24-year-old, who can also operate at right-back, will link up with former team-mate Tom Knighton, who made the switch to the Bluebirds from FA Cup giant-killers Yate
THE Guide Dogs for the Blind Association will benefit from a companion dog show being held in Devizes this month. The annual event will take place on The Green on Sunday, June 16, with entries registering from 11am and judging starting at noon.
The High Sheriff of Wiltshire, William Wyldbore-Smith, has opened Wiltshire Probation’s new award-winning headquarters office building in Marshfield Road, Chippenham. The plaque unveiling ceremony was performed by the High Sheriff alongside Probation
CHIPPENHAM Town defender Alex Kite has signed for Mangotsfield United. The 24-year-old defender, who first came to the Bluebirds on loan from Bristol Rovers in November 2008, has followed in the footsteps of Ashley Williams, who also moved to the
Glyn Woolley, chairman of Corsham-based Coombe Castle International, has been given a lifetime achievement award by one of the British cheese industry’s leading bodies. The British Cheese Board made the award to Mr Woolley, whose company is a specialist
Malmesbury nature reserve Lower Moor Farm is inviting visitors for an open day this weekend to celebrate Wiltshire’s farming heritage. Lower Moor Farm is owned by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and combines wildlife and farming. Neil Pullen, reserve
Farmers from the Marlborough Downs enjoyed a pint of their own limited edition beer to mark the first year of their conservation project. Marlborough Downs Nature Improvement Area toasted a successful first year after the farmers commissioned a
A team of eight bell ringers met at St Mary’s Church, Calne, to send a message of celebration across the town on the anniversary of the Queen’s coronation. The ringers, who began at 9.30am on Saturday, rang a peal lasting three hours and 24 minutes
