There's a buzz around Marlborough thanks to the introduction of bee-friendly flowers in Lawrence Acre. Work started last autumn when volunteers of Climate Pledge, a branch of Transit-ion Marlborough, started digging the patches after being given
Wiltshire Council has accepted 228 applications for voluntary redundancy from their staff. In total, during the first phase of £4m cost cutting process, the council received 327 submissions from people offering to leave with 99 being rejected.They
CHIPPENHAM Town ran out 2-0 winners as they were given a stern workout by spirited Toolstation League outfit Bristol Manor Farm at Hardenhuish Park this afternoon. Nathan Rudge's Bluebirds, who again fielded a side made up of triallists and regular
Climbers from Ramsbury took on a challenge to scale the equivalent of the highest mountain in Ghana, Mount Afadjato, during the village’s annual street fair. Ramsbury High Street was closed on July 6 for the fair which included a 30ft climbing
Judges from South West in Bloom were impressed by what Devizes had to offer when they visited the town last week. Glorious sunshine made a change to rain on previous visits and the judges, Martin Ford and Ian Thompson, were taken on a three-hour
THE Kings Arms in Calne has been placed on the market for £399,000. The High Street pub is a Grade II listed building with a courtyard, terrace and conservatory, open fireplaces and a commercial kitchen. Specialist property adviser Christie
The owners of the former St Peter’s Primary School in Bath Road, Devizes, are preparing to submit plans to build houses on the site. The school closed at Easter last year and owners, the Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education, has been unable to
Sizzling sunshine over Sherston ensured the success of the village’s popular annual boules and carnival competition. Families and boules competitors descended on the village near Malmesbury over the weekend for what is deemed to have been the most
A steam-up of engines built by the Devizes company Brown and May attracted a large and enthusiastic crowd. Thirteen out of the company’s 16 full-size wheeled steam engines that remain in the UK were on show at Devizes Trailer Cen-tre, London Road
MOST shots that bend off line are caused by hitting across the golf ball in some manner. By matching the shape of your swing both in the back swing and the through swing you will reduce the amount of hitting across the golf ball. For example
Just 18 months after launching, Aldbourne Band’s training band is celebrating success and has named cornet player Dan Smith most improved player. It performed at the Pond Concerts last month and a crowd of more than 400 people were wowed by the
Music legend Georgie Fame officially opened the Marlborough Jazz Festival last night with hundreds of people gathering outside the Castle and Ball for the launch of the weekend event. Kick-starting one of the UK’s biggest Jazz Festivals were the
Car enthusiasts were revved up for Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum’s 11th annual classic vehicle show last weekend, which attracted more than 300 exhibitors. The show, at the Calne museum, included a tractor section, a classic and vintage cars area.
Simples steps were the route to success for Corsham’s ABC nursery, which has been praised in an Ofsted inspection. The nursery, which employs 15 members of staff and cares for around 90 children, was deemed ‘good’ four years ago but has moved up
New activities and the sun helped Derry Hill fete attract about 500 people. Peter Prater, chairman of the fete, said: “People seemed to be having a good time. “This year we made some effort to introduce new activities. The biggest one was the
