A PLANNING application has been submitted to convert a field barn into tourist accommodation. The barn at Equestria Farm, Berhills Lane, Sells Green, dates back to the late 18th or early 19th century and was used as both an animal shelter, cart
The Corsham School has been awarded an International School Award from the British Council, in recognition of its work exploring other languages and cultures. International Schools coordinator Miriam Wharf said: “We got the intermediate award,
PLANS are already under way for Corsham’s next Repair Café, after the success of the first event on Saturday. A total of 20 people brought along broken household and electrical items to the Pound Arts Centre, where a team of experts helped with
The fourth Devizes Comedy night at the Corn Exchange last Friday has been hailed as a great success by promoters Mark and Emma Cann. The gig, featuring Charlie Baker, Piff the Magic Dragon and The Boy With Tape On His Face, was sold out. Mr
The Wiltshire Air Ambulance was despatched to Marlborough just before midnight last night (Sat) to help a man in his late 60s who suffered a cardiac arrest. The emergency happened just as the first of the town's two annual Mop Fairs, held on consecutive
A section of New Park Street in Devizes remains cordoned off by police today following reports of a stabbing in the early hours. Police at the scene this morning remain tight lipped, saying it was an on-going investigation. It is understood
Devizes Town Council have given its approval for the design of lamposts to be installed on The Green. Wiltshire Council is putting lighting in when it upgrades the footpath across The Green to became a cycleway and footpath. Town councillors
VETERINARY nurse Sarah Cannings did a parachute jump to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK in memory of her grandma. Miss Cannings, 33, of Rowde, did the jump from 11,000 feet at Netheravon Airfield on Saturday. Her grandma, Joan Cannings
MARLBOROUGH may have to wave goodbye to its Girl Guide group if volunteer leaders don’t come forward. The group is run by Diane Shepherd with the help of her daughter Becca Wingate but the pair are stepping down at Christmas because of a change
YOUNGSTERs in Minety will be getting their hands dirty as preparations get underway to create a garden for the Royal Horticultural Society’s spring show in 2014. Sue Hodgson Jones, the RHS’s education officer, visited Mintey Pre-school to talk
PUPILS at the Springfields Academy will be coached by three ex-professional rugby players to help them face competitors at the first national special school’s rugby tournament next year. The academy is a specialist sports college and has championed
A TEACHING assistant will swap her onesie for hiking gear when she treks through the Grand Canyon in aid of children’s charities. A onesie party was just one of the fundraising events organised by mother-of-two Claire Sparrowhawk, 32, of Upper
