A PACY and vibrant Bradford backline set up their victory over Devizes 2nd. Captain Matty Holloran’s penalty was the hosts’ only score of the first period as Bradford built up a 21-3 lead, but they fared better after the break. Tim Alchin went
A £5,000 reward is being offered by Marlborough councillors Stewart and Marian Dobson for the safe return of the mayoral chains stolen from the town hall. The chains are worth an estimated £130,000 and were taken from the town hall between 7.30pm
A STRONG performance ended without reward for Bassett in their Southern Counties North clash. The home side got off to the perfect start, young centre Tucker Blinkhorn bursting through defensive line to cross under the posts and David Hogg converting
INJURIES cost Devizes as they slipped to defeat in South West One East against Grove. The Saddlebacks were in control at 12-3 ahead before scrum-half and captain Tom Collins, tighthead prop Chris Lewis and second row Damon Murphy stalled their
October is national Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Swindon’s Great Western Hospital will be raising awareness of breast cancer care by hosting an online Q&A session on Twitter on Monday. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK
MINETY went second in Dorset & Wilts One North after a storming first half performance. The pack got things off to a fine start with a well-worked catch and drive from an attacking lineout, number eight Jack Ward breaking from the back to power
WITH more than 30 players unavailable Pewsey had to call off their second team fixture to put all effort into the trip to Fairford. Leaking seven converted tries without reply in the first 40 minutes Vale had to dig deep for the second half.
CORSHAM built on the momentum gained from the previous week’s win over Swanage & Wareham with a fine Southern Counties South triumph in Bath. Under the watchful eye of international referee Tony Spreadbury, Corsham’s set-piece dominance allowed
MARLBOROUGH head coach Chris Budgen was welcomed back in fine style as his side romped to another maximum-points victory in Dorset & Wilts Two North. Former Northampton and Exeter prop Budgen returned from a trip to Canada with the Army, as
A Calne man has been ordered to register as a sex offender after admitting a string of offences. Anthony Sheen pleaded guilty to eight counts of sexual assault when he appeared at Swindon Crown Court this week. The 53-year-old admitted carrying
A 29-year-old teacher is to face trial by jury accused of abusing his position of trust to commit sex offences on four teenage girls. Alexander Thomas, a former teacher at The Corsham School, pleaded not guilty to all five charges when he appeared
A ten-year-old girl died from Colerne after suddenly losing control on a ski slope and crashing head first into a tree at high-speed on a holiday in the Alps, an inquest heard. Experienced skier Jemima Prees was on the slopes in the Austrian Tyrol
Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is finalising contingency plans to cope with a further strike by firefighters this weekend. The Fire Brigades’ Union (FBU) has announced a second strike date of Saturday, October 19, as part of its on-going national
The number of patients missing outpatient appointments has dropped by 35 per cent since the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust introduced its new telephone reminder service in August. This equated to 260 appointments in the first week
EX-CHIPPENHAM Town manager Nathan Rudge has returned to football as player-coach at Taunton Town. Rudge, 34, stepped down as Bluebirds boss in the first week of the season but signed for Calor League Division One South & West Taunton last Friday
HAVANA Gold will transfer from Everleigh handler Richard Hannon to Mikel Delzangles for his final racecourse appearance in Australia before he is retired to Tweenhills Stud in Gloucestershire. The Prix Jean Prat winner, who was also fourth in the
A TYLER Sibbick penalty condemned Melksham Town to a narrow defeat at the hands of title-chasers Larkhall Athletic last night. Former Corsham Town and Calne Town man Sibbick fired home from the spot in the second period to see off Darren Perrin's
An inquest will resume today into the death of 10-year-old Jemima Prees who died while skiing off-piste in the Austrian Alps. Jemima is believed to have crashed head first into a tree as she enjoyed the slopes with her lawyer father Tim and brother
A harvest event celebrating the giving of voluntary time, rather than the giving of food, has been held in Marlborough. School governors, girl guides, Link scheme drivers and fundraisers for Cancer Research UK and Mencap were among those at the
A pair of gates have been put up at a village near Chippenham to remind drivers to slow down in the 40mph zone, where one speedster was clocked going at 74mph. The action has been taken as a result of about 1,500 drivers exceeding the limit in
