MARK Collier became Chippenham Town’s third manager of the season last night. The former Swindon Supermarine boss was handed the reins at Hardenhuish Park, less than a week after the sacking of previous incumbent Steve Winter, after the Bluebirds
MP Claire Perry has shown her support for this year’s Movember fundraiser by becoming a MoSista with a brand new fake moustache. Movember was started by just two patients and has grown over the last five years into a global movement raising more
Mother-of-two Karen Archard, whose body was found in Sainsbury’s car park, Chippenham, died from burns and shock after setting fire to herself, an inquest decided today. The body of Ms Archard, 52, from Westcroft, Chippenham, was found at about
Law firm Thrings is helping to build team spirit by sponsoring the Under 10s team at Marlborough RFC. The firm’s sponsorship means the team now has new kit, a match flag and gazebo. Fiona Kellow, head of Thrings’ private client department,
A scheme to build 125 homes in Calne, on land south of Abberd Lane, has been rejected after objections by residents and Calne Town Council. The outline plans by developer Robert Hitchins Limited have been refused by Wiltshire Council because they
FORMER Corsham player Craig Miles will develop his potential as a fast bowler with the Potential England Performance Programme this winter. Miles, from Purton, joins Somerset’s Craig Overton, Glamorgan’s Mike Reed, Northamptonshire’s Olly Stone
Money raised by a lottery club at the Moonrakers pub in Devizes has been presented to Wiltshire Air Ambulance to mark the departure of landlord Russell Allinson. The Moonrakers Lotto Club was set up three years ago and customers at the Nursteed
The funeral of David Smith, rugby assessor and president of the Somerset Rugby Football Union, will be held tomorrow in Malmesbury Abbey. Mr Smith, 59, who lived with his long-term partner Michele Kennedy in Sutton Benger and ran his own accountancy
Christina Gregory, 28, of Longcroft Road, Devizes, was fined £112 and had four penalty points put on her driving licence by magistrates in Salisbury after she admitted driving a vehicle without due care and attention in Estcourt Street on June 17.
Arsenal fan Jake Duckett met his idols when he was mascot for one of the Gunners’ recent games. Jake, ten, was chosen at random from more than 30,000 young Arsenal fans who are members of the junior supporters’ club. He was the mascot in Arsenal
Former Devizes artist Joanna May, whose work has been displayed at some of the most prestigious venues in the country, returns to home ground this week when she speaks on the animals which inspire her work. Her talk, From Hares To Bears, is at
CHIPPENHAM Town board members will meet tonight and are expected to rubber-stamp the appointment of Mark Collier as the new manager at Hardenhuish Park. Collier and former Swindon Town midfielder Tom Jones, who is poised to join as his assistant
A major £1.4 million revamp of the Great Western Hospital’s accident and emergency department will be finished by Christmas – five months ahead of schedule. The makeover was due to stop over the winter and resume in May. But the refurbishment,
Mum Elizabeth Duffin and her teen daughter Courtney braved a headshave to raise £650 for the children’s oncology ward at Bristol Hospital at the weekend. Miss Duffin, 46, has been struck by cervical cancer three times and was delighted when her
