Pewsey firm Arlington Packaging has helped the Royal Navy provide emergency aid to the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. Following requests from the UK’s Department for International Development, emergency drinking water specialists, Arlington
A review of policing in England and Wales by a former head of the Metropolitan Police has been criticised by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon, Angus Macpherson. The Independent Police Commission, chaired by Lord Stevens
Children’s character Stick Man is being used to create a special adventure trail at Westonbirt Arboretum this winter to encourage children and families to get out and about. The trail, inspired by the Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler character
A rare collection of 1960s Dinky cars are to go under the hammer in Chippenham on Saturday. The collection surfaced as a result of a recent Women’s Institute event and is valued at £500-£800 due to the condition of the toys, many of them still
A female driver was kicked and had her car keys thrown into a hedge during an altercation with a cyclist. The driver, aged in her 40s from Pewsey, was travelling in her van on the road between Pewsey and Devizes, close to Stanton St Bernard, at
A man accused of burgling a house in Royal Wootton Bassett has had his curfew altered so he can attend Christian reading classes. Paul Christian is said to have stolen a TV, laptop, a set of keys, cigarettes and other items during the alleged raid
Wiltshire's gritter fleet is prepared for what many are predicting as one of the worst UK winters for decades. Gritting lorries have been out on the county's roads already, to deal with ice, and all 48 of Wiltshire Council’s gritters and snow ploughs
A woman who had her purse stolen in a Devizes supermarket was shocked to discover that her bank card been used for transactions totalling around £2,500 within hours. The victim, a woman in her sixties from Pewsey, had been shopping in Morrisons
Hundreds of schoolchildren waving flags welcomed Prince Charles to Sherston today. The prince officially opened the Sherston Old School Project, a grade two listed building which used to be the old school building. It stood empty from 2005
Safe Drive Stay Alive presentations will be held at Marlborough College on Thursday. The three shows will be seen by more than 500 Year 11 and 12 students from the college, St John’s Academy in Marlborough, and John Bentley and St Mary’s Schools
The Orchestra of St John’s and OSJ Voices present Handel’s Messiah at Malmesbury Abbey on Saturday, December 7 at 7.30pm. OSJ, which has performed Messiah for 40 years, has gathered together a host of singing and musical talent for the performance
PEWSEY Vale made it six league wins on the trot as they claimed a 2-0 win at home to Andover New Street in Sydenhams League Division One on Saturday. Lewis Taylor's side, unbeaten in the division since the opening day of the season in August, got
A second man has admitted taking part in a robbery at Deacons Jewellers in Marlborough Leroy Green pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared at Swindon Crown Court by video link from prison on Friday. The 35-year-old admitted his involvement
Dorothy House Hospice Care is giving people the opportunity to celebrate the lives of loved ones by dedicating a light to shine in their memory on a Christmas tree in its grounds in Winsley. Part of the annual Light up a Life initiative, which
A wildlife rescue centre is appealing for financial help to make its dreams of an animal hospital and education centre in the Malmesbury area a reality. Planning permission for the proposed facility was approved by Wiltshire Council earlier this
Students at Chippenham's Abbeyfield school are looking for unsung heroes in the community to inspire them in an art project. They want to paint personalised portraits of people deserving recognition for good deeds. A spokesman for the secondary
Prince Charles will be on home ground today when he visits the village of Sherston, miles from his Highgrove home in Tetbury. This morning he will meet the villagers behind a £900,000 restoratifroon of a Grade II listed schoolhouse. He will
