Last year’s Pewsey Vale school leavers were welcomed back for the annual presentation evening. The evening was an opportunity to congratulate the students who passed their GCSEs in the summer which included some year 11s who took exams a year early
Girls from a Marlborough Guide unit have been working hard to prepare a little extra help for local wildlife in winter and earn some badges. The 2nd Marlborough unit used sticks and recycled plastic bottles to make home made bird feeders. The
IT has been a dull, rather dreary sort of a week. On Thursday evening the dismal weather theme continued with 5mm of rain falling overnight. It has, however, been unseasonably mild, with a daybreak temperature of 11.4 C as I write. Last weekend
Sixth formers at Devizes School are to receive help to improve their prospects of work or further education in a new mentoring scheme jointly funded by the school and Devizes Area Board. The scheme follows a successful pilot started about 18 months
A charity concert at Marlborough College is bringing together three of the region’s most popular choirs. Salisbury’s Evolution Show Choir, Marlborough Community Choir and H Club Octet from Bristol’s Great Western Chorus will sing a variety of well-loved
Marlborough’s festive celebrations will have a Mexican twist again this year with the return of Las Posadas, a 25-day procession of knitted nativity figures along the High Street. Las Posadas symbolises Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter in Bethlehem
A little rain didn't dampen the festive spirit at Pewsey's Christmas lights switch-on yesterday evening. Pewswey villagers crowded together in the Market Place, around the King Alfred Statue, to see Carnival Queen Katie Hogg have the honour of
There was a buzz about Busy Bees Nursery last week as it celebrated its 30th year. Chippenham toddlers joined those at Busy Bees’ other 212 nurseries across the country by dressing up as bees at a tea party. The 15 staff and 17 children were
A team of seven hardworking volunteers have been recognised for their dedication in helping parents around Corsham. The group, aged 24 to 54, all work at the Barnado’s Sure Start Children’s Centre in Kings Avenue, and have given more than 600 hours
An accredited Wiltshire metal detectorist club has hit out at the vandals who are believed to have damaged Lacock Cricket Club. The club’s pitch has been repeatedly dug up overnight, with police blaming treasure hunters with metal detectors, but
Churches in The Oldbury Benefice will welcome a new assistant priest, the Rev Linda Dytham, next year. Miss Dytham is a self-supporting minister attached to the Savernake team, with particular links to Burbage, and works part-time at the Haine
Children at a Chippenham school have been experiencing a day in the life of an evacuated child. St Peter’s primary school took part in a Dig for Victory day as part of a World War Two history project. The seven to eight-year-olds used an authentic
