JAZZ Carlin missed out on a medal in the 400m freestyle despite lowering her own Welsh record at the European Short Course Swimming Championships this afternoon. The Swindonian was sixth in 4:00.92 in Denmark, just ahead of Swindon-born Hannah
A NIGHT of festive music is being held in Marlborough to kick-start fundraising for Tom Pound’s climb of Kilimanjaro in September. The 27-year-old father-of-two, who lives in the High Street, is raising money for the British Heart Foundation and
THE organisers of Devizes Carnival finished the financial year with reserves of just under £9,000, a reduction on the previous year of £3,781. At the AGM of Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Arts (DOCA), last Thursday, new artistic director Jo Beal warned
Youngsters from 1st Calne Scouts are running a Christmas card delivery service to raise money for an extension to the Scout hut at Quarr Barton. The group, which celebrated its centenary last year, has more than 100 members aged six to 18.
Over the decades, Mark Thomas has poked his nose into enough things to cause a politician to resign, arms deals to collapse, reform inheritance tax law, force the odd multi-national to clean up its act a little, and accidentally become the Guinness
DEVIZES florist Cathy Stockwell decided to spread some Christmas cheer by leaving a bouquet of flowers for someone to find. Mrs Stockwell took part in The Lonely Bouquet, an initiative by the British Florist Association. She left a bouquet
6:02pm Thanks for following Bluebirds Live this afternoon. We'll have more reaction from this afternoon's defeat to Hemel Hempstead, build-up to next week's game at Bashley and more Chippenham Town news in this Thursday's
TWO men have been charged with armed robbery following an incident at a Calne petrol station in August. The robbery, at the Murco shop on Oxford Road, took place at around 9.30pm on Tuesday, August 27. Police have CCTV images of two males entering
PLANS for a new sports hall at St Mary’s School in Calne have been given the go-ahead despite concerns over its impact on neighbouring houses and a cemetery. The private boarding school, for girls aged 11 to 18, is to get a new sports hall built
A mother and member of staff at St John’s School, Marlborough, has died aged 54 after a long battle with cancer. Alison Jane Saddler, known as Ali, died at home with her daughter Florence at her side on Sunday, December 8. Tributes in her memory
The director of Kandu Arts in Chippenham is hoping to beat Lily Allen to the top spot in the charts this Christmas. The organisation’s young people have recorded a Christmas single, to be released on iTunes and Spotify on Monday. It features
SHELLEY Rudman continued her steady start to the World Cup season b y finishing sixth in Lake Placid last night. The Pewsey slider, fourth in the opening two rounds at Calgary and Park City, finished a total of 0.85 seconds behind the winner, American
CHRISTMASFEST is returning to Marlborough at 7.30pm on December 21. The second annual event will feature music from various performers including Marlborough Community Choir, Mother’s Jam, Skedaddle and NewQuay Times, who are playing for free.
Chippenham Mayor Sylvia Gibson found herself stuck for choice when picking the competition winners for the town’s Christmas window competition this year. Coun Gibson spent a morning admiring festive shop windows before choosing five whose displays
PUPILS from Cherhill Primary School’s Sing-Up Group shared festive tunes with shoppers at a Sainsbury’s sampling evening last week. Thirty-three children from the school sang a mix of Christmas songs at the evening in Chippenham on last Wednesday
A popular Box-based charity is appealing for runners to help ensure its fifth anniversary celebration gets off to a head start. More than 100 runners in this year’s Bath Half Marathon raised £28,000 for Jamie’s Farm. It provides residential
Community groups were allocated £4,635 at a Calne Area Board meeting on Tuesday night. The money, agreed by Wiltshire councillors, went to Calne Town Council, the Calne Community Area Partnership and Calne FC. The town council was awarded £3,335
More than 100,000 festive lights adorn a house near Malmesbury to raise funds for Epilepsy Research UK. Crowds have been flocking to the home of Michaela Swadling Stickler in Charlton who has turned her garden and house into a winter wonderland
A community has united to create a £50,000 pre-school building just six months after plans were first suggested. Volunteers, local organisations, families and fundraisers gathered at the site of the new Walter Powell Pre-school serving Great Somerford
