CHIPPENHAM Town have often rued their luck this season, but Lady Luck in the form of Mother Nature smiled on them today. Weymouth won the toss and chose to face the elements - but throughout the opening half the wind increased to near gale-force
Psychologists are expanding a programme to help provide social stimulation for older patients in Salisbury District Hospital and need more volunteers. The project involves volunteers visiting patients on wards and sitting and talking to them, using
A CALNE building firm called on students to help create its calendar and support Wiltshire Air Ambulance. More than 250 pupils from across John Bentley School entered the competition organised by Wilkins Builders, of Stainer Road, which asked the
The 6th Devizes Scout group has thanked staff and governors at The Trinity Primary School at Quakers Walk for allowing them a home base in the school hall. Scout leader Scott Coleman said of their first meeting: “We had our first night of the term
The Devizes and district Primary Schools Music Summer School will be held again this summer despite last year’s event being cancelled due to lack of interest. The week-long event will take place at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Devizes,
YOUNGSTERS at Great Bedwyn Primary School revived the Anglo Saxon tradition of wassailing on Monday evening to encourage their new orchard to grow. Class 5 planted the orchard in November as part of The Pippin Project, organised by the Pound Arts
Villagers in Derry Hill who have campaigned for the installation of two life-saving defibrillators celebrated with an official ceremony to show off the new equipment. The defibrillators have been installed in the telephone box on Church Road and
ASPIRING town criers in Royal Wootton Bassett saw their winning entries put on display at a prizegiving ceremony on Saturday. Winning youngsters saw their cries on various events mounted on scrolls in the Borough Fields library, and the two top
CHANGES to Marlborough fire station were outlined to the town council at a meeting on Monday night. Marlborough is one of the new hub stations, along with Devizes and Amesbury, where full-time firefighters from other stations in Wiltshire will
The quality of its sports provision has earned Devizes School a national accolade. It has become a gold partner school with the Youth Sport Trust, a charity that works to deliver sporting opportunities to young people. To become a gold partner
Farmer Alan Latham was crushed to death between a tractor and a trailer as he tried to carry out a repair, an inquest heard. A jury at Salisbury yesterday recorded a verdict of accidental death after hearing the 87-year-old was working alone at
A trip to Ypres brought the horrors of the First World War home for Corsham students as the nation prepares to mark the centenary of the start of the conflict. Year 9 students from The Corsham School visited the Belgian war graves last year, to
Long-awaited independent accommodation for the elderly is expected to be completed by the summer of 2015. Burnham House, a former 1970s nursing home in Malmesbury which has been vacant since 2008, will be pulled down in favour of 53 predominantly
Pewsey Carnival has had a new year clear out with the help of Marlborough company the Hills Group, which provided them with a skip free of charge. The skip was used to clear unsellable items from the Carnival and Community Store on Salisbury Road
A spring fair in Cherhill will raising money for the restoration and maintenance of the village church of St James, which is believed to date from the 12th century. The fair, at the village hall, will feature arts, crafts and jewellery. It
Young people from Pewsey, Upavon and Everleigh studying at Andover College will be able to get to classes with ease when a new subsidised bus service launches. From September, students in these villages can take the bus to college in the morning
