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  • Chippenham model eyes talent votes

    Leila Giddings, 19, has been selected out of 4,000 applicants as a finalist in a national competition searching for new modelling talent. Miss Giddings, of Bishop Close, Pewsham, Chippenham, is one of just 160 finalists in the country. She is asking

  • Potato paradise at Pewsey Vale Gardening Club fair

    It was another successful year for the Pewsey Vale Gardening Club’s annual potato fair, with more than 150 visitors passing through the doors of the Bouverie Hall on Sunday. Visitors were spoilt for choice with around 80 varieties of spuds on sale

  • Scrapheap challenge won by Corsham Cubs

    Cubs from the 1st Corsham Scout Group have won the annual District Cubs Scrapheap Challenge, beating other teams from Wiltshire North. The event is given a theme, which is announced on the day itself, and the cubs are given an 90 minutes to come

  • FAMILY: Should parents take children on holiday in term time?

    A subject which has exercised much debate among parents over the last week or so is taking holidays during term time, writes FIONA SCOTT. This was brought into the spotlight again when a couple from Shropshire were fined more than £900 for taking

  • Scaffolding goes up around Chippenham church

    Scaffolding has gone up outside St Paul's Church in Chippenham as the building is being reroofed. A church spokesman said: "It has reached the point where it either had to be repaired or we would have to start issuing buckets to the congregation

  • Your chance for say on new Chippenham bus shelters

    It's your chance to have a say on where new bus shelter should be put in Chippenham. The town council has issued a questionnaire for local residents to complete to help gauge where there is a need for more shelters. Responsibility for providing

  • Swiss join Red Arrows for Fairford Air Tattoo celebration

    The Swiss Air Force has ensured the Red Arrows won’t be the only aerobatic display team celebrating an aviation landmark at this summer’s Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford on July 11-13. It has announced plans to send their aerobatic

  • Man breached order to demand £125k from estranged wife

    A man breached a restraining order by contacting his estranged wife first thing in the morning to demand she hand over £125,000. Bob Turner, 55, was banned from contacting his ex at that time as a result of a violent incident in 2011 where he was

  • Abbeyfield School does well in GCSE and A-level league tables

    Abbeyfield School in Chippenham has performed well in this year’s league table coming in the top 30 schools in Wiltshire for both GCSE and A-levels. The school was ranked 26th within Wiltshire for its GCSE scores and 58 per cent of pupils gained

  • Chippenham man pleads not guilty to sex offences

    A man is to face trial by judge and jury accused of sexual assault and burglary with intent to commit a sex offence. Matthew Robinson is said to have committed the two alleged offences in Chippenham on Saturday, October 19. Robinson, 27, pleaded

  • Bromham family fun day to boost Asthma UK

    Mum Melanie Metcalfe is hoping a family fun day and nearly-new sale in Bromham will help raise vital funds for Asthma UK. The Melksham woman has organised the event on Saturday, February 15 in honour of your young daughter, who suffered from the

  • RACING: King aims Valdez towards Cheltenham

    BARBURY Castle trainer Alan King is targeting a tilt at the Arkle Trophy for Valdez after he made it three from three over fences in Saturday's Lightning Novices' Chase at Doncaster. The Exeter and Newbury winner was sent off favourite for the

  • FOOTBALL ROUND-UP: Hat-trick hero Woodford canes Keynsham

    BOOKER Woodford hit a hat-trick as Corsham Town got back to winning ways at Keynsham Town last weekend. Striker Woodford took his tally for the season to seven goals in eleven appearances as he found the net three times, with Ryan Tyrell also on

  • Box in line for superfast broadband, Corsham Area Board told

    Box will follow Neston and Lacock in being connected to superfast broadband. Wiltshire Council has been working with BT as part of a multi-million pound contact to improve services in rural areas, which aims to see 91 per cent of premises in the

  • Wiltshire crews called to Chippenham pub fire

    Fire crews from across Wiltshire were called to a tackle a fire in a flat above a Chippenham pub this morning. Five fire engines from Chippenham, Corsham and Calne were called to the Sir Audley Arms in Audley Road at 1.22am, after a fire broke

  • Red phone box seen jogging along Wiltshire lanes

    Farmers on Salisbury Plain, near Devizes, have been astonished over the last few weeks to see what looks like an old-fashioned red phone box jogging along farm tracks. In fact, it is Sid Keyte, 43, training to run the London Marathon attached to