Roadshows to help advise sports clubs on how to access funding to improve their facilities and attract more members are being held next month. Modernising and refurbishing clubhouse buildings, creating new sports surfaces and providing outdoor
MARLBOROUGH are through to the last eight of a national Vase competition for the second time in two seasons as they reached the South West Junior Vase final on Saturday. Chris Budgen's men will travel to Gloucester side Longlevens on February 22
The star of gardening series Grow Your Own Drugs is coming to Wiltshire College Lackham to talk to aspiring horticulturalists. Botanist and BBC presenter James Wong will visit on Thursday, February 13, the only place in Wiltshire he is visiting
Devizes NHS Treatment Centre has passed a national quality audit with flying colours. The centre, in Marshall Road, received a routine inspection from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent regulator of all health and social care services
A public exhibition is to be staged on Wednesday into revised development proposals for the Blounts Court Nursery site in Studley, near Calne. The exhibition, at the Lansdowne Hall in Derry Hill from 4pm to 7pm, has been organised by the trustees
Legendary Welsh singer and coach on BBC One’s The Voice, Sir Tom Jones, will be opening this summer’s Larmer Tree Festival. He will be performing on the main stage on the opening evening of the 24th festival, which is being held in the stunning
The Castle & Ball hotel in Marlborough has reopened, days after being closed because of a virus among guests. It shut on Tuesday afternoon and reopened on Friday, after a thorough clean. A spokesperson for the Castle & Ball refused
BOSS Mark Collier wants to bring Luke Hopper back to Chippenham Town and is playing the waiting game as the striker awaits international clearance. Former Swindon Supermarine and Hungerford Town man Hopper, 24, had a spell at Hardenhuish Park back
Devizes and Marlborough fundraising branch of the RNLI has its AGM on Thursday, February 20, at 7.30pm in the Bear Hotel, Devizes. The branch will reveal how much was raised last year and some of its plans for 2014. Anyone interested in joining
Never leave lit candles and oil burners unattended, Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is warning after a fire on Saturday. Two crews from Salisbury were called to a flat in Kings Road, where smoke alarms were sounding. An investigation found
Irresponsible parking by employees at Dyson was the main concern raised at a presentation given by the company about its expansion plans. Robert Hill, a project manager for the firm, explained the plans to members of the town council planning committee
While Dyson is keen to take on 3,000 more engineers and designers, the firm has also expressed concern at the shortfall of engineers in the UK and that it may be impossible to recruit such numbers. “Britain has an acute shortage of engineers which
Malmesbury is buzzing after the announcement of Dyson’s proposed multi-million pound expansion, bringing thousands more jobs, but there are concerns over increased congestion and housing development. The firm announced its £250m expansion plans
Britpop pioneers Suede are to play at Westonbirt Arboretum in July as part of the Forestry Commission’s Forest Live concert series. Suede bounded onto the British music scene with the eponymous No. 1 debut album released in 1993 that sold over
IN ONE of the few local games to survive last weekend's wet weather, Chippenham Park notched up a second successive victory as they took the derby spoils at near neighbours Calne Town. Mark Robinson gave Dave Ferris' visitors the lead, firing home
Concern about the quality of road repairs, including potholes, carried out by Wiltshire Council has been raised. At a meeting of Devizes Town Council’s planning committee, Coun Roger Giraud-Saunders said: “There was a pothole at the end of London
Devizes Town Council has agreed to calls by residents of Queens Road to extend double yellow lines to improve safety for motorists and pedestrians. As a result of meetings with residents, town councillors agreed to make a recommendation to Wiltshire
Devizes baker Giovanni Campanella showed a nationwide audience his passion and skills for making bread and cakes. Mr Campanella, owner of Dolcipani bakery and coffee shop in Old Swan Yard, Devizes, and employee Rafal Mozal, won the Wiltshire and
Extensive roadworks are due to take place in the area around Shrewton during February and March. The A360 will be closed at Shrewton between 9am and 5pm daily from February 10 to February 23 and from March 10 to March 16 and between 7pm and 6am
JONNY May’s participation in the remainder of the Six Nations is in doubt after he broke his nose against France on Saturday night. The former Wootton Bassett youth player made his bow in the competition in the Stade de France but had to be replaced
