More than 130 pupils of Queens Crescent School, Chippenham, had fun joining in the Big Pedal inter-school competition, which aims to get more children active by cycling and scooting to school. The event was launched in 2009 by transport charity
A splash pad for Chippenham’s John Coles Park is now set to go ahead, albeit a year later than hoped. The children’s water play feature is back on the table after Chippenham Town Council managed to find £45,000 external funding. The leisure
Members of Swindon and Marlborough Amnesty International group are holding a vigil for Syria on Saturday. It is one of similar events around the country and around the world organised by a coalition of human rights and humanitarian organisations
A musical jam session, organised by drummer Simon Hanson, has raised £1,400 for the Naomi House Children’s Hospice in memory of 11-year-old Jade Randall. Jade, a pupil at St Nicholas School, Chippenham, died at Naomi House in 2012, after battling
Fictional characters walked off the pages and into classrooms across Wiltshire as schools marked World Book Day. Pupils at Bishops Cannings Primary School got creative with author Jo Empson, of Devizes. She worked with Key Stage 1, reading
Young people from Malmesbury School met Sir James Dyson at his headquarters in Malmesbury for a showcase of inventions, including car technology to cut traffic congestion. The students were among a select audience, along with PHD students, to discuss
Burbage grandad Bob Norbury hopes to be the oldest man to complete the Devizes to Westminster canoe race in a single kayak. Mr Norbury, 71, from Ailesbury Way, will set off from Devizes Wharf on Good Friday with hundreds of other competitors on
Renowned St Ives artists, past and present, will have their work displayed at Wine Street Gallery in Devizes. Gallery owners Juliet Reid and Dawn Galbraith drove from studio to studio in the Cornish seaside resort to find artists. One of the
Police stopped three youngsters in the Downs View area on Saturday after they were spotted acting suspiciously near a marked police car. As an officer approached the girl and two boys from the area, she could smell cannabis. Each youngster
High Society Ball organiser Tom Bott handed a cheque for £458 to the Wiltshire Air Ambulance last week after a successful first event. The event on January 18 raised £916, which has been split evenly between Wiltshire Air Ambulance and the Finlay
Pewsey folk band The Yirdbards are releasing a charity CD to raise funds for St Giles Church in the deserted village of Imber. The Ghosts of Old Imber tells the story of the village, on Salisbury Plain, from which residents were evicted in 1943
MEMBERS of Devizes Cricket Club’s youth academy used spin for a different to usual cause when they swapped their whites for cycling shorts. They raised £978 for the Bag4Sport Foundation when they took part in a 24 hour spin-a-thon at Route2Fitness
WE now have the finalists for the 20th Wiltshire Business of the Year awards – seen as the most prestigious of their kind in the south west. Between now and the awards dinner on April 4 the judges will be scanning the details of the finalists ,
Those at risk of flooding in the Devizes constituency are being invited to a flood support forum on Friday, March 21, being hosted by MP Claire Perry. The meeting, at 5.30pm, in East Grafton is for representatives from communities across the Devizes
Bowood’s next guest author tea will feature Andrew Davidson, who will speak about his grandfather’s life during the First World War. Mr Davidson is the author of Fred’s War: A Doctor in the Trenches, based on the experiences of ancestor Fred Davidson
Dedicated all-round sportsman Nick Newman has died after a 25-year battle with multiple sclerosis. During his life, the 54-year-old father-of-two from Lea raced Formula Fords against the likes of Eddie Jordan and played county cricket for Wiltshire
ETCHILHAMPTON rider Tommy Bridewell declared himself satisfied with his first pre-season tests with Milwaukee Yamaha ahead of the 2014 MCE British Superbike Championship. Bridewell and teammate Josh Brookes completed their first pre-season tests
NORTH Wilts Indoor Bowls Club will stage an Open Singles tournament next weekend (March 22-23), with the winner receiving a handsome top prize of £1,000. It will be the first such event the club, based at Westcroft in Chippenham, has held, with
If your experience of the ballet is Swan Lake, Giselle or The Nutcracker, then The Talent’s BalletBoyz will certainly have you thinking again. Each of the 10 male dancers performed with finesse and it was overwhelming to see so much talent, dedication
A man from Box reported missing from his brother's home in Gloucester has been located safe and well. Andrew Thomas, 44, had gone missing from the Abbeydale area of Gloucester on Sunday March 2, but was found in the early hours on last Saturday
Ambulance service bosses are buying 120 defibrillators to put in public places in Wiltshire to try to improve its response times. South Western Ambulance Service (SWAS) has consistently failed to meet the response times for Red calls - the most
THERE were defeats for both Wootton Bassett Town and Pewsey Vale in their respective league matches last night. A 25th minute Jimmy Deabill goal was enough for promotion-chasing Wantage Town to edged out Bassett 1-0 in their Hellenic League Premier
To mark National No Smoking Day, Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service has issued a reminder on the danger of lit cigarettes in the home. Watch Manager Neil Chamberlain, of the community safety department, said: “Unfortunately, it is far too easy
The 111 non-emergency health telephone service in Wiltshire has been described as a “disaster story". Coun John Noeken, vice chairman of Wiltshire Council’s Health Select Committee, made his comments after the committee heard that Harmoni, the
Youth service cuts were at the forefront of concerns raised at Malmesbury’s Area Board last week, with teenagers announcing they have collected a petition with more than 200 signatures from local young people. A group of youths from Malmesbury
Animal lover Mary Cunningham-Simpson has been warned by housing bosses that she must not take in any more cats. The 67-year-old GreenSquare tenant, of Page Close, Calne, has 16 cats, a rabbit and two goldfish in her two-bedroom house. GreenSquare
Wiltshire Blind Association will be able to cater for more young people with visual impairment thanks to a £8,284 grant from BBC’s Children in Need appeal. The Devizes-based charity was delighted when the grant was announced last week. Community
