WILTSHIRE started their season by retaining the Marlborough Cup by beating Berkshire by 58 runs at South Wilts CC on Sunday. Wiltshire won the toss and chose to bat and scored 257-7 in their 50 overs. Henry Langford scored 61, Neil Clark 46
JAZZ Carlin set the fastest 800m freestyle time in the world this year as she stormed to gold at the British Gas Swimming Championships this evening. The 23-year-old former Wootton Bassett School pupil warmed up for this summer's Commonwealth Games
The Manton Estate has submitted plans to Wiltshire Council to change land next to their proposed housing development into a nature park. Currently the land belongs to sons of late multi-millionaire Robert Sangster, Ben and Guy, who want to exchange
RDF Television - makers of David Dickinson's The Real Deal, Secret Dealers and Wheelers Dealers and Del Boys - is starting a new series Storage: Locked & Loaded, a new primetime auction series. Based in a secret location, each episode will
Devizes police are warning householders to upgrade the security on their garden sheds and other outbuildings after a spate of non-dwelling burglaries in the area. Inspector Matt Armstrong said that the lighter evenings and warmer weather does tend
Wiltshire Council says every town will have to find room for more houses than they expected under changes to the county Core Strategy revealed today. Consultation has started on the changes made necessary by a Government inspector who told the
A Pewsey family is distraught after their three-year-old cocker spaniel went missing from Savernake Forest yesterday afternoon. Owner Rachel Spratling, of Swan Road, believes that the dog, Stevie, has been snatched after her collar was found in
Running duo John Hayter and Joanne Lumb crossed the line arm in arm as they finished the London Marathon yesterday. But pub landlady Mrs Lumb, 36, is claiming braging rights after she waited for Mr Hayter for three minutes at their designated meeting
Filipino café owner Tess Ryan ran the London Marathon for the second time in memory of her brother Jon Fordelon, who died in the Philippines from kidney failure. Mrs Ryan, who runs the Sampaguita Café in St Mary’s Courtyard, Calne, finished in
The spirit of the London Marathon was evident in Colerne as friends of retired army officer Bernadette Rigby, 49, packed into The Fox and Hounds pub to cheer her on. Bernadette, a former warrant officer, completed the marathon in 4hrs and 25mins
Dorothy House nurse Natalie Jones had a Spam-tastic time when she completed the London Marathon... dressed as a tin of Spam. She said: “It was brilliant. The crowd was amazing and there was lots of Spam singing and people calling out to me.
Sixth form student Greg Pilgrim, 18, has been banned from driving for 20 months after pleading guilty to failing to provide police with a specimen for analysis. Pilgrim, of Water Mint Way, Calne, who hopes to be an engineer and studies maths, biology
A planning application to build 12 houses on a 0.49 hectare site at Sandpit Lane in Calne has been submitted by Swindon-based company GFL Developments Ltd. The company, which hopes to build six four-bedroom houses and six three-bedroom houses,
A Chippenham woman who is said to have been involved in the trade in hard drugs has been released on bail. Gillian Willis, 22, of Fredericks Avenue, faces charges of being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine along with three other
A £2.7m scheme to improve traffic flow on the congested A350 north of Chippenham starts at the end of this month. Wiltshire Council hopes to rid the route of its significant peak time delays and pump £5.9 million into the local economy by creating
A Chippenham woman who tried to cash a cheque for some rogue traders who had fleeced a 91-year-old woman has walked free from court. Kayleigh Hemmings, 20, of Sheldon Road, acted as banker for the men who charged the woman £650 for cutting down
JASON Henley’s stunning strike stole the show and inspired in-form Corsham Town to a comfortable 2-0 win at local rivals Calne Town on Saturday, writes Carl Field. Henley’s free-kick set Trevor Rawlings’ side on their way five minutes after the
The spirit of the London Marathon was evident in Colerne as friends of retired Army officer Bernadette Rigby, 49, packed into The Fox and Hounds pub to cheer her on. The former warrant officer completed the marathon in four hours 25 minutes, raising
MALMESBURY Victoria notched up a second successive 3-2 victory as they triumphed over local rivals Fairford Town last weekend. Boss Gareth Davies, a former Fairford player, saw his Vics side take all three points thanks to goals from Matt Cooper
With Janacek, Webern and Shostakovich on the bill at Wiltshire Music Centre in Bradford on Avon I suppose there was much to keep punters away; but they missed a treat. Imogen Cooper must be one of the world’s best; and Sonia Wieder-Atherton can
New response time targets will be set for South Western Ambulance Service (SWAS) in rural areas including Wiltshire. It comes as SWAS has struggled to achieve the eight minute target to send an ambulance to the most urgent calls - such as cardiac
