Malmesbury mayor to host pub Shakespeare quiz
Malmesbury mayor John Gundry hosts a Shakespeare quiz at The Whole Hog on Sunday from 6-7pm prior to the regular pub quiz. To take part, call (01666) 824644.
Malmesbury mayor John Gundry hosts a Shakespeare quiz at The Whole Hog on Sunday from 6-7pm prior to the regular pub quiz. To take part, call (01666) 824644.
Book lovers in Corsham are needed at the town library as staff prepare to relocate its collection to the new community campus. An appeal has gone out for volunteers for the new library at the Springfield Campus, which is looking to extend its opening
There is another vacancy on Chippenham Town Council due to the non attendance of Ian Keasey. The Lib Dem councillor was elected last May but cannot keep his seat because he has not attended any council meetings in the last six months. Chief
Police are DNA testing blood left at the scene after the window of a storeroom at Walter Rose & Son butchers in Sidmouth Street, Devizes, was broken between 8pm on Thursday and 2am on Friday.
The Friends of Birds Marsh campaigners say they will continue to fight a development of 750 houses in northern Chippenham and have defended the village green status they fought for. Last Wednesday Wiltshire Council approved, in principle, the development
Wiltshire Council is thanking the hundreds of people who took part in a consultation which asked communities for feedback on how youth activities should be delivered in the future. The comments and feedback are now being collated and will inform
Magpie Music in Chippenham tripled its takings on the weekend’s Record Store Day compared to a normal Saturday. The shop in the Market Place stocked special vinyl releases made exclusively for the day and sold out of Johnny Cash’s With His Hot
Wiltshire Council leaders have agreed to extend Places for People Leisure Management Ltd’s - previously DC Leisure Management - contract to run 11 of the 23 council leisure centres across the county until 2018. The council says yesterday's decision
Businesses in Sherston and Luckington can begin to get themselves back on track now Network Rail’s bridge work is complete. Work on three rail bridges shut parts of the B4040 and Fosse Way. They were all reopened last week even though Network
A beer festival at the Woodlands Social Club in Calne will cater for those with a thirst for real ale and cider, with 20 different types of brew on offer. The club, owned by Nick and Kirsty Clifford, used to be the Harris Social and Welfare Club
The Gazette & Herald teamed up with Sainsbury’s to a give one firm or organisation free hot cross buns each week in the run-up to Easter. The final winner, TH White, based in London Road, Marlborough, took delivery of their buns last Thursday
A farmer who killed an animal attacking his chickens discovered it was his neighbour’s escaped pet ferret. The man was rearing about 55 chickens in Oak Close, Calne, and entered his shed to find them in a flurry of feathers, ripped apart by an
Dyson's £250m expansion plans for Malmesbury have been backed by the town council despite continued concerns over traffic congestion. At a town council planning committee meeting on Tuesday, councillors again heard more of the firm’s plans to double
Two men arrested on suspicion of the theft of thousands of litres of fuel believed to have been stolen from one of the UK's main underground oil pipes which runs through Wiltshire have been released on bail. The suspects, aged 32 and 34, were arrested
WILTSHIRE Athletic Association will host a presentation awards evening at the Devizes Sports & Social Club on Friday, June 6. The event, supported by Wiltshire and Swindon Sport, will see awards for athletes, coaches, officials and others handed
RICHARD Hughes has been given the green light to return to race-riding at Sandown on Friday. The champion jockey has been sidelined since Dubai World Cup night at Meydan last month after suffering a fractured vertebra in a nasty fall from the Mike
Runners from across Wiltshire will be making tracks to Corsham on Sunday, for the town’s 33rd St George’s Day 10k run. The race starts at Corsham Football Club at 11am. Last year it raised more than £5,000 for charity and the organisers are
DAVE Snell, the Wiltshire Middleton Cup team manager, has named a squad of 31 players to represent the Moonrakers in this season’s inter-county championship. The squad is drawn from six clubs – Swindon Westlecot, Wootton Bassett, Holt, Chippenham
A lorry driver was speeding moments before his vehicle was in collision with an 89-year-old who was crossing the road, a jury has been told. The large Seddon Atkinson vehicle Andrew Greenhalgh was driving touched 38mph just over 100 yards from
From stick insects to donkeys, Greathouse care home’s extensive lawn was filled with all creatures great and small on Sunday. The home in Kington Langley, which provides services for adults with physical and learning disabilities, held a diverse
Police are planning to mount an operation this summer to address the anti-social behaviour that plagues residents who live near The Green in Devizes. Each year The Green becomes a mecca for mainly young people to hang out, chat and play music during
Mum-of-two Danielle Vizor, 26, has chopped off her long locks in support of her mum Julie Dillon, who has breast cancer. After watching her 47-year-old mum struggle as she lost her hair through chemotherapy earlier this year, Mrs Vizor decided
A date has been set for Chippenham’s first food and drink festival. It is being organised for Sunday, July 13, by the same people who bring the farmers’ market to the town each second Sunday of the month. The High Street is to filled with food
Chippenham residents will get a chance to give their views at the annual town meeting on Wednesday, May 7. A parish meeting has to be held by ever English parish and is not a council meeting but is a meeting of registered electors arranged by the
Wiltshire Police are appealing for information after someone dented a door panel and smashed a window of a Kia Picanto parked in Barley Close, Malmesbury, on Saturday night or early on Sunday.
THE finishing touches were put on Aldbourne’s community orchard when labels were fixed to each tree with the names of the sponsors. The labels also recorded the date of planting, name of the tree and, where the sponsors wanted it, a dedication.