ROWDE teenager Tom Alsop has been awarded a development contract with first-class county Hampshire for the next two years. The 18-year old wicketkeeper/batsman burst onto the scene last season when he was called upon to keep during Hampshire’s
Firefighters across Wiltshire will strike on Friday for the first time since the New Year, after talks to resolve a long-running pay dispute broke down again. The Fire Brigades’ Union has been in negotiation with the government for three years
A man who told drug dealers that Chippenham was 'ripe for the taking' for the trade in heroin and cocaine has been jailed. Ji Forte, 26. who was connected to a flat in Neeld Crescent, Chippenham, sent a message to a London dealers Ryan Denny, 22
A Calne man who had sex with a 15-year-old girl has been jailed for three years and four months. Michael Bishop, 36, of Low Lane, Calne, pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual activity with a child. Peter Asteris, defending, said his client
A new row has broken out over flood defence spending after it emerged that the South West, one of the areas worst hit by this winter's flooding, had seen funding cut by 30 per cent in previous years. Parts of the Somerset Levels were inundated
A man has been remanded in custody after admitting carrying out a racially-aggravated assault. John-Paul Allen also pleaded guilty to stealing the victim's mobile phone in the incident in Devizes last year. Allen, 36, admitted racially aggravated
PC Lee Birch still faces an independent investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), despite being cleared today. The commission will now consider whether PC Birch has breached the standards of professional behaviour expected
A police officer has been acquitted of assault and misconduct after Tasering a naked man who threw a pair of underpants at him during a strip search. PC Lee Birch, 30, discharged his weapon into the bare chest of Daniel Dove in a cell at Melksham
Wounded servicemen and women competed in front of Prince Harry in Wiltshire today to mark the beginning of a selection process for his Paralympic-style championships. The prince visited the Help For Heroes gym at Tedworth House in Tidworth today
Ofsted inspectors have said Wiltshire College requires improvement after an inspection. The inspectors’ report criticises the college’s teaching, student success rates, apprentice success rates and management. It comes with the college still
Diesel from the bus which caught fire in on Marlborough High Street on Monday morning has flowed into the River Kennet, raising fears about the effect it will have on wildlife. Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service was called at 8.34am and crews
9:17pm That's all from the LIVE NEWS feed today. If you're late joining us click here to see how the day unfolded. 9:15pm A man who told drug dealers that Chippenham was 'ripe
CASH-STRAPPED Malmesbury Victoria will drop down to the Wiltshire League next season, prompting the exit of first-team boss Gareth Davies, club chairman Phil Exton confirmed today. The Flying Monk ground club concluded their Hellenic League Division
Ian Tucker has been announced as the new headteacher of Abbeyfield School in Chippenham from September. Mr Tucker, 42, is coming from an associate headteacher position at Rushden Community College in Northamptonshire, where he was on secondment
A flavour of 18th-century Cornwall will be coming to Corsham next week, when the High Street is transformed for a BBC film crew. Shooting for the remake of Poldark, the period drama which set hearts racing in the 1970s will take place outside the
On the firm's 21st birthday, Dyson is heralding the first phase of its £250m expansion of its research and development laboratories in Malmesbury, which could create 3,000 jobs. Dyson said today it is trying to fill 400 places this year to fill
