JEFF Roberts quit as manager of Wootton Bassett yesterday after deciding he could not work with the budget imposed on him by the club, writes TOM BASSAM. The former Calne boss had guided Bassett to 14th place in the Hellenic Premier Division this
This was the dramatic moment a van caught fire on the A420 today, caught by passing motorist Giles Hacon. He was returning home to Bath from Castle Combe with his mother at 3pm when he came up behind the burning wreck. He said: “We came through
WILTSHIRE Men’s Bowls Association celebrate their 100th birthday his year and to mark the milestone they have organised a series of special matches. The first of those games was held last Sunday at Swindon Bowls Club and featured Wiltshire Tourists
Devizes Claire Perry MP helped to launch the new Internet Matters portal at the Museum of Childhood in London, along with mother and daughter team former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis and singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Britain’s four major internet
Police are appealing for information after 30 reported incidents of fake notes being used in Wiltshire and have issued CCTV images of those they want to speak to in connection with the offences. Since January 2014, there has been a series of offences
Military firefighters were unable to save two sleeping soldiers whose tent at Camp Bastion had been engulfed by flames, an inquest into their deaths heard today. The bodies of Privates Dean Hutchinson, 23, who was based in Hullavington, and Rob
JEFF Roberts has parted ways with Wootton Bassett Town with immediate effect. The former Calne manager has reached an agreement to leave the Corinium-based side having decided he could not work with the budget being imposed on him by the club's
CALNE Bowls Club staged a special celebration match on their Recreation Ground green last Saturday in memory of Pauline Watson Watson, who died in December 2012, was one of the founder members of the ladies section at Calne in 1962 and a stalwart member
CHIPPENHAM Town will team up with near neighbours Swindon Supermarine this summer to support injured midfielder Rob Dean. The 24-year-old, who joined the Bluebirds from Marine midway through last season, suffered a career-ending knee dislocation
BECKHAMPTON trainer Roger Charlton has nominated the Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot as a likely target for the improving Captain Cat. The five-year-old was an impressive winner of the All-Weather Mile Championships Final at Lingfield on Good Friday
MARLBOROUGH College student Alessandro Latif heads for his Blancpain Sprint Series home races at the wheel of a Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra sportscar this weekend. Latif, who turned 18 only last month, drives for reigning DTM champions Phoenix
Waitrose is recruiting for about 170 new jobs which will be created when its new Malmesbury branch opens later this year. And it says the store will generate more than £1m a year in wages for the area. Successful applicants will become 'partners
The number of people in work has reached a record high after further falls in unemployment, fuelled by more self-employment. It was the largest quarterly rise since records began over 40 years ago, according to figures published by the Office for
Seamstress Heather Canfer has been sworn in as Calne’s new mayor, taking over from Coun Mercy Baggs at a formal robed ceremony. It will be Coun Canfer’s first time as mayor and she plans to fundraise for Calne’s Community Transport scheme and SPLASH
The road was blocked at the crossroads between the A420 and the B4039 at Yatton Keynell following a three-vehicle crash this morning. Police said the B4039 has now been re-opened in both directions.
Badminton Horse Trials winner Sam Griffiths is not the only one celebrating after a booming weekend for businesses, thanks to the annual sporting event. With more than 130,000 people flocking to the area for the trials, businesses have reported
The highest earners have been the biggest winners from the economic recovery so far, according to figures compiled for Labour, as the latest employment figures were being released today. Analysis by the House of Commons Library found the top one
Devizes MP Claire Perry together with a team of cross party MPs and Peers and 17,000 other men and women power walked across London on Saturday night. The fundraising efforts of the women and men who take part in The MoonWalk means that, Walk the
JOE Hughes says that he has no problems in going to John Wayne Hibbert’s backyard after being handed a shot at the Southern Area light-welterweight title. The current International Masters 140lb champion from Malmesbury travels to the Civic Hall
