Seven young carers from across Wiltshire took to the water to develop their leadership skills, improve qualifications and raise money to support others. The Devizes, Warminster, Trowbridge and Salisbury youngsters completed a six-day sailing challenge
Volunteers in Wiltshire are being encouraged to apply for a share of a £700,000 Defra loan fund to improve rural community buildings or even build new ones. The Rural Community Buildings Loan Fund plays a crucial role in helping community groups
DEVIZES mayor Sarah Bridewell undertook her first mayoral duties in Devizes’ twin town of Waiblingen during the annual twinning weekend. Last Friday about 400 visitors, including 56 from Devizes, descended on Waiblingen in Germany. Jasper Selwyn
About 25 people attended the meeting at The Flying Monk grounds on Monday night to show their support for cash-strapped Malmesbury Vics Football Club at its AGM. The club welcomed 16 new volunteers, including two new treasurers and two local firemen
Police in Pewsey are warning shopkeepers to be careful where they place charity boxes after three were stolen in one afternoon. A Wiltshire Air Ambulance collection box was taken from The Post Office and Help for Heroes and Greatwood collection
THE FIRST Wiltshire players to qualify for the 2014 Ladies National Championships to be staged at Royal Leamington Spa in early August will be known this weekend. The quarter-finals and semi-finals of the county ladies national fours will be held
Horatio Nelson, JRR Tolkien and Jack the Ripper were among 40 scarecrows on a historical British figures theme whose identities visitors had to guess during the sixth annual Keevil Scarecrow trail. Scarecrows for this year’s trail – organised by
CHIPPENHAM Town stalwart Doug Webb feels that the time is right for him and wife Sandie to step down from their roles as directors at Hardenhuish Park. The duo, who have been involved with Chippenham for 37 years and have both previously held the
Police are looking for a group of five people believed to have been selling fake gold in Chippenham last week. The men and women, described as Eastern European, were trying to sell rings to a member of public outside Ivy Lane Primary School on
There are only three certainties in a performance by guitarist Richard Durrant; the music will be superb, he will be disarmingly entertaining and you will want to see him again. The man fits into no musical pigeonhole. This year Durrant is cycling
Wiltshire Police are appealing for the public’s help in finding Richey Afonso, who is wanted in connection with allegations of sex offences. Afonso, 19, is from Swindon, and the allegations relate to incidents said to have occured in the town in
Pupils at Oare Primary School have been enjoying a new-look playground thanks to generous donations from local businesses. Marlborough-based company Innovate Wiltshire, which provides care and support services for people with specialist care needs
A section of the A350 Chippenham bypass which was blocked at lunchtime after two lorries collided has been cleared and traffic should be moving again. The lorries collided on the Cepen Park South roundabout at 11.55am and the road was closed between
THE county men’s U25 side will be looking to maintain their good start to the season when they face Worcestershire at St Dunstan’s Bowls Club (Worcester) in the first round of the White Rose Trophy, national U25 double rinks competition on Sunday.
TRIPLE British Touring Car champion, Matt Neal, is the star attraction at Castle Combe Circuit's Whitsun Bank Holiday Monday Race Meeting on Monday (May 26). Neal, who drives for the Honda Yuasa Racing team in the British Championship, will drive
An RAF Hercules plane has joined the search for four British sailors missing in the Atlantic Ocean. The C130 Hercules aircraft took off from RAF Brize Norton at 5am on its way to Lajes in Portugal, where it will be refuelled before flying to the
PLAYERS at the likes of Chippenham Town and Frome Town will be banned from betting on any matches anywhere in the world from next season. The ruling was ratified at the Football Association's AGM on Wednesday and will apply to any player in the
The skull of an executed Chippenham felon sold at auction for £2,500 yesterday. It was that of 36-year-old John Parker, who was born in the parish of Langley and hanged at Gloucestor Gaol in the early 19th century for a house burglary in Bristol
A man called police in Chippenham on Saturday to say he had almost run over some naked men in the road. Tony Davis was driving along West Cepen Way, between Bumpers Farm and McDonald's, when he saw five men with their trousers down. When police
The historic flag of Wessex is to fly again outside of Wiltshire Council’s offices this weekend in celebration of St Aldhelm’s Day (St Ealdhelm). The Wessex Society decided to offer a free flag to any council authority willing to fly it outside
TWO old faces, Claire Waite and Martin Sell, have returned to the Ogbourne Downs club. Former Ogbourne junior star Waite boasts a glittering amateur record having represented England and Great Britain before turning professional in 1985 where she
CHIPPENHAM Town directors Doug and Sandie Webb have stepped down from their roles at the Hardenhuish Park club. The duo, who have been involved with the Bluebirds for 37 years, will end their active duties with Town, a club statement revealed.
THE Wiltshire ladies team named by the selectors after the three trial games for the opening 2014 inter-county championship match of the season contains three newcomers. Lucy Smith (Wootton Bassett), Wendy Gaisford (Devizes) and Avon’s Marcia Hartley
Children from Lacock School have been promoting the annual scarecrow trail by showing off some of the creations which will be on show over the May Bank Holiday weekend, May 24 to 26. There will be nearly 50 scarecrows and models on the theme of
One lucky person at the Concert at the Kings charity gig in All Cannings will be going backstage to meet the stars after a 'golden ticket draw'. Landlord Richard Baulu, one of the Rock Against Cancer organisers, said: “On the day of the concert
Wiltshire Blind Association has announced it is staying in Devizes, although it will soon leave the building which has been its home for the last 23 years. The charity will move from its offices in Commercial Road, having bought the former Wiltshire
A street fair celebrating the life of St Aldhelm will be held in Malmesbury on Bank Holiday Monday. Numerous charity and craft stalls have been organised for the Market Cross in Malmesbury from 10am to 2pm. Malmesbury's new Flying Monk Brewery
Almost £9,000 in grants have been given out for projects to commemorate the First World War. Tidworth Area Board's meeting on Monday was a themed First World War evening with a special display by historian Richard Broadhead showing how Wiltshire
