The memory of Teenage Cancer Trust hero Stephen Sutton lives on through secondary school students in Malmesbury who donned wigs for a fundraising run. Dozens of teenagers stayed on after school on Friday to race around the field raising hundreds
Police officers from the Major Crime Investigation Team are continuing to search in Ramsbury in relation to the Sian O'Callaghan murder investigation and this is expected to continue into next week. Sian O’Callaghan, 22, from Swindon was abducted
A record-breaking May Mile had more than 300 entrants and raised over £1,000 for Youth Action Wiltshire. Tots as young as 23 months ran in the children’s races on Sunday at the Sheldon and Hardenhuish school grounds in Chippenham. The sun shone
Former Roundway Hospital nurse Elizabeth Summers has died, aged 95. Mrs Summers worked at the psychiatric hospital in Devizes for 42 years as a nurse, retiring as deputy ward sister when she was 60, but stayed on part-time working in the chiropody
A coroner has criticised the Ministry of Defence for a series of failures over the deaths of two soldiers in a fire which engulfed their tent as they slept at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. Wiltshire and Swindon Coroner David Ridley said he would
Family doctors should start charging patients for GP services, says a Wiltshire medic. Making certain patients pay a fee for some services would "emphasise the value" of GPs, the British Medical Association's (BMA) local medical committees conference
Beekeeper Fee Robinson came to the rescue when a Royal Mail maintenance man spotted bees flying in and out of a post box in Lyneham this morning. Miss Robinson, from the Wiltshire Bee Centre, used her expertise to re-home the bees that had started
See this week's Gazette & Herald and Wiltshire Times for a 5p off per litre of fuel voucher on fills over 30 litres. 3p off per litre of fuel of fills under 30 litres
The Astoria Cinema in Chippenham will celebrate its 75th anniversary on Sunday with a one-off screening of the Wizard of Oz. The Judy Garland classic was released in 1939, the year the Astoria opened on May 22 in Marshfield Road. The cinema
The green light has been given for a housing development on the Bridge Fuels filling station site and the derelict listed homes next to it in Marlborough. Owner of the London Road business, architecture graduate Alex Dean, was given the news that
Waitrose has submitted plans to put up more than 60 signs – some illuminated – at its store in Malmesbury, in a conservation area. The town council, St Paul’s Without Parish Council, the Residents Association and Malmesbury Greenfield Campaigners
ONE of the most common reasons for hitting poor shots is incorrect alignment. The main reason for this is not taking enough care in lining up the club to the target before lining up your body. The key thing is to first establish a target (the
IN eight years of playing, this is the first time that I’ve been injured – I know that getting injured is part of sport but I’m pretty gutted about it. In the Twenty20 game against Glamorgan, I went to hit a reverse sweep and just felt something
Young singer Rachel Allder will perform at the NEC in Birmingham on Saturday after reaching the area finals of Teenstar, the UK’s largest competition for teenagers. Last year’s Teenstar winner Luke Friend went on to do well on The X Factor and
There are 6,800 good reasons why each and every one of us in Wiltshire should get involved in Dementia Awareness Week, which runs until Saturday. That is the number of people in Wiltshire who are currently living with dementia. Add to that the
Elections for our representatives in the European Parliament are upon us. Polling day is today, but I already voted for our Liberal Democrat Euro MP Graham Watson by post last week. Whether or not you join me in supporting Graham, I hope you will
Last Friday, I had the pleasure of meeting soldiers and their spouses from The King’s Royal Hussars in Tidworth. In particular, we talked about the plans for Army 2020 rebasing which will mean that many Army families will be able to put down stronger
The Hare and Hounds in Corsham is acting as a polling station for the European Elections today, being one of the more unusual polling stations to be found in Wiltshire. Landlady Hayley Foster said: “We have been in the papers - I believe the headline
Two men ran away after damaging the door of Calne tanning and beauty salon Tan-Tastic on Friday, May 9. A witness saw the men running from the Oxford Road salon at 9.38pm. The raiders had knocked an external door off its hinges and smashed
CHIPPENHAM Town have announced Wootton Bassett Town midfielder Jordan Roberts as their third summer signing. The 21-year-old former Swindon Supermarine midfielder spent last season under dad Jeff at Hellenic League Bassett, whom he also player
An army of 280 volunteers are working to set the scene for Chippenham’s 43rd folk festival this bank holiday weekend. The festival runs from tomorrow to Monday and offers a mix of free and ticketed events. There are 237 events to choose from
It is the end of an era for Chippenham Town Football Club as veteran directors Sandie and Doug Webb call it a day. The Webbs announced on Tuesday they will end their active duties with Town after 37 years involvement with the club. The couple
WILTSHIRE-TRAINED Olympic Glory is on a collision course with Cirrus Des Aigles in the Prix d'Ispahan at Longchamp on Sunday. Trained by Richard Hannon and owned by Al Shaqab Racing, Olympic Glory is set for a quick return to the track in the nine-furlong
Cuts to bus services in the Pewsey Vale are being pushed through because Wiltshire Council’s current public transport contracts are due to run out in October, Devizes Area Board heard on Monday. The proposed cuts are to the Connect2Wiltshire service
A fun day will be held in Burbage Village Hall on Sunday to raise money for cancer charities. The annual event runs from 10am–3pm and will include a craft market, raffle, car wash and car boot sale. Entry is free. So far the event has raised
Here's our handy guide to today's European Parliamentary elections. 1: Voting starts at 7am and finishes at 10pm. 2: Wiltshire is represented by the South West constituency which, as well as Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire
