Medal-winning Olympian Laura Tomlinson shared her sporting experiences with pupils at her old school in Calne last week. The 29-year-old dressage rider, who won team gold and individual bronze at the London Olympics 2012, studied at St Mary’s school
Calne Tennis Club members are celebrating after seeing building work start on four new floodlit tennis courts at the Beversbrook Sports Facility. The work, funded by thousands of pounds worth of grants, will be completed by July, in time to catch
Margaret (Meg) Clarebout, a former midwife and district nurse in Devizes, has died aged 91. Mrs Clarebout, nee McPherson was born at Loch Gilphead, Scotland, in 1923 and was later put up for adoption. After leaving school she started nursing at
Former Rowde resident Douglas Drew, who wrote about his life, has died, aged 98. Mr Drew’s book, Magic Moments, featured his childhood growing up in Rowde, his working life and marriage to his beloved wife, Hazel. He wrote the book in 2011 when
Wiltshire Police have issued a CCTV picture and appealed for information after a purse was stolen from a Devizes woman travelling on a bus. The woman was travelling on the number 49 Stagecoach bus from Swindon to Devizes on Monday, May 12, and,
WOOTTON Bassett are well represented in the team named by Wiltshire selectors for the county men’s opening Middleton Cup game against Gloucestershire, writes Dave Eaton. Six Bassett players – Barry Sictorness, Steve Snell, Chris Cheesley, Dave
Chippenham's second comedy festival begins next weekend with 17 comedians lined up for June 6 to 8. The West Country will be showing off its own talents with James Dowdeswell, Cerys Nelmes and Tom Glover, while some, like Aussie Sarah Bennetto,
Chippenham Town Council will be co-opting a new member at its meeting on June 24. The successful candidate will fill a vacancy left by Ian Keasey and represent Monkton Ward for the rest of the council’s four-year term until May 2017. Town councillors
IT turns out that my injury is actually a really rare one for a cricketer, so the physios at the club have had to do a bit of research into it. It’s a strain in the top of my groin. It’s pretty painful in the mornings getting out of bed but walking
An inquest into the death of 32-year-old Tom Edwards will take place at Salisbury Coroner’s Court on Friday June 6. Mr Edwards, from Derry Hill, went missing after a night out in Swindon last June 28 and was found after a five-day search by friends
THERE are two major and most common ways in which the grip can be incorrect and cause problems with your swing and the direction of the golf ball. If your hands are too far over to the right hand side and displaying three or more knuckles on your
Two Wadworth horsemen made redundant this year have spoken of their anger at seeing their job advertised just over three months after they left the firm. But the company denies the job is the same one they left in February, saying it is a much
The good news about the UKIP victory in last week’s Euro elections was that it made ‘spin’ by the other parties virtually impossible. There was but a brief flurry of “ We may have come third, but our vote share held up very well” (Tories), “We
Britain went to the polls last week. Locally, we only had European elections but as I was invited to do the graveyard shift on the Radio 4 election special I could see see the council results live as they came in from across Britain. I did wonder
The shockwaves from the results of last week’s elections are still reverberating around the political parties. Here in the South West, I’m sad to have lost Sir Graham Watson, who for 20 years had been an enthusiastic and dedicated parliamentarian.
A school set up in Devizes in 1822 but not used as such for more than 100 years is back in use as an educational centre. The former British School in Northgate Street, home to the Devizes Literary and Scientific Institute since 1906, is being used
Mum Lorna Pollard was fuming after a bus driver terminated the Salisbury to Marlborough service at Pewsey and refused to take her special needs son home after work. The confused youngster, 22, was left to walk five miles home alone. Her son
Police are appealing for witnesses after burglars broke into Whitehall Garden Centre near Lacock late on Sunday night. Offenders got in by smashing a window and once inside they set off a fire extinguisher and stacked up Morphy Richards and Delonghi
