Travellers on the A4 may may need to take their passports with them after villagers in Box voted for independence at the weekend’s Box Revels celebration. The annual three-day event started with the traditional village banquet on the recreation
Classic car fans showed off their pride and joy at the first car show held at Ladyfield Evangelical Church in Chippenham. Eight cars and a tractor, dating from the 1930s-70s, were on display in the church car park off Hungerdown Lane on Saturday
A teenager who was caught with a fake Rolex stolen from a Marlborough house over Christmas has been jailed for eight months. Daniel Latham was on early release from prison when he was found with the imitation watch which had been taken from a property
Developers say plans for more retirement flats in Marlborough will free up more family and affordable houses in the town. McCarthy & Stone wants to build 27 one and two-bedroom apartments on the Clarke and Rodway Garage site, on Granham Hill
TOM Dunn says that he’s still pinching himself after being thrust into the thick of the action in Sunday’s Amlin Challenge Cup final. The 21-year-old Bath academy hooker, from Studley, had only made five starts for the Rec outfit’s first team all
MARLBOROUGH sidecar veteran Roger Lovelock has his sights set on marking a quarter of a century at the wheel by clinching the British championship, despite a fourth-placed finish in a World Championship round last weekend. The 50-year-old, who
Organisers of the Concert at the Kings charity concert in All Cannings are hopeful it will be a sell out. About 4,000 tickets have been sold leaving 500 available and if they are not sold in advance they will be on sale on the day of the concert
BOSS Neil Shardlow admitted that Wiltshire failed to hit their own high standards during their victory over Wales last weekend but was nonetheless pleased to see the county maintain their flawless Unicorns Knockout Trophy campaign. Wiltshire secured
TEENAGE prodigy Scott Finch insists he is not daunted by the prospect of facing off against the world’s best at next month’s Wildwater World Championships in Italy. Finch, who turns 18 today, earned a sensational call-up to the Great Britain squad
An historic fire engine is expected to take pride of place on display in Malmesbury Town Hall in coming months. Plans are underway to restore the old engine and take off some moveable parts before it goes on display in the window of the council
Angus Macpherson, Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon, is in hospital after apparently suffering a heart attack while fulfilling an appointment in Trowbridge. Mr Macpherson, who was voted into office in November 2012, was taken
BOX’S Alex Bray is delighted that a successful season at Swansea City has ended with him being handed the opportunity to attempt to fire Wales to this summer’s European U19 Championships. The 19-year-old winger, who plays for Swansea’s U21 side
WPC Sonya Stockill, community beat manager for Calne Rural, and PCSO Nicole Yate (Calne Rural) joined a group of people from Hilmarton village yesterday for a ploughman's lunch and a chat as part of their local community role. CAMEO - which stands
CHIPPENHAM bowls stalwart Adie Lloyd admits that he never anticipated that he’d make it to the head of the national association. The 72-year-old, a veteran member of the North Wilts club, is the Bowls England president – the first male from Wiltshire
Youngsters and adults tried their hand at archery at a free event on The Green in Devizes on Sunday. As part of a national initiative by the sport’s governing body, Devizes Bowmen hosted the event to introduce people to the sport. Children
‘Dangerous’ traffic lights planned for New Park Street, Devizes, would be likely to lead to more congestion through the town centre, it has been claimed. Wiltshire Council wants to improve access for pedestrians and cyclists from Quakers Walk to
MARLBOROUGH College student Alessandro Latif is set to make his sports-prototype debut in the world’s most gruelling and important endurance sportscar race next month when he takes to the track at Le Mans, writes Sam Morshead. Latif, who was 18
FORMER Chippenham loanee Aaron Oakley has set his sights on a return to the Football League following his release by Swindon Town at the end of last season, writes Andy Warren. The tall defender arrived at Hardenhuish Park on loan during the latter
The annual Mike Brown Memorial Motocross event at Marshfield track, near Chippenham, on Good Friday raised more than £16,000 for The Forever Friends Appeal’s RUH Cancer Care Campaign. The appeal is raising money for a pioneering new cancer centre
Chippenham Police are reminding residents that Monkton Park Police Station will be closed for essential maintenance work from 5.30pm today until 7am on Monday, June 2. During this period, the front counter policing service will be unavailable and
Royal Wootton Bassett High Street has traffic lights in place while work is carried out on the town hall. The work, which is expected to take up to six weeks, is essential to ensure the ongoing maintenance of the town hall and to protect and preserve
WILTSHIRE’S Tom Morton thinks that the fierce competition for places in the county squad may have played a major role in their immaculate season so far. Morton was lethal with the bat as he smacked a sublime unbeaten 123 off 126 balls to fire Wiltshire
CALNE’S Tony Hutchings was dominant on his way to victory in the Castle Combe Circuit’s Saloon Car Championship race during the Whitsun Bank Holiday race meeting on Monday, writes John Moon. The former champion had only qualified his unique Audi
The road at Stanton St Quintin has partly reopened after a collision involving two cars and a van this morning. A woman was taken to Great Western Hospital in Swindon with leg injuries after the accident, which happened outside Hills Recycling
Royal Wootton Bassett Theatre celebrated its move from the High Street to its new premises in The Angel Hotel over the weekend. A grand opening on Saturday saw the theatre dressed up in all its finery for two performances of the musical Spring
ST MARY’S School’s Yasmin and Ariana Watling both hit the gold trail at last weekend’s Wiltshire Track & Field Championships at Tidworth. The Watlings, who live in Lacock, were both in top form, with 15-year-old Yasmin tasting victory in the
GOATACRE captain Brad Dawson is hoping that his side can take momentum from their National Village Cup triumph into their league campaign. After two defeats, one win and Saturday’s rain cancellation, Goatacre are sitting third from bottom in Premier
THE MAKE-UP of the Southern League Premier Division looks set to shift as part of the domino effect caused by Worksop Town's resignation from the Northern League. Crisis club Worksop have stepped down from the Northern League Premier Division,
This year’s Marlborough Open Studios will be bigger than ever and to launch the annual art trail more than 70 artists will display their work at the Mount House Gallery. The Summer Show is a first for the Open Studios event and will feature art
GOLFER Thomas Edwards, last year named as a Gazette & Herald Star of Tomorrow, was helping to raise money for other talented youngsters today. The 17-year-old was part of the Bag4Sport Foundation team in its charity day at North Wilts Golf
Families in Corsham are being urged to have their say on future uses for the town’s police station, which is being sold by Wiltshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Angus Macpherson. A public consultation is underway after the Priory Street station
Wootton Bassett Theatre Young Actors' Company, which was established at premises behind the Red Lion four years ago, has a promising future at its new town centre venue, The Theatre Upstairs at the Angel. The recent grand opening featured special
Mum Karla Sneddon is aiming to raise thousands of pounds for Ronald McDonald House to thank the charity for the help it gave her family when her new-born son had life-saving surgery. Last year Alfie was born with imperforate anus, a rare birth
A teenager with a rare genetic syndrome can sleep soundly at night thanks to volunteers who have put security measures in place to protect her against anti-social behaviour. Rosie De Beer, 18, from Calne, has a rare genetic condition called Bohring-Opitz
A residents’ association is being formed to fight proposed housing developments near Birds Marsh in Chippenham. A meeting is to be held in Langley Burrell Village Hall on Monday at 7.30pm. Nick Cox, 49, who lives in Langley Burrell, said: “
Nationwide has published its best ever figures with pre-tax annual profits increasing four-fold from £168m to £677m. As one of Wiltshire's largest employers with 6,500 staff, the 168 year-old company which has its headquarters in Swindon said it
