Care homes across Wiltshire are hosting activities and events for residents and visitors as part of National Care Home Open Day tomorrow. There are 19 homes run by the Orders of St John Care Trust in Wiltshire and nearly all of these are taking
Rising sporting star Joshua Stoneham is celebrating his first big break after being chosen for the England U18 pool team at just 11 years old. Joshua, a pupil at Fynamore School in Calne, began to play pool seriously a year ago and will now have
Hills Waste has won a fight to load recyclable materials onto lorries outside its building in Calne after this was vetoed by Wiltshire councillors last December. At the company’s site at the Porte Marsh Industrial Estate around 100 tonnes of cardboard
Hills Waste is scaling back plans to extend its materials recovery facility at Lower Compton following criticism from residents and councils. The site is used to sort household waste and collect recyclable materials which are shipped off elsewhere
SPENCER Melksham and Wootton Bassett, who have only won the ladies Wiltshire national triples title once between them in the county’s history, will contest this year’s final. Both clubs booked their places in the triples final at Swindon Westlecot
Young unemployed housing tenants have learned new skills on a course run by Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service. Aster Communities in Devizes teamed up with Selwood Housing in Trowbridge to commission a Salamander course for 16 young tenants who
A fun day in Chippenham will raise funds to allow men with disabilities to have affordable holidays. Pioneer One have organised a day at The Kingfisher pub in Hungerdown Lane on Saturday, June 28, from noon, with live music all day and into the
Music lovers flocked to Sherston for the village’s annual two-day festival Sherstonfest this weekend. The sun shone on both Friday and Saturday, a first for the festival which started in 2012, as hundreds of revellers enjoyed a weekend of music
Police have praised a Chippenham driver who crashed through a bridge wall at Ratford last night to avoid on-coming traffic. The man in his 20s driving a truck ended upside down in the river after crashing on the single track road which leads to
MARK Collier will keep one eye on the ‘fallout’ from other clubs after adding two more players to his Chippenham Town squad this week. Collier signed right-back Ellis Dunton from Southern League Premier Division rivals Cirencester Town, while forward
Police are urging drivers not to leave valuables in their cars after five break-ins in 17 hours in Devizes. Four cars had sat navs stolen from them and £15 was stolen from the other one. It happened in St Joseph’s Place, The Breach, Green Lane
One of Lacock’s best-loved buildings will get a new lease of life, as the latest tenants take over one of Wiltshire’s oldest inns. The 15th century At the Sign of the Angel has been empty since January, with many people raising concerns over the
A LEGO 'amnesty' has been launched by the Pound arts centre to build the biggest LEGO-henge ever seen in Wiltshire. A spokesman for the centre said: "Do you have spare LEGO knocking around, not being used at home? "Have you forgotten all about
Police are appealing for information about the theft of a stone statue from a grave in Devizes Cemetery. The statue is of an angel and is about one foot tall. It was stolen between May 27 and June 10. It was realised it was missing when family
A stretch of restored canal in Chippenham will be taken back in time this Saturday to mark 100 years since it was abandoned. The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust is holding a free open day at Pewsham Locks on Saturday from 10am to 4pm. The site
Fundraising organised by retired Devizes couple Francis and Jill Chadwick has helped establish a new school in Uganda and to pay for ‘scholarships’ for 14 children. The couple has raised more than £20,000 in the past ten years through an annual
A man walking home with a bottle of champagne in Devizes at about 1.20am on Sunday was attacked by a drunken man. The victim was approached near The Crammer by three men who told him to hand over the bottle. When he refused one of the men grabbed
Mobile catering van owner Roy Messenger has come to the rescue of the organisers of the White Horse Challenge. The organisers needed to find cooking facilities to make breakfasts for the walkers setting off on the second day of the challenge on
