Residents are being asked to take part in a survey about what matters most to them in the Royal Wootton Bassett area. People have already provided a list of the issues they would like to see addressed but now the area board is asking them to rank
THE sun shone as pupils from St John’s School in Marlborough celebrated the end of their GCSE exams and their Year 11 prom. The Theatre on the Hill at the school was transformed into a glamorous venue for last friday’s event, with a marquee and
Sixth form students waved goodbye to St John’s in Marlborough and celebrated the end of two years of hard work with a Year 13 prom last Friday. For the third year in a row the school’s leavers’ dinner was held at Alexandra House Hotel in Wroughton
An open day at Devizes Cemetery will enable visitors to trace family graves and view the burial records, which date back to 1878. The cemetery, in Rotherstone, is open tomorrow from 9.30am and 3pm. Members of the Family History Society will
Di Dale, the principal and chief executive of Wiltshire College, has left the college. She had been off sick for some time but staff were told today that she had departed. A statement from Wiltshire College said: “Following a decision by the
WILTSHIRE ladies side, showing seven changes to the team that were thumped 130-101 three weeks ago by Cornwall in the Johns Trophy, produced a much improved performance last Saturday at Devizes against Gloucestershire. They took the accolades in
IRISH travellers have set up camp in the Waitrose car park in Marlborough. Police were told by a member of the public that gipsies had moved onto land in George Lane and Hillers Lane yesterday. A second group of travellers arrived and set up
People flocked to Devizes and Roundway open gardens as hot and dry weekend weather made it a great success, according to organisers. Last year’s event was marred by relentless rain. The event raised money for Devizes Mayor Sarah Bridewell’s
THERE were medals for Wiltshire Paralympic swimmers Stephanie Millward and Aaron Moores in the first final session of the British Gas International Swimming Meet in Manchester this morning. Box's Millward (S9) was third in the women's multi-classification
BEN Gilbert sealed victory in Castle Combe’s Junior Championship with a maximum points haul to win the final round. After a season in which there were seven different winners in ten rounds, the Bath driver won from Marley Joffe (Wick). Ben
A cyclist was found unconscious on the side of a road in Royal Wootton Bassett on Friday. Emergency services received a call to the scene in Blacklands Road, Flaxlands, just after 4pm following reports that a man had been found unconscious and
THE 2014 annual School Games Panathlon disability competition took place at Marlborough College last week. Around 80 physically and mentally disabled children competed in multiple events, pupils coming from Uplands and Brimble Hill Schools in Swindon
FORMER World Rally champion Bjorn Waldegard will appear at the 14th Rallyday at Castle Combe in September. Waldegard, who won the title in 1979 and won 16 FIA World Rally Championship events during his career, will start at the popular event on
Rajvir Gill, who runs the MS2 shop in Eastern Avenue, Chippenham, with her husband Sat was co-opted onto the town council last night. The other candidates for the vacancy on the Monkton ward were Peter Abraham, Edward Barham and Anthony Milner.
The prompt action of Wiltshire's chief constable, Pat Geenty, in chasing a shoplifter up Chippenham High Street yesterday morning has had an enthusiastic response. The Gazette understands the chief constable, 57, chased a man in his 20s suspected
A judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of a Chippenham man who is accused of possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply. Joshua Davis, 29, was due to appear at Swindon Crown Court on Friday to enter his pleas to the charges,
Five choirs, including one started by staff at Swindon’s Great Western Hospital, will sing at St Andrew’s Church, Chippenham, on Saturday. The two-hour concert will raise money for the hospital’s charity Brighter Futures and its breast cancer treatment
A county-wide event to commemorate the sacrifice made by 10,000 Wiltshire soldiers during the First World War takes place at the end of next month. The Wiltshire Council and Ministry of Defence-organised First World War Commemoration Event, which
Staff at Calne Leisure Centre in Calne are making a splash to help prevent drowning, by hosting free taster sessions to introduce children to the water. Using activities and resources provided by the Royal Life Saving Society UK (the UK’s national
