North & West Wiltshire National Trust Association members have enjoyed a series of visits. At Chavenage House there was a talk about the two main owners of Chavenage, also about filming at the property. There followed a comprehensive tour
Thames Water has been announced as the main sponsor for Swindon & Wiltshire Pride. This year’s event is being held on Saturday, August 9 in the Town Gardens, Swindon, and will be the seventh Pride event held for Swindon and Wiltshire.
Lacock has always been one of my family’s favourite places, so a wander round the streets and a spot of lunch seemed the perfect way to celebrate a birthday. We picked out The Carpenters Arms, which used to be one of our favourite watering holes
Intrepid cyclist Daniel Cavender is back on home soil after cycling 1,821 miles from Rome to Swindon’s Great Western Hospital. The 39-year-old, of Purlyn Acre, Marlborough, set off on the challenge on May 12 to raise at least £5,000 for the hospital
Rowdeford School has submitted a planning application for an outdoor learning centre. The school wants to renovate a derelict former kennels building in the grounds of the school based off the A342 outside Rowde. In the planning application
The Moonrakers pub in Devizes has undergone a £200,000 refit to become a family steak and grill restaurant. The Wadworth-owned pub in Nursteed Road will open on Monday and start serving food from Thursday. It is run by the Adastra Pub Company
Good Samaritan Sanjeen Payne-Kumar touched the nation’s hearts after a story of his compassion for a woman with dementia featured on Radio Two’s Simon Mayo Drivetime show. The 48-year-old wrote into the Confessions feature several months ago, after
A coroner will deliver his conclusions at the inquest of an teenager from Wiltshire, mauled to death by a polar bear, next week. Ian Singleton, assistant coroner for Wiltshire and Swindon, adjourned the week-long hearing at Salisbury until 3pm
Walkers from all across Wiltshire braved thunderstorms as they took part in Corsham’s first walking festival. The festival, which was organised to celebrate the town gaining official Walkers are Welcome status, included a range of organised walks
Residents have the chance to give their views on plans to create 52 apartments for older people on the old Burnham House site, Malmesbury, at a meeting on Monday. A consultation event is to be held at Malmesbury Town Hall between 2pm-7pm so people
The Prince of Wales met the pilots of the Red Arrows - the RAF’s aerobatic display team - during a visit to the Royal Internatiol Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford yesterday. Earlier he visited the airshow’s Techno Zone, an interactive area sponsored
The manager of a Gastard care home has called neighbours to think about those with dementia, who she says are often ignored. Warrington Lodge caters for 21 elderly patients with memory problems and is appealing for groups and speakers to visit,
When Theodore the tortoise went walkabout from its Devizes home, owner Sian Rawlinson was devastated. But thanks to the power of the internet, seven-year-old Theodore is now back home at Wiltshire Regiment Cottages in London Road. It was found
With the World Cup final tomorrow football is on the mind of many youngsters but at Bishops Cannings Primary School soccer is seen as a way of boosting learning rather than a distraction. For 12 pupils aged nine and ten are taking part in a Premier
South West in Bloom judges took a tour of Calne on Tuesday to admire the work of town council groundsmen and community groups. The judges received a warm welcome from the council and mayor Heather Canfer, who showed them a display of photographs
Two close friends of daredevil Harry Dodds, who died of brain cancer two years ago, are to undertake the sort of fundraising challenge he would have enjoyed. Georgia Walker, 16, and Charlie Buckingham, 16, are to jump 15,000ft from a plane today
