South West in Bloom judges have toured around Marlborough for the town’s first entry to the national competition. Judges Andy Cole and Jane Pagano of the Royal Horticultural Society arrived after a community clean-up last week. Mayor Marian
Green-fingered Susan Taylor has donated £3,500 to the Chelsea Pensioners after winning an auction for First World War-inspired sculpture. Mrs Taylor, of Marten, Marlborough, placed the winning bid for the Flanders Field firebowl at this year’s
Mantonfest proved to be another crowd pleaser for hundreds of visitors enjoying a day of music in the sun. The charity event is now in its third year and between 800 and 1,000 revellers turned up at Manton Grange Watermeadow, in Preshute Lane,
WORK to tackle flooding at The Bottom in Urchfont is set to start later this year. A number of homes in the street were threatened with flooding on several occasions during the excessive rainfall earlier this year. The parish council said subsequent
Mum Del Davies has launched a campaign for a safer walkway through George Lane car park in Marlborough to St Mary’s School after a pupil was nearly hit by a car. The incident happened when a reversing driver only avoided the girl because her mother
Pogues fan Andrew Plank’s life was saved by a fellow Marlborough man attending the same London concert. When the 46-year-old suffered a heart attack during the band’s support set for The Libertines in Hyde Park, Lee Parry went into action to administer
Music by young composer Marcus Warner will be heard on radios after one of his songs was chosen to feature on an advert. His music captured the imagination of Debbie Sanderson, office manager at Mirabel Clinic in Swindon, who saw him perform at
A former Wiltshire Police constable accused of offering to sell a story to The Sun has accepted the evidence against him was "compelling", but insisted he was innocent. While working for the force in 2010, Darren Jennings, 41, asked the newspaper
What is the nature of fame? The twisted perspectives on the opening scene’s backdrop set the tone for the evening. Sydney and Linda have their ordinary lives in 1980s suburbia interrupted when the acclaimed author Franz Kafka arrives on their doorstep
Police are looking for a woman in her thirties believed to have stolen a Packard Bell laptop computer worth £299 from the Co-op store in Calne on Thursday, July 10, just before midday. They want to speak to a woman with red hair who was wearing
Langley Fitzurse School had a Victorian day to celebrate saving its nineteenth century bell tower. The primary school bell tower risked having to be demolished after the rope snapped. But horrified at the prospect of losing this piece of history
A badley parked car may have cost runner Simon Nott the course record for the Bishops Cannings 5,000-metre dash on Saturday. Mr Nott, 20, of Calne Running Club, won the race held as part of the village’s church fete, in 18mins 22seconds – but the
Wiltshire have made one change in their side for the Unicorns County Championship match against Devon at Devizes, starting on Sunday (11am). Chippenham youngster Uzi Qureshi comes into the team in place of Joe Breet, in the only change from the
DEVIZES and Stratton Churchway have qualified for the National Championships at Royal Leamington Spa in the national pairs. The Devizes partnership of Bev Lilley and Sheila Garlick, plus Churchway’s Jacki Pearce and Janet Willis negotiated the
Wiltshire Police have arrested six suspects as part of an unprecedented six-month national crackdown on paedophiles coordinated by the National Crime Agency. It involves 45 police forces across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and
Part of Urchfont was cordoned off when contractors working on a housing development dug up a suspected bomb on Tuesday. A cordon was put in place by police and an Army bomb disposal team from Tidworth attended but they gave the all-clear when they
Chippenham will be treated to three days of drama, music and dance with the Community Arts Festival springing up in several venues across town this weekend, as an extension of last year’s drama festival. Hardenhuish School drama teacher Duncan
A thief swiped £80 from a cash machine when a woman withdrawing the money got sidetracked. She took the cash out from Halifax on Market Place but was distracted by her partner and left the money in the machine. When she returned the money had
BECKHAMPTON trainer Roger Charlton has ruled out sending Thistle Bird on a tempting trip to America and will keep her at home for Glorious Goodwood. Charlton will give Thistle Bird the chance of a second Group One success in the Markel Insurance
CHIPPENHAM Town picked up a 1-0 win over Shrivenham last night in their first pre-season friendly of the summer. Mark Collier's men were put through their paces by their Hellenic League opponents, managed by the Bluebirds boss' son Sam, just across
Villagers in Upavon have paid tribute to three-year-old Jack Rowe who died last Thursday morning – hours after he was found lying face down in the family swimming pool. A candle is burning in St Mary’s Church in the village in memory of Jack who
Characters from classic musicals will be dotted around Hilcott, near Pewsey, this weekend for the village’s second scarecrow trail. It has been organised by Matthew Wilson, aged 16, of Harding Terrace, who was inspired to launch the event after
DAVE Bishop’s preparations for the Commonwealth Games have been given a big boost after he gained membership of a very special club. Competing at the Morton Games in Dublin, Bishop realised a lifelong ambition to run a mile in under four minutes
Southbroom St James Academy carnival group took part in the Ryde Mardi Gras on the Isle of Wight. After its success in last year’s Devizes carnival, the school group was the only mainland carnival group to be invited by the New Carnival Company
Beekeeper Fred Swift has enjoyed a bumper production of honey this year, thanks to the early spring and summer in Wiltshire, with berry bushes and flowers developing months ahead of schedule. Mr Swift, a beekeeper for 20 years, said: “The amount
An old agricultural tunnel has been opened so that walkers and horse riders can cross under the busy A361 dual carriageway near Bishops Cannings. Three short new public rights of way have been created, linking with the Wansdyke Path, the White
In an exclusive interview, international jazz singing sensation Clare Teal talks to NIGEL KERTON about how she has never looked back since her first appearance at the festival in 2002. “I took Jamie’s place because he was called off on a cruise
Budding wordsmiths can enter this year’s Calne Music and Arts Festival poetry competition by penning lines about the First World War. The competition is run by Sue Boddington, curator at the Calne Heritage Centre, who is keen to get people forming
