A LEE Phillips goal inside the first five minutes proved enough for Chippenham Town to beat Toolstation League neighbours Melksham Town in a competitive, hard-fought penultimate pre-season friendly of the summer tonight. Chippenham Park goalie
Devizes firefighters are supporting a community event being held at Hillworth Park tomorrow. A range of organisations will be at the park in Queens Road between 10am and 3pm, offering visitors advice and information about their services. As
Corsham will have a £20,000 budget for youth services next year, under Wiltshire Council’s new community-led model. In May the council confirmed it was changing the way its services for young people were operated, with responsibility for running
Kate Freeman, of Etchilhampton, who helped set up the pioneering Wigglybus in the Pewsey Vale in 1999 and which is now called Connect2Wiltshire, thanked Hatts for its running of the service. She said: “They rescued the Wigglybus when the operator
Hundreds of holidaymakers have been devastated by the collapse of Hatts, which has left them out of pocket and with no trip to look forward to. Up to 1,000 people had made bookings and the joint administrators FRP Advisory said they had received
Wiltshire Council bosses and administrators have secured a deal to keep bus services running in the wake of the collapse of Hatts Travel. The 85-year-old Foxham firm called in administrators last week and told 89 staff they had lost their jobs.
Scout Daniel Scott was joined by his dad as they got their heads shaved to raise money for the youngsters to go to the World Jamboree. Devizes Scout Daniel, 12, has been organising events to raise the £3,500 he needs to go to Japan next summer.
A Colerne-based soldier who survived a bomb blast and tackled a Taliban fighter while serving in Afghanistan has died from a rare blood disorder. Sam Davies, 24, who served with Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, suffered serious
TODAY is the last day to nominate a young athlete for our Stars of Tomorrow competition being run with Bag4Sport Foundation. Among those in with a chance of winning a grant of up to £500 is BMX rider Jamie Phillips from Langley Burrell, near Chippenham
IT was the start of the new 50 over competition last weekend and it felt like a really big change. It’s obviously a slightly longer form of one-day cricket than we’re used to and with the rule changes, you’re going to see a lot of big scores.
AN exhibition paying tribute to the soldiers of the Calne area who fought in the First World War will run for another week. Calne Soldiers, by Hilmarton based historian and author Richard Broadhead, runs at Calne Heritage Centre until next August
WILTSHIRE’S Jazz Carlin wasn’t scoffing at a second medal in as many nights on Tuesday, despite just missing out on another gold in Glasgow. Instead, she insisted it was further justification that she is turning into a world-class competitor.
SWINDON Town are looking to complete a season-long loan deal for Trowbridge’s Jordan Turnbull. The 19-year-old defender was given permission by parent club Southampton to play in last night’s friendly against Leeds United. Town boss Mark Cooper
Pewsey Vale Coaches is inviting staff made redundant by Hatts Travel to apply for jobs with the company. The firm, based at Hollybush Lane, Pewsey, has vacancies for two full-time drivers, two part-time drivers and mechanics positions. A spokesman
CHIPPENHAM Town chief Mark Collier says that he’s already made a mental note of ‘seven or eight’ of his starting line-up for the Bluebirds season-opener against Biggleswade Town. Chippenham travel to Bedfordshire to take on the Waders on the opening
Police are investigating two incidents of indecent exposure in Malmesbury. A mum and 14-year-old daughter were stopped for directions outside Malmesbury fire station on Wednesday, July 24, by a man exposing himself and a completely naked man was
Cepen Park residents staged a protest against plans for a 15-metre high warehouse with 150 HGV movements, day and night, through Chippenham. Residents’ Association members walked around the perimeter of the proposed 750,100 sq ft distribution centre
Vicar Canon Robert Bailey is holding a 36-hour vigil to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. After he has taken the 10am service on Sunday at St Mary’s Church, Bishops Cannings, Father Bailey will remain in the church in prayer until
First Great Western has this morning hit back at claims it is removing quiet carriages from all its trains. A First Great Western spokesman said: "There will be a quiet carriage on all our High Speed Trains for the foreseeable future. Claims that
The funeral for Charlie Sherman will take place tomorrow in St Matthew’s Church, Rowde, at 10.45am. Mr Sherman, an engineer and member of Devizes Hockey Club, died two days before his 23rd birthday, in a crash in Bath Road, Devizes, on July 17
TRADERS in Marlborough say they lost out on thousands of pounds of business as a result of road closures over the jazz festival weekend and want a rethink for next year’s event. Owners of High Street businesses turned up at Monday’s town council
YOUNG skateboarders, inliners and scooter riders are being invited to take part in a junior competition at the RampNation indoor skate park, off London Road in Devizes. Co-owner Lucy Wain said: “Following the success of the Wiltshire Skate Series
John Bodman only found out that Hatts Travel – the firm which owns Bodman Coaches – was to close three days before staff were told. Hatts called in administrators last Thursday, leaving 89 people without jobs and up to 1,000 people without holidays
HOUSEHOLDER Peregrine Rawlins is calling for action to stop lorries using a single-track road at Little Cheverell as a rat run. Mr Rawlins said long lorries have particular difficulty negotiating bends in Low Road. Kerb stones have been damaged
Plans are to be submitted for a huge solar farm in the centre of Castle Combe Race Circuit. But the firms behind it say around 97 per cent of the 55-acre solar farm site would remain undeveloped, the land around and beneath the panels being sown
