Royal Wootton Bassett Academy now expects to add newly-trained teachers to its legacy of first class pupils. With successive outstanding ratings from Ofsted, the school has branched out with a focus on training future teachers. Last month it
A former headmaster of Pewsey Vale School has died, and former pupils have paid tribute to him. Mr Trayhern, from Easton Royal, died on August 15 at the age of 79 after a six-year long battle with cancer. Born on October 22, 1935, Mr Trayhern
Francis Anthony Rabagliati, of Charlcutt, near Calne, died at home on August 30. He was born in Durban, South Africa on May 21, 1920, being the third and youngest child of Andrea Rabagliati, a surgeon, and Julia Rabagliati nee Bright. They moved
The man who launched the Devizes Belvoir lettings franchise 15 years ago has died. Tim Hoddinott endured prolonged prostate cancer, which he endured with great dignity and courage, before he died on September 6 aged 65. Mr Hoddinott had a distinguished
Calne rower Alex Simpson and his three crewmates have set a world record for the fastest crossing of the Indian Ocean in a four-man boat after completing the 3,370 nautical mile journey. The crew, Fast Row West, completed the journey from Exmouth
Plans for the Vale Community Campus were unveiled at the Pewsey Area Board meeting on Monday night. The new building is part of Wiltshire Council scheme to build campuses across the county to house a variety of council and partnership services
CHIPPENHAM Town have been linked with a move for Mark Preece after the defender departed Gloucester City. The Tigers today announced that 27-year-old centre-back Preece, who has also previously featured for Forest Green Rovers, Mansfield Town and
Chippenham's Borough Parade shopping centre has been sold for £16.3m. The 82,000 sq ft retail centre, which links to the High Street and houses retailers such as Waitrose, New Look and Argos, has been bought by London property investment firm Development
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MARK Collier called in a family favour on Wednesday night as he cast his eyes over Chippenham Town’s next FA Cup opponents. After triumphing 1-0 at last season’s FA Vase champions Sholing, the Bluebirds were handed an FA Cup second round qualifying
Hundreds packed into the grounds of Malmesbury Abbey on Saturday to watch the Archbishop of Canterbury baptise 19 candidates from North Wiltshire in a full-immersion tank. There was a huge applause from more than 600 onlookers, guests and candidates
The stepfather of Prince Harry's former girlfriend took his own life with an overdose, an inquest has heard. Entrepreneur Christopher Shaw, 76, who was married to Cressida Bonas's mother Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon during the 1990s, had been suffering
The competitive alcohol-free stage of the Pewsey Carnival four-legged race was called off on Thursday after no-one signed up. Instead, entrants held out for the non-competitive event where they followed the same course but were allowed to drink
Fears that youngsters in Pewsey will have nowhere to go when the youth club closes its doors next Friday were voiced at a meeting of the area board. During the meeting on Monday Wiltshire councillor Laura Mayes, cabinet member for children’s services
Corsham artist Anthony Pates has been named Oldie British Artist (OBA) 2014, with a painting described by judges as ‘in the great English landscape tradition’. The award, launched three years ago by The Oldie magazine, is only open to the over-
Retired dairy farmer Fred Brown got a bird’s eye view of his beloved Wiltshire as part of the celebrations to mark his forthcoming 100th birthday. Mr Brown, of Knowledge Crescent in Ramsbury, is a member of the village’s Royal British Legion and
I’m writing this week’s column from Scotland, where I’ve joined the campaign for a ‘No’ vote in the referendum, to help keep our country together and save us from a messy divorce. I know from my constituency mailbag that many English Brits in Wiltshire
The Scottish Referendum is an event with such seismic consequences that it is hard to think of anything else. However, by the time you read this, the die will have been cast in one of three ways. A clear ‘yes’ would be a disaster for the whole
The Wiltshire Music Centre in Bradford on Avon opens with a Gala Concert on Saturday, when audiences will notice quite a few changes. This is the first season programmed entirely by new artistic director, James Slater, and his confident and forward-looking
WILTSHIRE rider Tommy Bridewell is in confident mood ahead of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship’s Showdown event in Assen, Holland, this weekend. Bridewell’s Milwaukee Yamaha team are thhe only outfit to have qualified two riders
Today the people of Scotland (although not those living south of the border thanks to an active SNP policy of disenfranchisement) will be going off to vote. With polls narrowing and campaigns ever more acrimonious, it really is too close to call
CHIPPENHAM Town manager Mark Collier admits he was disappointed to see Ellis Dunton turn out in red and black of Cirencester Town before receiving an official approach from the defender’s former club. The 21-year-old full-back joined the Bluebirds
Wiltshire Police re-opened their £1.8m refurbished Crime and Communications Centre yesterday afternoon. Refurbishment of the former emergency communications centre, which includes a state-of-the-art new telephone system, started back in January
Hundreds of motorists were pulled over by Wiltshire Police in Marlborough yesterday in a bid to crack down on rural crime and road safety. Wiltshire Police’s Rural Crime Team and Marlborough Neighbourhood Police Team had between six and seven officers
WILTSHIRE MEN gained ample revenge for a 20-shot loss in 2013 as they ran out victors in this year’s annual showdown against the women at Trowbridge Westbourne. Led by the host club’s Bowls Wiltshire Men’s president Dave Richards, the men produced
The mother of ecstasy victim Robbie Day has spoken of her anger after the man who supplied her son with the drug that killed him was spared jail for a third time. Tristan Wilcox, 35, was given a suspended sentence in February after he was found
