Five cars were involved in a collision on the A345 at Manningford Bruce on Thursday evening. South Western Ambulance Service were called to Wheatlands in Manningford Bruce at 5.40pm where a blue Peugeot, black Nissan Navara, red Peugeot 206, a
THE chairman of the Calne Environmental Network is confident the group can continue following a meeting to discuss its future. An extraordinary meeting was held on Wednesday, October 22, at the Community Hub to look at the declining numbers attending
A Halloween inspired beer has been created especially by Box Steam Brewery. The beer, Ghost Train, is described as “a 4.8% ABV [Alcohol By Volume] full-bodied, ruby premium bitter, with a delicate blackcurrant aroma. “Initially gentle bitterness
Popular Melksham farmer and horse racing fanatic Richard Stainer has died, aged 70. More than 400 people turned out to celebrate Mr Stainer’s life last Thursday at St Michael and All Angels Church in Melksham. Known to his friends as Dick,
Auctioneer Dominic Winter died at the age of 61 last Monday, with his family around him at home in Old Town, Swindon after losing his battle with cancer. The antiques expert dedicated his life to the industry, and opened his own auctioneering business
ASPIRATIONS for the future of Pewsey have been set out in a Neighbourhood Development Plan validated by Wiltshire Council. The parish council decided to write an NDP in reaction to the Localism Act and it sets down objectives for the village for
The biannual Clock Change Challenge in Calne sold out for the first time on Sunday with 300 runners taking part in the 10k race. The 13th edition of the road race, number 12 in the Wiltshire race league, saw 250 runners sign up in advance with
CHIPPENHAM Park manager Dave Ferris was proud to hear that Ryan Campbell grabbed his first taste of action in the Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division last weekend. Winger Campbell was included in Mark Collier’s Chippenham Town squad for Saturday
TUESDAY night’s performance was a great response to the disappointing home result on Saturday, where Colchester took advantage of Town’s lack of leadership last Saturday. When Nathan Thompson was wrongly sent off against Yeovil, everyone knew it
So many elements combined to make this one of the most divine enterprises of English Touring Opera’s outstanding season. And what an incredible mixture of talents it was, from the ebullient conducting of the highly disciplined Cantamus Chamber
People in Devizes have been shocked by the stabbing of a middle-aged man at a town centre bus stop at 9.30am on Sunday. Police arrested a man near the bus stop by The Black Swan and a man and a woman were arrested soon after at a house near the
DEVIZES made it two wins from two on the road in the Davis Wood League Conference North as they clinched a 4-1 victory at Lydney. The visitors produced their best performance of the season to topple their Forest of Dean hosts. Devizes started
Devizes Town Council is urging people to have their say on the Devizes area neighbourhood plan following the importance given to it in the Coate Bridge decision. Town councillor Judy Rose said: “The neighbourhood plan played a big part in the decision
Roundway parish councillor Andy Geddes was the first person in Devizes to receive the news of the Coate Bridge appeal decision. He could hardly believe what he was reading when a letter from the Department of Communities and Local Government revealed
BARONESS Shirley Williams believes MP Duncan Hames can hold onto his Chippenham seat in next May’s general election. Baroness Williams was in Chippenham on Friday to speak to the Lib Dem MP and local party campaigners at their North Wiltshire base
Those who believe in ‘ever-closer union’ in Europe (there are precious few of them, most certainly not including me) must be tearing their hair out at recent European events. It is absurd that the more successful a member’s economy the more they
This week, my postbox brought some very good news for those of us who passionately believe in localism. I received a letter saying that Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has refused to overturn Wiltshire Council
The latest production by the Wharf Theatre is Guards! Guards!, by Terry Pratchett, which has been adapted for the amateur stage by Stephen Briggs. The story is part of Pratchett’s famous Discworld series, set in a fantasy world. The city of Ankh-Morpork
For several years now – even before my election to Parliament – I have been working with campaigners in Corsham to get the station in the town re-opened. Corsham station was closed after the Beeching Report in the 1960s, but demand for rail services
Cabinet minister Eric Pickles is the toast of Devizes this week after it was revealed he stepped in to prevent 350 homes being built on farmland at Coate Bridge. Communities secretary Mr Pickles went against the recommendation of a planning inspector
A campaign to re-open Corsham Station has been taken directly to the Department for Transport in London. Campaigners joined Michelle Donelan, the Conservatives’ Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Chippenham constituency, and travelled
The Fire Brigades Union is taking four days of strike action this weekend, coinciding with a number of firework displays in Wiltshire, saying that the longest action taken in the dispute so far shows how strongly its members feel. The walkout is
MUM Sarah Weller has told how her family was forced to flee their home in the early hours after an arson attack destroyed their caravan, shed and two cars. Mrs Weller, of Park Close, Ogbourne St George, was woken by a car alarm and her dogs barking
