THE Co-Op store in Lyneham has re-opened after a £330,000 transformation. The Church End store now has an enhanced in-store bakery, and a focus on fresh, healthy foods, meal ideas and essentials. The transformation also includes new refrigeration
PEOPLE in Wiltshire are being asked for their views on free first hour parking across the county but none is proposed in changes outlined in a far reaching review unveiled by Wiltshire Council this week. Chippenham Area Board chairman Linda Packard
A fundraising dinner for Devizes’ Commonwealth Games hero Tom Reed is to be held in the town tonight. Bag4Sport Foundation has organised a dinner at the Peppermill bistro to help judo player Reed who receives no Lottery funding as he tries to qualify
Wiltshire Council has just launched its biggest ever parking review of towns throughout the county but critics say the consultation is far too complicated. No public meetings are planned and people are expected to access key information by looking
THE Southgate Inn continues to champion live music with another exciting gig on Saturday as, following the success of the recent jazz gig featuring some of the top musicians in the business, pub landlords Sarah and Ian Wixon have managed to book Bristol
In this week of remembrance, The Invitation Theatre Company provided a poignant statement on the sacrifice and waste of war in its production of Howard Goodall’s musical. Based on the novel by Melvyn Bragg, the piece tells of the struggles of working
CORSHAM Regis Primary Academy is celebrating the recognition of their hard work through two awards and a good rating in its Ofsted inspection. Headteacher Gareth Spicer said he is thrilled with the progress the school has made since becoming an
The bad weather didn’t prevent schools in Devizes hosting Remembrance events on Tuesday. Devizes School and Wansdyke School held ceremonies, laid wreaths and planted poppies, and observed a two-minute silence. Devizes School was forced to hold
A HILLS Waste Solutions planning application to retain and extend its facility at Lower Compton was rejected by Calne Town Council. Hills Waste Solutions’ temporary planning permission for a Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) ends in 2016.
CHILDREN at Sunny Days Pre-school in Calne showed their support for the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal by raising more than £50 last Friday with a First World War fancy dress day. Each child who dressed up donated £1 to the charity with many
FORMER Corsham School pupil and hit blogger Zoe Sugg is in the running for the prestigious Cosmopolitan Women of the Year Awards. The 24-year-old started her blog in 2009 in her bedroom in Lacock as a hobby to inject some creativity into her free
Football fan Patrick Joseph Delaney, who spent most of his life in Bradford on Avon, died on October 31 in hospital in Coventry, aged 63, after suffering from kidney failure. Mr Delaney, who was more commonly known as Pat, was born on April 9,
Robert (Rory) John McNeile died in his sleep aged 87 on October 14. His funeral was held on November 3 at the Parish Church of St Nicholas, Bromham, and he is survived by his three children and eight grandchildren. Born on July 6, 1927, Mr
Wiltshire College commemorated Remembrance Day with a large poppy collage of individual poppies with messages of thanks, reflection and commemoration. The collage included 423 individual poppies, and went on display in the Chippenham College’s
Robert Michael Ballinger, a life member of Chippenham Town Football Club, died at the Prospect Hospice in Wroughton on October 31, aged 86. Mr Ballinger was born, raised and educated in Chippenham. His mother died when he was just 18 months
These keen young learners in Skylark Class are ready to start their school lives at St Thomas a Becket School in Tilshead. They were omitted from our First Class supplement so we are happy to include them here.
A rare eyewitness account by one of the British heroes of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift is to go under the hammer at Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes on Saturday. Walter Dunne’s letter, dated January 24, 1879, describes how he and a vastly outnumbered
Wiltshire Police are warning motorists to be aware of a large abnormal load that will be moving through the county this weekend. At about 7am hours on Sunday a specialised load transporter carrying metal frames, will be escorted by Wiltshire Police
More than 70 people went to a Special Constabulary awareness evening at Wiltshire Police Headquarters in Devizes yesterday. They were able to ask questions about the application process and to consider whether they could join the force as a 'special
THE Earl of Cardigan is hopeful a High Court ruling to remove one of the Savernake Estate trustees could help to secure its future. In Friday’s ruling Mr Justice Newey concluded that trustees John Moore, a barristers' clerk, and Wilson Cotton,
Nettleton Post Office are asking for votes to be named champion in the Countryside Alliance Awards, aka the Rural Oscars. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the awards, every UK Champion of the last 10 years is being invited back to re-compete
TRAFFIC was delayed this morning on the A361 near Beckhampton when a car turned on its side after apparently hitting a lamppost. Police were called at 8.10am by a witness after the silver Nissan Micra turned on its side about 100m from the Beckhampton
Women's boutique Wardrobe in Devizes sold out of charity poppy scarves in just half an hour last Wednesday, after customers saw that 100 per cent of the money would be going to the poppy appeal. Owner Taylor-Jane Hancock has raised over £200 for
Befrank Theatre Company have clearly put hours of thought and effort into this devised piece, which opens as a group of family members, clearing the house after the death of an aged parent, converse amid cardboard boxes of possessions – some for relatives
TRIBUTES have been paid to Chippenham Town FC life member Robert Michael Ballinger following his death on October 31. Mr Ballinger, husband of the late Doris, died at the Prospect Hospice in Wroughton aged 86. Described as club stalwart on
Baking fans in Bromham will join a Great Bromham Bake Off on Saturday, organised by BBC Wiltshire to raise money for Children in Need. It will be held in Bromham Social Centre from 9am-noon and organisers are looking for as many people as possible
A bag of white powder, believed to be drugs, was found outside Redland Primary School, Chippenham, last Thursday. The bag was handed to police and sent away for destruction.
WILTSHIRE Council has ended its controversial agreement with developers ING over the Bridge Centre site in Chippenham paving the way for it to be turned into a multi-storey car park, shops and a cinema. Council deputy leader John Thomson revealed
Did you know that 46 words from the start of Psalm 46 is the word “Shake” and 46 words from its end is the word “Spear”. And in 1610/11, the Bard was 46 years old. Intriguing, if inconclusive. 46 is the famous Psalm “God is our refuge and strength,
Trowbridge Arts is hosting three professional touring productions for all ages over the coming weeks, beginning on Friday at 7.30pm with Northanger Abbey, a performance for anyone over the age of 10. Featuring just two performers, seven puppets
In a fitting tribute to our armed forces, I was delighted to hear this week that, following many years of campaigning by service charities, Michael Fallon, the Secretary of State for Defence, announced that widows, widowers and surviving civil partners
As this year marks the centenary of the start of the First World War, the Remembrance services this week took on an added poignancy. I attended Sunday services at St Katharine’s in Holt and St Michael and All Angels in Melksham. Following the
Police are appealing for information after a number of 850kg transformers, which had been returned as scrap, were stolen from Tamura Europe Ltd in Clark Avenue, Calne. They are thought to have been stolen between 5.45pm on Sunday and just before
Visitors to Stonehenge are being invited to step through the doorways of its Neolithic houses and into prehistory this winter as expert-led events and demonstrations are offered for the first time. The Stone Age is being brought to life through
Pewsey clergyman Canon Gerald Osborne is to perform a remarkable feat of faith and memory by reciting in public the whole of Mark’s Gospel from memory. Canon Osborne, a farmer and priest from Lawn Farm, Milton Lilbourne, will give a dramatised
DEVIZES Opportunity Centre manager Betty Newman can sleep easy after receiving news that Children In Need has once again pledged to support the nursery. Mrs Newman and her staff were relieved and delighted to be told the charity is to give the
Staff at Green Square Chippenham got a glimpse of Paralympic history when swimmer Stephanie Millward brought her London 2012 medals into their offices. The Paralympian, who has been promoting her new book, Paying the Price, took her four silver
THE young, the not so young and those just about old enough to remember the Second World War gathered around the county on Sunday to pay tribute to those who gave their lives during war and conflict. And while the event honours all our war dead
TWO businessmen behind plans for a mosque in London Road, Devizes, have fallen out about how it will be run. Imman Hossain, who runs the Bengal Bite restaurant in Sheep Street, Devizes, has withdrawn his support for the project as he believes it
Schools across Wiltshire will be tuning up as they prepare for Devizes Junior Eisteddfod this weekend. Director Michael Johnson believes the 68th eisteddfod will be one of the highest quality ever and, thanks to a new format, some of the region
Michelle Donelan, who is campaigning to be our next Member of Parliament, has said that giving pensioners greater security in retirement is one of her key pledges to Wiltshire if she is elected in May. She has vowed to protect universal benefits
