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  • Road safety put in focus in Calne

    CALNE Police held a winter road safety operation on Friday night in light of recent deaths on Wiltshire roads. A 48-year-old man was arrested for drink driving, a 19-year-old man was breathalysed and found to have alcohol in his system below the

  • CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Bluebirds bring in Thompson

    CHIPPENHAM Town have signed goalkeeper Conor Thompson from Bath side Larkhall Athletic. Swindon-born Thompson, who has had spells with Torquay, Newport and Gloucester, arrives at the Bluebirds, who lost regular number one Kent Kauppinen to suspension

  • Malmesbury festive late night with some animal magic

    Jack Frost and an unlikely assortment of animals helped make Malmesbury’s annual Late Christmas Shopping event one of the most successful ever staged. The organisers feared the worst when heavy storms had been predicted for last Friday. But

  • EQUESTRIAN: Mendoza on form

    WILTSHIRE showjumper Jessica Mendoza capped a fine 2014 with victory at the Gucci Paris Masters CSI2*Grand Prix with horse Spirit T. Their triumph followed hot on the heels of victory in the International Young Riders Grand Prix in Holland the

  • DAN THE FAN: Second best – for now

    WITH Town comfortably beating Notts County 3-0 and Bristol City drawing 0-0 with just a few minutes left, it looked like Mark Cooper’s side would be taking top spot in League One for the first time this season. But our local rivals scored their

  • Santas run through the streets of Devizes

    Santas of all shapes and sizes took to the streets of Devizes on Sunday for a charity fun run in aid of the Mayor’s charities. More than 100 people met in the Market Place for the event organised by Bag4Sport Foundation. Mayor Sarah Bridewell

  • CRICKET: Avebury bring in Wes

    AVEBURY have signed South African first-class player Wes Hartslief ahead of the 2015 season. All-rounder Hartslief, 28, has six years’ experience playing professionally with South West Districts in his homeland and has enjoyed several spells with

  • Wiltshire Council's coffers to be £15m lighter

    Wiltshire Council faces a tough challenge in the year ahead as it needs to make savings of about £30 million. The central government grant that Wiltshire Council will have in 2015/16 is £15.2 million less than in this financial year. Yesterday

  • Book-based Chippenham play is a tribute to author

    THE widower of a popular children’s author was delighted to see one of her stories brought to life by schoolchildren in Chippenham. Almost 50 pupils from the town’s three secondary schools got involved in a Chippenham Library and Pageturners project

  • TRAMPOLINING: Conor is bouncing

    HARDENHUISH School Year Eight pupil Conor Irwin’s recent success in a Trampolining and Double Mini Tramp (DMT) International Competition last month saw him making it through to the finals for both events in the UK league. Held at Cambridge University

  • Christmas Jumper Day fundraiser

    FUNDRAISERS have been turning out their wardrobes to find their most garish and uncool sweaters to support Christmas Jumper Day. Malmesbury School staff left their sense of style behind to don an array of pullovers for good causes. Many dressed

  • Special Stonehenge bus services for Winter Solstice

    SPECIAL shuttle buses will be taking people to Stonehenge this year to mark the Winter Solstice. Salisbury Reds is running its 333 service between 6am and 7.25am from Salisbury New Canal on Monday (December 22) with buses returning from Stonehenge

  • Packed meeting votes to oppose Bromham gypsy site

    Hundreds of people, who turned out for a meeting to discuss plans for a gypsy site in Bromham, voted unanimously to object to the proposal. There was standing room only in St Nicholas Church on Tuesday evening as villagers who oppose the plans

  • KICKBOXING: Annabelle is the Commonwealth queen

    CHIPPENHAM kickboxer Annabelle Shoob will celebrate Christmas with more than her fair share of festive sparkle in tow after clinching her third World Ring Sports Association (WRSA) title of the year, writes DAN BARNES. The 20-year-old beat Burntwood

  • Massive expansion bid by water firm

    WAVIN has submitted a planning application to nearly double the size of its Chippenham factory in Parsonage Way. The company plans to focus the production of its above and below ground water management products in the town. Its submission to

  • Allington residents 'misled' over boundaries

    ALLINGTON residents are up in arms about the possibility of development west of the A350, which would open up greenfield land there to developers like The Range. Wiltshire Council previously stated that the A350 was a natural boundary for Chippenham