Kennet Valley Amateur Dramatic Society has gone multi-cultural as it prepares to stage Wiltshire’s first trilingual pantomime. The society’s production of Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves is written and produced by John Bartle and features Arabic
TICKETS have just gone on sale for a performance by the ever popular west country group The Wurzels who will perform at Potterne Cricket Club in July. The band will sing classics such as Combine Harvester and Drink Up Thy Cider on July 3 to raise
Agricultural workers living in a home that goes with their job could soon face paying income tax on its rental value. The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) will be pressing the next government to implement its proposals that where a home is provided
CHILDREN put on high-visibility vests and hard hats to get a close look at building work near to their school in Chippenham. Redland Primary pupils were shown around the construction site last Friday, by Pippin Construction and housing group GreenSquare
Devizes Town Council has refused to be wooed by pleas from Devizes businessman Nigel Grist about his plans for a leisure park in a valley close to the town centre. Members of the planning committee were asked if they wanted to reconsider their
Frogwell Primary School in Chippenham has proven its green credentials by securing its first coveted Eco-Schools Green Flag award. The Eco Warrior club, which has been running at Frogwell since 2008, has transformed the school’s daily routine into
Tesco is to shut its Devizes Metro store in Maryport Street on Saturday, April 4, putting more than 60 jobs at risk. The supermarket giant confirmed that the shop on Maryport Street is not making enough money and the 61 staff members were dealt
WILTSHIRE Ladies recorded a comprehensive victory in the annual county indoor showdown against the men at North Wilts IBC (Chippenham) on Sunday afternoon. After agonisingly losing by one shot on the last end two years ago, the women romped home
MALMESBURY’S infamous “corrugated road” will finally be re-surfaced, after years of misery and frustration for motorists. About a quarter-of-a-mile stretch of the one of the town’s main arteries, the B4040 through Holloway, has produced an avalanche
CHIPPENHAM Town chief Mark Collier could not fault his players’ effort despite seeing them slip to a 2-0 defeat at Truro City on Tuesday night. The Bluebirds found themselves behind inside five minutes as Matt White fired fourth-in-the-table Truro
KIAS Bonner-Shea’s 90th minute free-kick sent Pewsey Vale through to a third Salisbury & District Hospital Cup final in five years on Tuesday night. Vale, who beat Downton to win the competition in 2011 and were losing finalists at the hands
A COUPLE from Bromham, who took up running in their fifties, are now urging others to join a course which takes people from couch potatoes to dedicated joggers in the space of a few weeks. Ian and Jackie Tuckett took part in a sofa to 5K course
CYCLISTS in Chippenham will soon be able to enjoy improved routes. Funding from the Government’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund is allowing Wiltshire Council to widen footways to give more room to cyclists on parts of London Road, Wood Lane,
NORTH WILTS Ladies produced another magnificent performance to march on into the quarter-finals of the women’s national inter-club championship for the Yetton Trophy. Winners of this top ladies national competition in 2008, the Westcroft-based
