Parents with children at Springfields Academy in Calne are calling for the reinstatement of its suspended headteacher, Trystan Williams, and vice principal James Lynch. Mr Williams was suspended from the academy for pupils with complex learning
A woman in her 50s was reported unwell in a car at West Cepen Way, Chippenham, today at about 2.30pm. She was thought to be having a heart attack and South West Ambulance Service and Wiltshire Air Ambulance attended. Care was provided at the
A modernised Post Office is hoping for the stamp of approval from residents of Christian Malford as it opens its doors this week. The branch closed for refurbishment on January 20. When it reopens, customers will be able to use a Post Office card
Police say crime in Devizes is at a nine-week low. Vincent Logue, sergeant of the Devizes Neighbourhood Policing Team, said it was the culmination of effort by NPT and CID officers at Devizes working in close co-operation with other agencies.
THE Chippenham company that persuaded The Range to apply to base its southern distribution centre in the town is now looking to build 2,600 homes in its own separate development. Chippenham 2020 LLP wants to build an urban extension called Riverside
Mrs Eileen Beatrice Reid (née Whitmarsh) has died aged 93. She was born in Glastonbury and moved to Cocklebury Lane, Chippenham in the 1920s, living in a cottage at Self’s Farm where her father worked. During the Second World War Mrs Reid worked
Farmer Mr Philip Oram died at the Great Western Hospital on January 9, aged 56. Mr Oram was born on February 6, 1958 and lived in North Bradley. He went to Roundstone Primary School until he was 11 when the whole family moved to West Ashton
Musicians of grade V and above of all ages are invited to play Sibelius Symphony No 2 with members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in a fun day of music-making at the Neeld Hall on Sunday, February 8, from 10am to 5pm. The cost is £30 adults
FORMER politician Ann Widdecombe will be hosting a talk at Lucknam Park about her life in politics and appearing on Strictly Come Dancing. She will also be speaking at the hotel in Colerne about her new career as an author on March 26. Tickets
CHIPPENHAM Town have signed teenage striker Jack Odam from Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division rivals Dorchester Town on a dual-registration deal. The 19-year-old, who joined Gosport Borough at the start of the season and remains registered
PUPILS at John Bentley School, Calne, were put through their paces by local businesses on Tuesday as the school held its third annual Big Interview Day. It gave Year 10 and sixth form pupils the opportunity to apply for mock jobs and experience
WILTSHIRE headteachers have bemoaned the fact that second sittings of GCSE exams have not been taken into account in school league tables, published by the Department for Education today. Many of their results are down on last year, but would have
LEA & Garsdon Primary School girls’ team reached the Wiltshire Schools U11 Cup final last week, losing narrowly on penalties. The girls beat Luckington, Minety, Sherston and Oaksey before soundly beating Corsham School 4-1. Victory secured
Shakespeare Live will be holding open auditions for The Taming of the Shrew on Saturday, at the Royal Oak, High Street, Corsham, from 10am-4pm. This well-known local company has been producing an annual outdoor show each July for well over 20 years
POULSHOT’S Amelia Bissett has been selected to be part of the 12U Great Britain tennis team against Belgium in a Friendly Team Cup event on February 9-12. Bissett trains at the high performance centre at Team Bath, attended all of the national
Charitable organisation The Big Community Grow started work on a project with Trowbridge Youth Parliament to make a community garden in Trowbridge Park on Saturday. The project is part of a competition launched by Friends of Trowbridge Park in
DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg has outlined plans for improvements across Wiltshire as part of £11.5m Government funding. The money is being given to the Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership between 2016 and 2021 as part of a growth
Organisers of Devizes Festival and the town’s carnival are to be offered the chance to use an empty shop in town centre for publicity. Town councillors were asked to consider covering the front of the former Masons green grocers shop at 19 The
This must be one of the best known and loved of all the romantic ballets, and I can’t believe I haven’t taken my 15-year-old daughter (who has been dancing since she was three) to see it, so I jumped at the chance to see Moscow City Ballet’s production
In terms of physical comedy, brilliantly timed, this production cannot be faulted, but I overheard one playgoer remark, “It doesn’t quite grab you, does it?” The Original Theatre Company and the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds’ touring production
Westminster is gripped with ‘100-day fever’ as the countdown to the election ticks on. Like all MPs, I am getting new photos, ordering literature and making plans to take our Battle Bus (my VW Camper van) to as many places as possible when the
An action plan that aims to help Malmesbury prosper and become a “retail destination of the future” has been unveiled. It includes the creation of a Visit Malmesbury shopping guide, a town events calendar and guide, and an annual food festival.
This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day on Tuesday marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, where 1.1 million people, 90 per cent of them Jews, were killed by the Nazis. The speeches by survivors of the camp, the laying of
MARLBOROUGH roared back to Davis Wood League Central One action in style as they thrashed bottom side Minehead 6-2. The visitors started the game poorly, gifting Minehead early possession and territory. The tide was soon turned however and
Redland Primary School in Chippenham will be able to serve hot meals for the first time in 11 years thanks to a successful bid by Wiltshire Council for Government funding. Brinkworth Earl Danby’s Church of England Primary and All Cannings Church
Early morning streets in Wiltshire are to be plunged into darkness as part of the council’s cost-cutting plan. This and other measures were revealed at a meeting in Chippenham on Monday night, where residents were invited to discuss the council
WITH the majority of Town’s squad enjoying a mid-season break under the sun in Tenerife, it’s been talk of possible departures and the Asian Cup making the headlines. Every Town fan knew that eventually clubs outside League One would finally spot
FEWER students in Wiltshire are achieving the top GCSE results compared to last year according to the latest tables released by the department of education (DfE). But headteachers are putting the fall in figures down to the Department of Education
MICHAEL Papps’ parting gift to Burbage & Easton Royal was to ensure that the east Wiltshire outfit wouldn’t go into their first-ever campaign in the third tier of the West of England Premier League (WEPL) without a former New Zealand international
A figure of wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill is among 33 life-size celebrity waxworks going under the hammer at Chippenham Auction Rooms on Saturday. The collection of replicas, created by London’s Madame Tussauds and Gems Studio, is expected
On a very chilly night, it was comforting to feel the warmth as we walked into the Seven Stars, a traditional stone village pub. Luckily we had booked, because it was packed and the menu proved interesting, with a wide range of tempting meat, fish
Having tried, unsuccessfully, to eat here before Christmas, I booked in advance for Sunday lunch at this country pub. The thatched pub is not very big inside, but it had a very welcoming wood burning stove, which was a warming prospect on a blustery
Billiionaire Stefan Persson, owner and chairman of the H&M clothing chain, has been granted permission to build a brand new country pile on his land at Ramsbury. This is despite concerns from neighbouring millionaire property tycoon Harry Hyams
A DECISION on the future of Corsham’s Mansion House may be getting closer, with Wiltshire Council taking it off the market and considering using it as a digital hub. Nearly four years since the Grade II listed building in Pickwick Road was put
WILTSHIRE Council has turned down plans by Lidl for an extension to its Devizes store because of worries over wildlife protection. The store, in London Road, applied for permission to increase its sales area by 342sq m to provide extra storage
DEVELOPER Flower & Hayes Ltd has lost its battle to turn two offices in Dauntsey, near Chippenham, into eight flats. The company launched an appeal following the decision by Wiltshire Council not to allow the development at Middle Farm Close
Tesco's decision to shut its Devizes Metro store on April 4, putting more than 60 jobs at risk, has been described as a huge blow to the local economy. Yesterday the supermarket giant confirmed that the Maryport Street shop was not making enough
