CHIPPENHAM paid the penalty for making a slow start to both halves as they gifted their visitors early goals whilst being guilty of wasting several golden opportunities themselves. After the returning Charlie Griffin hit an early effort wide, Hitchin
When school friends Eloise Chisholm and Aimee Lindsay spent more than four hours cleaning stables they should have come out reeking of muck… but instead emerged smelling of roses after raising more than £1,000 for charity. The Grittleton House
I HAD no preconceptions about The Bridge Inn and, apart from passing it on journeys to and from Salisbury over the years, it was a blank canvas in my mind. We arrived just before noon on a weekday so I wasn’t expecting large numbers of customers
With only three weeks to go until hundreds of cyclists arrive at the start line for the first Black Legend Sportive on Sunday, March 22, Ironman triathlete Claire Donald talks about the importance of nutrition and how you can tailor your diet for success
The owners of the real Wolf Hall, on which the BBC series is based, are four siblings who say it is haunted and “a bit of a mess”. The site of the legendary Tudor manor, near Burbage, is now home to the Binney family – three brothers and a sister
CHIPPENHAM Hi-Lights celebrates 35 years of theatre in the town with a performance of Wind in the Willows this week. The all-child cast, some as young as six, have been rehearsing at the West End Club for nine months to bring Chippenham the classic
FORMER Lyneham man Michael Ernest Leach, 69, was sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison for child sexual offences at Swindon Crown Court on Monday. Leach pleaded guilty to attempted rape of a child and five counts of indecency with a child
A CHIPPENHAM grandmother wants to thank the man who smashed his way into her car to free her after she had a heart attack at the wheel. Katrina Young, 63, who has no history of heart trouble, was driving along West Cepen Way when she collapsed.
Devizes is to stage its own version of the TV’s Come Dine With Me as it gears up for the town’s Food and Drink Festival. People can sign up now for the dinner parties on March 21 at private homes, but they will not find out the exact location until
WORK has begun on the construction of a new £1 million affordable housing development in Rowden Lane, Chippenham.Social housing provider Stonewater is working with Wiltshire Council and Redcliffe Homes to create the 13-home scheme, which will provide
Protestors against plans to build 123 more homes on land at Quakers Walk, Devizes, are gearing up to take on the developer. An outline planning application for the second phase of homes on a site, which is next to an ancient bridleway, has been
Food Champions from Wiltshire Wildlife Trust are helping people in Chippenham and Pewsey to create their own wildlife gardens thanks to a grant from People’s Postcode Trust. The project has been given £7,876 by the charity, which is funded by players
Devizes’ newest cafe, which opened in January, has a list of speciality teas as long as your arm and a beautiful way of serving their brews. They all come in transparent pots with an internal container for the leaves. Customers are given an egg
Peacock feather designs are needed for a community project in Corsham. The town council is looking for projects and groups in the area to come up with creative ideas that can be turned into artwork. An artist will then recreate the feather
As the cold winter weather slowly starts to thaw, more and more people will head out on the nation’s canals. One of the most popular and well-known stretches in Wiltshire is the flight of locks at Caen Hill outside Devizes, said to be the most
Donald Keighly of Hungerford Road, Calne, sent in this lovely photograph of his wife and her friends performing in the St Paul’s School play in 1941. Mr Keighly said: “My wife is the little girl (Rita Joan Hart) in the middle of the photograph.
100 Years Ago. CORSHAM: During the past few weeks the efforts of the Corsham Working Party have been concentrated on sending help to the Serbian Relief and Red Cross Funds. One bale of blankets, shirts and clothing was sent by Sir Thomas Lipton
Marlborough has been hit by a series of mini power cuts this morning. The loss of power lasted only seconds, but it has had an effect on businesses. Drivers faces delays getting fuel at Budgens because staff had to reconfigure their computer
AFGHANISTAN veteran Richard Salter came under fire from a judge on a new TV art show when he said he wanted his pictures to tell a story – but he survived the first round of the knock-out competition. Sgt Salter, 35, who lives in Devizes with his
A world record attempt made by Corsham PCSO a for the longest continuous radio show has come to an end. PCSO Byrne, 28, and radio station manager Will Bridger, 17, from Melksham Town Sound presented their show for 44 hours. They were hoping
Hundreds of fish were removed from a Wiltshire canal, as pupils from Rowde Primary School watched the action. The children joined a team from the Canal and River Trust to observe the operation and learn of the canal’s history. They also met
YOUNGSTERS from across Wiltshire came together last Saturday and created tree sparrow villages in Marlborough to help the declining population. The numbers of tree sparrows has fallen dramatically in recent years so to help combat the problem Marlborough
PARISHIONERS at St Mary’s Church in Calne have received a Care of Churches Award from the Salisbury Diocese as a new £250,000 heating system nears completion.The heating hasn’t been fully functioning since January last year but after a second winter
People suffering from sight loss can benefit from support sessions at Marlborough Fire Station next month. The free two-day Finding Your Feet course, run by Action for Blind People, is designed to support visually impaired people of all ages, in
