AN investment of £2 million is to transform Chippenham's cinema and make it accessible to all. KC Suri, who owns the Astoria Reel as well as 14 other Reel cinemas across the country, says he is going to pump £2m into the Marshfield Road building
TRYSTAN Williams has described his treatment during 18 months away from his role as principal at Springfields Academy as inhumane. In an interview with the BBC, broadcast on Wednesday evening, Mr Williams spoke about the issues he has faced since
CHILDREN at Urchfont Primary got creative with visiting performance poet, author and specialist English teacher David Mason last week.The two day visit saw all the children work with Mr Mason, turning acts of drama into creative writing masterpieces.The
Seend Fawlty Players’ 36th Village PantomimeBeauty and the BeastSeend Community Centre, February 19-21A couple from Surrey happened upon Seend Fawlty Players’ annual panto several years ago while staying at the caravan site in Sells Green. Since then
MOTHER'S Day is a time to celebrate that special woman in your life but, according to figures released this week by relationships charity Relate, a many admit that their relationship with our mum could be better. According to a YouGov poll of over
Des and Doreen Croucher, of Royal Wootton Bassett, celebrate 60 years of marriage today. "If we had our time over again we wouldn't change a thing," Mr Croucher said. Mrs Croucher agreed: "We've always been very compatible.".Doreen
CHILDREN'S artistic talent is was on show last week as their work was displayed in Bishops Cannings for the tenth Young People’s Art Competition.The competition and exhibition showed off the talents of the 95 youngsters who took part in a display that
STAFFORD Tri’s James Jennings held off the challenge of local runner Mike Milstead to win the fourth EventsLogicUK Devizes Half Marathon on Sunday. Jennings clocked one hour 17 minutes and 52 seconds to finish ahead of Milstead, who stayed in contention
Oh What a Lovely WarBy Joan LittlewoodTheatre Royal Bath until March 14JOAN Littlewood’s original production of this savagely anti-war musical, in 1963 at her innovative Theatre Royal in Stratford East, provoked strong protest in some quarters.Fifty years
manda adding pix and caps from dropboxSpirit of Justice, Power of Words – Broadcaster and author Neil MacGregor formally opens new Magna Carta Exhibition at Salisbury CathedralHundreds of people flocked to Salisbury Cathedral‘s cloisters on Friday, 6
THERE were star names aplenty as the opening part of Chippenham RFC’s Mini Rugby Festival took place at Allington Field on Sunday. More than 900 youngsters from as far afield as Devon, Taunton and south east London, as well as Wiltshire, took part
Let’s do LunchCanal and River Trust Cafe, Canal Centre, Couch Lane, DevizesOpen seven days a week from 10am until 4pm01380 721279I have popped in the cafe for a hot drink and chat on many occasions, and always thought the food looked tasty, so after a
Following the success of Rivo Lounge in Chippenham, I was eager to try out John Paine’s new rival restaurant The Garden just across the road.As the name would suggest the theme of the restaurant is fairly obvious and it’s certainly very different to the
DEVIZES MP and railways minister Claire Perry was among those to welcome a prototype Hitachi Class 800 Super Express at Southampton docks today. They will eventually be a common sight on line the between London Paddington and Cornwall as they replace
FEARFUL residents in Mile Elm have lambasted the lack of action from Wiltshire Council regarding road safety on the A3102 near Calne, a year on from a fatal crash on the bend. Members of the Mile Elm Speed Stoppers group are angry about the lack
UPDATE: PC Nicholas Davey was acquitted at trial when the prosecution offered no evidence. A POLICEMAN accused of being in a sexual relationship with a witness in one of his cases has had his case sent to the crown court. PC Nicholas Davey
TOWN returned to form with a bang last weekend as Mark Cooper’s 3-6-1 formation helped raise the performance of our on-loan Chelsea midfielder John Swift. Since Swift’s arrival he has seemed to divide opinion with fans and I can see why Chelsea
Wiltshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a village shop was broken in to and several bottles of spirits were stolen. The incident happened at The Village Stores, Derry Hill, Chippenham, around 9pm yesterday. Police would like to hear
A CHIPPENHAM resident won £1,000 on the People’s Postcode Lottery when postcode SN14 0EX was drawn yesterday. Connie Hannam, of Plantation Road, said she would be spending the money on a holiday. Mrs Hannam, who is retired and fosters rescue
TEACHERS in Chippenham will be getting their faces made funny tomorrow for Comic Relief. Children who win a raffle at Redland Primary will have the honour of painting the faces of all the staff. Headteacher Hilary Lambert said: "No adults in
Calne's iconic head sculpture outside the library received an unusual woollen gift on Tuesday night when it was yarn-bombed by Marden Belles Women’s Institute. The knitted bobble hat, which has taken six months to make, was a closely guarded secret
VILLAGERS in Compton Bassett have enlisted the help of Liberal Democrat peer Lord Nigel Jones of Cheltenham in their battle for better broadband.The village near Calne, which has a population of around 250 people including Robbie Williams and comedian
THE parents of Devizes born Olympic hopeful Tom Reed are planning to run their first 10k race next week to help raise funds for their son to go to the next Olympics. Dave and Julie Reed, of Mayenne Place, will be running the Bowood 10k on March
