Plans by Marlborough Rugby Club to extend its clubhouse on The Common and create extra parking have upset residents because it will take up public open space. On Monday, several residents of nearby St Luke’s Court attended a Marlborough Town Council
SCOTT Nicholls has been passed fit to return to the Swindon team for Saturday night’s Elite League trip to Eastbourne. The Great Britain star suffered burns after crashing in last Thursday’s home win against the Eagles and was forced to miss last night
FORMER Wiltshire cricketer Jon Lewis is to leave Gloucestershire at the end of this season after 16 year with the Bristol-based side. Lewis, who will be 36 next month, is to join Surrey on a two-year contract. He his first-class debut back in 1995,
A MAN was rescued from his Malmesbury flat by firefighters in the early hours of Friday morning. Wiltshire fire crews were called to Gloucester Street at 12.18am after the alarm was raised by a neighbour. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered
CORSHAM swimmer Stephanie Millward claimed two medals at the ASA National Youth Championships in Sheffield last night. The 29 year old, swimming in the multi-classification disability races at the meet landed the gold medal in the women's MC 100m butterfly
Chippenham Town will take on Stourbridge at Halesowen Town's The Grove ground in their opening match of the new Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division season. The Glassboys last night confirmed that they had reached an agreement with Halesowen to
COLLINGBOURNE trainer Richard Hannon and jockey Richard Hughes moved on to their fourth winner of the Glorious Goodwood meeting together yesterday when Casual Glimpse (16-1) took advantage of a drop in class in the Tatler Handicap. The colt
Families in Pewsey are rallying round to help the family of schoolboy Charlie Charles, 11, who has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. Charlie, who has had health problems since Christmas, has already had one operation to remove the tumour. But his
A holiday club that gives families of children with special needs a break is facing closure because of a cash crisis. The North Wilts Holiday Club, which has been running for 30 years, provides three days a week of activities and days out for
Devizes firefighters are desperate for more recruits after their numbers fell to just 20. The on-call firefighters, who have full-time jobs and respond whenever there is a shout, were out in the Market Place to tell people what they do and how they do
A row has broken out at Wiltshire Council after planning officers were given the authority to overturn councillors’ decisions when it comes to setting conditions on planning developments. When a planning application is reviewed by Wiltshire
A new book on Chippenham’s lost waterway has charted the course of one of the town’s most important historical features. Chippenham and the Wilts and Berks Canal, by Pewsham author Ray Alder, originally started life as an A4-sized booklet before blossoming
THERE was more World Championship disappointment for former Wootton Bassett School pupil Jazz Carlin in Shanghai this morning. Carlin, 20, failed to reach the final of the women's 800m in China as she finished 16th oversall in this morning's heats.
BATTLING Swindon slipped to a 47-43 defeat against Elite League play-off chasers King’s Lynn on Thursday night at the Abbey. The Robins will be disappointed with the loss particularly considering they led in the early stages, but the impressive Stars
A group of Pewsey mums will be striding it out along the Kennet and Avon tow path for ten miles on Satur-day to raise money for the family of 11-year-old Charlie Charles, who is battling a brain tumour that has spread into his brain stem. Charlie, who
A group of sporty youngsters who were evacuated from Wootton Bassett’s Lime Kiln leisure centre when it caught fire before Christmas have retured to their base. Rugbytots, a rugby-based exercise class for children aged two to seven, was running its
Planning for Calne’s first food festival is well underway but there are still spaces for producers to get in on the act. The festival, which takes place during September, is aimed at celebrating the food sourced and produced in Calne and the
Wiltshire Police is well prepared to manage a reduction in funding of £14 million over the next four years, says Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabularies (HMIC). In a report HMIC stated Wiltshire Police had begun planning for reduced funding in 2009
Erlestoke landlady Sharon Elliott was so grateful to the Wiltshire Air Ambulance when her son was burned in an accident, she is organising an event to raise money for it. Mrs Elliott took over running the George & Dragon pub from George and Sandy Coverly
Devizes police are working closely with staff at the local branch of Marks & Spencer after a spate of shoplifting in the store. Members of staff detained a 35-year-old man last Tuesday after he was seen putting food items from off of the shelves into
Three employees of Mill Engineers in Pewsey joined colleagues from other depots across the country and raised money for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance Appeal. George Dyke, Andy Cubley and Richard Hutchinson were among 12 employees who cycled from John O
Devizes Development Partnership, which has spearheaded improvements in the town over the past 14 years, could forced to close because of a cash crisis. Coun Sarah Bridewell told Devizes Town Council last week that, due to lack of funds, the
Controversial increases in car parking charges by Wiltshire Council will result in a loss of income of half a million pounds. Just three months after the charges were introduced, the Conservative-run council says fewer motorists are using the
