Bus operator Wilts & Dorset has confirmed that many fares will go up from Sunday in bid to replace the £991,000 additional tax on fuel that the company will face over the next 12 months. The government is reducing the bus service operators grant from
THE Trowbridge League were certain to have a representative in this season’s final of the Wiltshire Junior Cup as first division Seend United were paired with newly crowned third division champions Lamb FC for their semi-final showdown at Meadow Lane.
A Royal Marine who served in Afghanistan was blinded in one eye by two soldiers who jumped him and a colleague outside a Plymouth nightclub and subjected them to a "totally unprovoked and vicious attack", a court heard. Marine Martin Jones was waiting
IT'S been a long time coming, but after going close since the start of 2012, Polenez Westbury have at last picked up their first win of the season. Polenez, who went into their game with The Stiffs having lost all their previous 19 league and cup matches
An agency nurse was caught on film switching off the ventilator in the home of a Devizes man needing round-the-clock care, and then attempting to switch it back on, a disciplinary hearing has heard. Violeta Aylward was on the books of an
A separate Government body with a seat in the Cabinet to defend the interests of small businesses should be created at the heart of Whitehall, says the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). Many Government departments deal with small business
WITH Trowbridge Wanderers Reserves not having kicked a ball for six weeks they could be forgiven if they had forgotten what a football actually looked like. Their match at Lambrok Road against Bratton was their first since they beat Holt 3-2 at the end
The Chippenham beer festival will come of age this year as it turns 21, with space for 2,000 real ale fans to pour into at the Olympiad. The ever-popular event, which started out as a small festival in the Neeld Hall, has doubled its supply
Bereaved Wiltshire families will no longer have the burden of contacting numerous organisations to register a death after a new scheme was launched. The Tell us Once service means that families only need to contact one local or central government organisation
THE only match in Division One of the Trowbridge Windows & Conservatories-sponsored Trowbridge League saw bottom of the table Steeple Ashton travel to relegation threatened Bradford United. With Ashton already relegated, they were hoping to sign off
The evocative sound and smell of the days of steam on British railways was conjured up on Saturday when the Cathedrals Express steam train pulled by the locomotive Tornado passed through Wiltshire. Steam fan Tony Pym photographed the train passing through
Competitors in the Devizes to Westminster canoe race, due to set off from Devizes Wharf over Easter weekend, are well advanced in their training for the gruelling event. More than 200 crews, singles and doubles, are expected to set off for the 125-mile
A Sheldon School pupil scooped a best speaker prize in the Wiltshire heat of the Business and Professional Women Public Speaking at Bradford Leigh Hotel last month, competing against teams from across the county. Isabella Smith hadn't been
IN A repeat of last season’s Knockout Cup final Ben Howe’s Boomsbury side locked horns with Steve Burns Melksham Town Reserves in the semi-final of this season’s Chantry Digital sponsored competition. For Boomsbury, who lost last term's showpiece final
Scouts from South Wiltshire and Salisbury were presented with their well-earned Chief Scout awards by the Honourable Peter Pleydell-Bouverie, deputy lieutenant, in the recently refurbished Salisbury Guildhall. They have all taken on exciting
Two staff at Wadworth Brewery in Devizes are recreating the route cycled by founder Henry Wadworth from London to Bath in 1869, in aid of Sports Relief. Henry was one of the first people to ride a bicycle down the Bath road, and his epic journey was
NICKY Henderson is hoping Sprinter Sacre can succeed where stablemate Finian's Rainbow failed in tomorrow's Racing Post Arkle Chase at Cheltenham. The Lambourn trainer's Sprinter Sacre is set to face just five rivals in the two-mile novice championship
Town councillors in Marlborough have asked their new town clerk Derek Wolfe to re-apply to the National Association of Local Councils for the quality council status previously granted but which lapsed under his predecessor Liam Costello. The town council
Wiltshire residents who recycled their used cooking oil generated enough energy to make almost 2 million cups of tea last year. Figures for 2011 show 8,020 litres of used cooking oil was collected at the county’s household recycling centres, operated
MELKSHAM Town took advantage of league leaders Cadbury Heath dropping two points as they clinched victory in the west Wiltshire derby. Dave Clayton's men secured their seventh victory on the trot as Westbury paid the price for a slow start. The home
MALMESBURY Vics earned a home point at the Flying Monk ground. Ed Wilkins put Simon Winstone's side ahead in the first half, but his strike was cancelled out shortly before half time by Niall Harford for the Forest of Dean side. MORE FOOTBALL REPORTS
Retired ambulanceman Dennis Overton has accused Great Western Ambulance Service of wasting money on renting offices. Mr Overton, 73, of Hilperton, believes the former southern ambulance training college in Malmes-bury Road, Chippenham, which closed five
Mark Paxford is taking to the saddle for the first time in 30 years in memory of his teenage daughter Emily, who died last year. Emily, 13, died in January 2011 after a brave battle against a brain tumour – three years after her twin brother George beat
Corsham Town moved off the bottom of the Toolstation League Premier Division with victory over Longwell Green Sports last weekend. Matt Jenkins got the decisive goal for Trevor Rawlings' side. Corsham face a vital trip to fellow strugglers
ALAN King believes Montbazon, who runs in the opening William Hill Supreme Novices' Hurdle on Tuesday, is one of his stable's best hopes of success at the four-day Cheltenham Festival. The Barbury Castle trainer has a decent team for jump racing's biggest
DERBY day at the Red House certainly did not disappoint as Wootton Bassett Town controversially edged a 3-2 thriller to see off Purton. Typical of a contest between the two sides, the game had it all – full-blooded tackles, baffling officiating, a cracking
Calne Town notched up their second successive victory last weekend but ended the afternoon with nine men after a late melee against Elmore. Tyler Sibbick gave Calne an early lead before Dan Lardner made it 2-0 midway through the second half before Keiran
Saturday was a day to forget for Devizes Town as they were hammered by Almondsbury UWE. Russ Church led the way for the home side with four goals while Danny Lane netted a brace. Neil Bailey, Simon McElroy and Jordan Rogers were all also on target as
SWINDON midfielder Matt Ritchie has been rewarded for his superb form this season by picking up the League Two Player of the Year award tonight. Ritchie was presented with his prize at the Football League awards at The Brewery in London, and beat off
PEWSEY Vale's fine recent form continued as they stormed to victory at Ball Road. Dan Sloan led the home side's attack, bagging a brace. Jack Hopper was also on target, while substitute Craog Wall also netted. MORE FOOTBALL REPORTS, REACTION & PICTURES
Earlybird tickets for the second Calnefest are now on sale. This year’s festival will be looking to build on the promise of last year’s inaugural event, where thousands of revellers turned out. The organisers have promised an even bigger
Computer literate volunteers are needed to help support a charity that provides transport to the elderly and disabled in the community. Malmesbury and District Link is setting up a new computer-based system to co-ordinate requests for transport
For Sue Melvin, who runs a bed-and-breakfast establishment in Roundway village near Devizes, going green is just good sense. Mrs Melvin, who owns Southdown B&B and runs White Horse Walking Holi-days with her husband Martin, received the Green Tourism
