EMERGENCY services were driving home a sobering Don’t Drink-drive message to motorists when they hauled a wrecked car into Marlborough High Street on Tuesday. The car was involved in a fatal accident in April 2011 on the A342 Devizes-to-Upavon
An inspirational torchbearer who carried the Olympic Flame through Royal Wootton Bassett helped light up the town for Christmas. Ben Fox, from Westlea, was at the town’s Christmas lights switch-on with Miss Swindon, Ela Good, and town council colouring
TROWBRIDGE Town Youth Black continued their unbeaten run with a 6-0 home win over AFC Corsham in the U13 Blue Division. Three goals came in each half, Thomas Caldicott twice and Zak Harvey in the first and Rhys Tilmarsh’s double, bringing his total
EBOOKS have proven popular with Wiltshire residents, with 10,000 being loaned from Wiltshire Council-run libraries since they launched in February. Members are welcome to download more than 2,500 eBooks, using their library card number and PIN,
A TASK force has been set up to look into opening a village shop in Ogbourne St George for the first time in more than 20 years. When residents were asked in a survey last year what they most disliked about the village, the biggest response was
A residents group has been reformed to represent those affected by developments at Marden Farm in Calne. Gleeson Housing has applied for planning permission to build 125 homes and a care home on the site, following a consultation with residents
Local businessman Paul Norbury, of Cardware Services Ltd, has agreed to match £5,000 Devizes Area Board has set aside to allow the Drews Pond Wood Project to buy land next to the woodland. The conservation group, which has renovated a neglected
A PROPOSAL to build 36 houses and flats on land next to Lidl supermarket near London Road, Devizes, has received a cautious welcome. RCC Town Planning Consultancy, run by former council planning officer Richard Cosker, displayed outline plans for
Police are appealing for information about thieves who stole Christmas trees and garden ornaments worth about £800 from Allington Bar Farm near Chippenham. The farm shop is on the A420 and CCTV footage from the farm shows the suspects’ vehicle
Bath Cats and Dogs Home has once again appealed for help from the Devizes community to feed the expected surge in unwanted pets they receive over the Christmas period. Morrisons and Sainsbury’s supermarkets, Macqueen’s and Estcourt House vets,
OPERATORS at Wiltshire Police's contact centre in Devizes have been recognised for the standard of service they offer the public. An awards ceremony took place on Monday afternoon at Wiltshire Police headquarters in Devizes to recognise and reward
CHARLOTTE Hutton celebrated a birthday with a difference yesterday … she was 12 on the 12th day of the 12th month of 2012. The date has been ascribed by some as astronomical significance. For Charlotte, though, of Fyfield, it just made her
People will be able to go back in time to grab a few traditional ideas to decorate their homes at Avebury Manor this Christmas season. Up until Sunday, December 23, the grand National Trust-owned property will be decked out in seasonal 1930s, Edwardian
Swimming star Stephanie Millward added some silver sparkle to the switch-on of Corsham’s Christmas lights on Friday evening. The Paralympic hero, who won four silver medals and one bronze during this summer’s Games, was greeted by hundreds of people
ALAN King is aiming to get two runs into Grumeti in the early part of next year before an attempt at the Stan James Champion Hurdle. A close third in the Triumph Hurdle last season, Grumeti went on to reverse placings with the winner and Champion
WILTSHIRE swimmer Jazz Carlin helped Great Britain's quartet through to the final of the 4x200m freestyle at the World Swimming Championships in Istanbul this morning. Carlin was part of the team which finished seventh in the heats this morning
Devizes MP Claire Perry has hit back at criticism she is not doing enough to stop more homes being built along the London Road corridor in Devizes. Nearly 250 protesters gathered on The Green on Saturday in a joint initiative between The Trust
Magistrate Robert Oglesby claims he was put in danger of injury when a hunter fired a shotgun twice in his direction while he was out walking his dogs last week. Mr Oglesby, who is chairman of Semington Parish Council but lives in the Devizes area
WILTSHIRE rider Laura Collett has enjoyed her first experience of riding Kauto Star as she prepares to assess his suitability for a potential dressage career. The retired National Hunt superstar, who won five King Georges and two Cheltenham Gold
DEVIZES is set to lose yet another pub as Wadworth & Co applies for planning permission to convert The Artichoke in The Nursery into two houses. The little pub near the canal has been closed since licensees Allison White and David Brogan left
Strapped on to car roofs, stuffed into boots, roped onto motorbikes, tied onto trailers – hundreds of Christmas trees were hauled away from Burbage over the weekend as festive fever grew. One person even galloped off on a horse, Christmas tree
Chippenham catering manager Mark Henly has been voted the best chef in his company. Mr Henly, 25, won the junior chef of the year award in Thomas Franks. The company runs more than 70 restaurants including at Wincanton’s headquarters, at Methuen
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has given her seal of approval to Hardenhuish School’s revamped library. She visited the Chippenham secondary school lto officially open it and ran workshops with pupils. She said of the new library, which is well
Birthday girl and John Bentley pupil Eloise Jade Robinson has reached the age of 12 on a very special date today. Eloise, of Angel Close in Calne, was born on December 12, 2000 and today she turns 12 - on 12/12/12. She celebrated her birthday
Emergency services were driving home a sobering “don’t drink-drive” message to motorists when the hauled a wrecked car into Marlborough High Street on Tuesday. The car was involved in a fatal accident in April 2011 on the A342 Devizes to Upavon
