Youngsters in Chippenham could have a long wait before a new BMX park is finally built in the town. At the first meeting of the Chippenham Area Board on Monday, Chippenham town council leader Andrew Noblet vowed to do everything in his power to push
Police are warning visitors to this year’s WOMAD festival to behave or stay away as officers crack down on trouble makers. The World of Music, Arts and Dance kicks off on July 24 and attracts thousands of people to Charlton park just outside Malmesbury
Violin, saxophone, trumpet and piano produce a dramatic sound effect: Add a narrator with a voice that can coerce with her rich European timbre or instil foreboding with clipped crystalline consonants and there is a basis for high drama.
Few could have expected this concert to have been so good. Dressed in matching white and white these two young, attractive violinists made a charming picture standing in front of a too-small audience; when they started to play it was a case of
One shouldn’t expect this immensely challenging festival to produce anything ordinary. This concert was totally extraordinary; intense, gripping and deeply moving. The opening was high drama: Dark, red overhead spotlights on an otherwise blacked-out
Finely balanced playing with telling accenting showed how well saxophone and piano can blend. Yet, impressive as Marcinowicz was, it was Swain’s lyrical piano playing that caught the ear just as much. They have a happy balance and a well-tuned
Senior health authority officer Jane Britton put forward her own partner’s company to carry out an independent assessment that played a part in the closure of two units at Savernake Hospital, a judge heard today. The judicial review, expected to last
Swindon Town are on the verge of selling Simon Cox after accepting a £2million bid from West Bromwich Albion for the striker. Cox was at Swindon’s Wanborough base for the first day of pre-season training yesterday, but is expected to head to the Midlands
A dozen people left Marlborough in a coach at 6.30am today to travel to the High Court in London with hospital camapaigner Val Compton. Over the next four days Mr Justice Ross Cranston will hear arguments for and against the closure of the minor injuries
Thousands of steam enthusiasts are expected to flock to the annual Heddington and Stockley Steam Rally this weekend. For the 33rd rally held at Home Farm, Heddington, organisers have tried to set themselves apart from the crowd with attractions for
Councillors in Wootton Bassett have agreed to take action after residents complained of anti-social behaviour in the town. Tanners Close off Station Road has become a trouble hotspot in recent months and residents have complained to the council of underage
A driver was arrested on the A4 near Calne last Monday following reports an assault in Compton Bassett. The Wiltshire Police helicopter was called out to search for the man, who had left the scene at around 5pm. The offender, who was though to be
Family and friends of Peter Furminger, the chairman of the Market Lavington Community Hall, are trying to come to terms with his sudden death while on holiday in Menorca. Mr Furminger, who was 78, suffered a massive heart attack while walking and he
With the hot weather hitting the county and temperatures expected to rise health bosses say they are a few simple but effective things people can do to keep safe in the sun. Each year Great Western Ambulance Service attends many incidents where people
Wiltshire Police are investigating the death of a 21- year-old man at 11.10pm last night in the Packway area of Larkhill. The circumstances of the death are currently being treated as suspicious and a 29-year-old local man has been arrested on suspicion
