RESIDENTS of Mayenne Place, Devizes, are this evening staying with friends or in a Wiltshire Council shelter after police launched a major operation to counter a credible bomb threat. A man was arrested at a flat in the street at around 12.30pm
Emergency services were called to an address in Mayenne Place, Devizes, at 1pm today after a man arrested earlier in the day indicated there was an explosive device in one of the flats there. A section of Mayenne Place was cordonned off by
Brush off your walking boots, grab your glow sticks and load up your picnic baskets in support of Marie Curie Cancer Care this summer. The charity's annual Walk Ten event will this year be held at the Badminton Estate on Saturday August 31.
Trystan Williams, principal of The Springfields Academy in Calne, which works with young people with special educational needs, made the plea while giving evidence to the Education Select Committee today on the legacy of London 2012. As a globally-recognised
Mayenne Place, in Devizes, has been cordonned off by police because of a bomb scare. Firefighters and police are at the scene. A police spokesman said the incident followed an arrest earlier today. Following information received, police were
WITH two Olympians as parents, you could be forgiven for thinking that to follow in their footsteps would be the obvious choice, writes NICKI STRONG. That hasn’t always been the case for Rockley-based eventer Lissa Green, however. Only last
Wiltshire Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Chippenham on April 17. The incident took place on Corsham Road, near Lacock, at around 12.05am. The victim was driving his car, a grey Saab 93, through Chippenham town centre
TOCKENHAM teenager Jessica Mendoza has been selected for the British Junior Nations Cup team squad to compete at The Nations Cup Show in Deauville, France on Friday. The competitors representing Great Britain will ride under the Team Fairfax banner
WILTSHIRE trainer Richard Hannon has ruled Olympic Glory out of Saturday's Etihad Airways Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh. The Group One-winning juvenile returned to action this year with a win in the Greenham Stakes at Newbury but could never
A 63-year-old man was airlifted to hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest on the banks of the Kennet and Avon Canal in Devizes on Saturday evening. The man, who has not been named, was shaking out a picnic blanket at the location near Willow
North Wiltshire MP James Gray has called on local schools to take part in My Money Week in June to giving pupils the chance to learn more about money and personal finance. “I strongly encourage all primary and secondary schools across North Wiltshire
A man who used a tax rebate to set up a cannabis farm in his housing association flat insisted all 42 plants he grew were for his own use. Thomas Wright, 25, said the seeds he used had been mixed with a Russian vegetable which meant that while
Families and gardening enthusiasts flocked to the eighth Rowdeford Garden Fair on Sunday. Almost 1,000 visitors attended and bought plants from the 20 or so nurseries who had stalls. The event is in the grounds of Rowdeford School, Rowde, and
Thousands of people went quackers for the Calne Lion’s 27th duck race on Saturday, which raised more than £7,000 for local charities. Families lined the streets to watch 3,000 ducks as they set off from the Co-op car park bridge and wound their
