Sigur Rós, Belle & Sebastian and Talking Heads’ David Byrne with St Vincent will be headlining at the End of the Road festival on the Wiltshire-Dorset border at the end of this month. The mainly indie, folk and avant-garde line-up is spread
A Devizes man has admitted having sex with a goat. Robert Steven Newman, 23, of Potterne Road, was due to stand trial for an act of sexual penetration with a living animal in Wiltshire in April this year. He appeared at North West Wiltshire
Lights were seen moving across the field between St Mary’s Close and Potterne Cricket Club before the club pavilion in Coxhill Lane was raided last week. Police have appealed for witnesses to the break-in which took place at about 3am on Wednesday
Wiltshire College has closed its sixth form centre in Salisbury just days before a new intake of students was due to start. Parents have been left angry that their children have been left without a place to study AS or A2 Levels so close to the
One of the Castle Combe circuit’s larger than life characters, Terry Sanger, has died at his home in Narberth, Pembrokeshire aged 79. As well as a highly accomplished racing driver and development engineer, Mr sanger was a familiarv face around
Police were shocked when reviewing CCTV footage of a window smashing incident in the Little Brittox last Tuesday night, to see that the culprit appeared to be a woman. The window at Guys and Dolls hairdressers was smashed some time overnight and
Children from all over Wiltshire are being offered the chance to see what it is like being part of a big cathedral choir. Salisbury Cathedral Choir’s annual open day - Be a chorister for a day - for boys and girls in school years 2, 3 and 4 will
Ramsbury Tea had a celebratory cuppa after two of their new blends won gold stars in this year's Great Taste Awards. The Great Taste Awards is a national food and drink competition based on blind-tasting and Ramsbury Tea’s lemon and ginger and
The A342 between Chirton and Marden was closed for four hours on Monday morning following a four-vehicle crash. Only one person was taken to Great Western Hospital in Swindon with minor injuries in the incident which took place shortly before 8am
Premier One: Ashcott & Shapwick 148-9 16, Taunton St Andrew 127 5; Bath 123-1 19, Keynsham 122 0; Bridgwater 195-5 18, Downend 179 5; Bristol 112-1 16, Frocester 136-5 1; Ilminster (7) v Corsham 239-5 10 - match abandoned. Premier One 2nd XI
WILTSHIRE golfer Jordan Smith has been named in the Great Britain & Ireland team to defend the Walker Cup in New York next month. Derry Hill ace Smith, who is based at the Bowood Golf & Country Club, is included in the 10-strong team picked
RICHARD Hannon has confirmed Toronado will appear in Wednesday's Juddmonte International Stakes at York. Jockey Richard Hughes was keen for the colt to try a mile and a quarter for the first time, and it was up to trainer Hannon and owner Sheikh
CORSHAM Town were one of the few Wiltshire sides to come through the extra preliminary round as they claimed a narrow victory at the Southbank. Trevor Eawlings' men were indebted to goals by Dan King's penalty, Nick Holton and Jack Morris which
GARY Higdon's hat-trick was not enough to secure Melksham's place in the next round of the FA Cup as they were held at The Conigre. The sides will replay on Wednesday evening after ending all square on Saturday. FOOTBALL REPORTS, REACTION &
WILTSHIRE were set an imposing first-innings target in their final Minor Counties Championship Western Division clash of the season against Herefordshire after day one of three in Brockhampton yesterday. The visitors, who drew their previous match
STEPHANIE Millward claimed two golds as Great Britain finished their IPC World Championships campaign second in medal table. Millward, from Box, took the S9 100m backstroke title and was a member of the 34-point 4x100m medley relay team who took
TWO goals just after half time ended Wootton Bassett Town's interest in the FA Cup on Saturday. The first arrived five minutes after the break as Beng’yela Ngwa and Jon Brock combined to set up Joey Herbert, who swept home to give the visitors
MALMESBURY Victoria were undone by a goal burst either side of half time as they lost to local rivals Purton on Saturday. Vics took the lead on 10 minutes as Marny Roper found the net, but Marcus Hall levelled from the penalty spot just after the
DEVIZES Town maintained their 100 per cent start to the season with victory over league new-boys Chippenham Park last weekend. Mark Barnes' brace and a goal from Liam Hill saw Devizes take all three points at Nursteed Road. Justin Webster and
CALNE Town were sent packing in the FA Cup last weekend as they were thrashed by Horndean in the Extra Preliminary Round. The Sydenhams League Premier Division put seven goals past Anthony Brown's side in Hampshire, with Neurin Jones and James
PEWSEY Vale bowed out of the FA Cup at the opening stage as they were beaten 4-1 at Toolstation League Bitton on Saturday. Adam Field scored the only goal for Lewis Taylor's men. FOOTBALL REPORTS, REACTION & PICTURES IN THURSDAY'S GAZETTE
