Hundreds of pounds are on offer to community groups in a new grant scheme. Each month until March 2014 a grant of up to £500 will be available for projects that benefit residents, thanks to Malmesbury Town Council . Coun Kim Power said: “Community
STEPHANIE Millward returned from last week’s IPC World Swimming Championships in Montreal weighed down by her stunning medal haul. Box’s Millward, who won five medals at last year’s London 2012 Paralympics, was in scintillating form to repeat the
Swimmer Jake Peplow set a world record in the World Transplant Summer Games, four years after receiving a life-saving kidney from his mother. Mr Peplow, 21, was diagnosed with chronic renal failure after both his kidneys failed in December 2008
Artists Geraldine Francis and Sue Whelan have set up a ceramic studio and Gallery in Woodborough to help people find their creative side. Items sold in Fired Thoughts in Nursery Farm, near the garden centre, are made by the duo and their work is
TEENAGE cyclist Pete Kibble hopes his season has not been thrown off course after the freak accident that saw him lose the end of one of his fingers. The 14-year-old, from New Zealand, near Calne, was out mountain biking in Swindon last Friday
When shy country lad Leslie Williams met outspoken Londoner Yvonne Reece, it was very much the case that opposites attract. Fifty years of marriage later, he has come out of his shell and she is a tad more demure, but their love remains. The
Lyneham and Bradenstoke Womens’ Institute has a social evening on Bank Holiday Monday to celebrate its eighth birthday, with visitors welcome. For further details about Lyneham and Bradenstoke WI contact the president, Jenny Jardine, on (01249)
POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a woman smashed a window at a hairdressing salon in The Little Brittox last Tuesday night. The window at Guys and Dolls hairdressers was smashed some time overnight and, upon reviewing the CCTV images, officers
SHELLEY Rudman is hoping she can form as strong a love affair with the track for next year’s Winter Olympics as the one on which she became a world champion. The Pewsey ice queen was buoyed by her first experience of the Sochi run in last season
Former Dauntsey’s School pupil Alice Chadwick is raising money to enable her to go to Zimbabwe to undertake voluntary work. Miss Chadwick, 24, is undertaking International Citizen Service (ICS) with the charity Progressio and will be living and
DERRY Hill youngster Jordan Smith reckons a three-day vow of silence was a small price to pay for his historic place in Great Britain & Ireland’s Walker Cup team for next month’s match against the United States. The 20 year old, based at Bowood
CALNE resident Emma Haines is having her hair shaved off in support of younger sister Heidi Hudd, who has been diagnosed with cancer for the second time. Mrs Haines, 35, of North End, has booked an appointment for the head shave on August 30 at
SHOWJUMPING starlet Jessica Mendoza is hoping that she can carry on making waves on the world scene after clinching a superb world ranking victory in Belgium earlier this month. The 17-year-old, from Tockenham, produced a clear round on ride Spirit
Budding surfers Emily Dakin and Megan Clarke were riding on a high when they got to spend a day with Corinne Evans – an ambassador for women’s surfing. The 14-year-olds from Pewsey had a day of surfing tuition at Errant Surf School in Newquay after
The Wiltshire secretary for the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has voiced concern over the grading of A-levels in modern languages. David Nicholson, who is also principal of Abbeyfield School in Chippenham, said students were
THE Devizes International Street Festival is bigger than ever this year. The festival, on Sunday and Monday, has circus performers, street theatre artists and bands from all over the world. There will be 41 artists appearing at the festival
BLUEBIRDS midfielder Ian Harvey has called on his team-mates to club together and get back to winning ways this Bank Hioliday weekend. A last-gasp stunner from Poole Town’s Steve Devlin saw Chippenham Town lose their second match of the new season
The Wyvern Theatre's Summer Youth Project to stage a full scale musical involving 200 enthusiastic young people, aged nine to 21, has yielded a vibrant production of Our House - the Madness musical - in just two weeks. The young cast and crew have
The village of Box will be rocking again next week, as it hosts its 20th charity music festival, Box Rocks. The eight-hour-long party will take place at the Queen’s Head pub on Monday during which eight bands will try to raise the roof in aid of
Wiltshire College has parted company with its fifth vice principal in five years after Robert Rees was given a pay-off. Mr Rees, who was based at the college’s Chippenham campus, was responsible for curriculum and quality, student welfare and partnerships
Poppy seeds are being given out by Malmesbury and the Villages Great War Project in the hope of creating a living memorial for the centenary of the First World War. Members of the project are giving away 1,000 packets of poppy seeds over the next
MARLBOROUGH have appointed former Aviva Premiership star Chris Budgen as their new head coach. The 40-year-old, who lives in Tidworth and is a lance corporal with the Army, will lead the club’s challenge in Dorset & Wilts One North this season
Youngsters at Heathcote House Nursery School in Devizes have seen their efforts in the garden pay off when they harvested fruit and vegetables. The nursery started a gardening club last September for the pre-school children (aged three and four
Dog owners are being warned that if they let their dog off its lead in Hillworth Park they could receive a fine of £75. Devizes Town Council has adopted a Dog Control Order for the park as it says it has received complaints from families concerned
There was three times the GCSE joy in the Trott household in Yatton Keynell when triplets Sophie, Zoe and Alice collected a total of 20 A*s between them. The trio are all pupils at Sheldon School in Chippenham. High-achiever Sophie Trott was
Bath Spa University has gained planning permission to build a new postgraduate education centre on a dilapidated part of the Hartham Park Estate in Corsham. The university, whose main base is at Newton Park in Bath, offers three teacher education
FORMER Swindon Supermarine boss Mark Collier has revealed he is to apply for the vacant manager’s position at Chippenham Town. The Bluebirds are searching for a new manager after Nathan Rudge quit on Wednesday, just two games into the Southern
