WESTBURY United manager Neil Kirkpatrick was left feeling relieved after his side secured a hard-fought 2-1 win at home to Cadbury Heath on Saturday in Toolstation League Premier Division. United had played their Wiltshire Senior Cup semi-final
MELKSHAM Town manager Kieran Baggs criticised his team’s lack of concentration in key moments after they lost 3-2 at home to Southern League Division One South leaders Blackfield & Langley on Saturday. Town took the lead in the 12th minute as
WARMINSTER Town boss Andy Crabtree hailed his side’s ‘best performance of the season’ in Toolstation League Division One as the driving force behind a stunning second-half goalscoring rout en route to a 5-0 victory over Wincanton Town on Saturday.
THE Calne Lions aim to raise £17,500 to buy a new blood bike for life-saving volunteer group the Freewheelers. The Freewheelers provide a free service to the NHS, funded entirely by public donation and sponsorship, and they transport blood, pathology
A BRAVE new world of plastic-free and paper-free local government is on the horizon for Calne Town Council. At a meeting of the Full Council last week, members made a commitment to both reducing plastic use and paper use. They supported an ambition
RESIDENTS and team members at Cepen Lodge care home in Chippenham have decided their chosen charity this year is Chippenham Hospital League of Friends. Ali Dyer, Cepen Lodge’s Magic Moments club coordinator said: "We are so pleased to be able to
ACTOR Jay Wilde, who was the star of a BAFTA award-winning short film, will open the Devizes Vegan Fair at the Corn Exchange on March 24. Mr Wilde appeared in the film 73 Cows which tells the true story of Jay and Katja Wilde, the first farmers
FAIRTRADE campaigners in Devizes are to showcase chocolate and wine at an event on Wednesday, February 27. Antonia Tolhurst from the Devizes group said: "As well as the tasting the ticket price will include Fairtrade hot drinks and snacks. There
YOUNGSTERS honed their IT skills, explored new technology and learnt about safety online in the first Safer Internet Festival, organised by the Corsham Institute. The institute, based at Hartham Park, organised the ten free events from February
A village pub and its adjoining car park have been sold at auction for a total of £352,000. The Bell Inn at Seend, which was owned by Wadworths, came under the hammer at a sale organised by Strakers in Swindon. The pub itself, which has planning
A CONSULTANT rheumatologist from the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD) in Bath is among an international team that’s been awarded a $1.2 million (£920,000) grant to research Raynaud’s phenomenon – a common circulation disorder
FIVE years after Wiltshire Council cut its budget for youth services by £250,000 and got rid of most of its youth workers Devizes Youthy has finally closed. The club which rose from the ashes under a band of volunteers in 2015 nine months after
IT WAS a tough weekend all round for Wiltshire sides in Southern Counties South as all three local teams suffered defeats. Bottom side Bradford on Avon, who are without a league win all season, handed North Dorset a home walkover in their scheduled
A DAD who stalked his estranged wife even though he had been banned from contacting her has been given a suspend jail sentence and told he must stay out of Chippenham. Arben Morina followed the woman to work and repeatedly drove past her house just
HONDA has officially confirmed that it will shut its Swindon factory in 2021 - a year earlier than initial reports suggested. The closure will be part of a restructure which aims to accelerate the company's commitment to electrified cars and focus
SUTTONG Benger claimed a bonus point when romping to a 24-12 success away at Dorset & Wilts One North basement boys Sutton Benger. Despite Supermarine’s winless record so far this season, the contest was finely balanced throughout the first
MARLBOROUGH ended runaway South West One East leaders Newbury Blues’ unbeaten start to the season with a battling 26-24 success on Saturday, courtesy of Jake Williams’ last-gasp penalty. Newbury travelled to the Common as firm favourites, having
BOYS and girls as young as three were ready for a kick about this week as Devizes Town Youth held free coaching sessions during the half-term break. On Monday more than 60 children aged between three and six were at Nursteed Road for the first of
