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  • Peacocks to take over Chippenham for the first time

    COLOURFUL birds will flood the streets of Chippenham next month as the Peacock Arts Trail travels to the town for the first time ever. The event, that takes place every two years, usually takes place in Corsham and its surrounding villages but

  • One last cut for Spider's Web salon

    PEOPLE in Calne may have to look elsewhere to get their hair cut from October 1, as a unisex salon is to close after almost 40 years. Myra Sharp, owner of Spider's Web hair salon, on Oxford Road, will cut her last luscious lock on September 30 as

  • Man arrested after £10,000 worth of tools recovered

    A MAN has been arrested following a spate of tool thefts around Devizes in the last month. This morning, September 12, Devizes Police teams four and five recovered £10,000 worth of stolen toolboxes, ladders, cables and power tools. A man is currently

  • Mum's fury at 'dangerous' school bus drop-off

    MUM Suzy Holliday was left angry and bemused when she was told by Wiltshire Council that her eight-year-old son Dylan would no longer be dropped outside their house by the school bus. Instead she was told the bus would stop on the opposite side

  • Road safety calls after fatal crash on A361

    THE death of an 83-year-old man on Tuesday evening on the A361 at Beckhampton has put road safety back in the spotlight. Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash which happened at the start of rush hour at about 5.10pm. A spokesman said

  • Collier pleased with Bluebirds' battling qualities

    CHIPPENHAM Town manager Mark Collier reckons his side’s battling qualities have come to the fore to allow them to turn the corner after a sticky spell in National League South. The Bluebirds had lost three matches in a row ahead of last weekend’

  • ATHLETICS: Simon storms to county crown at Chippenham race

    SIMON Nott smashed his personal best as he retained his Wiltshire half-marathon title at Chippenham, writes KEVIN FAHEY. The Calne Running Club athlete slashed 45 seconds off his PB with a clocking of 68 minutes 4 seconds to go sixth in the South

  • KARTNG: Harvey’s pole prize

    YOUNG Malmesbury racer Louis Harvey produced a superb performance at this weekend’s Motorsport UK’s British Karting Championship – claiming pole position and one top-10 finish. The practice sessions went well and Harvey had the second best time

  • BOWLS: Bassett bag Wiltshire men's four-rink league title

    ROYAL Wootton Bassett won their fourth Wiltshire men’s four rink league crown in six years when they beat Westlecot 75-55 in the play-off final at Devizes last Sunday. The previous day, holders Chippenham Town had seen their title hopes evaporate

  • I'll do anything to help victims of domestic violence

    IF YOU were in Swindon town centre this weekend, you may have seen a number of suspicious looking pantomime characters strutting their stuff on a red carpet. I, alongside Mayor Cllr Junab Ali and others donned wigs and make-up to raise awareness of

  • Brexit Party candidate ordered to move stand in Malmesbury

    POLITICAL lines were drawn in Malmesbury at the weekend after a Brexit Party candidate accused a Liberal Democrat councillor of blocking democracy by telling him to move his stand. Brexit candidate for North Wiltshire Les Willis was in the Market