POLICE are investigating a serious sexual assault that has taken place on the canal side at Devizes. Officers are guarding a large cordon which starts at Northgate Bridge in Northgate Street. There is a large police presence on the Bath Road
Following a loss on the first day of BBC1's Antiques Road Trip, Chippenham auctioneer Izzie Balmer seemed determined to overturn the deficit between her and her competitor. In today's episode, Izzie, and veteran valuer James Braxton, travelled
THE rollercoaster story of Chippenham Town’s is told in a new book that charts the highs and lows of the club over the last 146 years. It has taken almost ten years of exhaustive research by former chairmen Sandie and Doug Webb to write Town United
IT will be Cha Cha Cha all the way this weekend when Emma, Viscountess Weymouth, and her partner Aljaž Škorjanec take to the dancefloor. The couple will be dancing to the Cuban rhythm when they compete in the first of Strictly Come Dancing's live
MELKSHAM Town manager Richard Fey believes his players’ availability for selection will have a serious bearing on whether his side are successful or not in Southern League Division One South this season after a largely full-strength side conquered
MORE than 350 rubber ducks invaded the River Avon, in Pewsey, on Saturday as the annual race took place as the village gears up for the carnival procession this weekend. This yearly event is just one of many, as part of Pewsey Carnival's busy September
HOLY Trinity Church in Bradford on Avon is to take one of three of the concerts moved because of a structural issue at the nearby Wiltshire Music Centre, the others have been relocated to St Margaret's Hall and the Corn Exchange in Devizes. The
Bumper crowds enjoyed a three-day hot air ballooning extravaganza at Longleat House over the weekend. Now in its fourth year, Sky Safari welcomed tens of thousands of visitors to Longleat's parkland estate near Warminster. Sky Safari is Europe
THE county's Lord Lieutenant Mrs Sarah Troughton launched the Ride+Stride for Churches event for Wiltshire at St Bartholemew's Church in Corsham last Saturday September 14. She joined joined Reverend Andrew Johnson, team rector at St Bartholomew's
TWO pensioners were killed in a car crash on the A429, near Corston, on Monday. The village has been rocked by the news of the fatal collision, with the parish council describing their distress. Roger Budgen, chair of the St Paul Malmesbury
WARMINSTER Town manager Andy Crabtree hopes his side have got the monkey off their back at home after progressing to the first round proper of the FA Vase following a 2-1 victory over Alresford Town at the weekend, writes JONATHAN LEIGHFIELD. Charlie
The Wharf Theatre in Devizes, is starting off its first show of the season with a 19th Century Classic. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, adapted for stage by Ken Whitmore, is one of the most famous ghost stories in the English Language.
HEYTESBURY recovered from a slow start on the second weekend of action in the Trowbridge Windows and Conservatories-sponsored Trowbridge & District League as they battled back to claim an 8-2 success over Warminster Town Reserves. Goals from Max
THE Earl of Cardigan, David Brudenell-Bruce, has formally applied to have his recent conviction for careless driving, driving without insurance and failing to report an accident set aside, after the case was heard in his absence the morning after he
SUTTON Benger started the new Dorset & Wilts One North season with a battling 24-22 victory away at Bradford on Avon. Benger started strongly and after a sustained period of possession, the ball found its way to Christopher Bolter to score under
DEVIZES started the new Southern Counties South season in scintillating fashion with a dominant 11-try romp in a 62-5 victory at home to Thatcham. The Saddlebacks kicked off going up the slight incline looking to get an early score but Thatcham
ROYAL Wootton Bassett made it two bonus-point wins out of two at the start of the new South West One East season with a 34-10 success at home to Old Patesians on Saturday. Bassett’s success at Ballards Ash took them onto 10 points from a possible
MARLBOROUGH has been filled with 'loads of creative energy' claimed a LitFest organiser, as the town prepares for the 10th year of the annual literary weekend. This year's LitFest, between September 26-29 promises to be one of the biggest yet, as
A GROUP of keen metal detectorists have been helping out Wiltshire Police by searching for knives in and around Westbury. Peter Pearce, David Mallows and Gary Clifford from the Wyvern Historical and Detecting club based in Swindon, gave up their
WORKERS at Corsham-based pharmaceutical specials manufacturer Bath ASU are looking forward to welcoming a Royal guest, when HRH The Duke of Gloucester presents them with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise on September 27. Bath ASU won the award for
TWINS Jonathan and Michael Sanders are going head to head in a duel with paint brushes to find out which of them is the better professional artist. They have both painted pictures of Lacock Abbey which will be unveiled at Jonathan's gallery at 10.30am
THE 83-year-old man who died in a car crash on the A361, between Bishops Cannings and Beckhampton, last week has been named by Salisbury coroner’s office as Michael Anthony Dash. Mr Dash, who comes from Gosport, Hampshire, was killed in a fatal,
TWO elderly people died following a fatal car crash on the A429 near Corston yesterday afternoon. Police were called at 4.30pm on Monday, after reports of a serious collision between an Audi A5 and a Honda Jazz on the A429 between Kingway bridge
WILTSHIRE Police has been given the go-ahead to recruit a minimum of 300 new police officers over the next three years. The move is part of the Government's pledge to put 20,000 new police bobbies on the beat. Next Monday (September 23), the
SWINDON Town Football Club has been given a lift with the approval of new sponsors for the iconic County Ground floodlights. South West Forklifts struck a two-year deal with the club and now has big boards around the 150ft structures which proudly
CORSHAM Town Reserves are the new leaders of the Wiltshire League Premier Division after a battling 2-1 victory away at Ludgershall Sports on Saturday. Kintbury Rangers had started the day at the head of the standings but drop to fourth following
VIRTUAL assistant technology is being used at Wiltshire Council to speed up the authority's payroll service. A digital transformation programme is underway to use technology to improve council services. The council want to increase the number
