A TEAM from Kingdown School in Warminster has triumphed in the south west regional final of the fifth annual Raytheon Quadcopter Challenge. The school will now go on to defend the national title that one of its teams won last year. Pupils from
ALDBOURNE has declared a climate emergency to acknowledge the seriousness of the threat posed by climate change. The Aldbourne Parish Council is taking action to encourage and support the village and its community to become carbon neutral by
PLANS to move a fertilisation operation to a farm at Dauntsey Lock have been met with concern by residents who say storing ammonium sulphate nearby could have a negative effect on their health. OMEX Agriculture Ltd want to build six tanks and a
A 21-year-old bricklayer has been named a finalist in a national award for apprentices. Shaynee Davis, who works as an apprentice at Bloor Homes’ Hilltop Park in Chippenham, was handed an invite to the CITB Apprenticeship Awards ceremony in London
IT'S carnival time in Warminster next Saturday (Oct 26) as the town's residents take to the streets for the annual procession. Boreham Road will be closed from 4pm to enable the procession floats to line up before the event. Some town centre
A £30 skull room decoration brought police knocking on the door of a Chippenham man, when it turned out to be the bones of a critically endangered Siamese crocodile. The man, whom police are not naming, in his 20s bought the skull on eBay and was
WILTSHIRE farmland has been used to send a message to PM Boris Johnson about Brexit. Emblazoned on a field somewhere in Wiltshire the message ‘Britain now wants to remain’ has been created by a tractor in the land. The video has been seen on
TWELVE larger than life stars from the over the top world of professional wrestling will arrive in Trowbridge for the very first time on Sunday, November 3, to entertain fans of all ages. CSF Professional Wrestling will present an action packed
A CLAMP down over drugs gangs using rural towns to push drugs through County Lines saw 63 people arrested in Wiltshire this week. Operation Jetway involved 50 officers over five days from October 7. Across the country 743 people were arrested
LONGLEAT'S Emma, Viscountess Weymouth, has told of her terror of being in the Strictly dance-off last weekend. the 33-year-old model and chef and her professional partner Aljaž Škorjanec ended up in the dance-off for the first time after dancing
MUD, glorious mud. That was what welcomed Wiltshire runners Mike Dooley and Themis Bower as they celebrated the start of a new cross-country season, writes KEVIN FAHEY. Recent heavy, prolonged rain had seriously softened up the course at Wotton-under-Edge
THE crime phenomenon known as County Lines - drug dealers from big cities such as London and Manchester setting up supply chains in small towns – has been hitting the headlines recently. Not only has the issue attracted national attention, but there
A YOUNG father with an appalling driving record was caught behind the wheel – again – on his way to Royal Wootton Bassett pick up medication for his sick daughter. Charlie Gunning appeared in the dock on the driving while disqualified charge just
EX-FIREFIGHTER Ernie Taylor was so popular among his old crew at Royal Wootton Bassett they gathered to provide a guard of honour as he made his final journey. “There wasn’t a man at the station he hadn’t helped, he was a very kind man and it was
