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  • More than £1,000 worth of tools stolen in car break in

    A CAR was broken into in Calne on Friday, resulting in the theft of more than £1,000 worth of power tools. The white Peugeot was parked on Nightingale Way and is understood to have been broken into between 5.30pm and 9.45pm. A green Makita

  • Rotarians to raise funds for Pudsey

    MEMBERS of the Trowbridge Wessex Mead Rotary Club are to stage a gala dinner dance to help raise funds for this year's BBC Children in Need Appeal. Andy Barlow and Caroline Christopher, both past presidents of the club, posed with a collection of

  • Six men arrested after copper burglary

    SIX men have been arrested following a burglary in Calne. At around 1.50am on Monday there was a break in at a firm in Beversbrook Centre industrial estate. The burglars had gained entry by cutting through fencing and stole thousands of pounds

  • Checkout their charity efforts to help the community

    SAINSBURY’S in Trowbridge have made an impact fundraising for local causes to help the community. Julia's House was their Trowbridge charity partner for 2018-19. Customer experience assistant, Kirsty Burden said: “All of our charity buckets, book

  • School's science channel amasses ONE MILLION views

    Malmesbury School Science department are celebrating after their YouTube channel reached 1 million views. Senior curriculum leader Gabrielle Peers-Dent explained that the initial idea for the channel was as a way for Malmesbury School students to

  • Teenagers arrested after violent nighttime robbery

    TEENAGERS have been arrested on suspicion of robbery after a man was assaulted near the Bear Hotel in Chippenham last night. The victim, a man aged 29 had his bag, bike pump and some food stolen. Emergency services had to help him after he suffered

  • Pupils praised for generosity

    PUPILS at Seend School have once again shown their friendship and generosity to others by helping people in need. The youngsters have donated ten bagfuls and boxes of tinned goods and other groceries to give to the Melksham Foodbank. Seend School

  • Minister urges more families to adopt children

    CHILDREN and Families Minister Michelle Donelan, the MP for Chippenham, has met adopters and Adoption West staff in Trowbridge as part of National Adoption Week. She spent an hour with the group at County Hall to learn more about the challenges