LONGLEAT is staging an array of autumnal activities for children to ensure no-one will want to hibernate during the October half term. Running from October 26 to November 3, The Great British Autumn showcases the best bits of this stunning season
LOCAL group Female of the Species are to stage their annual fundraising for charity gig in Melksham on Saturday, November 30. The concert in aid of Trowbridge-based Stepping Stones play group is taking place at the Melksham Assembly Hall. Doors
FOR the first time ever, the Aldbourne Band finish in the top 10, after a performance at the British Open Finals. They make it into the list of the top 20 brass bands in the UK and one of the top 30 bands in the world, in September. The band were
LEAGUE leaders Wroughton made it 10 wins from 10 to start the season after beating division strugglers Pewsey Vale 11-1 on Saturday. Shane Hibbert’s four-goal haul in the opening 45 added to Tom Dingle’s solitary strike to put the leaders in a commanding
DOMINANT Marshfield extended their winning groove at the weekend by comprehensively downing Trowbridge and District League strugglers Freshford United 6-1. A Ben Hibberd header put Marshfield ahead early before further markers from Kieron Tarrant
KNOCKOUT Cup action replaced Chippenham and District Sunday League fixtures at the weekend, and it was no great surprise to see defending champions Box Rovers start the defence of their title with a comfortable victory. Box triumphed 5-1 over Westbury
DRIVERS will need to find an alternative route through part of Trowbridge this afternoon, after an accident outside the school gates at Newtown Primary closed the road to traffic. A Ford Galaxy and a VW Crafter van have collided, with two fire appliances
IF YOU are wondering where to see fireworks and a bonfire this autumn, not to mention enjoying a hot dog and writing your name in the sky with a sparkler, here are some of the displays waiting to welcome you. Bradford on Avon Saturday, November
VETERANS of the battlefield and the rugby field will once again come together in an annual match to raise money for charity. Building on the success of last year’s event, former Melksham soldiers who have served in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan
A BOOK which features the rise and fall of a forgotten country house on the outskirts of Devizes is to be launched at Wiltshire Museum. Author Simon Baynes will be at the museum on November 6 from 5pm to 7pm to introduce the story of Roundway Park
THE new community meals service for Melksham is in danger of collapse unless it can find a new sponsor and a new venue after failing to obtain further financial support from the town council. Melksham Community Meals was set up by co-founders Sue
A RETIRED English teacher who made her first trip to southern India 20 years ago is celebrating having raised more than half a million pounds for a boys’ home and leprosy hospital there. Kathy Miller says the charity she founded with her husband
CHIPPENHAM pensioners Robert and Betty Smith reached the landmark of 70 years of marriage on Tuesday after an eventful life together. The couple, who live on Brinkworth Close, had a family gathering in Freshford on Sunday to celebrate their platinum
CAT lover Jessica Gatty is trying to keep up her hopes that her giant spotty Bengal will be found. Kahlo, who is not used to being outdoors, escaped through a window of Ms Gatty's flat in the Brittox, Devizes during the early hours of October 13
FIRE fighters from three stations were called to a blaze at a commercial premises in Chippenham yesterday afternoon. Workers at the premises had already started to fight the fire when crews from Chippenham, Corsham and Bath went arrived at Cocklebury
A FUNERAL date has been set following the death of former Gazette photographer Paul Morris. People will gather to remember the talented press lensman at St Peter’s Church, Devizes at 2pm on October 30. Mr Morris died earlier this month aged 59
A change of rail times and price increase for Pewsey station has upset some passengers. Commuters who travel from Pewsey to London Paddington will see an increase of trains in the morning around peak times but will come at a cost, with the fare
YOUNGSTERS at a Devizes infants school turned into book worms when a reading festival was staged on Monday. Children at Southbroom Infants were delighted to meet author Laura James who has created a series of books featuring a Pug based on her own
ERIC Ayling, 84, from Corsham, is doing a bike ride for the Help for Heroes charity. The army, navy and RAF will be joining him for the 60 hours, around 10 hours a day, for the seven day challenge. There will be a spare bike for the public to join
Ernie Taylor ERNIE TAYLOR, 76, a former station officer at Wootton Bassett fire station, was taken to his funeral at North Wiltshire crematorium by a historic fire engine which he helped to restore many years ago. Ernie was born in Morstone Road
MELKSHAM: Melksham Oak Community School has been granted permission to build a new school block adjacent to existing school buildings. The school will increase by 240 pupils and 100 sixth form students, with 22 extra staff once work is complete
ENGLISH TOURING OPERA makes a triumphant return to Bath’s Theatre Royal for a singspiel double bill likely to take audiences to seventh heaven. The ETO's annual visit featured a period production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s hugely popular opera
