MORE than 60 people have helped raise over £1,600 for local mental health charity Wiltshire MIND. They supported a fundraising event in Chippenham on Sunday evening organised by local MP Michelle Donelan. The event at The Raj indian restaurant
ALDI stores in Wiltshire will be donating food to local homeless charities and community groups in the hope of keeping bellies full this Christmas. Stores across the county have teamed up with Neighbourly, an organisation which links businesses
A Golf Club owner says his club house was in danger of catching fire after burning shards of fireworks landed on the roof on Saturday night during a Rotary display. Golf club owner Peter Claridge said friends he had left in charge of the premises
ROYAL Wootton Bassett Town manager Sam Collier says the buck stops with him after watching his team go down 5-2 at home to Brackley Town Saints in the Hellenic League Premier Division on Saturday. Bassett conceded early on at the Gerard Buxton Sports
On a cold night I went to Lavington School to have my cockles warmed by the heady fires of White Horse Opera’s Bizet’s Carmen, produced by Graham Billing with musical direction by Roland Melia. Set in and around a Seville peopled with gypsies and
BADGER cull protesters have been out in force in Wiltshire in past weeks to draw attention to Government licensed action to reduce badger numbers in a bid to stop the spread of TB in cattle. Wiltshire Against the Badger Cull which says it was set
Wiltshire bikers are getting free help if they are involved in a crash, after the success of a trial scheme taken up by the county's fire service. Bike deaths also make up more than a quarter of all British road deaths, with a total of 349 motorcyclist
A man has been charged after officers stopped a suspicious vehicle in Devizes on Thursday. Gary Smith, 27, of Mildenhall, Marlborough, has now been charged with going equipped to steal and theft from a motor vehicle. He has been released on conditional
A middle-aged man from a village near Marlborough, who admitted carrying out a sexual assault on a teenage girl, will be sentenced tomorrow. (November 5). Michael Winning, 57, of Mildenhall pleaded guilty to the assault when he appeared at Salisbury
BOOK shop owner Jo Batchelor has spent the past year swimming the length of the M4 motorway without encountering any cars but now she is taking the challenge to a new level to raise money for The British Heart Foundation in memory of her mum. Ms
A MAN caught fencing stolen goods has been given a final chance to comply with his community order. Marc Slade was ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work in August by a judge at Swindon Crown Court of handling stolen goods. But the 35-year-old
FOR the second weekend running, the weather was the real winner in the Trowbridge Windows and Conservatories-sponsored Trowbridge & District League as only one league match survived the wet conditions. That came in Division One as Devizes Town Reserves
WITH the majority of sides from the Shoestrings Chargrill-sponsored Chippenham & District Sunday League scheduled to be in Wiltshire Sunday Cup action, the only three league fixtures that survived the wet wet weekend weather were in Division Two, where
WARGAMERS who use a Devizes Scout hall as a base are joining forces with the uniformed youngsters to help them gain a new badge. From next year Devizes and District Wargames Group will be helping Scouts gain their Model Maker Badge by giving them
LONGLEAT'S Emma, Viscountess Weymouth is out of this year's Strictly Come Dancing. She became the sixth celebrity to depart from the popular show as BBC Breakfast sports presenter Mike Bushell was saved for the second time in two weeks on Sunday's
