MORE than 100 churches across Wiltshire have reported lead thefts and other criminal activity, a new report has disclosed. Since 2017, there have been 107 reported crimes in Wiltshire alone, says the Countryside Alliance rural campaign group, whose
PRE-SCHOOL thrilled to receive £250 from Co-op after struggling to buy equipment. Rudloe Pre-school in Corsham have got the donation as part of Co-op's community 2022 plan to help the community. Manager of the pre-school Ally Selby said: "Initially
A COUPLE have retired from the GP practice where they have worked for 26 years. Doctor Trevor King and Doctor Lucinda King took over Burbage practice in 1993 after moving from Cambridge. They are keeping it within the family as they hand the
A BLACK Labrador called Marly is going to be a medical detection dog thanks to the support from Marlborough golf club. They raised £4,500 over the year for the Medical Detection Dogs charity. Former club and lady captains Peter and Elaine Emery
CABINET minister Matt Hancock came to Devizes on Wednesday to pledge the government’s support to build a new health centre on Marshall Road. He met Conservative candidate Danny Kruger, who is the son of Bake Off judge Prue Leith, to confirm the
THE next phase of the £23 million Melksham Campus project has moved a massive step forward after Wiltshire Council granted planning permission to construct the main building. Wiltshire Council will now look to appoint a lead contractor so that work
A Christmas Fair to raise funds for the Seend Playgroup is being held next month. It takes place on Saturday, December 7, from 12 noon to 4pm at the Seend Community Centre. Entry is £1 and all money raised with go to the play group. There will
MELKSHAM charity Evie’s Gift has launched an appeal to support families whose children will be spending Christmas and New Year in hospital. Bryan and Patsy Clover, from Melksham, set up the charity in memory of their 13-year old daughter Evie after
Red diesel nicked UP to 1,000 litres of red diesel and a transfer pump were stolen from a property in Beanacre between November 8 and 11. Door seal damaged A car door and the rubber seal were damaged by someone who attempted to enter a vehicle
A MELKSHAM 12-year-old is setting the mini-moto world alight with his success in international karting races. Melksham Oak Community School pupil Ryan Hitchcock is enjoying excellent success since starting the sport in 2014. He is now set to
The Met Office has issued a weather alert for heavy rain across Wiltshire tomorrow. Heavy rain is expected from 5pm today continuing throughout the day tomorrow for Chippenham, Devizes, Trowbridge, Marlborough and the surroundings areas. It advises
CASH and jewellery were stolen during a break in at a Chippenham house on Monday. Burglars broke the lock on the back door of the home on Queen's Crescent. The thieves then stole the cash and jewellery before making off with the items in a blue
POLICE were stop-checking vehicles in and around Seend late on Tuesday evening. A large HGV was stopped on the A361 on outskirts of Seend while other vehicles were stopped in a layby close to the junction with Bath Road. Wiltshire Police said
A CHIPPENHAM student is urging people to try veganism to combat climate change. Luca Wolfe-Murray, who is vegan himself and does all of the cooking at home, converting his dad Rupert to veganism in the process, wrote to the town council shortly
THIS shocking picture shows a teenage thug using a homemade flamethrower to explode an aerosol can. Police released the image and have urged the youngster to come forward. The CCTV snap caught the yob red-handed as he set fireworks and deodorant
CHILDREN at a village primary school followed their minute's silence on Monday with a dedication of an oak tree in their grounds. The Rev Linda Carter dedicated the old oak tree in Derry Hill School’s playground to commemorate the centenary of the
A Wiltshire town council has been forced to apologise to war veterans and their relatives after some missed its annual Remembrance Sunday commemoration. There was controversy in Westbury after the Remembrance Sunday service was held well before
FOR the first time, the award-winning amateur theatre group, The Bradfordians Dramatic Society, is to stage a Greek tragedy. It is putting on Medea, an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides and first produced in 431 BC. Production manager
STAFF and members of the Old Silk Works dementia day club in Warminster are celebrating it having won a national award for its interior design. The club, opened last year by Wiltshire charity Alzheimer’s Support, won the Best Interior Dementia Design
APPALLING conditions confined Royal Wootton Bassett to a draw at Banbury on Saturday as Alan Low’s in-form side were made to pay for a series of handling errors. Following a week’s break from league action owing to the Rugby World Cup final, Bassett
DEVIZES climbed to the top of the Southern Counties South table on Saturday with gutsy 19-5 success at Walcot. The win in Bath was a sixth from seven games for the Saddlebacks this season, and they have climbed above Grove at the head of the standings
MANAGER Mark Collier wants everyone at Chippenham Town to ‘grasp the nettle’ and move the club forward following their FA Cup first round exit to Northampton Town. After reaching the first round proper for only the third time in the club’s history
SUTTON Benger climbed into the top four in the Dorset & Wilts One North table on Saturday thanks to a battling 11-5 success away at Minety. Benger boast a strong record of five wins from seven games this season, while Minety are down in eighth place
