THE climate crisis, Brexit and questions on the credibility of party leaders were discussed when two of Chippenham’s three parliamentary candidates faced the voting public in a hustings. The town’s former MP Michelle Donelan was not at the debate
ZAK Mitchell struck a 90th-minute winner as Calne Town completed a late comeback to beat Sherborne Town 2-1 last Saturday and remain top of the Toolstation League Division One table, writes JONATHAN LEIGHFIELD. Stuart Windsor headed in from a corner
EXTRA trees are to be planted at a heritage site near Devizes after a carnival group and Devizes Town Council joined forces. Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Arts applied to The Woodland Trust Frees Trees for Communities Scheme and now has 30 tress to
MEMBERS of St Andrew's Church in Melksham are to celebrate the 'Spirit of Christmas' with a five-day tree festival. The church is hosting an event with words and carols from Wednesday, December 11 to Friday, December 13, from 1.30pm to 4.30pm.
MELKSHAM Area Board has awarded grants worth a total of £8,478 to three local community groups. The cash has come from the Melksham Area Board’s community area grants scheme and the youth grants scheme. Atworth Village Hall and Recreation Ground
MELKSHAM Town drew for the third match in a row in Southern League Division One South after their trip to Larkhall Athletic on Saturday ended 2-2. The result follows another 2-2 draw at home to AFC Totton seven days earlier, while Melksham’s previous
THE grand finale of this year’s Devizes Eisteddfod heard from the best of the best in the town hall on Saturday night. The evening brought together performers from five days of music, speech, art, literature, drama and dance classes for the presentation
NEARLY two years after a traditional wine shop closed in Devizes the building is set to re-open as a Chinese restaurant. Wiltshire Council has given planning permission to Nigel Burton, owner of Zumi in Southbroom Road, Devizes, to make alterations
ROYAL Wootton Bassett Town manager Sam Collier says relegation is not something that has come into his reckoning after seeing his side claim back-to-back wins in the Hellenic League Premier Division for the first time this season. Bassett roared
CHIPPENHAM Town manager Mark Collier says the club is in ‘choppy waters’ after a 2-1 defeat to Eastbourne Borough in National League South at the weekend but has backed his team to sail back into good form in the near future. A poor first-half showing
CHILDREN and staff at Southbroom Infants School, Devizes will have a new head from the start of next term. Joanne Jardim, who is deputy head at By Brook Valley primary near Chippenham, is to take over the reins from Caroline Jackson in January.
Jail sentence ELLIOT Ozteoman, 38 from Melksham, has been sent to prison for six months and fined £122 after being arrested on suspicion of possessing a pocket knife, affray and threats to kill. His arrest followed a report of a disorder in Somerset
POLICE are appealing for help to discover how a man in his 50s, who was found seriously injured in Market Lavington, near Devizes, yesterday evening came to be hurt. An off-duty paramedic found the man in Spin Hill with a head and leg injury at
CHIPPENHAM Sunday League title hopefuls Semington booked their spot in the quarter finals of the AM Print & Copy Knockout Cup at the weekend following a three-goal triumph over First Division challengers Sporting Box. Semington took the lead early
MARSHFIELD dropped their first points of the season in their quest to become Trowbridge and District League Division One champions at the weekend when drawing 2-2 with Warminster United. Though Tom Richards and Keiron Tarrant earned Marshfield a
WROUGHTON maintained their position at the top of the Wiltshire Senior League with their 11th consecutive league win at the weekend. In the first ever meeting between the pair, Wroughton saw off Frome Collegians 3-2 in a thrilling encounter that
MORE than 50 people in Wiltshire have a lifesaving gift on their Christmas list this year. A total of 56 across the county are on the waiting list for an organ transplant that could mean the difference between life and death. Families are being
