A museum is appealing for information about a World War One German pistol handed in during a Wiltshire firearms amnesty. The 1911 Luger pistol, given to Wiltshire Police, is believed to have been taken as a souvenir during the 1917 tank advance
FOLLOWING on from another successful Edinburgh Festival run, comedian Suzi Ruffell is taking her new show on tour around the UK. Suzi has made a name for herself by turning tragedy and anxiety into big laughs. This show, dance like everyone's
ANGRY town folk have expressed their fury at the removal of a bin in Malmesbury after Wiltshire Council deemed it illegal. The wheelie bin, intended for litter and dog waste, was the idea of teenager Ben Thornbury and neighbour Julie Taylor who
LOCAL accountancy firm MHA Monahans raised £1,171 for Alzheimer’s Society UK by organising the Chippenham Charity Quiz. The fundraising quiz in October saw 21 teams test their general knowledge to raise money for the national charity. The winning
A HOMELESS charity, which runs Unity House in Chippenham, have launched an appeal to support the less fortunate this Christmas time. Alabaré, who work throughout Wiltshire, are urging the public to donate in the lead up to the festive holidays
FIRE crews rescued a man who was stuck on a roof of a home in Corsham on Saturday. The team from Corsham Fire Station were able to get the man down safely from the house on Orchard Road at around 1.50pm. An ambulance checked over the man as a
A PROPOSAL to create one unified council for the Melksham area has moved forward to the next stage. Locals will be consulted in January on proposals to merge Melksham Town Council and Melksham Without Parish Council. Two options have been submitted
DEVIZES Lions are celebrating a roaring success after its Christmas fair was declared a record breaker. The traditional fair held in the Corn Exchange made a profit of £9,000 after people queued to make sure they had the best of the bargains.
FIRE crews freed a man from his car after his doors jammed following a crash with another vehicle on the B3105 near Staverton on November 27. The 19-year-old's white Mazda 2 smashed into the back of a red Renault Scenic at around 6.30pm. A
WILTSHIRE Air Ambulance is calling on supporters to take part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge which began on Tuesday December 3. It wants to buy four state-of-the-art ventilators each costing £6,000 to treat critically-injured or ill patients
A man has admitted drug charges after being stopped by police in Marlborough. Around 10.15pm on September 8 officers stopped a blue Seat Leon outside the Bear Hotel near the Parade. They became suspicious when the male driver starting acting as
TOM Gale’s Olympic ambitions have been given a timely boost as he has been retained his funding support from British Athletics in the lead-up to the 2020 Games in Tokyo, writes KEVIN FAHEY. The Trowbridge international high jumper was this week
Anyone who has ever been a member of a committee, whether local authority, club, church or charity event will empathise with the characters, or at least some of them, in this play. Someone once said a camel is a horse designed by a committee. Alan
A six-year-old girl from Staverton who had Christmas ruined by cancer is starring in a national charity’s campaign. Matilda Fisher was just three years old when she was diagnosed with leukaemia in December 2016. What followed has been two years
THE Raising for Raife appeal in Melksham has been selected as the nominated good cause for An Evening With Paul Gascoigne on January 31 at the Melksham Assembly Hall. Raife Wilson, 5, lives in Melksham and his family are fundraising for a much-needed
A SHEEP was killed and others seriously hurt in attacks by dogs. Police say they are investigating two separate incidents in the same field close to Bedwyn Common in Great Bedwyn. The first happened on November 24 when a dog attacked and killed
CORSHAM’S hopes of lifting the Dorset & Wiltshire Intermediate Cup came up short as they were beaten by Swindon in Saturday’s final. The Lacock Road side fell to a 64-26 defeat at the hands of their Southern Counties South rivals at the artificial
A woman in her 80s has been taken to the Royal United Hospital in Bath after being seriously injured in a collision in the centre of Warminster. Police are appealing for witnesses after the female pedestrian woman suffered head and leg injuries
ONLY two of the four Parliamentary prospective candidates for North Wiltshire turned up at a husting at Malmesbury Abbey on Tuesday evening. Liberal Democrat Brian Mathew and the Labour Party's Jonathan Fisher managed to put in an appearance.
OLD soldier Wayne Cherry has been hailed a hero by two charities after raising cash by holding 100 hours of remembrance in the lead up to November 11. Mr Cherry was on parade in both The Brittox, Devizes and in his home village of Rowde to honour
PEWSEY youngster Jack Smith was unlucky to lose a close decision when he had his latest bout at Forest Hill Golf Club in Gloucester. The 12-year-old Devizes ABC member was in his seventh fight against an opponent from Kings ABC. The contest was
