THE Cloth Road Arts Group is making a last call for artists to take part in next year's open studios arts trail. The trail will take place from May 2-10 2020, for artists and makers from Bradford on Avon, Trowbridge, Melksham and the surrounding
WILTSHIRE Police is supporting the National Police Chiefs Council Drink Drug Drive campaign that launches this week and runs over Christmas into January, covering the festive celebration season. The force will raise awareness of the dangers of taking
DOG owners have been warned about where they walk their pets after at least two dogs fell ill after picking up a toxic substance in the Melksham area. The dogs were poisoned while being walked in fields local to Atworth. A Melksham Police spokesman
WILTSHIRE Police are making some changes to their community policing teams to meet local demand. Some officers will be shifted to better meet demand and improve community engagement. A spokesman said: "It is not an overnight change but over the
AN elderly man was the victim of an aggressive con artist in Devizes today after he was stopped close to the police station. The victim, aged in his 70s, was stopped at around 12.45pm as he walked along the pavement by a man in a dark coloured
FOR four weeks, the Corsham Army Cadets have been busy collecting food for the community food bank at Bradford on Avon’s The Hub. Sergeant Instructor Phill Rice of the Corsham detachment said: “The cadets had a lot of temptation, so we had to stop
A Starbucks store in Melksham is hoping to collecting hundreds of presents for local children supported by Barnardo’s to open on Christmas morning. The store, located on Commerce Way is collecting presents for vulnerable children, which will be
A MOTORCYCLIST was seriously injured in a crash in Colerne. A blue Suzuki motorbike smashed into a van at about 5.30pm on Monday at the crossroads of Doncombe Lane and Quarry Lane. The biker, a man in his 20s, was taken to Southmead Hospital,
ONE of Britain's most influential bands will take to the forests next year to play their 'nutty' tunes to music-lovers. Serial chart-toppers Madness have announced they will play at Westonbirt Arboretum in June as they complete their Forest Live
TWO schools received a much-appreciated cash injection as they were given more than £10,000 each as part of Malmesbury Co-op’s local causes scheme. Luckington Community School and Lea & Garsdon Primary School are planning to use the money by spending
Students at St John’s in Marlborough will be reaching new heights after the official opening of the climbing wall in its sports hall. It has been funded by the St John’s Foundation Trust and by the school, and will make a significant addition to
LONGLEAT'S newest arrivals have made the most of a break in the winter weather to explore their outdoor enclosure – complete with mounds of leaves filled with tasty treats created by their keepers. The endangered Amur tiger cubs - the world’s largest
SEVEN members of staff at a professional body in Westbury have donated more than £200 worth of essential items to the Warminster Foodbank. The team at the 5,000-member Institution of Engineering Designers organised a reverse advent calendar throughout
PLANS by Devizes School to sell off acres of its playing fields for housing have sparked a mixed response. Some agree with head Phil Bevan that money generated by the sale of 5.7 acres would be well spent on giving the school a facelift while others
Do you love local politics? Would you like to be the Gazette & Herald's and Wiltshire Times' eyes and ears on Wiltshire Council? Then we want to hear from you. We have a vacancy for a Local Democracy Reporter, whose role would focus on shining
A TEENAGE girl, who was sexually assaulted by a middle-aged man, must wait until after Christmas to find out what his sentence will be. Aerial photographer Michael Winning, 57, of Mildenhall, near Marlborough pleaded guilty to the attack when he
DEVIZES Town claimed a first Toolstation League Division One win since September on Saturday as they thrashed Bristol Telephones 5-2 at home. Alistair Bradley struck early on at Nursteed Road but the visitors had restored parity by half-time.
A GENEROUS 11-year-old who suffers from learning difficulties decided to give back this Christmas as he sold his iPad to buy food for homeless people. Thomas Sutterby, from Charlotte Court in Calne, has dyslexia and ADHD and believes strongly in
FAMILIES suffering hardship this Christmas will be able to enjoy some festive sweets and biscuits thanks to the Finlay Foundation. It delivered dozens of boxes of biscuits and selection packs to the Devizes and District Foodbank. The charity,
DEVIZES town clerk Simon Fisher has confirmed that despite wet and windy weather the £1.7 million project to create a football centre in the town is keeping to schedule. The roof is now on the changing room and office building that will become home
AN owl sculpture decorated in memory of a teenager Evie Clover from Melksham has gone on display at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. Evie was 13 years old when she passed away from an aggressive brain tumour in January 2018. Now the Minerva
AS this autumn has seen higher than average rainfall throughout England, and there is a likelihood that this winter will be warmer and wetter than normal, it is important that everyone in Wiltshire is prepared for a potentially increased risk of flooding
A CURATE, who became the youngest reverend in the Church of England when he took up his post at St John’s Church in Devizes, has said his farewells. Ben Rundell-Evans, 24, who became assistant curate of St John with St Mary in 2016, has now been
WILDLIFE lover Dotti Kilburn is calling on others to join her fight to make Marlborough Common a haven for plants and animals. Ms Kilburn, who lives in the town and regularly used the common to walk her dog, was distressed to see that the common
DRIVERS in the Westbury, Trowbridge, Melksham and Chippenham areas of Wiltshire may experience delays today . An abnormal load is due to leave Brook Lane in Westbury at 10am and travel along the B3097 to Trowbridge, where it will join the A350
WROUGHTON made it a perfect dozen wins in the Wiltshire League Premier Division this season with a 4-1 victory at home to Marlborough Town at the weekend. The reigning champions have taken maximum points in the league so far this term and hold
CHRISTMAS well and truly got under way in Malmesbury on Friday, as the town turned out for the annual Late Night Christmas Shopping event. Pop-up stalls lined the High Street as residents turned out in their hundreds to soak up the festive fun.
MALMESBURY and District Foodbank is braced for its busiest December yet as new figures suggest a record number of people in crisis will need support ahead of Christmas. With Christmas only a few weeks away, the Trussell Trust is concerned figures
A MALMESBURY woman has been named as one of Women in Data’s top 20 ambassadors for 2019. Janet Snedden, who has a career in marketing and data analytics spanning more than 30 years, was named as one of the Twenty in Data and Technology. She
