Running one marathon is a huge achievement, but running 26 in 26 days is a feat of human endurance and determination. Retired fireman, Grahame Shaddick, 53 from Calne, is taking on this challenge in aid of Prostate Cancer UK, running a total of
Campers at the Chippenham Folk Festival may have to pitch their tents elsewhere this year. Work on the new skate park and climbing centre is due to start on land at Westmead, which has been used for folk festival camping for many years. Festival
PLANS TO create more affordable living in Pewsey have moved a step forward. The new Community Land Trust sat for its first Annual General Meeting last week. Now the team are actively looking for new sites to build up to 26 new homes. And
HEARTLESS thieves bought goods to the value of £4,000 after stealing an elderly woman's bank debit card in a distraction theft at Morrisons in Warminster, it was revealed today (Feb 18). Police have warned elderly and vulnerable residents to be
EMPLOYEES at the local business Octavian Wine Services raise over £3000 for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance. It's a family owned business with a local presence of over 30 years with sites at Corsham and Colerne. Krissy Sparrow, HR manager for Octavian
TOAD patrollers in Warminster are helping to save thousands of the town's amphibians from slaughter. Thirty-two members of the Smallbrook Toad Patrol are monitoring some of the town's toad accident blackspots, including Smallbrook Road, Lower and
THE mother of murdered schoolgirl Ellie Gould and three of her closest friends are continuing their campaign to get self defence classes included on the national curriculum. Carole Gould along with Ellie Welling, Harriet Adams and Tilda Offen, who
THE NUMBER of fines issued to Wiltshire parents for taking their children out of school has dropped. Fewer fines were made last year with 1,629 being issued. This is a 12.7 per cent drop on the previous year's 1,866. Wiltshire's record shows
SCHOOLBOY eco warrior Joe Brindle is taking his battle against climate change from Devizes to Westminster. Joe, 17, who is a sixth former at Devizes School is the leader of the school’s climate change group and is a campaigner for the UK Student
HUNDREDS of youngsters at primary schools in Calne are being urged to design a new safety sign for one of the town's housing developments. Deputy mayor, Cllr Richard Jones has launched the competition to design new safety signs for the Lansdowne
A man in his 30s has been arrested and is helping police with their enquiries in connection with an attempted sexual assault on a woman in Corsham last month. A woman in her 30s was assaulted at around 10.30pm on January 15 as she was walking along
A YOUNG man from Trowbridge is representing the UK in the world finals of a male modelling competition in the Philippines. Twenty-three-year Ben Spong will be strutting his stuff at Manhunt International in Manila for nine days until Sunday February
It all began back in 1866 when Lord and Lady Ailesbury offered the building known as the old Training Institution at the top of Forest Hill for a Hospital. And so Savernake Hospital in Marlborough was born with this mission statement: “This hospital
FORMER Wiltshire Council leader Jane Scott has resigned from her seat on the council. Baroness Scott has stepped down from Bybrook ward in north Wiltshire after 25 years as a councillor which included 16 years as leader. She has been appointed
TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of carrying out a string of burglaries at commercial sites and thefts of power tools and electrical items from vehicles. Now police investigating the series of non-dwelling burglaries in Trowbridge and surrounding
A POST mortem is being conducted today after the body of a woman in her 60s was discovered in a house in Melksham just before lunchtime yesterday. Police have cordoned off a house in Berryfield Lane since yesterday and officers have been guarding
COMMUNITY groups and organisations in Trowbridge are being invited to apply for town council grants. The council supports a number of organisations which are active locally through direct grant support. Some organisations, including the Wiltshire
DRIVERS are being warned not to try to drive through flooded roads after police received a number of reports of cars getting stuck in floods this morning. Gloucestershire Constabulary say they have received numerous calls reporting of cars getting
Video clips are to replace written scenarios in UK driving theory tests to make them more accessible. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency announced that, from April 14, learners will be asked three questions after watching a driving clip of
ONLY one Toolstation League fixture survived Storm Dennis’ relentless gusts of wind and downpours of rain at the weekend, with no local teams in action. In the Premier Division, Keynsham Town held Bitton to a 1-1 draw – but Bradford Town and Westbury
Another rather unpleasant week ! The wind has been blowing, often making it feel quite cold and the storms have rushed through depositing copious amounts of rain. Between the storms it has stayed rather damp, which gave us a total of 32 mm of rainfall
