PLANS to raze 54 metres of hedgerow in Westbury have caused consternation among some residents. They have been unable to voice concerns on Wiltshire Council's planning portal about the proposal by Mr and Mrs Pike, of Glenmore Farm, at The Ham, to
WILTSHIRE Council has rejected calls for a safety barrier on the top of the multi-storey car park at St Stephen’s Place in Trowbridge. The council has “no current plans” to install barriers – despite a plea from the daughter of a suicide victim
AN afternoon of live music brought singing, tapping and jigging to a Trowbridge care home. From Bach to the Beatles, professional musicians Julie Payne and Nicola Woodward took their audience, living with dementia at Barchester Wingfield Care Home
CHILDREN and staff at River Mead School in Melksham have raised £320 for the Longleat appeal to help the bushfire crisis victims in Australia. They found out Longleat had sent two koala keepers to Australia to support the Cleveland Wildlife Park
A DOG was attacked by a Staffordshire bull terrier and a bulldog in Chippenham. A woman’s Akita Inu was tied up outside Greggs in the High Street when it was attacked by the dogs, which were not on leads. A man was with the attack dogs, became
CLIMATE emergency campaigners are to march on County Hall in Trowbridge next week. Members of the Wiltshire Climate Alliance will demand more urgent action to address the global climate emergency. The march will take place on Tuesday February
ELDERLY and vulnerable people have been warned to watch out for a gang of thieves who target supermarket shoppers. They watch for their PIN numbers while they paying for shopping and then afterwards attempt to steal their purses and bank cards.
THERE is an appeal for the public’s help in finding a man who is currently wanted. George Mullard, aged 23, is known to spend much of his time in the Minety and Chippenham areas of the county. He's described as white, of medium build, just over
CORSHAM Knitting and Crochet Group have been busy knitting boobs, prem babies and demonstration nappies for Birthlink based in London. Three volunteers from the charity took them to Myanmar, formerly Burma, to Lailope, a village three days journey
Trowbridge: Aaron Joseph Penfold, 20, of Wingfield road stole Hugo BOSS fragrance, to the value of £52, belonging to Debenhams. He pleaded guilty at Swindon Magistrates and was discharged conditionally for six months. He has to pay £21 towards victim
IT'S half-term outdoor activity that is a sell-out hit for kids of the human kind - and goats love it too. Hope Nature Centre in Trowbridge is allowing children to take some of its cloven-footed residents walkies around the animal park. Manager
NEXT week’s pancake race in Chippenham could be its last after the town council revealed this week that it has no plans to take over organising most events run by a controversial business group. Chippenham Business Improvement District will cease
WILTSHIRE businesses and individuals are being invited to pay for a day's worth of care at the Dorothy House Hospice Care in Winsley. The money raised will help Dorothy House fund its palliative and end-of-life nursing care which is free for patients
WILTSHIRE’S own dementia charity Alzheimer's Support is thanking everyone who has supported it as it marks its 30th anniversary year. The charity started in a tiny office in Trowbridge in 1990, with just one employee, Anna Littlechild. She led the
FIVE students at Fairfield Farm College in Dilton Marsh visited the University of West of England in Bristol to take part in an exciting robotics project. Nicknamed Peppa, the aim is to look at the future of technology and see how it could support
A RISE in the number of people taking up apprenticeships resulted in Wiltshire College and University moving to a bigger venue to mark the annual awards. Since the annual event celebrating apprentices was introduced a decade ago, it has always been
ENGLISH Heritage is calling on the nation to ‘Dance for VE Day’ to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of Second World War in Europe. Over the May Bank Holiday from May 8-10 the charity will lend some swing-time spirit to the nation’s celebrations
WESTBURY construction worker John Longdon got the send off of his dreams. He was delivered to West Wiltshire Crematorium in the bucket of a JCB digger. John, 78, who passed away in February, had spent a lifetime working as a plant and machine
IT is full steam ahead for plans to build a railway station on the outskirts of Devizes as everyone from Government to operator GWR has shown the right signals. Devizes MP Danny Kruger has met with members of Devizes Development Partnership in a
CABIN crew member Helen Kayley is keeping her feet firmly on the ground when she runs the London Marathons for Turn to Starboard, a Cornish sailing charity for armed services personnel, and their families, affected by military operations. Helen
ULTRA distance trail star Damian Hall is used to seeing gold from his many record-breaking exploits – but now he is determined to go green in the pursuit of success, writes Kevin Fahey. As a man who loves running and racing in the mountains, hills
AIDAN Daniel is fast emerging as one of Wiltshire’s brightest young runners after another impressive performance at the weekend. The 21-year-old from Biddestone followed up his recent victory in the Slaughterford nine miles multi terrain race with
ALTIOR perhaps faces his toughest Cheltenham Festival task since he beat Irish raider Min in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle four years ago when lining up in the Champion Chase next month. Lambourn trainer Nicky Henderson will bid to land the showpiece
CHIPPENHAM-based athlete Laura Deas revealed she is targeting a medal at the skeleton World Championships next week after being named in the British squad on Wednesday. The global competition is taking place in Altenburg, Germany from February 21
DEVIZES’ trip to Southern Counties South promotion hopefuls Frome was always likely to be a stiff task, and so it proved as they returned home empty handed having suffered a 31-5 loss. Conditions, much like in all other games across the south-west
AWFUL playing conditions didn’t deter Marlborough in their quest to climb the South West One (East) table as dark horse club Chippenham was downed 22-8 at the Common. Heavy rain, gale force winds and a very sodden pitch meant playing conditions
AN alleged stalker was arrested on Valentine’s Day for breaching a temporary anti-stalking order imposed two days earlier. Royal Wotton Bassett man Stewart Hendry, 32, is said to have bombarded his job centre-supplied life coach with 113 text messages
THE fundraisers for the Royal Wootton Bassett Forever poppy is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. After Tom Patterson started his fundraising this month he began on £50, now he's raised £1,300 and counting. His campaign is to raise £300,000
Air pollution is responsible for one in 21 deaths among people aged 30 or over in Wiltshire, new data reveals. The environmental charity Friends of the Earth says levels of damaging air pollution across the country are an “absolute disgrace”, and
