TROWBRIDGE is coming back to life after lockdown, and on August 1 the Town Hall will open its doors again, with community projects planned to bring the town's culture back to the fore. Things will look a little different inside the Market Place
One in nine patients in Bath and north east Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire feel their mental health problems are going unrecognised by their GP, new figures suggest. The Royal College of GPs is calling for longer appointment slots, warning the
THE new Innox Market opens its gates for the first time in Trowbridge on Sunday, welcoming shoppers onto the former car park of the old Bowyers site to browse around 30 stalls, selling everything from crafts and treats to food and drink. Running
THE following planning applications have been decided by Wiltshire Council recently. Chippenham: Mr Attwater of 7 Barton Buildings, Bath submitted a planning application to build an extension at 9 London Road, Chippenham to provide two residential
A man who held a knife to his ex’s throat and refused to let her leave his gated compound has been jailed for more than two years - and told he must never go near her again. Michael Kibble was accused by the judge who sentenced him at Swindon Crown
CHARITY deputy co-ordinator Angie Carpenter is well named, as many homeless people in Devizes think of her as an angel. She goes above and beyond her part-time job for Opendoors to help rough sleepers get another chance in life. Among those she
WHEN lockdown was put in place in March as coronavirus spread rapidly Devizes charity Opendoors was determined to carry on helping homeless and vulnerable people in the town. New restrictions meant that its usual base at the Parish Rooms in Long
AN advice charity bracing itself for a surge in people plunged into debt by the pandemic has been boosted by a Wiltshire Community Foundation grant. Wiltshire Citizens Advice Bureau has been awarded £21,900 from the community foundation’s Coronavirus
FORMER RAF flying ace Barry Conway is 'lucky to be alive' after crash landing his plane just outside Marlborough. The 80-year-old was bringing his home-built, half-scale, German Luftwaffe WW2 Focke Wulf in to land at a small airstrip near Ogbourne
BOXING coach Liam Lathbury, who has dedicated years to helping youngsters in Chippenham stay out of trouble, fears his club has been dealt a knockout blow. Liam, 39, who hoped he had a future as a professional boxer himself until he was forced to
Residents in Trowbridge can now access a new mobile Covid-19 test site in the Mortimer Street car park in the county town. Located between the Greyhound pub and County Hall, the site, which is manned by members of the 1st Royal Welsh regiment, will
MORE posters and better signage will be used to help people keep their distance from one another when shopping in Royal Wootton Bassett. Councillors in the town agreed to focus on those measures when they met to discuss their Covid-19 plan, proposed
MORE than £50,000 has been awarded to a Corsham military charity from the Office for Veterans’ Affairs and the MoD. Corsham-based Recruit for Spouses is set to receive £58,920 from a support package announced by the Chancellor in April to ensure
WILTSHIRE: McKenzie Brookes, 24, of Trowbridge Road, Hilperton, entered no pleas to allegations he assaulted a woman by beating in Trowbridge on July 3 and June 19. He was remanded in custody. WILTSHIRE: Jason Burrows, 33, of no fixed address, denied
