THE Friends of Trowbridge Museum have stumped up £4,600 to pay for the conservation of the museum's rare Spinning Jenny. They also agreed to pay £300 towards the cost of the Haden’s lamp post, Trowbridge Town Council's museum committee was told.
SOUTH West Wiltshire MP Dr Andrew Murrison joined colleagues to help 100 Ministry of Defence tenants facing eviction from their homes. They met Defence Minister Jeremy Quin last week to discuss the issue, whereby the MoD wants to hand back the houses
NEARLY 300 golfers at Cumberwell Park raised more than £8,000 for the new Dyson Cancer Centre at Bath's Royal United Hospital. The Bradford on Avon golf club's 2020 Captain’s Charity weekend showed how, in the midst of COVID restrictions, golf can
THE Pound Arts Centre in Corsham is set to reopen its auditorium doors with a series of live performance and film throughout October, November and December. Seven months after its forced closure on March 16 because of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown
Tickets for Longleat’s much-anticipated festive Land of Light event are now available to book online. Running from November 7 to January 10, Land of Light features thousands of spectacular light sources, illuminating seven themed areas across the
The team behind a new book celebrating the history of Malmesbury are celebrating after it "achieved much more" than they thought possible. Malmesbury Reflections is the second book from a partnership between the Malmesbury Now & Then Heritage &
THE leasehold of the Castle Inn in Bradford on Avon is up for sale with agents inviting offers. Bristol-based leisure property specialist Fleurets is selling the leasehold of the popular pub which closed in March because of the Covid-19 pandemic
The 2020 Poppy Appeal has launched in Wiltshire, and people have been urged to back it in a new and novel way. The money raised this year will enable the Royal British Legion to continue its vital work delivering life-long support to service and
An incredibly rare watch was sold at auction yesterday for £217,000 The Rolex Submariner 5512, with an exceptionally rare ‘3-6-9’ dial was bought by its original owner – a medical attendant at the former Shirebrook Colliery – to celebrate his 40th
HERE are some of the views expressed by readers on our Facebook page to some of the stories we have published. Last week, we covered a racism row concerning a red phonebox in Urchfont. The village's Parish Council refused plans mooted by a group
The Invitation Theatre Company (TITCO) have come together to sing and create music in an online concert - to raise much needed funds for local charity Dorothy House Hospice. Singing two meters apart, the company met in St Mary’s Church in Devizes
KINGTON Langley Croquet Club, near Chippenham, held its annual end of season Bevan Olympics last weekend. The format was slightly different this year due to coronavirus, although the games were the same and those taking part played in small numbers
The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Wiltshire increased by 76 in 24 hours by Monday (October 19), official figures showed. Figures colleced by Public Health England revealed that 2,370 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid
A MAN was tasered and then taken into custody after he assaulted a police officer in Warminster this morning (21/10). At 8.30am, officers were called to an address in Furnax Lane, following a report regarding the suspicious behaviour of a man in
A YOUNG rider at the Saxon Riding for Disabled Group in Bradford on Avon has raised £725 to help them survive the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Seven-year-old Maddie Thornton presented the group’s leader Kady Chatman and volunteer coach Jo Rutherford
A Pewsey woman will walk more than 100 miles in a bid to help bring back her children from Libya. Tanya Borg's daughters, Angel and Maya, were taken from Wiltshire by their father Mohammed El Zubaidy in 2015. On Saturday (Saturday October 24
THE owner of the village pub at South Wraxall has been crowned winner of the Tiptree World Bread Awards Heroes after turning his kitchen into a bakery during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Rob Allcock, owner and head chef of The Longs Arms, was
St John's Marlborough is the latest school in Wiltshire to be hit by a coronavirus scare. On Tuesday evening, the school published a Tweet that informed parents the school would be closed due to one isolated positive coronavirus case. The tweet
More than 15,000 children are living in poverty in Wiltshire, new figures reveal. The End Child Poverty (ECP) coalition say families were already on a "cliff edge" even before the coronavirus pandemic. Their analysis shows 18,283 children living
WITH the festive season fast approaching, Wiltshire Council is encouraging people to start their Christmas shopping earlier this year to help support local retailers and to shop safely. Shopping early will help reduce the rush of Christmas shopping
SOUTH West Wiltshire MP Dr Andrew Murrison MP has visited a new affordable housing development in Trowbridge. The local MP paid a visit to Selwood Housing’s new homes on the former Margaret Stancomb School site on Friday October 16. Dr Murrison
MEMBERS of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers at MoD Lyneham paid their last respects to one of their own at his funeral on Monday. REME sent three representatives to the funeral of 100-year-old Alexander Thomas McQuoid, including a
Betrayal Harold Pinter Theatre Royal Bath Until October 31 By the time Pinter wrote Betrayal in the late 1970s he had long moved on from his less accessible early style of The Caretaker and The Birthday Party. There is none of the hidden
Detectives investigating a spate of arson attacks in Chippenham are "urgently" seeking a 31-year-old man who could assist with their enquiries. In the early hours of Sunday morning (October 18), officers attended a series of incidents in the town
A VILLAGE school has celebrated a special time of year together, despite the coronavirus pandemic. Bishops Cannings School is a regular participant in the Royal Horticultural Society’s Big Soup Share community event, which was not able to go ahead
A PUPIL at a Trowbridge primary school made a rather unexpected discovery this week whilst harvesting the school’s potato crop. Hugh Slater unearthed the remains of a 240-year-old rare clay pipe, which dates back to the Georgian period around 1780
A PEWSEY man suffering from acute depression took his own life, an inquest in Salisbury was told. Toby Nicholas Tuxford, 56, was found near tennis courts in the Recreation Ground at Kings Corner at 5.46am on July 13. An inquest into his death
TALKS have taken place with Wiltshire Council and other organisations to improve cycle routes between Trowbridge and Bath. The discussions have involved cycle groups and Bath & North East Somerset Council which has already been given funds to improve
A VEHICLE stolen during a burglary in Hilperton earlier this month has now been found by police. Between 3pm on October 11 and 9.30am on October 13, a Toyota Yaris was stolen from an address in the area after offenders broke into a house, and removed
ETCHILHAMPTON’S Tommy Bridewell ended his 2020 Bennetts British Superbikes Season with three point-scoring races at Brands Hatch. On his Oxford Products Racing Ducati, Bridewell enjoyed his final weekend of racing this season - scoring points in
CHIPPENHAM Town moved into the play-off places in National League South with a 2-0 win over Dulwich Hamlet at the weekend. A pair of headed goals from Chris Zebroski and Brad Ash - one in each half - saw Mike Cook’s men record their first win over
BRADFORD Town provided a shock result in the Western League Premier at the weekend thanks to a 1-0 win over second-place Street. Ross Lye’s penalty proved to be decisive midway through the first half as Bradford, who are in middling form this term
St John's Marlborough will be closed today (Wednesday 21) due to one isolated positive coronavirus case. A tweet posted by the school confirmed that parents would be contacted with further information today. The tweet reads: "Due to an isolated
A COUPLE have vowed to continue their battle with Wiltshire Council after having their plans to build a new house thrown out. Malcolm and Tracey Holland, who live at Marlborough House in Broad Town, applied earlier this year to build a bungalow
