POLICE forces in the South West have recruited hundreds of new officers in under 18 months. The Government is running a major recruitment campaign for 20,000 extra police officers by 2023 to cut crime and keep communities safe. New statistics
A mystery EuroMillions winner, named only as Mr. G from Wiltshire, has won a jackpot of more than £50,000. The lucky man matched the five main numbers and one Lucky Star number in the EuroMillions draw back on December 15, and immediately purchased
A Wiltshire fruit and vegetable wholesaler is urging people to continue to buy local to help businesses survive the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Lovejoys Wholesale, of Melksham, specialises in supplying fresh fruit and vegetables, dairy products
The Neeld Community & Arts Centre has been offered to the NHS as a Covid-19 vaccination venue. Chippenham Town Council has contacted Wiltshire Council and the NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire CCG to offer the hall as a centre
Wiltshire Council says it is set to balance the budget despite fears earlier in 2020 that the financial impact of the pandemic may have forced it to declare bankruptcy. In new draft budget report the council set out its forecast for the coming
Wiltshire Council held its fourth live Covid-19 briefing for members of the public but some members of the public had difficulty signing on. As reported by the local authority, some residents may have come a cropper of technical issues when trying
DESPITE the national lockdown, officers from Wiltshire Police’s Operation Fortitude Team are continuing to disrupt criminal activity, seizing drugs and weapons and making arrests. Just yesterday, officers seized ten weapons, £2,800 in cash, £3,000
POLICE today appealed for witnesses after a road traffic collision involving a car and a cyclist. It happened at around 12.25pm yesterday when the cyclist, a 19-year-old man, was riding along Tidworth Road, in the direction of Tidworth.
A WANTED man has been arrested following a police appeal last week. Macauley Collins, 22, of no fixed address, was wanted by officers for a string of offences including fraud by false representation, criminal damage, malicious communications,
THE family of missing Trowbridge man Ben Garland are still waiting to hear if one of two bodies found on the Spanish island of Ibiza is his, hoping that at last their long wait to mourn him fully is over. Mark Garland and his three other children
WILTSHIRE Council is urging people to dispose of their single-use face masks in their household waste or in litter bins rather than dropping them in the street. The call comes after a business waste company claimed the council was being forced
THE following planning applications have been decided by Wiltshire Council recently. Cleverton: Rosa Callen of 2 Paddock House in Great Somerford has lost her bid to build an American timber barn on a concrete base on land south of Crows Nest Farm
PEOPLE in Wiltshire are being warned by police to watch out for a new phishing email scam sent on Monday. Already the Action Fraud national hotline has received more than 1,000 reports about the scam, which relates to the Covid-19 mass vaccination
THE sound of piping was absent on Monday as, after Hogmanay events across the country were cancelled, Burns Night was marked within the confines of home. January 25 marks the birthday of Robbie Burns, Scotland’s celebrated poet and author of A
DEVIZES people have called for a special area of land near Drews Pond and its nature reserve to be protected. The land at Greenacres has been included as a potential development site in the town’s local development plan. The land borders the
BRISTOL-based reforestation charity Avon Needs Trees has been given a £1,000 donation from the Amazon fulfilment centre in Avonmouth. The donation will go towards the charity’s plan to raise £175,000 to purchase 19 acres of land at Seend before
A second sheep worrying incident has been reported to Wiltshire Police this month. On Tuesday (January 26) police in Corsham were informed of a dog attack in a field between Rudloe and the A4. A spokesman from the force said: “Due to the fresh
A PROFESSIONAL musician who has played with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has been using his time during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown to record a new album - with his mum. Laurence Davies, 54, is more used to playing the French Horn on many
Southwick Country Park on Frome Road, Trowbridge, has officially been made a Local Nature Reserve, a special status which is much like that of a listed building. Friends of Southwick Country Park member David Feather said: “It is a very important
A fire crew from Corsham was called out late last night to tackle a care on fire at Box. They were mobilised at 11.21pm to extinguish the blaze, using two breathing apparatus, one hose reel jet and a thermal imaging camera. The incident happened
WARMINSTER Town Football Club will be raising money for Warminster & District Food Bank next month by running the equivalent distance of between the club’s Weymouth Street ground and Barcelona’s Camp Nou. Starting on February 1, the men’s first
People and councillors in Chippenham have been having their say on the Future Chippenham road routes and what each will mean for the future of the town. Residents asked about the types of crossings the routes would use, the transparency of the
TROWBRIDGE international high jumper Tom Gale believes the Tokyo Olympics should go ahead this summer. Already postponed a year due to Covid-19, the organisers are coming under pressure to pull the plug on the biggest sporting event in the world
A FORMER Royal Wootton Bassett student is making a difference to animals in the Arctic as she completes her PhD at Cardiff University. Sophie Watson works with the parasites in polar bears and wolverines to help understand the wildlife living in
