An exciting project between the Pickwick Association and Corsham Regis Primary Academy has been completed. The two organisations worked together during the town’s StoryTown festival and pulled together plans for the Pickwick Capers event, inspired
FOOD parcels distributed by The Hub in Bradford on Avon in the next two weeks will contain extra treats to mark Fairtrade Fortnight, which runs to March 7 this year. Instead organising the usual coffee morning or fair to mark the Fortnight,
MORE than £10,000 worth of drugs have been found in a bag a man was carrying through Trowbridge town centre in broad daylight. On Thursday, January 28 at around 2pm, PC Millis Miller and PC Storm Brand stopped a man whilst they were out on
PEOPLE living in the average Band D home across Wiltshire will pay an extra £96.26 a year for their Wiltshire Council services in 2021/22. That includes the increases for their share of cost of running the police and fire authorities and any increase
ALL OUTDOOR sports will return from March 29, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has said. Outdoor activities are set to be opened earlier than indoor ones, due to the reduced risk of spreading coronavirus outside. This means venues like tennis
A collection of historic postcards which capture streetscapes from across Wiltshire have been added to an online heritage mapping resource. The work to add the Wilkinson Collection is a double first for Wiltshire Council’s History Centre – the
Trowbridge school receives 18 digital devices for pupils thanks to kind donations from one street. Holbrook Primary School has been given 18 laptops and tablets from the residents of Clarendon Road. The pastoral manager at Holbrook, Nicola
WILTSHIRE Council has rejected claims it hasn’t made much progress after declaring a climate change emergency two years ago. Speaking at a full council meeting on Tuesday, Cllr Richard Clewer, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Climate, said they
Positive cases of coronavirus continue to decline in Wiltshire as the government unveils its roadmap out of lockdown. In Wiltshire, 506 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported during the last seven days – as of 4pm on Tuesday, February 22.
WILTSHIRE'S Deputy Chief Constable has warned that people must still adhere to the current Covid-19 lockdown restrictions or face being fined. Paul Mills says the restrictions will remain in place over the coming weeks despite the Prime Minister
YOUNG climate activists have put forward plans for a mini-Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Wiltshire next year. The suggestion emerged from a Wiltshire Climate Alliance youth group workshop held with Wiltshire Council on Monday.
Waterways charity the Canal & River Trust is looking for volunteers to give some of their time as lock keepers on the Kennet & Avon Canal in Bath and at the Caen Hill Flight. Lock keepers have kept Britain’s canals working smoothly for centuries
AMAZING news - Dora, the Jack Russell, that went missing in Trowbridge, has been found and is home again. The 13-year-old terrier was found in Gloucestershire five days after she disappeared. She has now been reunited with her owners
