Stefan Mackley

WILL Di Claudio overcame treacherous conditions and a damaged clutch to claim his first outright victory of the season in the Saloon Car Championship at Castle Combe.

COMPETITORS were setting off from The Wharf at Devizes today to tackle what has become known as the canoeist's Everest.

REIGNING Saloons champion Simon Thornton-Norris believes it is unlikely he will contest every round of the series as he returns to Castle Combe this season to defend his title.

OCCUPANTS of a house in Chippenham were forced to flee after a small kitchen fire and explosion at their property this morning.

A NEW road layout and merging the Bridge Centre site with the Bath Road car park opposite are being considered by Wiltshire Council, following recent interest from developers in the area.

A BARN fire near Pewsey was attended and extinguished by six crews earlier this morning.

CHANGES to the A350 Lacock junction by Wiltshire Council, which were intended to make it safer following a number of fatalities, have come under scrutiny less than two weeks after being completed following another crash.

FATHER-OF-TWO Philip Glen, who spent two decades on Lacock Parish Council, died on Sunday at Dorothy House Hospice in Winsley, aged 69.

FORMER professional wrestler Alfred Haddrell, also known as The Maverick, died at his home in Chippenham on Sunday from sudden heart failure at the age of 74.

ONE of the drivers involved in the Bath tipper truck tragedy has failed to get the charges against him dropped today.