Post office manager Ann Shergold said she is disgusted with the punishment handed down to her former employee, who stole £23,000 from her business. Karen Wordley, 51, admitted stealing the hefty sum from Calne Post Office. She took the money over a
A Calne woman whose husband suffers from a disease which causes blindness has organised a tea party for charity. Denis Courtney, 82, contracted macular disease eight years ago and wife Ella has been helping raise funds for the Macular Disease Society
Fed-up householders are complaining that Wiltshire Council is being too slow to send out new recycling bins or replace old ones. In the north of the county the council has switched to fortnightly household rubbish collections and interspersed them with
Police are warning people of a computer repair scam following two reported incidents in recent weeks. A woman in Chippenham received a call from a woman on March 13 claiming she was calling to fix her computer. The woman was allowed
Proud Pewsey Vale student Gemma Bawcutt is preparing for the run of her life after being selected to carry the Olympic torch in Salisbury on July 11. Wiltshire is the only county in the UK which will have the torch carried through it twice, firstly on
This week, it’s the turn of Alan Postill, 46, head chef at The Pear Tree in Purton for 14 years. Tel: 01793 772100 1. When did you first take an interest in cooking, and when did you decide you wanted to become a chef? I have wanted
Corned beef hash provides a surprising treat at former coaching inn EAT AT: The Old Crown Coaching Inn, 25 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU. Tel: 01367 242744 IT was a quiet and lonely Monday lunchtime
Pupils from St Nicholas School, in Bromham, passed a lit torch to their counterparts at Hedding-ton, to start the build up to the Calne Games. The torch was walked the 4km by the whole school, including teachers and parents. It was all
ANIMAL rescue teams from Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service put all their training to good use when a trailer full of bull calves came a cropper just outside Worton, near Devizes, on Monday afternoon. The incident took place on the sharp bend just outside
Two Corsham School friends did their bit for Sport Relief by unicycling from Bath to Bristol. Jacob Bacon, from Nest-on, and Elliott Wilson, from Whitley, both 13, raised more than £450 for charities from their 16-mile cycle. Jacob said: “We went all
A man dressed from head to foot in a blue bodysuit, a group of girls in red wigs and a human cat and dog were among the 327 who took part Marlborough’s first Sport Relief Mile. Under bright blue skies, people of all ages assembled at the town’s leisure
Footballer Kent Kauppinen has been jailed for more than a year after a man was left with a broken jaw in an unprovoked attack. Kauppinen – who once won an award from Wiltshire police – then assaulted the victim’s girlfriend during the incident on New
MALMESBURY soldier Francis Atkinson has set off on an expedition of a lifetime as he aims to climb Mount Everest. Dr Atkinson, who has limited use of his right hand after being shot in Afghanistan, flew out to base camp yesterday as he teamed up with
A renowned school choir from Calne has embarked on a once-in-a-lifetime tour of the USA. The group of girls from St Mary’s School, in Curzon Street, flew to Florida on Saturday for the eight-day concert tour. It came about after one of their CD recordings
RSPCA inspector Becky Griffiths has told of her horror after finding a cat tied up in a pillowcase and stuffed down a drain in Chippen-ham. A member of the public heard noises coming from a covered drain at the side of the road in Larkham Rise
STAFF and pupils at St Barnabas Primary School in Market Lavington are looking forward to a busy and exciting summer term. Since new head teacher Jill Hibbs arrived in January, the Friends of St Barnabas School have been reformed and are now champing
Businessman Matt Hill said he was only told last week that the mystery benefactor had withdrawn the offer to pay staff salaries and cover parental deposits to the end of term. He said: “I was only informed last Friday that they had rescinded this offer
The Mill School will close tomorrow for good after a buyer failed to emerge. The demise of the private prep school in Potterne ended on a sour note as staff were told their wages would not be paid this month and parents were told there would be no guarantee
A man sexually assaulted two young girls a decade apart and offered one of them £10 a week to allow him to carry on the abuse, a jury has been told. Martin Smart is said to have made the suggestion of payment to the girl when she was aged about 14 or
JASON Forster has reaffirmed his commitment to Chippenham next season after the Allington Field side secured their National League status on Saturday. Former Wales international Forster, who guided the club to the South West One West title in his first
Roadworks were due to start in West Lavington this week that are likely to continue until July. Initially, not too much disruption is expected to be caused to traffic along the A360 between Devizes and Salisbury while a new storm drainage system is installed
Primary school children from the Devizes area showed their public speaking skills on Friday night when eight teams lined up for the Rotary Club’s Youth Speaks competition. Nursteed Community Primary School took the title at the competition in the school
THIS time last year joinery firm production manager Paul Buckingham weighed 21 stone, 6.5lbs. But after shedding 7.5 stones he did eight hours on a spin-a-thon bike as part of the Canburg team for the charity Bag4Sport’s 24-hour marathon at the Route2Fitness
DEVIZES town councillors have had a disappointing reply from Wiltshire Council as they try to organise a bus link between the new marina at the foot of Caen Hill and the town centre. Councillors are keen that boaters who moor at Caen Hill Marina can
WILTSHIRE players failed to impress last weekend in the highly competitive second Dexion Westlecot Open, writes DAVE EATON. They all missed out on gaining a quarter-final place in the indoor competition that was eventually won by World No.4 Mark Royal
Wiltshire police brought in their helicopter last night to help find a suspected fuel thief at Manton on the edge of Marlborough. With the help of the helicopter and its heat-seeking detection device and man was located nearby and arrested on suspicion
Little Alberts preschool in Lyneham has been saved from closure after a multi-agency agreement was reached. The preschool, which achieved outstanding in all areas in its last two Ofsted inspections, had been under threat because of the closure of the
A group of injured servicemen including one from Malmesbury has arrived in Nepal ahead of an expedition to climb to the top of the world's highest mountain. Captain Francis Atkinson, 31, will attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest in May for the
I have resisted writing a letter for several years now. However, after reading your letter of the week last week, my pen gasket blew. Is it possible that the public, now seem to be administered, guided and governed by civil servants and their
A blaze that destroyed a flat may have been started by this week’s heatwave. Firefighters believe that bright sunlight refracted through a window may have set light to soft furnishings at the first-floor flat in Westerleigh Road, Chippenham, at 2.50pm
FIRE victims Peter and Sandra Haughey say they are relieved to be alive after a blaze destroyed their home and all their everything they own. A freak fire tore through their first-floor flat in Westerleigh Close, Chippenham, on Monday.
HUSBAND and wife duo Clayton and Lucinda Fredericks took three horses into the top 10 at the Fontainebleau international event in France, the first leg of the new FEI Nations Cup. The Little Cheverell-based, who were both on the Australian team that
