Melksham's Labour Club shut down this week, to make way for a re-fit and refurbishment over the summer months. The club, in Lowbourne, is looking to sell the residential portion of the premises for conversion into flats and hopes to invest the money
The man behind a plan to transform the Bowyers factory site in Trowbridge into a cinema and leisure complex has said he is ‘delighted’ councillors will finally make their decision on his application next month. Wiltshire Council was criticised for failing
A cinema operator and hotelier have at last signed important contracts for a proposed leisure complex at St Stephen’s Place in Trowbridge. Fears that the plans for a cinema, hotel and restaurants on the former Tesco site would come to nothing were allayed
BATH'S outgoing director of rugby, Sir Ian McGeechan, admitted Sam Vesty was embarrassed over what could be his defining role in the Aviva Premiership relegation battle. An extraordinary try-saving tackle by wing Tom Varndell, cutting down Vesty as he
Wiltshire people are gearing up for street parties across the county to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. As the deadline for applications for street parties closed today, Wiltshire Council announced that more than 65 parties are set to take place
AN extraordinary try-saving tackle by wing Tom Varndell, cutting down Sam Vesty as he was waving to the crowd in premature celebration, may yet save Wasps from relegation. It means that when Newcastle meet Wasps in a do-or-die match on May 5 they must
The royal champagne cellar got a top-up this week, when a Semington toastmaster delivered a giant bottle of bubbly to Buckingham Palace. Eric Gill, a founder member of the Executive Guild of Toastmasters and Town Criers, presented the 20-bottle nebuchadnezzar
A charity coffee morning, raising money for Alzheimer’s Support, will offer refreshments at the Brantano shoe store in Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, next Wednesday. Customers can enjoy coffee and cakes all day.
Using scrubbing brushes and steam washers, a team of volunteers got to work cleaning Westbury’s iconic White Horse at the weekend. Despite expectations that it would take up to three weeks, the cleaning was finished in just two days by a team of 24 volunteers
HOOKER Pieter Dixon has become the latest player to announce his departure from Bath at the end of the season. The Zimbabwean-born hooker joined Bath in 2005 following a successful career in South Africa with the Stormers. In seven seasons at the Rec
An exhibition about tattoos and tattooing in Melksham drew a crowd and sparked a discussion about whether the practice could be considered art. The exhibition, at the Kings Arms in Market Place, was organised by Swansea Metropolitan University students
Husband and wife Michael and Clare Stynes, of Seend, will run Sunday’s London Marathon for the Anthony Nolan Trust. The charity has a register of bone marrow donors to help people who have leukaemia. Mrs Stynes, 38, has been on the register
DEFIANT villagers are urging councillors to throw out a bid by two gypsy families who want to build their mobile homes on green fields in Southwick. Mother-of-eight Theresa Cash wants to move her family into a mobile home, a dayroom and a touring caravan
