The Edington Scarecrow Walk will be taking place on Sunday from 11am to 5pm, with science fiction characters the theme for this year’s event. There will be about 20 scarecrows to see around the village and prizes will be awarded for the most correctly
A 49-year-old man accused of sex offences against a teenage girl has been released on bail. Mark Edwards is said to have carried out the six offences between November 2010 and September last year. No charges were put to him during the brief
A Bradford on Avon funeral director who set out to complete 50 good deeds in 50 days has called on local residents to come forward with more tasks. Paul McDonald, supported by his team at C.S. Bowyer funeral directors, launched the challenge in
CHIPPENHAM’S Stuart White chalked up another fine win at the Wilts Angling Open match at Viaduct Fishery, reeling in 185 lb of carp, writes COLIN SCULL. Ian Willetts, from Bradford, was next with 138 lb of carp, followed by Steve Gardner, from
Brokerswood Country Park has unveiled Wiltshire’s largest climbing tree, to challenge adventurers with a head for heights. The 55ft high Scotch pine allows climbers to use branches and natural holds, as well as specially designed grips. It
Bradford on Avon’s community production of Noye’s Fludde is taking shape in time for the show next month. Children and adults visited The Hub in Lamb Yard over the half term to help assemble a 15 metre rainbow that will be used as a prop in the
Steeple Ashton’s open gardens festival raised £6,000 towards renovation work of St Mary’s Church in the village. Sunday’s event attracted around 800 people, with the visitors touring 17 gardens. The money will go to a £40,000 project to repair
Organisers of the White Horse Challenge charity walking event have issued a plea for people to enter and for volunteers to be marshals. The event, on the weekend of July 6 and 7, raises money for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance and is sponsored by
A record number of people stepped out for the sixth annual Walk of Life to raise money for Royal United Hospital’s new cancer centre in Bath. Altogether 225 people took part in the walk along the Kennet and Avon Canal, with some choosing to do
The next generation of physicists could help make passenger space travel a reality in their lifetime, the group pictured above were told by European Space Agency ambassador Laura Thomas. The year 10 and 11 students, from Clarendon Academy in Trowbridge
The second in the series of six summer walks organised by Warminster Information Office took 15 walkers to visit Wiltshire Wildlife Trust’s Smallbrook Meadows Nature Reserve. John Walpole, WWT reserve warden joined the walk to act as a guide and
A Westbury woman was ordered to pay back more than £6,000 in overpaid council tax benefits, after pleading guilty in court yesterday. Hazel Shelbourne, 54, of Frogmore Road, was sentenced in Chippenham Magistrates Court when she pleaded guilty
Bratton Silver Band were delighted to win third prize at the South West Brass Band Association Own Choice contest at the Winter Gardens in Weston-super-Mare. The band, led by Simon Carr, played Stephen Bulla’s Chorale and Toccata. The contest
BATH forwards Dave Attwood and Rob Webber are poised to make their first Test starts in Saturday's clash against Argentina in Salta. England head coach Stuart Lancaster appears ready to hand lock Attwood and hooker Webber, who captained England
DEVIZES Festival 2013 got off to a rollicking start when performance poet Luke Wright took to the stage in the Merchants Suite at the Corn Exchange on Wednesday night. It is five years since the 6ft 4in baby-faced performer visited Devizes but,
