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  • Melksham houses and cars hit by paint vandalism

    A spate of vandalism took place in Melksham last week, as cars and houses were daubed with paint. Poster paint was thrown over several vehicles parked along Somerset Crescent overnight on July 24, while a BMW 330 on Primrose Drive and a Seat Leon

  • Melksham’s call for help with phone boxes

    A BID to preserve a symbol of British heritage has been launched in the Melksham area, as plans are announced to save four dilapidated rural telephone boxes. Melksham Without Parish Council has appealed for help from the rural communities surrounding

  • Hills swats fly swarms issue

    The biological waste treatment plant accused of causing the fly infestation affecting Westbury residents over the past few weeks has taken steps to control the problem, according to operator Hills Waste Solutions. The Northacre Biological Treatment

  • Clarendon walkers help out charity

    Three pupils from Year 7 at the Clarendon Academy in Trowbridge, Matthew Williams, Georgia Richards and Julie Diggins, put their best feet forwards and helped raise more than £500 for Help for Heroes through a sponsored walk with fellow students.

  • Westbury firefighter tests his limits

    A Westbury retained firefighter is preparing to tackle the world’s toughest 13-mile obstacle course next month to raise money for The Fire Fighters Charity. Andy Nash, who lives in Station Road with wife Sam and two-year-old daughter Ava, will

  • Free fun to be had at Melksham nature reserve

    A series of free wildlife identification sessions are to be held at Melksham’s Conigre Mead Nature Reserve. August 11 will see a session on identifying insects, followed by mammals on August 25 and reptiles on September 1. Spaces are limited and

  • ID tag could aid families

    A carer from Warminster who invented a flexible clip to provide instant medical details for elderly people with memory loss is hoping it will also help identify lost scooters this summer. Adeline Dalley, who was a senior carer at Westbury Court

  • DUATHLON: Taking on the world

    WILTSHIRE’S Chris Roxburgh and James Coleman are hoping to form a dynamic duo when they team up to take on the world at next week’s Duathlon World Championships. Roxburgh, from Staverton, and Coleman, from Westwood, will both be jetting off to

  • Community acts together for kissing gate

    A commumity has come together to fund a new kissing gate in Trowbridge. Residents raised £240 to pay for the gate from Boundary Walk to a North Bradley field, after the work was agreed by the landowner, George Reece. The gate will give walkers

  • Melksham couple’s golden invite to party fundraiser

    Melksham couple Jim and Judy Speed are planning an anniversary party with a difference and are looking for other golden couples to join in. They will celebrate their 50th anniversary in September, but will also be hosting a night of live music