A charity box containing £30 was taken from a communal area at a retirement housing block in Giffords Court, Melksham, between Tuesday and Thursday last week. Anyone with information is asked to call Wiltshire Police on the 101 number.
Wiltshire Council wants people to share memories, historical photos and stories of Westbury Swimming Pool in preparation for a 125th anniversary exhibition. Westbury is one of the country’s oldest surviving public pools and the council, with Westbury
Westbury Amateur Swim-ming Club hopes to be fully compensated by Wiltshire Council for money lost while the swimming pool was closed from March to June, after submitting a claim last week. The compensation claim is for about £3,000 and takes into
A LATE downpour failed to dampen the summer fete fun at the Longs Arms in Yarnbrook. The pub’s community fun day saw children and adults enjoying stalls and a bouncy castle, raising £300 for MacMillan Cancer Care on Saturday. Manager Tracey
DIESEL was siphoned out of the tank of a commercial vehicle in Brook Lane Industrial Estate, Westbury, at about 9.30pm on Saturday. Police believe the offenders were disturbed as the hand pump used was recovered.
Hostile neighbour Rachel Stroud was given a three-year ASBO on Tuesday, for continually harassing staff from Trowbridge’s EJ Shanley and Son. The unemployed 46-year-old, of Helens Court in Shails Lane, Trowbridge, was given the order following
A cat which spent two days up a tree in Westbury was finally rescued on Sunday, after specialist equipment was summoned from Swindon. The RSPCA called a fire crew to Leighton Green, where the cat had been stuck since Friday, on Sunday shortly after
North Bradley Primary School pupil Owen Raisey raised around £1,000 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance through a swimming fund-raiser on Sunday. Nine-year-old Owen swam 64 lengths in an hour at the Trowbridge sports centre pool in Frome Road. The
