NICK Blackwell says that he was 'robbed' of the WBA continental middleweight title as he suffered a controversial points defeat to Max Bursak in the Ukraine last weekend. 'Bang Bang' Blackwell, 22, was on the wrong end of a unanimous points decision
MELKSHAM found last year’s champions in rampant first-half form in their Dorset & Wilts One North clash. The home side had wrapped up the bonus pount with four tries in the opening 40 minutes, one of which was converted. Melksham came out
THIS Friday's professional boxing show at the Trowbridge Civic Centre has been postponed until Saturday October 28. Malmesbury's Joe Hughes was set to top the bill against William Warburton whilst Bradford on Avon's Gareth Heard, Melksham's Luke
BRADFORD on Avon got their Dorset & Witls One North campaign up and running with a demolition of their county rivals. The home side scored nine tries, with fly-half Tom Hye booting seven of the conversions. Centre Cam Dewar had a hand in
Wiltshire Council has received around £1.6m in repayments after recovering money from Icelandic banks. A sum of £1.51m came from Heritable Bank and £156,000 from Landsbanki which the council had invested in prior to the country's financial crisis
WESTBURY made it two wins out of two and ended the unbeaten start of their local rivals in the west Wiltshire derby at Folly Lane on Saturday. The visitors made six changes from the side that beaten Salisbury 2nd on the opening weekend and enjoyed
A Trowbridge woman is accused of starting a fire in her flat block with the intention of endangering life. Kerry Baker, 23, of Charlotte Square, denied the charge when she appeared at Swindon Crown Court today. The incident is alleged to have
Two men accused of carrying out a robbery has been released on bail by a judge. Samuel Bullough, 19, and Oliver Trowbridge, 20, are accused of robbing another young man of an iPhone on Sunday, July 21. No charges were put to the pair and they
Some GPs in Wiltshire say they would be willing to accept a target of 20 minutes for ambulances to get to patients rather than the national target of eight minutes. The comments were made as response times in Wiltshire are below the national target
Veterans of both the Arctic Convoys and of Bomber Command will be presented with their medals in a special ceremony at County Hall, Trowbridge on Friday. Described by Winston Churchill as “the worst journey in the world”, the Arctic Convoy ships
TROWBRIDGE snooker star Stephen Lee must wait until tomorrow to learn whether he has been banned from the sport for life after being found guilty of match-fixing last week. The 38 year old is facing up to the possibility of a lifetime ban when
The man arrested yesterday after a fire in a Trowbridge flat sparked a major evacuation remains in custody at Melksham Police Station this morning. The 27-year-old local man was arrested on suspicion of cultivation of cannabis and possession of
A coffee morning in support of Macmillan Cancer Support is taking place in Trowbridge on Thursday. The event being held by Karen Mander will be at 15 Hargreaves Road, between 10am and 2pm. It is one of several taking place locally as part of
A man was arrested last night after an incident which saw hundreds of residents evacuated from their homes in Trowbridge. Emergency services were first notified of a fire and smoke in the kitchen of a first floor flat of a house on the corner of
TROWBRIDGE snooker star Stephen Lee is facing up to the possibility of a lifetime ban from the sport later today when he receives his punishment after being found guilty of match-fixing last week. In a case that has rocked the world of snooker,
