A number of roads have been affected in Wiltshire as rain continues to fall throughout the county. The A363 Bath Road at Bradford on Avon remains partially closed due to flooding after being blocked to traffic yesterday. The area of Shurnhold
BATH head coach Mike Ford declared Anthony Watson is ready to solve England's wing crisis for the RBS 6 Nations after excelling in the 27-27 draw with Leicester. Watson, 19, scored Bath's opening try and was lively throughout an entertaining Aviva
LEICESTER fly-half Owen Williams missed a conversion on the stroke of full-time as the Tigers fell agonisingly short of completing their comeback in a 27-27 Aviva Premiership draw against Bath at Welford Road. Bath led 27-17 as the final quarter
TROWBRIDGE pilot Paula Walker finished 13th in the latest round of the FIBT World Cup women's two-man event in Germany today. Paxcroft Mead's Walker and brakewoman Rebekah Wilson clocked a combined 1:56.71 for their two runs as Germany's Sandra
I would like to thank the very kind motorist who gave me a short, but vital, lift over deep floodwater on Jones’s Hill near Avoncliff on Christmas Eve. To quote a famous song, he did indeed give me a “Bridge over troubled waters”, albeit a mobile
Readers, the Navy still needs air support. Please support the petition to bring back the Harrier jump jets. Go to the Government’s e-petitions website then enter under petition search Harrier jump jets to view and sign. FE Sharpe, Elburton Road
With turnout levels as low as 20 per cent in local elections, has any winner got the right to claim they were democratically elected? The traditional Tory, Lib Dem and Labour parties seem to blindly accept this situation and make no attempt to
I was out and about on Monday and Tuesday (Christmas Eve) and formed the impression that the various authorities and services were coping well with the difficult conditions. Even First Great Western were smart enough to advise passengers for “Bradford
I see Jane Scott and her cronies form the lead article in the “Rotten Boroughs” section of the latest edition of the satirical magazine Private Eye – to the obvious embarrassment of all us Wiltshire residents who foolishly elected them. Little
The Salvation Army in Trowbridge would like to say a huge thank you to all those who gave so generously to our Christmas Toy Appeal. We were overwhelmed by both the quality and quantity of toys donated. It was clear from the number of children for
On Tuesday, January 7, the long awaited and chronically overdue appeal will be heard at the Civic Centre by the Planning Inspectorate regarding the Innox Riverside (Bowyers) site and the original application which included the Cineworld cinema.
At the present time it would seem that the new Dauncey Gate (Gardens?) estate east of Melksham is the subject of a hostile takeover by the town council. Wiltshire Council is looking at the possibility of moving the town boundary to take in this
What a condescending letter, (Wiltshire Times, December 20), I think Dr Nigel Watson is burying his head in the sand as is usual when the medical profession is asked to be held accountable. Doctors are indeed failing to send patients for scans
I, like a number of other people, was trapped on the wrong side of the bridge when the police shut it in Bradford on Avon on December 24. I have lived in Bradford on Avon all my life so I understood there are only two ways back, one being over the
PARALYMPIC swimmer Kate Grey visited a new project at Larkrise School to learn about how it is increasing young disabled people’s involvement in sport. Team Bath member Kate, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games, came to the school
As floodwater continues to wreak havoc across the county firefighters are still being called to rescue drivers of stranded cars. Yesterday Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to a number of flood-related incidents across the county, as
The bell ringers of Steeple Ashton and Keevil churches marked a brief moment in history by ringing rounds at precisely 9.10pm on the 11th day of the 12th month in the 13th year of this century. The ringers were divided into two teams and each rang
There has been one abiding topic of conversation at social occasions locally over Christmas – exactly what will replace Knees in Trowbridge’s town centre. Suggestions range from the very radical from the young (an ice rink, now we have a cinema
Entrepreneur Roger Plahay is running a two-day sales boot camp for business owners, sales teams and managing directors from across Wiltshire to get 2014 off to a flying start. The event will introduce the innovative sales techniques of the Sandler
JONATHAN Joseph is backing Bath’s back line to continue causing a few headaches for Aviva Premiership defences in the New Year. The Rec outfit may have slipped to defeat at second-placed Northampton Saints last weekend but still outlined the attacking
Come on, we’re all friends now – have you already broken your New Year’s resolution? Around three-quarters of us that started 2014 with the best possible intentions will already have binned them by the time Friday’s WT goes on sale. We all set
