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  • RUGBY: Tickets still available for Bath's LV= Cup semi final

    BATH have revealed that tickets are still available for the LV= Cup semi final against Exeter Chiefs at the Rec on Sunday (1pm). Groups of four of more can save 40 per cent on tickets (bronze seating only) and children's tickets are £10 each.

  • Longleat to start work on £1.2m haven for Anne the elephant

    Longleat Safari and Adventure Park is to start work on a major new purpose-built haven for Anne the elephant. It will include a 994-square-metre heated accommodation area with deep sand floors, natural sky light panels, automated feeding systems

  • Joe Brown to headline Village Pump Folk Festival

    The line-up for this year’s Village Pump Folk Festival has been announced with organisers delighted to have artists to suit all musical tastes. Joe Brown, The Blues Band, Seth Lakeman, Steve Knightley and Brass Monkey are among some of the acts

  • Emergency services attend Trowbridge collision

    An ambulance crew is currently tending to those involved in a traffic collision at Epsom Way, Trowbridge, at 10.35am today. A silver Vauxhall and a silver Peugeot 206 collided head-on in the incident. Wiltshire Police is also at scene.

  • RUGBY: James on bench for Twickenham test

    BATH prop Paul James has been included on the bench for Wales' trip to Twickenham in the RBS 6 Nations Championship on Sunday. James started the opening match against Italy at the Millennium Stadium before resuming bench duty against both Ireland

  • Melksham fair is just the job

    Jobseekers in the Melksham area are invited to a careers and training fair next Saturday. The Opportunity Melksham event takes place at the Assembly Hall, with help guidance available to those looking for work in the local area, and further afield

  • Children from Bradford on Avon don lab coats for science fair

    Children from Bradford on Avon and beyond will be donning their lab coats to take part in the annual My Science Fair on Sunday. The event, in its third year, will take place at the Wiltshire Music Centre from 10am-4pm and will see 87 pupils, from

  • Flags flying high in Trowbridge for Commonwealth Day

    Wiltshire will take part in a coordinated global ceremony next week, as flags are raised across the world to celebrate Commonwealth Day. The Queen will ‘break’ the Commonwealth Flag outside Westminster Abbey on Monday, with over 500 flags then

  • RUGBY: Bath's Koster makes permanent switch to Bristol

    BATH back row Nick Koster has joined west country neighbours Bristol on a permanent basis. Koster has impressed for the Greene King IPA Championship side since joining on a season-long loan, with all parties agreeing to make the move permanent.

  • Review: Arrivals and Departures, Theatre Royal Bath

    There's a feast of Ayckbourn in Bath this week; some revived, some new, performed by a versatile ensemble company. The first of the new, Arrivals and Departures, is innovative. It is not comedy as you might expect from Ayckbourn, although it has

  • RUGBY: Fairford 12 Bradford on Avon 13

    BRADFORD coach Dave George admits his prayers were answered as hosts Fairford missed a winning conversion to hand the visitors another precious four points in their title bid. With Bradford down to the bare bones after being hit by a raft of withdrawals

  • Teenager who admits Trowbridge burglary is held

    A teenage burglar has been remanded in custody by a judge after he failed to turn up on time for a pre-sentence report. Tyrone White, 19, had admitted taking part in the break-in at a house in Duke Street, Trowbridge, in the run up to Christmas

  • Former youth MP urges young to complete First Bus' fare survey

    Teenager Ellie Pullen, a former Member of Youth Parliament for West Wiltshire, is calling for young people to reply to First Bus’ fare consultation which could see Wiltshire’s fares cut. The consultation until March 16, follows one which took place