A mother and son from Westbury are getting used to life without hair after they had their heads shaved for charity. Abbie Wheeler and her son Jean-Luc, of Bridge Court, had their heads shaved at the Railway Inn in Westbury and have so far raised
Wiltshire Council has approved a change to its youth services which will see youth workers made redundant and decision-making delegated to a community level. The council’s cabinet met at County Hall tonight, where it unanimously passed the plan
Familiar faces will be seen at civic events in four west Wiltshire towns this year as the former mayors of Westbury, Warminster and Melksham take up office for another term and Bradford on Avon mayor John Potter for a third consecutive year. Westbury
Pupils from a Bradford on Avon school won the first Wiltshire Young Choir of the Year contest on Saturday. Nearly 250 young singers from eight junior schools vied for the title at St John’s Church Devizes in a competition organised by the committee
Trowbridge snooker player Stephen Lee has had the second part of his appeal against his 12-year ban from the sport dismissed. The hearing for the second part of Lee's appeal against the ban concluded on Monday, with the World Professional Billiards
Author John Powell claims to have discovered secret messages about Shakespeare, Sir Isaac Newton, James Watt and painter Edwin Henry Landseer in a window in The Laverton, Westbury. With echoes of Dan Brown’s bestseller The Da Vinci Code, Mr Powell
Bradford on Avon Museum is appealing for First World War material to contribute to its month-long exhibition in August to mark the centenary. The museum hopes to build on the material it already has and is asking for photos, diary extracts, medals
FORMER Wootton Bassett three-quarter Jonny May has been named in the England training squad ahead of the tour to New Zealand this summer. Gloucester's May is one of 20 players included by head coach Stuart Lancaster, with the squad size to be increased
As one door closes on Trowbridge’s oldest town centre department store, another one is about to open. On Saturday mum Anna Carlyon became the last person to shop in HJ Knee’s Fore Street store, which has been home to the family firm for 130 years
Organissers of the first Deverills Festival have confirmed that they plan to do it again, after the four-day celebration of the performing arts held over the May bank holiday weekend was a great success. The event, which took place in Deverill
The sixth annual Keevil Scarecrow trail takes place this weekend, themed around historical British figures. Scarecrows for this year’s trail, which runs tomorrow and Sunday, 10am-4pm, were made by local artists Joanna May and Eleanor O’Brien.
Firefighters gave students from Wiltshire College an insight into what they do during an activity day at Trowbridge Fire Station on Monday. Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service hosted a group of 22 students from Wiltshire College’s Public Services
TEE shots can seem daunting. There could be out of bounds on the right-hand side or a water hazard down the left – both places which will lead to either two or one penalty shots respectively. Either of these scenarios can play on your mind
Traders delighted that the main road through Bradford on Avon has reopened are urging customers to return to the town. Market Street’s month-long closure, to allow drainage works to take place in preparation for Historic Core Zone, came to an end
Trowbridge Rugby Club is inviting the town to join them for a community fun day on Saturday to celebrate an incredible first season at Doric Park. The club, which recently secured a memorable RFU Intermediate Cup final win at Twickenham, will have
OLLIE Devoto, Matt Garvey and Leroy Houston scooped a brace of accolades each at the Bath Rugby Annual Awards last night. Matt Banahan, George Ford and Mat Gilbert also picked up gongs at the Pavilion in Bath. Devoto added to his LV= Breakthrough
ANDY MOORE notched a double in the Christie Miller Indoor Club men’s annual championships, writes DAVE EATON. He won the men’s singles and combined with Steve Gedge to take the pairs title as well. The other pairs title in the mixed section
Salisbury Cathedral’s Organ Scholar is giving a piano recital on Sunday at 3pm as part of the celebrations for Cathedral Day. Edward Reeve combines his life as Organ Scholar at the cathedral with that of concert pianist, regularly giving recitals
TRIALS for the new West Wiltshire Player Development Centre (PDC) begin next week at Semington Sports Ground. PDC plans to enter sides into the Junior Premier League, a development league which features teams from across the South and the Midlands
People in Wiltshire will shape the future of the next European Parliament by voting at one of 354 polling stations across the county next week. Roughly 353,774 people are eligible to vote and can choose from eight parties on Thursday. Their choices
FEW 21-year-old fly-halves could claim to bring the same level of composure that George Ford does to Bath. Danny Cipriani, however, certainly knows what it is like to marshal a team at such an age, and he believes his England rival is the perfect
This year’s Sport and Play Festival is set to be bigger than ever when it takes place in Trowbridge Town Park in June, with Paralympian swimmer Stephanie Millward appearing as a special guest. The annual free event, organised by Trowbridge Town
A Bradford on Avon grandmother turned to the internet to get a wider audience for a character who first appeared in stories she told her children. Sara Hibbard, 61, who writes under the name Sara Janes, first started writing the fiction book Jim
Both Wiltshire Air Ambulance and the Great Western Air Ambulance helicopters were sent to Trowbridge after a woman suffered a allergic reaction in the town's park yesterday. The helicopters landed in Trowbridge Park at about 3.30pm, the Great Western
Mike Gunston, who will be the new headteacher at John of Gaunt School in September, said it is an honour and a privilege to be given the role of leading the school after three years as deputy headteacher. Mr Gunston, who started his career at John
More than 100 cinema-goers and diners were evacuated from Trowbridge’s St Stephen’s Place leisure complex last night, after a fire alarm went off in the Odeon cinema. A fire crew was called to the site at 9pm after a fault in the alarm system sparked
