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  • Trowbride visit for Australian descendent of Sir Isaac Pitman

    Australian Heather Day, a descendent of Sir Isaac Pitman, is spending a few weeks in Trowbridge, the town of his birth, to find out more about her illustrious ancestor. The 60-year-old mother-of-two, from Adelaide, was born with the surname Pitman

  • Wiltshire campsite opens to fun and games

    Hundreds visited a fun day hosted by Wiltshire West District Scouts on Saturday, to launch the new Jubilee Wood Campsite and Youth Activity Centre. The event, which included a campfire and barbecue, celebrated the completion of the camp in West

  • GOLF: Joy two clear heading into final round at Cumberwell

    LUKE Joy will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the HotelPlanner.com Championship after carding a second-round 68 to move from eight under to 11 under and extend his 18-hole lead to two strokes by the end of Thursday’s play at Cumberwell

  • GOLF: Smith into British Amateur last 32

    JORDAN Smith pulled off a major upset in the second round of the British Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush today, beating highly-rated Italian Renato Paratore. At number six in the world amateur golf rankings, Paratore was the highest-ranked

  • Seend Cleeve author’s latest magic moment

    Seend Cleeve mum Sarah Hill is delighted with the success of her series of children’s books, featuring a pixie called Posie. Mother-of-three Mrs Hill, 37, has published the fourth in the series of Whimsy Wood books, designed for children aged five

  • RSPCA charges three over alleged Trowbridge dog hanging

    A woman and two men will appear at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on July 14 accused of causing suffering or unnecessary suffering to an animal by hanging a dog. Veronica Reid, 43, of Woolpack Meadows, Trowbridge, Jon Allen, 26, of Kingsland Road

  • Poverty shown the ‘red card’ by Hilperton couple

    Hilperton woman Laura Quintrell has helped a 12-year-old Romanian boy live his dream of becoming a professional footballer, after sponsoring him through Trowbridge charity People against Poverty. Ms Quintrell, who works as a sales office supervisor

  • CRICKET: No eyes on the prize for Coles

    MIKE Coles would love to be the captain of the side that ends Wiltshire’s wait to win the Unicorns Knockout Trophy – but is refusing to look any further than next month’s semi-final with old rivals Oxfordshire. Wiltshire booked their place in the

  • Dilton Marsh postie’s special 280-mile ride

    Dilton Marsh postman, Allen Laker, will be giving his all for charity Scope when he undertakes an extreme endurance event, the London to Paris 2-hour cycle challenge, on Saturday, July 5. The 65-year old will be the oldest participant when he takes

  • Wingfield duo to make it Glass-to

    Two glass artists based in Wingfield are all fired up as they set off to Glastonbury Festival next week to teach and display the art form. KT Yun and Helga Watkins-Baker have run The Glass Hub in Stowford near Wingfield since 2012 and will spend

  • CRICKET: Young gets it done for Wiltshire

    POTTERNE all-rounder Ed Young underlined just why Wiltshire wanted to include him within their ranks this season as his display with bat and ball inspired the county into the semi-finals of the Unicorns Knockout Trophy. Young, released by Gloucestershire

  • Flower festival bound to be a Shaw-fired success

    Christ Church in Shaw will be looking blooming lovely this month, as it prepares for the village’s flower festival. The church will be open on the weekend of June 28 and 29, when colourful displays prepared by village organisations including the

  • Doorstep dining as Melksham stalls focus on local fare

    Melksham's sixth food festival has been a sweet success for organisers, with more than 3,000 visitors enjoying an array of tastes. The two-day festival started with stalls and tasters on Saturday at the Littlebrook Centre, before a Sunday fair

  • ATHLETICS: Fiona sets new marks

    AVON Valley Runners’ Fiona Price set two new records at the South West Vets Championships in Brecon. Price ran the one-hour race which was integrated with the 10000 metres, finishing the 25 laps (10000m) as first lady in a Championship record time

  • Weigh up the odds

    NEXT time you are on a difficult par four, faced with a long second shot, weigh up the odds of being successful of hitting the green from your distance from the hole. Most of us may have more than 200 yards for your second shot and, potentially

  • MOUNTAIN BIKING: Success tastes sweet for Katy

    BOX rider Katy Curd is coming to terms with the greatest achievement of her career after winning the UCI 4X world title in Austria last weekend. The 25-year-old pulled on the champion’s rainbow jersey following what was her final 4X race as she

  • CANOEING: Bradford trio sprint to European recognition

    THREE Bradford on Avon paddlers are on their way to the European Sprint Championships after a successful sprint regatta at Nottingham last weekend. London 2012 Olympic champion Ed McKeever will contest the K1 200m kayak event in Brandenburg from

  • STARS OF TOMORROW: Charity hits heights

    AN INTREPID team from Bag4Sport Foundation took on the might of Ben Nevis to raise money to help the Wiltshire Times Stars of Tomorrow campaign. Bag4Sport Foundation director Andy Trusler was joined by Paul Buckingham and fitness instructors Chauntine

  • Keevil's top Tolkien scarecrow for auction

    Teacher Ron Lester will have his winning entry from the Keevil Scarecrow Festival auctioned by BBC Flog It! presenter Paul Martin this Saturday. Mr Lester, who is a design and technology teacher at Maltravers School, Springfield Road, Westbury,

  • Corsham’s Springfield Campus to open by the end of July

    Corsham’s Springfield Campus should open its doors to the public by the end of July, with plans already under way for a programme of activities in the summer. Local dignitaries were given a behind-the-scenes tour last Friday, where they saw the

  • Talented pupils help buy equipment for Westwood School

    Pupils at Westwood with Iford Primary School got chance to show off star qualities during a Westwood’s Got Talent night. They performed in a mixture of dancing, comedy, and magic routines, as well as musical recitals. The event was staged by

  • RUGBY: Eastmond gets nod for final All Blacks Test

    ENGLAND have overhauled their backline for Saturday's final Test against New Zealand in Hamilton with Bath's Kyle Eastmond and Manu Tuilagi reunited in the centres. The experiment of playing Tuilagi on the wing has been abandoned after just one