The White Horse Alliance has launched a petition calling on Westbury MP Dr Andrew Murrison, and Wiltshire Council to support its campaign to stop an eastern bypass, which it says would ruin the landscape.. The Alliance - a coalition of 13 national
A DRAW was probably a fair result at the end of our game against Devon although I have to say that they had the lion’s share of the cricket. I don’t think we had an awful lot of luck and that really affected the way we played. Mike Coles’ injury
DOZENS of people have had holidays cancelled after Colin Hornsey, who ran Unicorn Holidays and Tours Ltd, Warminster, called in a debt management company. Customers who booked on week-long coach tours to Scotland due to leave on July 8 and July
TORRENTIAL rain didn’t stop the fun at Melksham’s summer scout fair last Saturday, as the troop celebrated the reopening of its refurbished headquarters. After securing grants from the Melksham Area Board and Town Council and completing a lengthy
SOLDIERS in a replica First World War trench will be at Soisy Gardens, Westbury, from 10am on August 2 as part of the town’s centenary events. Retired Lt Col Andrew Field will be among people in the trench telling the stories of the soldiers who
LOCAL bands will be displaying their talent for the free Inspire Music Festival in Warminster Park from 2-8pm on Sunday. Acts include Dukebox, This Way Up, Forgery, Angel Up Front and Chris Moreton, an award-winning multi-instrumentalist rated
COMMUTERS in west Wiltshire have been urged to get on board the region’s buses, as a fortnight of free travel is introduced. Fees will be waived on bus routes around Bradford on Avon and Melksham, in an attempt to encourage more people to take
BIKE Workshop Trowbridge will officially open in Duke Street on Saturday at 10.30am, giving members of the public the chance to buy recycled bikes. Police in Trowbridge and Melksham have agreed to hand over their old scrap bikes from found property
A COUPLE who have run a Post Office in Bradford on Avon for 20 years had a send-off to remember after closing its doors for the final time last Friday. Bill and Jill Sherman have retired after trying to sell the Trowbridge Road business for four-and-a-half
SOLDIER Alexander Laird hopes to raise £3,000 by cycling from Whitby to Brighton on the charity Family Activity Breaks’ annual cycle ride, starting on Saturday. The 50-year-old father of four, who lives in Hackney Way, Westbury, works at the Land
TROWBRIDGE looked at its blooming best to welcome South West in Bloom judges. The judges visited Biss Meadows Country Park, Town Park, Fore Street market, a Songs of Praise floral display at St James’ Church and the Sensory Garden. They were
