The father of teenage footballer Quinton Barham, who suffered a heart attack on a pitch last year, hopes to raise funds for a defibrillator at his son’s new club. It was a defibrillator and CPR which are credited with saving the Clarendon Academy
A 21-year-old who is accused of assaulting a man last summer is to face trial. Benjamin Smith pleaded not guilty to a charge of causing grievous bodily harm when he appeared at Swindon Crown Court on Friday. Smith, of Beverley Close, Melksham
Motorists claim that heavy handed parking control at St Stephen’s Place Leisure Park could put them off coming back to the £17m complex. Westbury mum Gail Greatwood, who lives in Hackney Way, is one of several people who have spoken to the Wiltshire
CHIPPENHAM & District Sunday League outfit Mallard FC are on the hunt for fresh blood ahead of the new season. The Division Two outfit, who play their home matches in Goatacre, are currently looking for new players. For more information
The former Unigate Dairy in Melksham has been put on the market for £2.75 million, national property consultants Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) announced today. LSH is acting on behalf of vendors EBS Management to sell the 2.54 acre Avonside Enterprise
Singer Steve Knightley says this year’s Village Pump Folk Festival was a resounding success - and can still get bigger and better. Knightley, a member of the band Show of Hands, is a patron of the event and performed three times at the festival
Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service is warning people to take extra care in the 'tinder dry' countryside. Firefighters have been called to numerous grass fires already this summer, including a field blaze near Chiseldon that was started by a discarded
WILTSHIRE Police are renewing the appeal for witnesses following a crash in which three people died. The incident took place shortly before 5.45am yesterday morning and involved a silver Volvo S80 travelling towards Westbury from the Melksham direction
CORSHAM got back to winning ways last weekend with a crushing seven-wicket victory over Weston-super-Mare. Pete Dennett’s side, who had won four on the trot before losing at Downend and seeing their game against Ashcott & Shapwick rained off
Wiltshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a 54-year-old Wiltshire woman died when her car was hit by a lorry on the A303 at Mere, south of Warminster, yesterday. The incident took place just before 1pm at the A303 Mere Bypass on the eastbound
Pupils at Oasis Academy Longmeadow welcomed an unusual guest to the school when a visiting alpaca from a farm in Steeple Ashton left them in awe. The alpaca was brought to the school by Peter and Carol Watt, who run Ashton Lane Alpacas, to help
