Monday's meeting of the Bradford on Avon Climate Friendly group will discuss Electric Vehicles. Kevin Sharpe will bring along his Tesla electric sports car and Shay Parsons her Renault Zoe. There will also be a Peugeot iOn and a Prius Hybrid car
MUM and daughter Diane and Leanne Hier are celebrating after both qualified for the XTERRA World Championships in Hawaii. The Upton Scudamore athletes are no strangers to triathlons having represented Great Britain on many occasions including at
JONATHAN Joseph says Bath have an early-season spring in their step and the centre is hoping to take that momentum into tomorrow’s showdown with Leicester. The Rec men have got the new campaign off to a positive start, with a hard-fought victory
PACING the streets of Bradford on Avon paid off for Valerie Knight, the winner of a Tour of Britain Bike Trail. The trail was organised by bike shop TT Cycles in Frome Road, to tie in with the race coming through the town on Friday. People
Residents of Kitchener’s Court, Trowbridge, are devastated after last night’s torrential downpours resulted in their homes being flooded with sewage. The fire service were called out to the properties in Kitchener’s Court, just off Hill Street,
ALISON Phillips can this week reflect one of the proudest moments in her athletics career as team manager, writes Kevin Fahey. In her fifth season as manager of the Team Bath AC squad for the Avon Track & Field League Phillips, who lives in
The owner of the house which was wrecked after a lightning strike last night has expressed her “frustration” at being so far away from home and thanked Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service. Mrs Sylvia Cook and her husband Terry are at their holiday
MATT Banahan has returned to the Bath line-up for tomorrow's Aviva Premiership clash with Leicester at the Rec (3.15pm), in the only change from last week's victory over London Welsh. Banahan, whose try in this fixture last year helped Bath to
We’re constantly assailed by dire warnings that we’re not squirrelling away enough into a personal pension pot. What constitutes enough is generally left blank. Saving for tomorrow is commendable. It promotes independence and is to be encouraged
MIKE ROSE of Avon Valley Runners led from the start to dominate a field of 150 in perfect conditions in Melksham on Sunday. Rose, broke away from the field with Peter Nicholas of Team Bath for company and Andrew Duncan of Calne SMaRTT in pursuit
I’m writing this week’s column from Scotland, where I’ve joined the campaign for a ‘No’ vote in the referendum, to help keep our country together and save us from a messy divorce. I know from my constituency mailbag that many English Brits in Wiltshire
A 31 year-old man has been in charged with a number of drug-related offences. Christopher Mounty, of Wheat Close, West Ashton, Trowbridge, has been remanded in custody. Mounty has been charged with four counts of possession with intent to supply
A couple will return from holiday to find their house has been destroyed after lightning struck and set the roof alight. Fire crews were called to the semi-detached property in Littlejohn Avenue, Melksham, around 10pm last night after neighbours
SOUTH West champion William Browne was one of Team Bath AC’s star performers as the club wrapped up a first ever victory in the Avon Track & Field League. The 12-year-old St Augustine School pupil from Trowbridge scorched to victory in the
Shaw Primary School in Melksham has been forced to close today due to flooding caused by heavy rainfall overnight, with a number of roads throughout the county also closed. Roads that have been affected by overnight storms include the A365 Shurnhold
Heavy rainfall caused chaos throughout Wiltshire overnight, with officers from a variety of different organisations to working hard together to combat issues. Following heavy rainfall overnight people are being asked to adhere to safety advice
BATH head coach Mike Ford has warned his players they cannot afford the defensive lapses that peppered last week’s win over London Welsh if they are to maintain their recent good run against Leicester tomorrow (3.15pm). Ford’s men ran in seven
WARMINSTER Town Council was forced to defer a debate on the town’s boundary on Monday, after 150 people turned up to have their say. The unexpectedly high turnout meant everyone could not fit into the Civic Centre room being used for the full council
A Freedom of Information request has been submitted by Wiltshire councillor Terry Chivers saying he wants to establish how much the authority's councillors have claimed in allowances and expenses. Coun Chivers, who represents Melksham Without
IT will be a battle of the boats on Sunday as Bradford on Avon Sailing Club take part in a Guinness World Record attempt. The club, behind the Beehive in Trowbridge Road, is one of about 750 taking part in Bart’s Bash to set a record of The Largest
THE court was told that Veronica Reid had been shunned since news about her hanging her dog came out. Reid, 42, of Woolpack Meadows, Trowbridge, and boyfriend Jon Allen, 27, also of Woolpack Meadows, previously admitted causing unnecessary suffering
Motorists were pulled over and their cars, lorries and cattle trucks rigorously examined in a police operation targeting vehicles in Warminster on Wednesday. Police arrested one driver for drink driving who blew four times over the legal limit
