Householders are being asked to check the credentials of businesses offering to clear their waste following a spate of fly-tipping incidents in Wiltshire. Fly-tipping has increased in the Chippenham, Corsham and Calne areas and householders are
The A36 has reopened after a serious two-vehicle accident between Heytesbury and Deptford. The road was shut for several hours during the evening. Wiltshire firefighters worked to free those trapped.
Training charity The Learning Curve has opened a new centre in Melksham to help people develop their skills in work and home life. Pensioners Doreen Milner, 78 and Stella Cruse, 80 were chosen to open the centre after learning computer skills as
Travellers camped in Court Street, Trowbridge, have left after police intervened. The families started to leave the site just before 6pm this evening. Sgt Jim Suter said a notice had been served and they had been given until 7pm to leave.
Having just returned from a full council meeting of Wiltshire Council, I’m sat wondering if the floods that hit Shaw and Whitley, some three weeks ago, after listening to Cabinet member Cllr John Thomson, ever happened. I can’t praise Wiltshire
I wonder if the people of Wiltshire are aware of the proposal to build a massive wind turbine at the base of Cley Hill. This would be an enormous structure at approximately 87 metres (288 feet) tall with a wing span of 53 metres (174 feet) and on a
Could I please via your pages thank the kind people who informed Customer Services that my car had been hit in Sainsbury’s Trowbridge car park. If the driver of the dark blue Hyundai who did it is reading this, the damage wasn’t as bad as it looked
Congratulations to everyone involved with Trowbridge Carnival and with so many schools and organisations involved, it was good to feel that real community spirit. The procession moved quite slowly but this gave a great opportunity for the local floats
I would like to thank the people of Melksham for raising £113.79 during my street collection on Saturday October 18 in aid of The Brooke Hospital For Animals, a charity helping to improve the quality of life of working animals in some of the world’
Following the demise of Lilleys – formerly The Flamingo Club at Westwells Road, Corsham – I, along with a few others who were patrons of this club in the 1970s, have been trying to remember famous (now) acts who performed there at that time. One
May I put things in perspective regarding claims by Ian Welch, on October 4, and a wind turbine at Thoulstone. First, it is very dramatic to claim it is a huge ever-moving machine, and how can it spoil the view over Cley Hill? There has been
It was with sadness that I returned from a business trip to find that Warminster Town Council had passed a very divisive policy on the settlement boundaries that will have ramifications to the relationships between the populations of the east and west
I was not surprised at the article concerning Cllr Jane Scotts’ expenses claim. Life must be hard on the salary of a CEO, especially since the above- inflation salary reward months ago. We pay our taxes, council tax, etc; get fewer services
The question has now arisen to who actually runs and funds our health care. Is it the NHS, local government, social services, care homes or the doctors? Does the government care or has it tendered it all out to contractors or bidders? You have
The new priest in charge of the benefice of Atworth with Shaw and Whitley, Revd Shona Hoad, will be licensed on November 2. Archdeacon of Wilts, the Venerable Ruth Worsley, will lead the licensing at 9.30am at St Michael and All Angels, Atworth
Year 3 class from Springmead School in Beckington had a fantastic time at the Roman Baths, handling 2000-year-old artifacts, dressing up in the fashions of yesteryear and making a mosaic. They sketched, made notes and listened to a walkie-talkie
Unitarianism has a long history in Trowbridge and plans are taking shape to mark the 300th anniversary of the Unitarian Conigre Congregation in the town. Before the Act of Toleration in 1689, it was considered treacherous for Dissenters to worship
Blues/rock band The Hoax play in their home town of Devizes on Friday, October 31, 20 years to the day from the release of their first album. This picture was taken of Mark Barrett, Robin Davey, Jon Amor, Jesse Davey and Hugh Coltman’s first ever
A special ceremony celebrating the opening of a new Children’s Hospice South West shop in Trowbridge was held last Thursday. The shop, based in Silver Street, was officially opened by Children’s Hospice South West co-founder and chief executive
Traditional cakes are a big feature of the Castle Combe Market, including this zesty favourite with its sweet and sticky topping. You will need - 25g softened butter. 225g caster sugar. 4 eggs. 225g self-raising flour.
The Farmhouse at Southwick, the subject of last week’s feature, dates back to the 18th century, but not as a public house. This former dairy farm has only been a public house since the 1980s. Leslie and Denise Setch bought the property with the
October 24, 1969. WILTSHIRE: The message to the MInistry of Transport from Wiltshire county surveyor Mr CR Chadwick was clear – give us more money for our roads before they fall to pieces. Mr Chadwick says in his annual report that trunk roads
A super slimmer from Trowbridge was delighted to meet actor Will Mellor when she reached the final of the Slimming World Woman of the Year contest. Lorraine Ratcliffe’s amazing achievement by losing 9stone 10.5lb in two years earned her a place
A former health minister called Lord Ara Dasai says we should ban smoking in parks and other public places. He’s so far confined his recommendations to London, but he wants councils up and down the country to consider bans of their own. That means
Winsley Primary School has been praised by the Minister of State for School Reform for high achievement in its phonics check. Year One pupils took the test, an assessment to ensure pupils learn phonic decoding to an appropriate standard by the
Staff at Specsavers in Melksham turned pink to raise money for Breast Cancer Care recently. The store was decorated with an array of pink decorations including feather boas, paper-chains and balloons put up in the store. Staff also brought
Three families were made homeless when a fire spread through three thatched cottages in High Street, Codford, yesterday evening. Firefighters remained in the village all night and by this morning the blaze had been put out. No-one was injured
Like a slap in in the face with a frozen fish, autumn has suddenly arrived. Without warning, the mornings have an icy chill and the evenings are depressingly dark. And with the seasonal turn will come the coughs and colds. For reasons not wholly
I’ve used this column to speak out against technology for technology’s sake, but news earlier this week from Wiltshire Council reeked so badly of digital vanity, I couldn’t resist it. In times of austerity, budget and jobs cuts – news that council
The process of removing graffiti and tagging in Bradford on Avon could become quicker thanks to the introduction of a new task force group. Resident Andrew Rolph, who has used his own graffiti removal kit on markings around the town for a number
Clarendon Academy in Trowbridge will remember the centenary of the start of the First World War with a Remembrance Day assembly on November 11. An hour-long assembly will take place with students and staff involved in poetry readings, history presentations
A long campaign for a zebra crossing outside Studley Green Primary School has finally paid off making it safer for pupils and their parents to cross. The Westfield Road school previously had a chicane system outside to slow drivers down, but residents
