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  • RUGBY: Harlequins 21 Bath 23

    DEBUTANT fly-half Rory Jennings landed a late penalty to hand Bath a hard-fought 23-21 LV=Cup victory against Harlequins at the Stoop. Bath registered scores from Matt Banahan and a penalty try, while scrum-half Will Homer kicked 10 points for

  • Warminster OAP killed on line is named

    A pensioner from Warminster, who died after been struck by a train at a railway crossing, has been named as Ian Peter Harding, aged 82. The collision happened on January 18, just after 6.15pm, at the crossing off Hollybush Road, where a footpath

  • Anonymous villain threatens Melksham panto

    Tickets are now available for this year’s Melksham Music and Drama panto Trouble in Pantoland. The show follows a mixture of favourite fairytale characters as they find themselves endangered by the evil wizard ‘He Whose Name No One Can Remember

  • Raise funds at Melksham's Party in the Park

    This summer Party in the Park organisers are giving local clubs, schools, charities and other non-profit making organisations the opportunity to have a stall at the Melksham event for free. Thousands are expected to turn up to the annual music event

  • Trowbridge author aims to get victims to speak up

    A woman from Trowbridge who has written a harrowing account of the child abuse she and her siblings endured at the hands of their father hopes her story will help other victims speak out. Kerstin Fox decided to write Behind Bars: A Shocking Case

  • Gardending - Enchanting jewels

    Naomi Slade has always had a soft spot for snowdrops. Growing up in west Wales, where winters are cold and damp, she would gather a little posy of snowdrops for her mother on Valentine’s Day, when little else was in flower. Years later, the keen

  • Blogger’s war on waste wins award

    A Warminster blogger who went a year not buying anything new and posting tips to help others recycle old clothes and items has won an award from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Jen Gale, 37, of Hillwood Lane, was at WWF’s Hidden Heroes awards

  • Sue Ryder store in Melksham shuts

    Sue Ryder in Melksham High Street has closed after 10 years. The charity made the decision not to renew its lease earlier this month. Regional manager Victoria Aspinall said it was a difficult decision, but the store was too expensive to run.

  • Wiltshire youths urged to register to vote in 2015

    A free event at the Arc Theatre in Trowbridge on Thursday aims to encourage young people to vote at the 2015 General Election. The event from 6pm-8pm is part of National Voter Registration Day, which wants to ensure a strong turnout of people aged

  • Threat to Trowbridge projects

    The future of a charity which encourages community groups to work together is under threat having lost a £13,000 annual grant. Trowbridge community group’s organisers say the loss of the grant from Trowbridge Area Board risks its continuing.