EXPERIENCED trauma doctor Ed Valentine has been appointed as the base doctor at Wiltshire Air Ambulance.In the part time role, Mr Valentine, 35 will be carrying out a minimum of two days flying a month with WAA, providing on-going support to the air ambulance
MUM Laura Banks is to receive a bravery award for helping to rescue a badly burned man from his blazing car at Holt.Despite a danger of the vehicle exploding into a fireball, Miss Banks and PCSO Jonathan Bintcliffe, based in Bath, ignored their own safety
FORMER Trowbridge resident and loving family man Christopher Bonnick died at Queen’s Medical Centre on Sunday (March 22) at the age of 55, following a fire at his home in Nottingham.Mr Bonnick was raised in the Studley Rise area of Trowbridge by his loving
Baby of the weekRosa Irene EttelBorn: March 20, 11.46amWeight: 6Ib 3ozParents: Marie and Nick Ettel, of SouthwickNEWBORN baby Rosa Irene Ettel was certainly in a hurry to meet her parents Marie and Nick, after arriving a week early at Trowbridge Birthing
Helen Ricketts and Gary LeakeyMarried on: February 14Venue: Leigh Park Hotel, Bradford on AvonA COUPLE who have been together for five years and have two children chose Valentine's Day to get married at the Leigh Park Hotel, Bradford on Avon, in front
FORMER England rugby captain, Lewis Moody will be swapping the rural scenery of Bradford on Avon to the ice cold terrains of the North Pole next week all in aid of raising money for charity.Mr Moody, 36 who has lived in the town for four years since having
AN online petition to save the Connect2 bus service has been launched in a desperate bid to persuade Wiltshire Council to continue funding it. The bus, which is also known as the RUH Hopper, transports residents from North and West Wiltshire to
JAMES Coleman promises that he is celebrating his second British Age Group Duathalon Championship medal in a row, even if he did forget to take his place on the podium last weekend. The 29-year-old, from Westwood, won silver in the in the 25-29
A SOLDIER from Trowbridge put months of preparation to the test by participating in a major synchronised training exercise in the north east of England with 1,400 members of The Royal Artillery. Lance Bombardier Daniel Daffurn, 25, a ‘coverer’
BRADFORD on Avon’s first community hub will open its doors today (March 27) and will be a one stop shop for vulnerable people in the town to access local services.The plans, which have been in motion for nearly two years, will see the Hub@BA15 centre
A 53-year-old Warminster lorry driver was severely shaken but unharmed after a Ford Focus driver in his 40s collided with his vehicle yesterday and died. Both the DAF articulated lorry and the Focus caught fire after the five-car pile-up on the
HILPERTON man Terry Sinclair pushed his refurbished recycled bike from Trowbridge Bike Workshop to the limit, after completing an epic cycling challenge for his milestone 50th birthday this year.Instead of having a party to celebrate his birthday, Mr
A QUESTION time style debate between candidates fighting to be in the next MP for the Chippenham constituency is being held in Melksham.On the panel will be the current Chippenham MP Duncan Hames (Liberal Democrat), and prospective parliamentary candidates
SCRUM-HALF Micky Young is one of four changes for Bath Rugby as they return to action in the Aviva Premiership against bottom side London Welsh on Sunday (2.30pm). Bath have had a fortnight off since they beat Sale Sharks at home last time out,
A 31-year-old man has been arrested following the stabbing of Tyler Gane, 16, in Dilton Marsh at the weekend. The man, from Basingstoke, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. He is currently being questioned by Wiltshire Police
THE past week has been mainly dry with just a few damp spells, a touch of frost and chilly breezes for much of the time.Then there was the lunar eclipse, which for us passed beneath a hazy cloud cover. The line drawn on our barograph has been following
MANAGER Darren Perrin is adamant Melksham Town are not looking any further ahead than tomorrow afternoon’s clash with Cadbury Heath as the potential league title decider against Odd Down looms large. Melksham are currently 10 points clear at the
FAMILY, friends and neighbours have been paying tribute to moped rider Alex Snook who was killed in a collision on the A350 near Warminster at the weekend.The 20-year-old, from Mere, Warminster, was travelling south towards Shaftesbury when the collision
