JUDGES were faced with a difficult decision for this year’s Trowbridge Carnival Royalty selection when it took place at Oasis Academy Longmeadow in Trowbridge.The event’s committee saw an impressive turn out for the royalty selection, which aims to fill
PERFORMERS at the Trowbridge Operatic Society will be setting sail on a host of performances of HMS Pinafore next week when they take to the stage at the Arc Theatre.It is the third time that the society has put on the performance which follows the tribulations
WARMINSTER Town ended their season with a goalless draw at Oldland Abbotonians last weekend. Derek Graham and Andy Crabtree’s side ended their Toolstation League First Division campaign 15th in the table and earned their final point with a depleted
PUPILS at The Grove Primary School are among the hundreds of children in Trowbridge looking forward to watching the world premier of the new Horrible Histories Barmy Britain show in July.There will be four performances of the show, which is part three
PERSONAL trainer DJ Hussey has taken training with his clients to another level after he whisked seven of them away to walk 89 miles of Hadrian’s Wall. The 28-year-old from Hilperton wanted to do it as a personal challenge for himself and raise
POLICE are urging Melksham residents to be vigilant and lock their sheds, cars and bikes after thieves target the area. A garden was broken into and a shed door unscrewed in Warwick Crescent but nothing was taken overnight last Monday. A black
CAR garage owner Tim Wilson was the target of vandals at the weekend after more than 15 of his vehicles were broken into and hundreds of pounds worth of items stolen.He made the discovery when he turned up to work on Sunday at the Intercity Industrial
A CHARITY football match and fun day in memory of Leigh Gaskin will be held in Melksham on Sunday. The 27-year-old of Longford Road died last August, 18 months after being diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that affects children
SOME of Wiltshire's most talented young musicians will compete in the final of a competition in Devizes on May 16.The seven youngsters will contest the second Young Musician Of Wiltshire competition in the town hall from 7pm.The event has been organised
COUNCILLOR David Bradshaw has been elected as the new Mayor of Westbury, taking over from Christine Mitchell.The decision was made at a town council meeting last night at the Laverton, where Cllr Stephen Andrews was also elected as deputy mayor.One of
FIREFIGHTERS visited Castle Mead School in Trowbridge on Wednesday (May 6) to talk to children about the importance of road safety, as part of the third annual UN Global Road Safety Week.The awareness week called Save Kids Lives, which runs from May 4
MELKSHAM Town Reserves recovered from an early scare to lift the Corsham Print Knockout Cup with a 3-0 win over Ludgershall Sports. Town keeper Tom Drewitt was forced off in the opening exchanges and with no replacement on the bench, Kai Miller
TROWBRIDGE gardener Rob Dawson will be appearing in BBC 2’s new British amateur gardening talent competition The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge next week.Mr Dawson, who lives in Southwick with his partner Andrew, is one of six floral enthusiasts competing
NEW Zealand-bound Mark Sharratt for Division Two runners-up Corsham Centre Youth saw him score a hat-trick for Pete Ralphs’ side in their 6-1 win at Rowdy Cow Rowde, whose secretary John Dalley has also decided to call it a day after nearly 30 years
BRADFORD on Avon now has a new mayor after councillors voted in Alison Craddock to uphold the position at a meeting last night. Cllr Potter, who has been the mayor of the town for the past three years, nominated Cllr Craddock for the role and councillors
CORSHAM CC Wildcats were last night crowned S.K. Fruits Ltd-sponsored Chippenham & DIstrict League Premier Division champions. After their 5-4 victory over leaders Prestige Bodyworks at the weekend Frank Rogers’ side knew that a point from
