PAULA Walker has announced her retirement from bobsleigh. The 29-year-old, who won gold at the World Junior Championships in Park City in 2011, was based in Trowbridge alongside fiancé and fellow Great Britain pilot John Jackson during her build-up
PRINCE Philip made a fleeting visit to Devizes today to open the new Hayward Care Centre before travelling back to Windsor Castle by helicopter in time for lunch with the Queen. He was given a tour around the £8m home in Corn Croft Lane, which
HILPERTON residents have spoken of their surprise and delight that Wiltshire Council took their battle against the building of 15 houses all the way to the High Court. On Tuesday a judge ruled in the council's favour, saying that permission for
The multi-talented Lorraine Mahoney of Semington put on a well-attended showcase at Spencer’s Sport & Social Club in Melksham on Friday 17th April. The dance teacher, come choir conductor, come soprano singer, put all of her efforts into giving her pupils
SEEING this only two days before the General Election, it was at first hard to remember that there was a time when a Labour victory at the polls seemed unachievable.David Hare wrote this political drama, part comedy part serious play, before New Labour
THE current play being shown at the Wharf Theatre in Devizes is a hotly anticipated production of seventies classic Abigail’s Party.Written by Mike Leigh and directed by the Wharf’s own Chris Palmer, Abigail’s Party is 1970s piece that is still very popular
A GROUP from Trowbridge will be travelling to London on Tuesday to join the Magna Carta Baronial Army in commemorating the 1215 seizing of the capital.The 14-strong group, including mayor Glyn Bridges, town clerk Lance Allan and town crier Trevor Heekes
VOTERS have been flocking to polling stations across Wiltshire and the country this morning to cast their vote in the 2015 General Election. Polling stations opened at 7am and will remain open until 10pm before the votes are counted and results
BATH welcome back tighthead prop David Wilson for tomorrow night's Aviva Premiership match against Harlequins at the Stoop (7.45pm). Wilson has recovered from the injury that ruled him out of England's 2015 Six Nations campaign to take his place
COMPETITORS in the Trowbridge Seniors match found mixed sport on Tuesday at Leech Pool. Bernie Ryan, from Devizes, carried off top prize with a carp and skimmers catch weighing 42lb 12oz, taken on pole-fished pellets. Melksham’s Mick O’Neill
BRADFORD on Avon horse riding instructor Emma Hulbert-Brown came fourth in the Senior Winter League Showjumping Finals at the weekend at Cricklands, the David Broome Event Centre in Chepstow. Hulbert-Brown, 27, and her 10-year-old home-bred Arab
WHILE many were celebrating the end of the Second World War on VE Day 70 years ago this year, Trowbridge veteran Ken Foster was part of a crew returning Prince Olav to Norway as part of the country’s liberation.Mr Foster, who as a wireless operator in
WINSLEY skipper Kevin Hendy thinks a confident batting display provided the springboard for his side’s opening-day victory over Malmesbury last weekend. Three players hit half-centuries as the home side posted 265-8 before they eased to an 83-run
FOR nearly 70 years Second World War Veteran Victor Cox has hardly spoken about his service in the Royal Navy but as the country prepares to celebrate VE Day tomorrow he remembers the historic occasions of 1945.Mr Cox, 89, of Kingsmanor Wharf, Devizes
