DESPITE strong opposition from Melksham residents, Wiltshire council has approved plans for 100 new homes in the the town.
MELKSHAM’S Party in the Park is back this year, with top music acts, dancing and daredevil antics.
THE time for people to vote on the neighbourhood plan is edging closer – a referendum could be tabled as early as Christmas.
A CATALOGUE of failures in treatment meant Patrick Byrne, 87, who had lived in Melksham for more than 50 years, died paralysed and in pain after doctors at Bath’s Royal United Hospital failed to diagnose a neck fracture.
DESPITE coming under fire two years ago for having the largest amount of council staff on zero-hours contracts in the west of England, numbers employed by Wiltshire Council under the highly controversial method have risen by more than 100 since 2014.
AT LEAST 20 sex offenders have successfully appealed to be removed from the Sex Offenders Register in the past three years across the county, the Wiltshire Times has learned.
DESPITE being one of the muddiest ever Glastonbury Festivals, Melksham special effects company, Quantum, still managed to pull off one of their most dazzling displays to date.
A MELKSHAM care agency which has received another damning report from health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said this week it would no longer be taking a council contract to provide home care – but Wiltshire Council said it had pulled the plug on the contract because of its concerns.
THE Melksham Market Place redevelopment has been delayed until next January due to fears the works would disrupt the town’s Christmas lights celebration.
AFTER complaints about overgrown grass at Melksham cemetery the town council is liaising with Wiltshire Council to assure the situation never arises again.
