The 16th Bratton Hilly Run will start off from the Jubilee Hall on May 12, at 11am. The 11km steep and hilly road race is for runners over the age of 16. Funds raised will be donated to the Wiltshire Air Ambulance appeal.
Runners from across Wiltshire took up the challenge of completing the 32nd London Marathon, many raising funds for good causes back at home. The gruelling event, totalling 26 miles and 385 yards, required months of training and dedication from those
A group of Wiltshire Council workers are training to walk the 55-mile White Horse Challenge. The 16-strong team will split the distance between members, walking as much as each can manage. The White Horse Challenge raises money for the Wiltshire Air
A Trowbridge team who are planning to walk up Snowdon later this month are holding a karoke night at the 12 Bells on Seymour Road tomorrow to help boost the funds needed to help transplant patients. Led by David Jefferies, who had a kidney transplant
While many women on a hen party would carouse to excess, former Bratton woman Vicki Martin will be working up a sweat by doing a triathlon. The 34-year-old has managed to persuade up to 10 other friends and acquaintances to join her fitness regime and
A man has been warned he could be jailed after he admitted possessing more than a kilogram of cannabis when he was arrested in Seend. Jason Martin also had £5,340 in cash when he was detained by police on Monday, April 18, last year and was in possession
TROWBRIDGE five-year-old Kenzie Shadwell became a club champion at Clarrie Dunbar’s club competition finals. He joined brother Jamie, nine, Commonwealth Games bronze medal-winning father Graham and Andy Colebrooke to win the men’s fours. The Shadwell
RICHARD Stevens' Division Three champions Lamb FC will hope to write their names into the Trowbridge & District League's record books at the weekend when they take on Salisbury League side Stockton & Codford at Melksham Town FC. They will
A nine-year-old Corsham girl suffered a painful broken leg after being hit by an elderly woman on a runaway mobility scooter while shopping with her family on Monday. Box Primary School pupil Akeyla Pike, of Arnolds Mead, suffered the fracture on her
CORSHAM United visit Chippenham West End with their destiny in their own hands. A win for Kai Flack’s side would see them take the title from under the noses of Steeple Ashton Rangers, who will be expecting the worst as Corsham won the reverse fixture
POLICE sergeant Chris Hams has set himself the goal of completing Bradford on Avon’s 10k run after returning to work at the town police station following a heart attack. Sgt Hams, who returned to work on April 10, suffered a heart attack at the station
DARREN Perrin insists that his Frome Town side won’t be holding back when they host play-off contenders Stourbridge in their final game of the season tomorrow. The Robins were beaten 3-0 and 2-0 by the Glassboys’ play-off rivals Oxford City and Chesham
MORE than 700 competitors lined up for the Corsham St George’s 10K race – the third event in the Wiltshire Race League series – on Sunday. Simon Plummer, of Salisbury A&RC, led from the off to take victory in 32 minutes 29 seconds just 20 seconds
Burglars forced their way into a Bradford on Avon petrol station last night and stole a large quantity of cigarettes. Police were called to Murco petrol station in Woolley Street at 5.50am this morning when the burglary was discovered. The thieves
FC JAGER travel to Sands Lane, Rowde, to take on Crown FC in a massive game that will decide who will lift the Division One title on the very last game of the season. A win for Jager will see them lift the title on goal difference, but anything less
STEPHEN Lee is struggling to put a finger on his Crucible struggles after bowing out of the Betfred.com World Championship at the first hurdle for a sixth year in succession. World number eight Lee, the in-form player in the world after four semi-final
Creative talents from across west Wiltshire will come together to showcase their work during the Cloth Road Arts Trail next month. The biennial event, set up in 2004, promotes visual arts and artists from towns including Bradford on Avon, Corsham, Trowbridge
HAVING been confirmed as Premier Division champions for a second successive season after their 3-1 success over FC Bradford on Wednesday evening, Biddestone Social will return to Yatton Road on Sunday for their final game of the season when they host
A video showing plans for the interior of Corsham’s new campus has been put online. The three-minute tour inside the campus was uploaded to YouTube last week and Corsham Shadow Community Operations Board town councillor Allan Bosley is now asking for
The funeral of Sergeant Nigel Coupe, one of six soldiers killed by a Taliban bomb in Afghanistan last month, is being held today (Friday). Sgt Coupe of 1st Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, the oldest of the six at 33, was attached
The newly-cleaned Westbury White Horse will be painted by Rotary Club volunteers this weekend, weather permitting. The iconic monument was steam-cleaned by a team of around 20 on April 14, removing three years of accumulated dirt and lichen growth.
IF YOU were former Leicester and Harlequins coach Dean Richards, I wonder if you would be feeling a bit gutted at this point. With the end of his ban over the 2009 ‘Bloodgate’ affair looming, a couple of months ago he agreed to take on the director of
A primary school headteacher says a traffic calming trial being carried out in Corsham is making it safer for her pupils to walk to school each day. St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School head Rita McLoughlin believes the two-week trial – in which South
TROWBRIDGE’S Rachel Bown was delighted to see that she still has room for improvement despite clinching the greatest result of her career so far with a silver medal in the 40-44 age group at the ETU European Triathlon Championships. Bown, who is 41 and
Wiltshire Council’s former chief executive, who was made redundant last year and received a £144,000 payout, has landed a top job with Cardiff City Council. Andrew Kerr, who served in his role as chief executive for only 18 months, started as Cardiff
A 24-HOUR cycling challenge is being tackled by Trowbridge firefighters this weekend to raise money for charity. The route will take in all 24 of Wiltshire’s fire stations, starting and finishing at Trowbridge. More than a dozen cyclists have already
IT REALLY was a shame that our friendly against Corsham was rained off last weekend because we had a number of players that we were keen to have a look at. There were a few young players who’ve featured for us in the indoor sessions but it would have
Wiltshire charity Alzheimer’s Support has launched a survey to find out why so few people with dementia have been diagnosed. According to latest figures, just 33 per cent of people with dementia in Wiltshire are officially told what is wrong with them
Melksham Town Council has agreed to take ownership of five community defibrillators bought for the town after a fundraising campaign. Mel Scott, duty manager at Melksham Assembly Hall, spearheaded the campaign and has raised £9,000 since November. Now
