Bus routes and times will change in the west of the county from September 2 as First rejigs its timetables in Bath and Wiltshire. Among the routes affected is service 234 from Frome to Chippenham which passes through Trowbridge, 236 running
Lacock Abbey’s South Lawn is going to be taken over by a sea of colour when 90 6ft batik flags go on display on Saturday, September 8. The banners, created by women living in villages and army bases around Salisbury Plain, will remain on display
MoD fight goes on IN response to an article you published last week, my writ to the High Court may have gone in for £250,000, but that is a bargaining figure to the MoD, who have already refused to pay out, which is why the case has gone to court. Before
IN response to Terry Chivers’ allegations that Melksham Without Parish Council is giving confusing information to residents about the Zig Zag bus service, may I put the record straight by pointing out that it was Mr Chivers himself who circulated misinformation
Join Tibet protest FOR some months there has been a series of Tibetan men and women, monks and nuns and laypersons setting themselves alight to protest against Chinese repression in Tibet: disallowing Tibetan political, cultural and religious freedoms
IN his letter to your newspaper last week, Cllr Bob Brice stated that: “Trowbridge Town Council has delivered the Civic Centre on budget…”. Nothing could be further from the truth. The original budget was fixed at £5 million, to be financed by borrowing
WILTSHIRE captain Joe Breet thinks that his side should be proud of their third-placed finish in the MCCA Western Division. The county side were unlikely title-challengers going in to their final championship clash with Oxfordshire at Devizes but
A WALWAYNE Court pupil has made a huge difference to the lives of children suffering from hair loss by donating her hair to a charity which provides wigs to youngsters with cancer. Seven-year-old Gabriella de Visser had her 13-inch-long hair cut short
BONMARCHE’S cry of ‘Come on, Eileen’ was answered by a Trowbridge woman who helped the company celebrate its 30th birthday at The Shires branch on Saturday. Eileen Vickers, 82, answered the call from the women’s clothing shop which wanted an 82-year-old
DARREN Perrin reckons that his Frome Town side are staring down the barrel of the toughest set of Bank Holiday fixtures in the Southern League. The Robins make the trip to St Albans City tomorrow before they welcome local rivals Chippenham Town
Five Wiltshire women will be taking part in Dorothy House’s Midnight Walk in September to mark the birthday of their friend, Bunty Good, who died of cancer in 2010 aged just 33 Naming themselves Bunty’s babes, Sam Pidgeon from Beckington, Rebecca Andrews
A FOOTBALL-mad Westbury boy is heading for Switzerland to represent his country in a competition for diabetic youngsters. Marcus Gilroy, 10, will join the UK team at the Olympic Stadium in Lausanne today, to compete for the Junior Cup. The team will
QUARTERLY performance figures released by Trowbridge Town Council show the total projected cost of the revamped Civic Centre project has now hit £5.7m. Figures, for the period of April to June this year, show the town council now expects to pay £5.7m
A community garden in Trowbridge which has helped hundreds of people to gain horticultural skills will celebrate its centenary on Monday. Palmer Gardens, in Islington, first opened in 1912 and is now run by disability employment
YOUNGSTERS got back to nature when they took part in a craft day at Southwick Country Park on Monday. More than 100 children attended with their parents, childminders and grandparents at the event organised by the Friends of the Park and Wiltshire Council
A FORMER soldier, from Westbury, has criticised Wiltshire Council for ordering that flags celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and London 2012 Olympics be taken down in his road. Steve Bagshaw-Smith and wife Marion were stunned when the Union Flag
The jury in the trial of Richard Elmes for the manslaughter of Trowbridge builder Adrian Cooksey has been played secret recordings where Elmes admits to perjuring himself. In the tapes, made covertly by police last year, Elmes admits to his wife
Members of Trowbridge’s Royal British Legion are appalled after the gates of the town’s war memorial were vandalised yesterday. Two metal poppies have gone missing from the gates around the war memorial, in Trowbridge Park, which is currently being
THERE was a nostalgic air in Lacock last weekend as the village and Whitehall Garden Centre hosted 1940s events. At the garden centre, in Corsham Road, Dig for Victory saw a marquee transformed into a 1940s high street for a street party which featured
Hundreds of people, who attended Beanacre’s annual village fete for a spot of worm charming, raised £900 for work on the church car park. The money will go towards giving the area a grass-friendly hard surface and a better environment for sports teams
FUNDRAISERS from the Royal United Hospital’s Forever Friends will tour Wiltshire in a Vauxhall Meriva donated by Trowbridge’s Platinum Vauxhall before Ted’s Big Day Out. Events organiser Jo Hones said: “Platinum always provide us with brilliant support
TYRE firm Cooper Tires is making up to 50 staff redundancies at its Melksham factory next month, blaming difficult trading conditions in Europe. The factory, in Bath Road, formerly part of the Avon group but now owned by American firm Cooper Tire and
The wife oflocked-in syndrome sufferer and euthanasia campaigner Tony Nicklinson has said he died of a broken heart after a devastating court judgement. Mr Nicklinson, 58, had become steadily more ill with pneumonia since the High Court decision
Cooper Tires is blaming having to make up to 50 staff redundant at its Melksham factory on difficult trading conditions in Europe. The factory, in Bath Road, formerly part of the Avon group but now owned by American firm Cooper Tire and Rubber
