Thieves snatch motorbikes in Melksham

4:00pm Sunday 19th May 2013

AN orange KTM motorbike was stolen from a van parked on Methuen Avenue, Melksham, in the early hours of last Wednesday.

Iceland staff halt shoplifters

7:00pm Saturday 18th May 2013

Two men were stopped by staff as they tried to steal a trolley-load of goods from Iceland, on Melksham High Street on Monday. The men fled, but the stolen goods were recovered.

Melksham pitch marquee hits floodlight

3:00pm Saturday 18th May 2013

Fierce wind dislodged a marquee left on Melksham Town’s football pitch and it became wedged against a floodlight.

Family keep up right-to-die bid

Tony Nicklinson

7:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

The Nicklinson family returned home to Melksham yesterday, after spending three days presenting the next stage in their battle to change the law on assisted dying begun by the late Tony Nicklinson.

Body of former council officer discovered in Melksham

The house where Mr Waring's body was discovered

5:31pm Friday 17th May 2013

The body of a retired council officer was found at a house in Melksham yesterday evening.

Cupcake follow-up to Melksham comics freebies

3:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

COMIC fans came out in full force in Melksham, to celebrate the 13th annual Free Comic Book Day.

Pavilion joy as club gets home in Whitley

The Golden Fleece team line up for their first match at their new ground, after a two-year project

1:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

THE Golden Fleece Cricket Club has played its first fixture on its new ground, next to Whitley Golf Club, marking the success of a two-year project to find and fund a home for the team.

Body recovered from Melksham home

Knife raid on Chippenham newsagents

10:18am Friday 17th May 2013

The body of a male believed to be in his 60s was discovered at Beech Avenue, Melksham yesterday (Thursday).

Right-do-die appeal begins

Tony Nicklinson is comforted by his wife, Jane, after the High Court decision

12:21pm Monday 13th May 2013

Leading judges said today that they are "acutely aware of the desperate situation" of those at the centre of "right-to-die" litigation at the Court of Appeal - but emphasised that the case could not be decided on the basis of "personal sympathy".

Melksham family take right to die case to Court of Appeal today

Jane and Tony Nicklinson with daughters Beth and Lauren

8:22am Monday 13th May 2013

Right-to-die legal action started by locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson reaches the Court of Appeal today.

Police renew shed alert in Melksham

5:00pm Saturday 11th May 2013

Wiltshire Police are continuing to warn homeowners to secure outbuildings after more sheds were broken into in Melksham.

Shaw School saddling up for Winston's Wish

11:00am Saturday 11th May 2013

Parents and Friends of Shaw School will take to the saddle tomorrow, to help the school and a children’s charity.

Friends and family join together to scatter right to die campaigner's ashes

Tony Nicklinson

3:58pm Saturday 11th May 2013

The family of the right-to-die campaigner Tony Nicklinson today scattered his ashes on a rugby pitch before a game was played in his memory.

Melksham right to die campaigner's ashes scattered

Jane and Tony Nicklinson with daughters Beth and Lauren

12:50pm Saturday 11th May 2013

The ashes of right-to-die campaigner Tony Nicklinson will be scattered today at a rugby ground where he used to play.

Learn to pen a pop song at Seend

11:00am Friday 10th May 2013

Former member of the pop band The Christians, Henry Priestman, will be running a songwriting workshop in Seend.

What a stellar idea, sir - say Melksham Oak pupils

With the ballot papers are house leaders, seated from left, Jodie Sprules, Saran Rendell, Sally Crudge and Tash Gerrish with Ryan Evans, Jake Applegate, Toby Little and Rhys Brine

2:01pm Thursday 9th May 2013

The stars have come out at Melksham Oak Community School, following the introduction of the school’s first house system.

Whitley golf club tees up big charity day

4:14pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

Whitley Golf Club, a nine-hole course between Melksham and Corsham, will be holding a charity event on Saturday.

Melksham Oak pupils get a firm grasp on working life

3:00pm Tuesday 7th May 2013

STUDENTS from Melksham Oak Community School are getting on the right career track, after spending a day at work with their parents.

Melksham firm dives in with £150k MoD contract

Mark Alexander and Mike Tierney at The Divezone, Melksham, which has won a MoD contract

2:28pm Tuesday 7th May 2013

A Melksham company has made a splash, winning a lucrative contract to provide the Armed Forces with diving equipment.

Melksham mum fined for taking child on termtime holiday

9:00am Monday 6th May 2013

A Melksham mum who took her six-year-old son on holiday during termtime after his school refused permission for him to miss lessons has been fined £60.

Research trip means dash yields cash in Melksham

Rotary president Warwick Allen with Theresa Barnes, Kyra and Asda’s Tina Fish and Dave Rolph

1:00pm Sunday 5th May 2013

It was a family affair for the winner of the Rotary Club of Melksham’s trolley dash, as her daughter joined in the high-speed shopping spree.

Melksham Post Office end

5:00pm Saturday 4th May 2013

The Post Office has officially announced its search for a retail partner to take over Melksham’s Post Office.

Second Melksham raid nets two hi-spec bikes

4:00pm Saturday 4th May 2013

A PAIR of hi-spec motorbikes have been stolen from a house in Melksham, the second such incident in less than two weeks.

Trip of terror for Melksham cab driver

Phil Riley, right, and LPC Taxis owner Graham Pike survey the fist damage to the cab

3:00pm Friday 3rd May 2013

Taxi driver Phillip Rilley says he feared for his life after a passenger became abusive and violent on an early hours trip.

Melksham bus driver admits drink-drive trip

Stephen Ackland

1:00pm Friday 3rd May 2013

A bus driver from Melksham, seen drinking Special Brew lager while on duty, has been banned from driving for 18 months and fined more than £200.

Drinkers are set to raise a glass at Seend Beer Festival

12:00pm Friday 3rd May 2013

The 13th Seend Beer Festival takes place on Saturday at Seend Community Centre, from noon to 11pm.

Pensioner dies after Shaw crash

Knife raid on Chippenham newsagents

9:27am Friday 3rd May 2013

An 88-year-old woman injured in a car accident in Shaw in March has died.

Hits fuel web ambitions for Melksham teenagers

Nathan Singer and Adam Gentle start their website research lo-tech, with a bus ride

9:00am Friday 3rd May 2013

Two teenage entrepreneurs from Melksham are looking to expand their fuel comparison website, just four months after it first went live.

Melksham store tunes into plight of carers

Members of Devizes Musical Theatre sprang into song at Sainsbury’s in Melksham on Saturday to higlight the work of Carer Support Wiltshire

4:00pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

Shoppers in Melksham had a musical surprise on Saturday when an impromptu performance took place to raise awareness of the work of unpaid carers.

Melksham school reopens as an academy

8:00am Thursday 2nd May 2013

King's Park Primary School in Melksham has reopened as an academy, seven months after it was strongly criticised by Ofsted.

Semington has a whole lotto tales to tell

Charity director Angie Carmichael, right, celebrates the grant with chairman Sandra Wells, left, committee member Michael Butt and finance officer Lucy Key

5:00pm Wednesday 1st May 2013

A Semington charity run by people with learning difficulties has received a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to record the life stories of people with learning difficulties.

Broughton Gifford Beavers take on supermarket challenge

Beavers at Sainsburys, Melksham

3:30pm Wednesday 1st May 2013

Beavers from Broughton Gifford scout group visited Sainsburys Melksham recently to find out about what kind of food is available from different parts of the world. The group is taking part in the Sainsburys Active Kids challenge, where they have to complete different tasks each week. While at the store they completed a healthy eating challenge and pledged to drink a glass of water with each of their meals, as well as completing some physical activities in the car park. The boys are pictured with their leaders after the outdoor challenges.

Lottery boost mean charity can help clients tell their stories

Charity director Angie Carmichael, right, celebrates the grant with chairman Sandra Wells, left, committee member Michael Butt and finance officer Lucy Key

8:27am Wednesday 1st May 2013

A Semington charity run by people with learning difficulties has received a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to record the life stories of people with learning difficulties.

Teen web tycoons hoping to expand business beyond Melksham

Nathan Singer and Adam Gentle start their website research lo-tech, with a bus ride

8:22am Wednesday 1st May 2013

Two teenage entrepreneurs from Melksham are looking to expand their fuel comparison website, just four months after it first went live.

Melksham man guilty of abusing young boys

2:56pm Tuesday 30th April 2013

A man has been ordered to register as a sex offender after admitting abusing three young boys over a 17-year period.

Suzanne Newton murder: plea hearing postponed

Richard Newton

1:07pm Tuesday 30th April 2013

The plea hearing for Richard Newton, who is accused of murdering his wife Suzanne in their Bowerhill home in January, has been postponed to May 24.

Sportsmen get new challenge

Liam Richards

10:10am Saturday 27th April 2013

THE marathon is a regular fixture for athletes, but other sports people signed up to challenge themselves while raising money.

Bricks removed to tackle chimney fire in Melksham

6:00pm Friday 26th April 2013

Firefighters removed brickwork to get at a fire in a chimney in Melksham.

Drink-drive Melksham bus driver handed 18-month ban

Stephen Ackland at North West Wiltshire Magistrates Court, Chippenham, today

4:50pm Friday 26th April 2013

A bus driver from Melksham seen drinking Special Brew while on duty has been banned from driving for 18 months and fined over £200.

Antiques valuation day in Melksham helps canal project

Anthony Tidey has a watercolour professionally valued by auctioneer Gordon Brockman

3:00pm Thursday 25th April 2013

Fundraisers collected cash in aid of the restoration of a local waterway with an Antiques Roadshow-style event.

Melksham man sentenced for sexual activity with teenage girls

12:00pm Tuesday 23rd April 2013

A 34-year-old man with 'an attraction to teenage girls' has been handed a community sentence and ordered to be placed on the sex offenders' register after admitting sexually assaulting two youngsters.

Call for businesses and groups to join Melksham's party

2:05pm Monday 22nd April 2013

Bookings are now being taken for stalls at Melksham’s annual Party in the Park in July.

Competition revived in memory of Seend's ‘Pumpkin Joe

8:00am Monday 22nd April 2013

A pumpkin competition is being revived in Seend in memory of villager Joe Burbidge.

Twice as many homes burgled

Inspector Matt Armstrong

1:00pm Sunday 21st April 2013

BURGLARIES in Melksham have risen drastically in the past 12 months, according to police figures presented to the town council.

Melksham CCTV approved

12:00pm Sunday 21st April 2013

Melksham's new CCTV system has been approved by the town council, after several years of planning.

Specialist burglars in high-spec bikes haul

One of the missing Yamaha off-road bikes taken from the Melksham garage of Garry Sam

1:00pm Saturday 20th April 2013

Motorbike enthusiast Garry Sam is blaming a professional gang after two top-end bikes were stolen only months after his previous bike was taken.

Last farewell to Melksham Town’s Conigre ground gatesman

The minute’s silence held in memory of Melksham Town’s Conigre ground gateman Derek Ledbury

11:00am Saturday 20th April 2013

TRIBUTES have been paid at Melksham Town’s Conigre ground for the club’s long serving gateman Derek Ledbury, whose funeral was held on Wednesday.

Melksham police to tackle teen gangs after assault on officer at McDonald’s

Melksham community beat manager Kane Fulbrook-Smith and PCSO Chris Pugh outline the clampdown on anti-social  behaviour working with McDonald's business manager Damion Francis

5:00pm Friday 19th April 2013

Melksham Police are clamping down on anti-social behaviour at the town’s McDonalds, after an officer was assaulted trying to break up a group of unruly youths.

New strike for posties

4:00pm Friday 19th April 2013

Another strike has been called in Melksham, after the Post Office admitted it could not guarantee the branch would stay in the town centre.

Melksham election

3:30pm Thursday 18th April 2013

Every seat will be contested in Melksham’s town council election.




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