A MELKSHAM woman has started a campaign to tidy up the streets of her hometown. Marian Escott, 68, of Giffords Court off Lowbourne, said she is fed up with seeing discarded chewing gum stuck to the streets and litter strewn about town. She has started
TROWBRIDGE Rugby Club started training for the new season on Tuesday in preparation for the new season when they take their place in South West Two East after winning the Southern Counties South title last season. They will continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays
THE latest Bluez 'n' Zuz event run by the police to keep young people off the streets and out of trouble has been staged. As a result of local sponsorship from Batchelors Bikes, of Castle Street, Trowbridge, one young guest won a new BMX bike at the
IT was a match of firsts for Wiltshire at Challow and Childrey, but a first win of the season still eluded them. Ross Crick took a wicket with his first ball in Minor Counties cricket and captain Richard Bedbrook scored his maiden century at this level
PREGNANT mothers will still be able to have their babies in Trowbridge after Wiltshire Primary care Trust (PCT) approved a plan to maintain a birthing unit in the town. The maternity unit in Trowbridge Hospital is due to close at the end of the year
PLANS for a new barracks community centre and junior ranks living accommodation have been approved. The planning applications for the Battlesbury Barracks in Woodcock Road, Warminster, got the go ahead from planning officers at West Wiltshire District
A 15-HOUR manhunt ended in tragedy when the body of a man was found in a wood near Chippenham. Police officers were joined by 24 volunteers from Wiltshire Search and Rescue and three specially trained dogs after a 57-year-old man was reported missing
JONAH Wright did not breathe for 23 minutes when he was born - he has cerebral palsy and has extremely limited control of his entire body. The west Wiltshire teenager finds it nearly impossible to perform everyday actions but excels in his own way.
A CONSULTATION over plans to test unmanned military spy planes over parts of west Wiltshire has been criticised this week. The Ministry of Defence has announced plans to increase the height and distance of airspace for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV
A PARALYSED Warminster woman has accepted a cheque on behalf of a spinal injury unit from a crash survivor who broke his neck in a motorcycle accident. Garage owner Andy Downes has pledged to donate 10 per cent of labour earnings from car accident
Westbury duo Chloe Hillier and Edward Mason will spearhead Wiltshire's challenge at next month's English Schools' athletics championships at Gateshead. The pair dominated the high jump events at the regional championships held at Exeter on Saturday.
BIG-NAME musicians will be making their way to the historic Bowood estate near Calne today and tomorrow for the debut Rose Tree Jam concert. Event organiser James Walden has been preparing for one of the biggest weekends of his life. Tonight Grammy
I THINK that over the three days you have to take a lot of positives from WIltshire's performance against Oxfordshire. It was difficult trying to get a team together but the team that went out there played in a cracking game of cricket. Richard Bedbrook
A CAMPAIGNER has voiced his concerns about plans to build a multi-million pound Mechanical Biological Treatment plant (MBT) on the Northacre Industrial Park in Westbury. David Levy is on the executive of the UK Without Incineration Network (UK WIN) and
POLICE are concerned about the welfare of a foal stolen yesterday as it still needs to be fed by its mother. The foal was kept with his mother in a field in Monkton Deverill, near Warminster, and was last seen at 2pm yesterday. He was discovered missing
A BRIDAL shop looks to have closed down suddenly leaving scores of brides without wedding dresses for their big day. Arvella Bridal in Silver Street, Bradford on Avon, was closed for most of this week and the phone was left ringing inside. Rows of wedding
A RECORD number of teams competed in this year's Westbury Youth six-a-sidetournament. The annual tournament, which has been running for more than 10 years, was played on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Matravers School in Westbury. Teams from as far
John Woods is getting on his bike for his now annual fundraising effort for the Dorothy House hospice. Woods, who won his own battle against cancer in 2006, has raised thousands of pounds for the charity with two half-marathon runs, but this year has
Chippenham Golf Club were hoping to find the next Tiger Woods after they provided free coaching sessions to beginners at the weekend. The initiative, which is provided by the English Golf Union and the English Women's Golf Association, is designed to
A SCHOOL governor and six teachers from across west and north Wiltshire have been celebrated for their excellence in education. Rebecca Humphries, a teacher in Warminster and Jane Ratcliff, a headteacher in Chippenham, won awards at the coveted West
CORSHAM'S lower order batsmen Alex Senneck and Neil Shardlow saved their team from defeat against bottom side Cheltenham as their game ended in adraw at the Victoria Ground. Corsham, who were looking to bounce back from their first defeat of the season
TROWBRIDGE captain Assad Fudadin helped his side to remain top of the Premier Two table after a superb bowling and batting display to beat Keynsham on Saturday. Trowbridge won by four wickets with six overs to spare after they were set a target of 140
WESTBURY'S poor form continued as their total of 103 was chased down in just 17 overs by mid-table Thornbury. Thornbury, who had Gloucestshire's Anthony Ireland in their line-up, won the toss and put Westbury into bat. Opening batsmen Richard Mills (
CHIPPENHAM inflicted a heavy defeat on Gloucester City Winget to go secondin the Gloucester and Wiltshire Division on Saturday. Chippenham eventually won by 103 runs but made an indifferent start to the match. Gloucester won the toss and put Chippenham
AFTER notching up two consecutive nine-wicket victories, Winsley came unstuck against Wiltshire Division leaders Lechlade. Winsley had comprehensively beaten Purton and Nationwide House in their last two games but found it hard going in difficult conditions
WARMINSTER'S Premier Two match against bottom of the table Taunton Deane was abandoned after just 12 overs due to persistent rain. Warminster were prevented from building on victory in their last match against neighbours Westbury. Taunton Deane won
BIDDESTONE extended their winning streak to seven matches by beating Rockhampton by six wickets. The Gloucester and Wiltshire League leaders, who haven't lost since theopening game of the season, overcame Rockhampton's total of 208 with sevenovers to
PLANS to redevelop Bradford on Avon's former hospital finally won the backing of the town council on Monday night. Bath-based Future Heritage wants to transform the five-and-a-half acre site into a nursing home with up to 42 beds, 27 units for assisted
A NEWSAGENT in Trowbridge who banned dogs after a complaint was made has reopened the doors to customers and their canines. Diamond News in St Thomas Road, has a long tradition of catering for customers with dogs in tow. For 30 years the store put out
THE Vaults building in the forthcoming Kingston Mills development in Bradford on Avon will be turned into an arts centre following a decision by the town council on Tuesday. The building has been given to the town at a peppercorn rent by the developers
