YEAR four pupils at Westbury Leigh Primary School were recently visited by Wessex Water to help with their topic on rivers. Children learned about the water cycle, the role of Wessex Water, the use of rivers, where tap water comes from and how we
A HOME care company has relaunched a campaign to get more people caring for the elderly, as another 30 caregivers are being recruited. Following the success of last year’s campaign You Can Care, Home Instead Senior Care, is looking to recruit to
BRITISH Transport Police officers have released a CCTV image of a woman, left, they would like to interview following a report of an assault on another passenger. The incident happened at 12.10pm on Christmas Eve on board a Bristol-bound train between
WILTSHIRE'S most prolific paedophile received six life sentences today for more than 100 vile crimes against children as young as two. Peter Daniels, aged 70, glared and shrugged from the dock of Salisbury Crown Court as he received the life-long
THE National Lottery is backing a major new £50,000 project to provide animal and nature-based activities for people with dementia across the North and West Wiltshire area. As part of the three-year project, Holt-based Wiltshire Equine Assisted
THE Hope Nature Centre is staging a fun day next Saturday to celebrate the re-opening of its newly-refurbished kitchen and café. It will take place from 11am to 3pm on Saturday, February 16 at the Southwick centre for the local community to come
THE Melksham Lunch Club is to relaunch today (Friday, February 8) as Melksham Community Meals after a successful campaign by volunteers. The club, which closed in December following cuts by Wiltshire Council, has been saved by retired accountant
NORTH Bradley Primary School has been evacuated this morning after what is thought to have been an electrical fire. The school is asking parents to pick up their children from the Peace Memorial Hall immediately after the entire school was evacuated
The Theatre Royal Bath will close its box office for bookings online, over the phone and over the counter from Sunday February 10 till Thursday February 14 in order to launch a new ticketing system. The theatre sells hundreds of tickets every day
THE double bus shelter in front of the newsagents in Trowbridge town centre shattered this morning (Thursday) after a lorry collided with it. Police officers and ambulance crews attended the scene in Market Street around 11am after the large lorry
Three men have been arrested after police received reports of men trying front doors and car door handles last night in Trowbridge. Police are appealing for information from the public after officers were called to an area in Ferris Way at 11pm
WILTSHIRE Air Ambulance was called out to the Devizes and Chippenham areas once a week on average, during 2018. The total number of missions undertaken by the county’s air ambulance rose by 26 per cent last year and the charity has revealed how
THIS Sunday sees the ninth running of the Wiltshire 10 road race, sponsored by the Wiltshire Times. The race, which starts in Melksham and follows an undulating course out and around the historic village of Lacock, has now firmly established itself
YOUNG Wiltshire racer Louis Harvey topped the podium when he returned to PFI International in Grantham, Lincolnshire, at the weekend. After the kind efforts of Dan Bailey Builders on Friday to drag the family caravan out of the snow and onto a road
ENTRIES are still available for the world-famous Pewsey Terminator, which takes place in just over a fortnight’s time. The event, organised by Pewsey Vale Running Club, takes place on Sunday, February 24, starting at 10.30am at Pewsey Primary School
BARGAIN-hunters in Bath on Saturday can pick up life-saving skills along with their shopping. A team of healthcare professionals, led by Senior Sister Natalie Cooper from the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, will be demonstrating
