THREE Explorer Scouts from 1st Broughton Gifford and Holt and their Group Scout Leader, John Lister, are embarking on an African adventure. Will King and Olly Saunders, both aged 15, and Will Lister, 14, have been selected to be part of a four-week
DESPITE budget costs and increased strains on children’s and adult social care, Wiltshire Council say it is investing in prevention to help families before they reach crisis point. Councillors hit back at concerns raised that projects to prevent
THE Annual Wiltshire West Scout Cooking Competition was held at Southwick, organised by the Assistant District Scout Commissioner Brian Fitchett assisted by members of the District Team, with guest judges Beryl Strange and Doreen Rogers. Six teams
THE speaker at the February Business Breakfast being run by business network group Inspire is Chippenham's MP Michelle Donelan. Michelle says: “I have lived in Chippenham for a number of years and in 2014 I bought my very first home in the centre
AIRSPRUNG Group, the Trowbridge-based bed and mattress manufacturer, has contracted a Corsham-based firm to help cut its energy bills. SMARTech energy, an energy management and reduction specialist, will help the company to implement the Government-backed
WELSH deprtment store firm Leekes have unveiled plans to build a Premier Inn hotel and a Beefeater restaurant in the car park of their Melksham store. The Talbot Green-based company founded in 1897 has applied to Wiltshire Council for permission
WORK on repairs to the Harris Lock on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Semington is not expected to be completed until March 15. The Canal & River Trust is repairing the crumbling walls of the lock near the Semington Dry Dock as part of routine
THE wedding bells are ringing for a Trowbridge couple who turned their lives around after meeting through homelessness charity Breakthrough and are due to marry next Wednesday. Ivor Piper, 68, and Lisa Parkinson, 36, have been engaged since June
