FIREFIGHTERS from Trowbridge used buckets of water to put out a hedge fire near The Barge Inn at Seend at 12.41pm this afternoon. The fire involved an electricity pole along the Kennet & Avon Canal at Seend between The Barge Inn and the Bottom
WILTSHIRE Heights has welcomed MindHarp into the lives of the residents and staff of the Bradford on Avon care home. Libby Miles, Client Services Manager for Wiltshire Heights, has introduced the new equipment following a chance meeting at the annual
MORE than 200 farmers and rural landowners came together to hear about the need for diversification. They were told by consultants they may need to diversify their farming businesses if the UK crashes out of Europe with no-deal. They were warned
DROP in sessions about apprenticeships are set to take place throughout National Apprenticeship Week from March 4-8. Stands will be manned in the Atrium of County Hall in Trowbridge from 10am to 4:30pm every day of the week. Faye Williams is doing
A £4.5m overspend by schools for children with special educational needs must be repaid in three years, otherwise Wiltshire Council will have to foot the bill. The overspend predicted by the end of this year has been blamed on rising demand outstripping
STEAM train trips through Wiltshire will head to three destinations this spring: Bath, Bristol, or The West Somerset Railway. On March 7, the B1 steam locomotive Mayflower, which returned to the tracks earlier this year after a three-year refurbishment
A NEW development of 58 homes, which will also bring allotments, a community orchard and children’s play facilities to Bradford on Avon, has been opened to the public. Bristol-based Bellway Homes is building a development of three, four and five-bedroom
CAMPAIGNERS who want Trowbridge birthing unit to continue delivering babies have urged people to share their views in the last few days in the consultation on its future. Supporters of the unit say midwives as well as parents will face harder
FOR the eighth year running, the Wiltshire Music Centre in Bradford on Avon will host the free family event My Science Fair. The annual fair, which attracted more than 400 visitors last year, is taking place on Sunday, March 3 from 10am-3pm. Entrance
BEHIND the front door of a home in Trowbridge is a team dedicated to helping people get off the streets and end the cycle of homelessness. The rough sleeper Winter Provision house has a fully stocked kitchen, bathrooms and nine cosy bedrooms, for
THE founder of a Melksham firm has been nominated for a top award. Dylan Watkins, the managing director of Poppy’s Picnic, has been nominated for the Male Entrepreneur of the Year in the South West Region’s Great British Expos’ Ltd Awards. The
