A 12-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a collision in Chippenham on Tuesday has sadly died in hospital. Zack Lang was taken to Bristol Children's Hospital on Tuesday morning following a collision in Hill Rise at around 9.30am. He was
FOUR candidates have so far declared their intention to contest the Bradford on Avon Town Council’s South Ward vacancy. The IDEAL Bradford candidate will be Paige Balas, an American by birth who is now a British citizen. She has been involved with
THE newly-formed Wessex Waterways Restoration Trust is appealing for more volunteers to help restore the historic Wilts & Berks Canal. The 50-member trust has just received a £10,000 award from the National Lottery Community Fund to buy equipment
MELKSHAM hairdresser Lyndsey Yarwood is calling for changes to the police domestic abuse database Clare’s Law, after the man she hoped to marry was given an 18-week suspended prison sentence for attacking her. Former Peaky Blinders and Coronation
A MELKSHAM hairdresser who was badly beaten by her fiancé, after he swept her off her feet in a whirlwind romance, has thanked Wiltshire Police and domestic abuse charity Splitz for helping her through her ordeal. Lyndsey Yarwood, 34, was assaulted
HUNDREDS of children and elderly people donned plastic red noses and fancy dress to help raise more than £63 million in this year’s Comic Relief Red Nose Day. They included primary school children in Bradford on Avon, Freshford, Melksham, Trowbridge
A WALKING trail, taking visitors on a tour of the Lake Pleasure Grounds in Warminster with information about 18 varieties of trees that grow there, includes trees which are so rare they were once only known through fossils. Mayor of Warminster,
THE man in his 20s who suffered life- threatening injuries following a stabbing in the Trowbridge Tesco Extra car park last month has come out of hospital and is recovering well. Emergency services were called to the scene on February 13 at 11pm
A DISABLED man has set out how he believes support to carry out crucial everyday tasks has been taken away from him by Wiltshire Council. John Finley- Boyd, 50, has Asperger’s Syndrome and lives alone in Amesbury. Despite not being able to read
CLIMATE change and how to stop it will be investigated by a team of councillors as Wiltshire Council attempts to become carbon neutral by 2030. The vote to acknowledge a climate emergency was narrowly won after a demonstration by activists Extinction
ROYAL Wootton Bassett couple Allison and Steve Bucknell are preparing to challenge themselves for Wiltshire Air Ambulance by abseiling down Avon Gorge in Bristol. They are among several people who have signed up for the event, which takes place
DEVIZES Running Club were at the forefront of the action at Saturday’s Melksham Park Run. Not only did the club provide the pacing from 20 minutes to 40 minutes, their Sofa to 5k beginners class of 2019 completed their first 5k race following a
