TWO teenage boys stopped and searched by police in Melksham’s largest park are being investigated for possession of drugs after a daytime operation. Officers patrolling King George V Playing Field in Lowbourne at 4.29pm on Thursday, June 20, saw
MORE than 350 pupils at Westbury Leigh Primary School showed their support to UNICEF by taking part in this year's Soccer Aid Fundraiser. The £200 raised by the school will be doubled by the Government to help change the lives of children worldwide
MELKSHAM Skatepark is to be extended to make it bigger as the facility has been so popular with local youngsters. The extension was announced by Cllr Jonathon Seed, Chairman of the Melksham Area Board, and James Threlfall, a local skateboarder who
MORE than 50 villagers, including pensioners and children, have raised funds for Parkinson's UK by playing tennis through the night. The 24-hour Holt Moon Tennis matches were held on Friday and Saturday, June28 and 29 from 12 noon to 12 noon. So
RESIDENTS of Westwood will be hoping the current fine weather will stay for the village's Church Fete next weekend. The annual event is taking place on Saturday, July 13 from 2pm-4.30pm in the grounds of Westwood Manor next to St Mary's Church.
A HOMELESS drunk broke the terms of his restraining order – by sneaking into his parents’ garden. Paul Henderson was banned in 2012 from going within 100 metres of his parents’ Trowbridge home, after he was convicted of assault. But Swindon magistrates
THE Mead at Wingfield will be welcoming a new head from September. Neil Griffiths has been promoted from a leadership post at the school’s Hilperton site, to head of site at Wingfield. He said: “Taking over the leadership of the Wingfield site
PARENTS of children at Larkrise may be wrong if they believe Wiltshire Council is not going to close the Trowbridge special school in the near future, the town clerk warned councillors this week. He spoke as the council decided to note the closure
A FORMER Mayor of Westbury says the town council is still concerned over plans to dig a 10.6-kilometre trench from Westbury to Frome. They fear archaeological and ecological damage may result from Northacre Renewable Energy's plans to provide a
REGIONAL banking could be making a comeback after Wiltshire Council pledged support to a community bank run across the South West. A £50k grant has been given towards the £2m project to create a South West bank called Avon Mutual. 18 similar
EVERYBODY needs good neighbours – and Moonraker Beds at Westbury has one of the best. A supplier of high-quality mattresses and divans, it operates from a base on the West Wilts Trading Estate, a stone’s throw from the headquarters of award-winning
STAFF at Candlelight Care in Westbury are celebrating after winning two top prizes at the Candlelight Care Awards 2019. At the awards lunch at Long Sutton Golf Club, Hayley Annetts was announced as the winner of the Best Newcomer Award, and her
GOING plastic free has the been the theme of the term for pupils at North Bradley CofE School who have been busy making eco-friendly alternatives to everyday items which they sold to members of the public on Wednesday afternoon. The Plastic Free
MEMBERS of Extinction Rebellion gathered outside housing developers in Bradford on Avon to protest for trees and hedges to be replaced after the habitat of bats was destroyed. After the hedge row on Holt Road were cut down by Bellway Homes for the
