REAL ale drinkers from the Devizes area have raised £600 to help a Wiltshire charity offering support to people suffering from mental health conditions. They donated 3,000 tokens worth 20p each to charity at the 20th annual Devizes Beer Festival
LOCAL candidate Carolyn King triumphed as the Liberal Democrats held the Westbury North Ward seat to become the new Wiltshire councillor following David Jenkins' resignation. She won by 257 votes as five candidates contested the local by-election
WARMINSTER Town claimed the early-season bragging rights over Wiltshire rivals Devizes Town with a 3-1 victory on the road on Saturday. Both teams arrived at Nursteed Road hunting their first points of the new Toolstation League Division One campaign
CCTV images of two men which police would like to speak to in connection with an incident in Trowbridge have been released. At 10.30pm on Friday August 2, two men were acting in an anti-social manner outside Frankie and Benny’s in St Stephen’s Place
A GROUP of Trowbridge Town Council employees will be taking to the skies above Wiltshire later this summer to raise funds for this year’s Mayoral charity RukSak45218. The adrenaline junkies will be taking part in a tandem parachute jump at Old
PLANS to close the A350 through Westbury for up to a month for resurfacing of the key trunk route are likely to cause major disruption to local residents and through traffic, it was disclosed today. The temporary closure is scheduled to begin on
OVER 40 children visited St James Church in Trowbridge for it's annual holiday club, Pyramid Rock. Taking place during the first week of the summer holidays, the inside of the church was transformed into an ancient Egyptian scene complete with a
RESIDENTS of West Wiltshire are being invited to attend a public rally next week and meet the newly-elected MEP for the South West, Caroline Voaden. She will be at St Margaret’s Hall in Bradford on Avon on Wednesday, August 21 to address a public
VICTIMS of cybercrime and fraud in Wiltshire lost £11.6 million in the year to March 31, according to the latest figures from Action Fraud. Between April 1 2018 and March 31 2019, Wiltshire saw 292 reports about cybercrimes, amounting to losses
A SLIMMER who transformed her life by losing over 3-and-a-half stone is using her success to shape a new career helping other people change their lives and achieve their weight loss dreams too. Sarah Foley joined her local Slimming World group in
The Ashton Common Car Boot Sale has now collected a total just over £70,000 for Cancer Research UK. The car boot sale is located just off the A350 at the lights of Stony Gutter. Ashton Common and runs every Sunday and Bank Holiday through from Spring
A TEAM of carers from local home Goodson Lodge, along members of their family and friends recently completed a sponsored skydive in order to raise funds for The Orders of St John Care Trust. Dementia lead Sue Hilton, deputy manager Hannah Mason
A NEW Chatty Café has been launched by the Westbury Court care home to connect residents with the local community. It welcomes people to come along for a chat and to make new friendships while enjoying pastries and cakes with teas and coffees.
As young people in Wiltshire are receiving their A level and GCSE results and planning their futures, Carer Support Wiltshire are highlighting the barriers that many young adult carers face as they transition into adulthood. Young adult carers are
ORGANISERS of Lacock At War were hit by a double whammy of wet weather and memories of bad publicity from last year but organiser John Wardle remained upbeat. Re-enactment groups and other military enthusiasts were out in force at Lacock but visitors
WILTSHIRE’S hopes of reaching the Unicorns Knockout Trophy final came up short on Sunday as they fell to a four-wicket defeat away at Berkshire. Having been bowled out for 199 after opting to bat first, a target of 200 was always going to be difficult
THE National Trust admits that a far right group of neo-Nazis is using Avebury to conduct rituals. A far-right group calling itself Woden’s Folk and promising followers reward in the afterlife if they die in the “struggle for the freedom” has vowed
THE annual heritage ‘Imberbus’ service running from Warminster to the lost village of Imber and other isolated locations on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire makes a return this Saturday August 17 to raise funds for charity. Sir Peter Hendy, Chair of Network
PERFORMERS from Stagecoach Trowbridge, a performing arts school for young people run on Saturdays from The Clarendon Academy, have hit the stage at Disneyland Paris - and some of the youngsters are hoping they may be invited back to work there.
