MORE than 835 members of the Westbury Gasification Action Group and Westbury Town Council are preparing for the next stage of their battle to stop a waste gasification plant being built in the town. They hope to halt Northacre Renewable Energy's
Fire fighters from across Wiltshire helped rescue a paraglider who crashed into a tree this afternoon. Crews from Marlborough, Pewsey, Ludgershall, Trowbridge and Chippenham were called to Crofton Road, Great Bedwyn, near Marlborough at 1.42pm to
FIRE control officers have urged teenagers to stop wasting their valuable time and resources after two got stuck in baby swings this afternoon. A Bradford on Avon crew was called out to two separate incidents at play areas in Poulton Field, Bradford
FIVE Bath players have been named in the England squad for the Rugby World Cup in Japan, which gets under way next month. Ruaridh McConnochie is a shock inclusion, with the back yet to earn an international cap having only switched to the 15-man
CHIPPENHAM MP Michelle Donelan visited Wiltshire Heights care home in Bradford on Avon last Thursday August 8 to see its newly-revamped sensory gardens. The project has been a joint effort by local police cadets and the bus driver team for the care
THE West Wilts Youth Sailing Association will be running its adult sailing course through September and October. The course which will run from the group's new site opposite Westbury station will take place on September 28, October 5, 12 and 19.
RESIDENTS of Holt are gearing up for their annual village scarecrow trail over the Bank Holiday from August 24-26. This year's theme is Animal Magic and there will be 50 scarecrows on the main trail and 26 A-Z animal characters on a separate children's
Tackle Prostate Cancer charity has teamed up with Wiltshire Walking Football Club to help raise awareness of prostate cancer. Walking football is aimed at the over 50s age group and teams are springing up across the country. Many tournaments are
A Bradford on Avon woman is seeking Trinity School friends for a Class of 79 reunion. Wellie O’Driscoll has put out an appeal on a local social media website to find friends with whom she went to school. The reunion is being held on Saturday,
NEIKELL Plummer's hat-trick secured Bradford Town FA Cup progress on Saturday following a 3-2 win away at Cheddar in the extra preliminary round. The Bobcats could not be separated from their Toolstation League Premier Division rivals throughout
DOROTHY House Hospice in Bradford-on-Avon was the venue of Abicare's Mad Hatter’s Tea Party last week. With an array of teas, coffees and cakes, and music to sing along to, the event gave some of Abicare’s homecare and live-in clients, and their
A FLY-TIPPER who dumped five bags of rubbish on the road side has been fined hundreds of pounds. Octavian Pana, 22 of Beyer Road, Amesbury pleaded guilty to dumping the waste in Stockport Road, Amesbury before Salisbury Magistrates Court on
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THE Trowbridge Information Centre is still selling tickets for the Great Dorset Steam Fair which takes place from Thursday August 22 until Monday 26. Tickets are priced at £20.00 per adult, £17.50 per senior, and £7.50 per child. Tickets for
POLICE are appealing for information following an attempted robbery in Trowbridge. Between 6am and 6.15am on Sunday August 11, a 24-year-old man was in the Broad Street/Upper Broad Street area when he was approached by a man who threw him to the
A VISITOR was welcomed to a local business full of history in Bradford on Avon this week. Michelle Donelan MP had a tour of the Moulton Cycles site at The Hall by current director John McNaughton. The Hall was the private residence of Alex Moulton
Following the recent announcement by the Prime Minister that 20,000 new police officers will be deployed across the country over the next three years, the Conservative Candidate for the 2020 Police and Crime Commissioner elections has been to meet
FIREFIGHTERS at Corsham Fire Station have organised a charity auction and disco to raise funds. It will take place on Friday, September 13 from 7pm at Corsham Town Hall in High Street, Corsham. It features Jodie as Adele, and will raise funds
A CONMAN who enjoyed a lavish lifestyle after stealing millions of pounds from businesses has been jailed for seven-and-a-half-years. Simon Gold, 54 ran several estate agency businesses registered at Parade House in Trowbridge. Among local firms
BIKE thefts from outside Swindon railway station have jumped five-fold in the past three years, new figures reveal. Campaigners say while bike theft might seem like a minor offence, the loss of the bike can mean the loss of a vital link in someone
CHIPPENHAM MP Michelle Donelan has pledged to help organise a dinner in October to raise funds for Wiltshire MIND, the charity that supports people with mental health problems. She made the pledge during a visit to the charity's offices in High
A Semington landowner has lost his appeal against a Wiltshire Council enforcement notice issued last October. The notice was issued against Felix Rooney, of Lansdowne, Littleton, Semington, after he breached planning laws by creating a new vehicle
THE family of Devizes woman Jackie Hale, who died from cancer aged 52, are to hold a family fun day to mark the 10th anniversary of her death and to raise money in her memory. Mrs Hale, who lived in Coate near Devizes, was given stem cell treatment
The final two men who were to stand trial accused of being involved in chucking poo around on a train have had the charges against them thrown out. Josh Dolman and Dominic Patten had both been accused of outraging public decency following the incident
