WILTSHIRE Council has defended its plans to close the A350 through Westbury for up to a month for resurfacing of the key trunk route. The works - which involve some 24-hour closures - are likely to cause major disruption to local residents and through
CONTRACTORS started work this week on new drainage for the Warminster Road in Westbury. The working is taking place ahead of the A350 being resurfaced in September and October. Some local residents criticised the timing, saying by then children
THE team at Wiltshire Heights brought all the fun of a Caribbean Carnival to life last week after residents had been busy making outfits and decorations. An indoor parade took pace as the residents and staff wore tie dye t-shirts and hats with an
Schools all around the county opened their doors early yesterday for A-Level students to pick up their eagerly-awaited results. The Wiltshire Times visited schools to be with the pupils and teachers for the all-important opening of the envelopes
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after £3,400 was stolen from Tesco Express, Chippenham. At 5.10am this morning (August 15), ), four men broke in through the front doors of the store in Hathaway Retail Park. Once inside, the men broke cash
A GREEN-fingered Trowbridge schoolboy is reaching for the sky with his giant runner bean plant - but is hoping there won’t be an ogre waiting at the top. Five-year-old Dominic Benford has grown a 15-feet tall runner bean plant at his home in Thirsk
DORSET & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has this week reminded people to take care when cooking, especially when late at night and tired. The warning follows an incident in Dorset when firefighters were called out at 1.41am on Thursday morning
THE driver of a car that plunged over Prison Bridge in Devizes, killing young mother Karly Heweson has admitted causing her death. Brad Hayden, 26, of Parkfield, Devizes, pleaded guilty at Salisbury Crown Court to causing death and serious injury
Attempted theft THIEVES attempted to steal copper piping and copper cables by piling them up against the fire door in a derelict building in the Market Place, Melksham, last Thursday. They forced entry via the fire door exit. Car entered A
A CONSTRUCTION worker who suffers problems with his hip says he feels Bath RUH forgot about him as he wasn’t fed for 17-and-a-half hours. Will Ockleshaw was taken into the A&E department in the early hours on Monday morning as ongoing hip and
A PROJECT to connect Chapmanslade with the towns of Westbury, Warminster and Frome is gathering pace. Adam Mosley, from Connecting Chapmanslade, told Wiltshire Council's local area board for Westbury they wish to create wheelchair and pushchair-friendly
A PROJECT to connect Chapmanslade with the towns of Westbury, Warminster and Frome is gathering pace. Adam Mosley, from Connecting Chapmanslade, told Wiltshire Council's local area board for Westbury they wish to create wheelchair and pushchair-friendly
FAMILY carers of people living with dementia will be able to find information, tips and support at free training courses in Trowbridge this autumn. The seven weekly sessions will run from September to November by Alzheimer’s Support. The courses
THE romantic garden at the National Trust’s Great Chalfield Manor in West Wiltshire has been listed as Britain’s third most-loved on Instagram. The garden at the 15th century manor between Bradford on Avon and Melksham boasts an orchard walk to
3:34pm Well done to everyone who received their A-Level results today. If you have any pictures from the day please send
RECENTLY-CROWNED NG Road Racing Newcomer 1300cc champion Chris Oliver was back in action in the latest round of their championships at Anglesey. The Trowbridge racer led the 1300cc Streetstock Championship prior to this meeting and was fastest in
David Thomas Baker, a man who dedicated his life to helping others, died at the RUH following a leukaemia diagnosis, a month after being diagnosed, on August 1, aged 77. The avid gardener, called Bakes by his loving wife, Pat, was born in Tottenham
PLANNING permission has finally been approved for a skatepark to be built in Chippenham, thanks to public support and a speech from a 10-year-old. Over 200 letters were submitted in support of the skatepark, and aspiring skateboarder, Isaac de Berker
