POLICE are tonight investigating a serious sexual assault that has taken place on the canal side at Devizes. Officers are guarding a large cordon which begins at Northgate Bridge in Northgate Street. There is a large police presence on the
TROWBRIDGE triumphed 23-17 at home to county rivals Chippenham to claim a first win of the season in South West one East. The Doric Park side trailed 7-0 early on but Tom Weaver got them on the board with a penalty before a brace of tries from Ross
IT will be Cha Cha Cha all the way this weekend when Emma, Viscountess Weymouth, and her partner Aljaž Škorjanec take to the dancefloor. The couple will be dancing to the Cuban rhythm when they compete in the first of Strictly Come Dancing's live
MELKSHAM Town manager Richard Fey believes his players’ availability for selection will have a serious bearing on whether his side are successful or not in Southern League Division One South this season after a largely full-strength side conquered
HOLY Trinity Church in Bradford on Avon is to take one of three of the concerts moved because of a structural issue at the nearby Wiltshire Music Centre, the others have been relocated to St Margaret's Hall and the Corn Exchange in Devizes. The
Bumper crowds enjoyed a three-day hot air ballooning extravaganza at Longleat House over the weekend. Now in its fourth year, Sky Safari welcomed tens of thousands of visitors to Longleat's parkland estate near Warminster. Sky Safari is Europe
THE county's Lord Lieutenant Mrs Sarah Troughton launched the Ride+Stride for Churches event for Wiltshire at St Bartholemew's Church in Corsham last Saturday September 14. She joined joined Reverend Andrew Johnson, team rector at St Bartholomew's
A MOTORCYCLIST who was killed following an accident in Dorset has been named. Ian Hateley, 47 from the Trowbridge area died in the early hours of September 2 after he was involved in a collision with a black BMW between Abbotsbury and Swyre, near
TWO pensioners were killed in a car crash on the A429, near Corston, on Monday. The village has been rocked by the news of the fatal collision, with the parish council describing their shock. Roger Budgen, chair of the St Paul Malmesbury Without
WARMINSTER Town manager Andy Crabtree hopes his side have got the monkey off their back at home after progressing to the first round proper of the FA Vase following a 2-1 victory over Alresford Town at the weekend, writes JONATHAN LEIGHFIELD. Charlie
HEYTESBURY recovered from a slow start on the second weekend of action in the Trowbridge Windows and Conservatories-sponsored Trowbridge & District League as they battled back to claim an 8-2 success over Warminster Town Reserves. Goals from Max
MELKSHAM overhauled home side Avonvale’s first-half lead to claim a 20-12 victory on the opening day of the new Dorset & Wilts One North season. On a swelteringly hot day in Bath, both teams struggled to settle into a rhythm and failed to convert
PUPILS and staff at the Mead Primary School are celebrating having their International School Award reaccredited until 2022. The school's approach towards international work such as thier no plastic project whcih links with an Australian school
DEVIZES started the new Southern Counties South season in scintillating fashion with a dominant 11-try romp in a 62-5 victory at home to Thatcham. The Saddlebacks kicked off going up the slight incline looking to get an early score but Thatcham
A CLIMATE change workshop designed to get people sharing their concerns was held at Holy Trinity Church in Trowbridge last week. The aim of the event was to bring members of the community and representatives from local government to discuss various
A NEW secretary is needed for Trowbridge's town fairtrade group. The role is to record committee meetings of about 6 a year, deal with any correspondence and support the promotion of fairtrade in the town. It will generally require no more than
MARLBOROUGH has been filled with 'loads of creative energy' claimed a LitFest organiser, as the town prepares for the 10th year of the annual literary weekend. This year's LitFest, between September 26-29 promises to be one of the biggest yet, as
A GROUP of keen metal detectorists have been helping out Wiltshire Police by searching for knives in and around Westbury. Peter Pearce, David Mallows and Gary Clifford from the Wyvern Historical and Detecting club based in Swindon, gave up their
WORKERS at Corsham-based pharmaceutical specials manufacturer Bath ASU are looking forward to welcoming a Royal guest, when HRH The Duke of Gloucester presents them with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise on September 27. Bath ASU won the award for
TWINS Jonathan and Michael Sanders are going head to head in a duel with paint brushes to find out which of them is the better professional artist. They have both painted pictures of Lacock Abbey which will be unveiled at Jonathan's gallery at
PEOPLE power has enabled residents living around the Penleigh Recreation Park in Westbury to get a ‘wobbly’ path repaired after a two-year wait. With help from Westbury town councillor Sheila Kimmins and Valletta Surfacing Ltd they have managed
TWO elderly people have died following a fatal car crash on the A249 near Corston yesterday afternoon. Police were called at 4.30pm on Monday, after reports of a serious collision between an Audi A5 and a Honda Jazz on the A429 between Kingway
WILTSHIRE Police has been given the go-ahead to recruit a minimum of 300 new police officers over the next three years. The move is part of the Government's pledge to put 20,000 new police bobbies on the beat. Next Monday (September 23), the
CORSHAM Town Reserves are the new leaders of the Wiltshire League Premier Division after a battling 2-1 victory away at Ludgershall Sports on Saturday. Kintbury Rangers had started the day at the head of the standings but drop to fourth following
VIRTUAL assistant technology is being used at Wiltshire Council to speed up the authority's payroll service. A digital transformation programme is underway to use technology to improve council services. The council want to increase the number
PEWSEY: Three houses at the Old School site on River street are set to be knocked down to make way for one five bedroomed house in . Colin King from Wilcot Road objects. He said: To destroy 3 homes to make 1 larger residence does not fit in with
