THREE teenagers are awaiting sentencing after admitting their part in a robbery in Trowbridge earlier this year where two men were stabbed. Ethan Bush, 18, of Chesterfield Road, in Mansfield, and a 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons
WITNESSES are being sought after a woman had her purse stolen in Trowbridge. The victim, who is in her 20s, was walking through the underpass between West Ashton Road and Polebarn Road between 10am and 10.15am last Tuesday. She was approached
EXPECTANT mothers are now facing more uncertainty after the results of the Trowbridge maternity unit consultations have been delayed once again, this time until January. After months of waiting for the results, which were due to be announced in
FOODBANKS across West Wiltshire are calling for donations ahead of the Christmas and New Year festive period, after finding that demand for their services has leapt in the last year. Foodbanks in Bradford on Avon, Melksham, Warminster and Westbury
A NEW health centre planned for land opposite County Hall in Trowbridge will now be moved elsewhere in the town. It comes after Wiltshire’s Clinical Commissioning Group said the land would ‘not be suitable’. Plans for a Trowbridge campus featuring
YOUNG people aged 11-18 in Wiltshire who want to make a positive difference in their area are encouraged to put themselves forward to be a Member of the Youth Parliament (MYP) for 2020. The Parliament provides opportunities for those aged 11 to
VOTERS in the Chippenham constituency should be asking their election candidates what their answers are to social issues which mean people need to rely on Foodbanks to feed their families, says a support worker who has heard dozens of tales of tragedy
A WARMINSTER man has appealed against Wiltshire Council's refusal to let him vary a section 106 agreement which stipulates he must make a £60,897 contribution to affordable housing. Robin Denton wants to discharge the S106 agreement obligation in
A TROWBRIDGE cyclist remains in hospital after suffering life-changing injuries in a collision in Westbury last Sunday (November 17). The collision occurred just after 6pm on the A350 junction with Coach Road. A BMW M5 was travelling south on the
A WOMAN's purse containing £237 in cash, bank cards and three rings was stolen at The Shires Shopping Centre in Trowbridge last Friday (November 15). The elderly woman was in Halifax building society's premises when the mid-morning theft took place
TROWBRIDGE Storehouse has launched a campaign to put 50 food hampers together to distribute single people and families in need in the run-up to Christmas. Volunteer Susan Jones said: “We have launched an initiative called All Wrapped Up to provide
WARMINSTER Police are appealing for witnesses after a Land Rover Discovery was stolen and set on fire. It happened between 11pm on Tuesday (November 19) and 00.45am yesterday (November 20). A green Land Rover Discovery was stolen from Factory
POLICE have warned motorists to watch out where they park and to make sure they lock their vehicles before leaving them. The call follows a theft from a vehicle parked in Lamplighters Walk, Trowbridge, between November 10 and 11. It is unknown
FOLLOWING a raid in Trowbridge yesterday (November 20) police have seized cannabis with a street value worth around £3,000. At 8pm, officers from Wiltshire Police Team 4, as well as firearms officers and the dog unit, attended an address in Ushers
THE death of a single, jobless man whose body was found near a Warminster woodland beauty spot was drug-related, a coroner has found. Ian Singleton, the assistant coroner for Wiltshire and Swindon, delivered his finding at the resumption of an inquest
FLESH-eating plants didn’t deter shoppers at Avonfield Nursery this week as it was just a prop for a photo call for a local drama group. Trowbridge Amateur Operatic Society are bringing the Little Shop of Horrors comedy rock musical to town next
A JUDGE told a bearded pervert caught with a sickening paedophile manual he “could not unsee” the description of the horrific abuse in the four-minute-long video. But Judge Jason Taylor QC spared Simon Masters an immediate spell in custody and instead
RESIDENTS of Bradford on Avon are the surrounding area will get a chance to quiz their General Election candidates about their views on climate change and the environment next week. A hustings for the climate is being held at St Margaret's Hall
DAN Jeffries’ remarkable reign at Trowbridge RFC has drawn to a premature end, with the head coach stepping down because of personal reasons. Jeffries couldn’t make Saturday’s 21-5 defeat away to Windsor, and he later confirmed to the Wiltshire
OUT of form Bradford-on-Avon crashed to a 10-63 Dorset & Wilts One (North) loss at home to county rivals Warminster at the weekend. It was the first meeting between both teams for over a year following the hosts’ promotion to Southern Counties South
MALMESBURY racer Louis Harvey was presented with the John Payne Memorial Trophy for best overall junior at Rissington Kart Club’s annual dinner dance on Saturday. The club held its awards night in Tewksbury to recognise its drivers, marshals and
DEVIZES kept up their outstanding Southern Counties South form at the weekend by beating North Dorset 71-19. The win ensured the club remains top of the region’s third tier, level on points with chasing Grove. There was no such joy for Corsham
