THE landlord of The Greyhound in Trowbridge has told of the dramatic moment he and his 13-year-old son were rescued from a roof after fire broke out in the pub’s kitchen. Keith Morris and his 13-year-old son Jack escaped the blaze on Friday morning
PUPILS get their voices heard as they find out more about the up and coming parities for the general election. Sixth form pupils at Clarendon Academy asked questions to candidates at a hustings held on November 29. The candidates in attendance
A Calne resident, who operated a ‘tip run’ waste clearance service on Facebook selling sites across Wiltshire, has been successfully prosecuted by Wiltshire Council. On Monday, Ryan Clegg of Whittle Avenue, Calne, pleaded guilty at Salisbury Magistrates
ONE of the General Election prospective parliamentary candidates in South Wiltshire says this year’s campaign has been the most hostile he has ever known. Dr Andrew Murrison, the constituency’s sitting MP, said he has fought six General Elections
RELATIVES who have lost loved ones are being invited to join a special Light and Love remembrance event at the RUH Spiritual Care Centre at 3pm this afternoon (December 5). The event has been organised by the hospital’s charity The Forever Friends
A PUNCH up outside a pub in Trowbridge over the weekend left several people injured. Police want to speak to two men after officers were called to Park Road outside the Albany Palace at 9.25pm on Sunday. It is believed that a group of people
A WARMINSTER legal firm has won an award for its work with the local community in Wiltshire and Dorset. Farnfields Solicitors also has offices in Gillingham, Shaftesbury and Sturminster Newton in Dorset. The legal practice has just won an award
CHIPPENHAM: Planning permission has been granted on the high street in Kingston St Michael for a detached timber frame building to be used as a domestic garage. It is considered that the proposal is appropriate in relation to the house and surrounding
WILTSHIRE Council has been accused of hoarding more than 2,000 works of art and failing to put them on public display. The Taxpayers' Alliance, a grassroots campaign group, says Wiltshire has 2,099 artworks hidden from the taxpayers who own them
FIVE people have been arrested after police officers were assaulted while responding to a shoplifting incident in Potterne. Police were called at around 2pm yesterday (December 4) after three men and two women had walked into a shop in Silver Street
A MAN was arrested in connection with an incident in Trowbridge on Monday night. Police officers received a number of calls relating to a man behaving in a threateningly in the town centre shortly after 5pm on Monday. Officers attended and made
WESTBURY United's hopes of a Wiltshire Premier Shield giant killing were cut down on Wednesday night as they were beaten 7-0 at home by Swindon Town in the quarter-finals. A strong crowd was in attendance at Meadow Lane to see EFL side Swindon return
A GIRLS' school in Calne was ranked the second best independent secondary school in the South West by the Sunday Times School Guide. St Mary's School, on Curzon Street, was named the runner up in the newspaper's listings, which are based on 2019
FOXHAM: On November 26, Camilla Glass, of Stockham Marsh Farm, appeared at Swindon Magistrates Court charged with driving without due care and attention. This charge came after the 50-year-old was seen driving her Volkswagen Sirocco dangerously along
A 22-year-old man has been charged with 12 terrorism offences, police say. Andrew Dymock, of Weymouth Street in Bath, was arrested on Wednesday morning after an investigation into suspected right wing terrorism online, a spokeswoman from Counter
FORMER St John’s pupil Thomas Gray has said he does not think of himself as a hero after helping to disarm terrorist Usman Khan on London Bridge. The 23-year-old, who grew up in Marlborough and played for the town’s rugby club, has told how he stamped
DEVIZES School wants to sell off nearly six acres of its school playing field as housing land to help pay for a £2.3 million facelift. Head Phil Bevan told staff yesterday that six weeks of consultation are to start on the scheme to sell the 5.7
HEARTBROKEN parents Natasha Ashmore and Bryan Packham are raising money for charity in memory of their beloved son Albie. He died aged just 13 weeks after surgery because of a heart condition. Natasha and Bryan, of Corsham, are raising money
LAURA Deas has confirmed her desire to compete for a second Winter Olympics medal as she prepares to start the new skeleton season. Wiltshire-based slider Deas claimed bronze at the PyeongChang Games last February – as TeamGB team-mate Lizzy Yarnold
A FRAUDSTER stole £42,000 from her sick mother – splurging the ill-gotten gains on a holiday to Cyprus and Netflix. A Swindon court heard that swindling daughter Claire Ball had saved just £200 in compensation. Her mum, who is in her mid-70s,
