THE M4 has been partially closed in both directions near Bath after a caravan overturned and another vehicle caught fire. Two lanes of the motorway have been shut westbound between junctions 18 and 19 for the overturned caravan. The road is closed
A JOKER and a gentleman was remembered when a funeral service for much loved jockey James Banks was held in his home town of Marlborough. The former St John’s School pupil died aged 36 in Gloucestershire on February 3 after it is believed he took
A SUSPECTED drug dealer was caught – thanks to volunteer CCTV operators. Royal Wootton Bassett police said the volunteers helped find several people involved what appeared to be a drug deal in the town on Friday evening. A 30-year-old man was
Police investigating the death of a man in the canal near Winsley say it was not suspicious. Emergency services were called to the Kennet and Avon Canal on Friday morning after the body of a man was found. A police spokesman said: "It has been
IMPROVEMENTS and repairs costing more than £35,600 are to be made to the play area in Warminster's Lake Pleasure Grounds. Town councillors unanimously approved a tender from Vita Play at a cost of £35,676.92 at a devolved services and assets committee
A plane carrying British people who were trapped on coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan for more than two weeks is now on its way to Wiltshire. “The evacuation flight from Japan has now departed with 32 British and European passengers on board,
I ventured into the forbidden zone last night and wow, what a pleasant experience it turned out to be! Having heard much about Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues but never having seen it, I booked to see a production of the smash hit phenomenon
Fire fighters battled a blaze at a house in Chippenham yesterday evening. The crew from Royal Wootton Bassett were called to Hollow Way just before 9pm after to deal with a chimney fire which had spread to a tiled roof. A fire service spokesman
POLICE are hunting burglars who broke into a house in a village near Marlborough and escaped with jewellery. The raid took place at around 6pm on Tuesday in Chilton Foliat and police believe a dog walker may be the key to finding the gang. A
Wiltshire Air Ambulance's chief pilot said a laser attack on his helicopter could have ended in catastrophe. Matt Wilcock was piloting the charity’s Bell 429 helicopter with two paramedics aboard when they were attacked in Chippenham on Thursday
The communities we serve and crimes we investigate are ever changing, so it is crucial we evolve as an organisation. To that end, we have been reviewing and improving our community policing model. The model, which was introduced five years ago
The number of lives lost to fires in Dorset and Wiltshire stayed the same last year despite a drop in the number of incidents attended by firefighters, new statistics show. The local situation mirrors that across England, with the chairman of the
