TWO men were arrested for suspected drug dealing in Trowbridge after police found a large amount of cash in the vehicle they were in. Police stopped the Vauxhall Astra on Bradley Road at 5pm on Monday, where they found just under £2,500 and a mobile
DEVIZES people are being invited to take part in a Distance Disco on Friday to spread love and happiness and support NHS workers. Children’s party entertainer Leanne Middleton, 42, from Jump Farm, Devizes staged her first disco from her front garden
Co-op Midcounties has signed a new contract with a family butcher which has been in business for 225 years but was facing closing due to the coronavirus outbreak. Following the announcement of the closure of leisure and hospitality businesses, as
Official figures show that seven more cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Wiltshire. This jump brings the number of cases in the county to 83, as the UK saw its biggest daily increase in deaths. A week before, there were 34 cases in the
We reported on Wiltshire Council deferring council tax payments and business rates payments until June amidst the ongoing battle against coronavirus. Here is what you had to say about the story: LOUISE MILLWARD: Defer? So people with no income just
MORE than one in six jobs in Wiltshire’s child social services were unfilled before the outbreak of COVID-19, with concerns the crisis could put vulnerable children at even greater risks. However, Wiltshire Council has invested £1.2m into child
PLUMBERS and heating engineers at a leading Devizes company were told yesterday they were to be made redundant. Renelec Devizes Ltd of Brownston House, New Park Street, has ceased trading but other companies within the group will remain operating
DEVIZES recycling company, Grist Environmental, has set up a new giant wheelie bin service to support growing demand from house bound people wanting to Spring clean. Grist Environmental has seen demand rise from householders disposing of rubbish
THE unpopular payment for calling the police non-emergency number has been scrapped after many complaints from members of the public. Wiltshire and Swindon Police and Crime Commissioner Angus Macpherson was one of those who campaigned to get the
Police took part in a high speed chase last night to stop a Jaguar E-Pace believed involved in drug supply. A young man and a woman from Devizes are now in custody following the pursuit. A police spokesman said: "Shortly after 9pm, officers
Two people are in custody following a dramatic police drugs haul road chase last night. Officers in an unmarked car followed a Jaguar E-Pace believed to be involved in drug supply around 9pm. The vehicle was spotted at the Bridge Centre roundabout
WILTSHIRE’S cabinet member for public health Laura Mayes has called on all parish and town councils to lead the way to help the elderly and vulnerable in their community. She said that Wiltshire Council was concentrating on the people identified
DEVIZES Town Hall has become the hub for a volunteer group set up to make sure the vulnerable and elderly do not feel abandoned during the coronavirus emergency. In the space of two weeks Devizes COVID 19 Support has become a well oiled machine
A motor cyclist has been seriously injured in a collision with a car in Calne. It happened yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon at around 2.45pm on the A3102 Calne by-pass. A blue Ford Fiesta was in collision with a motorcyclist riding a green Triumph
POLICE have confirmed that the man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in Ham is the son of one of the two people attacked. A woman in her 60s found at the scene with multiple injuries is his mother. She was found with a man in his 70s inside
A MOTORCYCLIST was left with life changing injuries after an accident in Calne yesterday. Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash on the A3102 bypass. The accident happened at 2.45pm on Tuesday when a blue Ford Fiesta was in collision
WILTSHIRE Council has postponed the renewal for garden waste collection until June 15, due to the pressures on services caused by coronavirus. Garden waste collection is due to continue, provided the council’s contracted has the staff to maintain
FAKE signs with the NHS and HM Government logos telling the public there is no access to right of ways have appeared on footpaths in Langley Burrell. The hoax signs are remarkably similar to those used by farmers to ask people not to trespass on
The three clinical commissioning groups of Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are set to merge into a single entity. The move, as part of the NHS’s long term plan, and aims to enhance the services the CCG provides – particularly
VANDALS sprayed graffiti on a children’s play area in Calne. The town council said the damage to the play area at North End was done last week. A spokesman said: “Damage to our play areas at any time is unacceptable. "We are therefore very
SELF-ISOLATION is becoming depressing for many people shut off from family and friends but for kidney patient Melanie Wellbelove the situation is becoming desperate. The 48-year-old, who is a manager at Route2Fitness gym, is desperate for a kidney
The UK lockdown hasn't stopped members of the Swindon Camera Club from producing some brilliant shots. Here is just a selection of those shared on the club's Facebook page this week as the town faces up to the coronavirus pandemic.
