Wiltshire Council’s cabinet met this week to update and discuss the 'long lasting' impact of the coronavirus outbreak. In terms of financial weight, the report put forward to cabinet said: “The response to the Covid-19 pandemic will have immediate
IRONMAN Richard Groome has completed a 12-hour triathlon in his back garden at home to raise funds for his local foodbank. He has so far raised more than £3,500, including Gift Aid, after initially setting a £420 target. The money was raised
COUNTRYSIDE charity, the CLA is warning of increased fire risk, especially on hillsides, moors and heathland due to recent warm weather drying the land. It is urging people emerging from lockdown to not throw cigarettes or other smouldering material
NEW Wiltshire Air Ambulance paramedics Emma Thompson and Adam Khan say it is a privilege to be working at the charity. Following a secondment the trainee critical care paramedics have been given permanent contracts. Emma said: “It’s like being
SIX young people have won prizes in an art competition asking them to describe what nature means to them. The competition for youngsters aged 10 and under to 18-plus was organised by Sustainable Warminster and Warminster Wildlife Watch and aimed
GARDENERS are being urged to replace garden netting with safer, solid metal mesh after a grass snake died after being found tangled in netting in Chippenham. The RSPCA was called to help by a gardener after the snake was unable to escape the tangle
ORGANISERS of Pewsey Carnival have decided to cancel this year's event. They say that the large crowds which attend the annual event are incompatible with current social distancing restrictions. In addition, the main source of income for it comes
Nestle has donated 8,000 Easter eggs to Wiltshire Council for critical workers and vulnerable residents across the county. People receiving food parcels will get an extra sweet treat in their next delivery thanks to Nestle, who donated a surplus
CORSHAM's Pound Arts has launched Blue Sky & Beyond – an exclusively online festival featuring a line-up of comedy, music, theatre, spoken word, workshops and visual artists. "It has been important to us and to our customers that they still have
Controversial plans for a new entrance to the Hartham Park Mine in Corsham have been approved. The replacement planning application, submitted in August last year, would see an inclined mined entrance and, controversially, the construction of above
MALMESBURY school boy Freddie Martin has raised more than £2,600 by doing something he hates. Freddie's granny Linda is an intensive care nurse and decided to do something he found difficult. "I really hate running," said Freddie, eight, who
MOTORISTS queued to fill up in Trowbridge on Saturday as petrol pump wars hit town. The supermarket giant Tesco dropped the price of unleaded petrol to below £1 a litre to compete with Asda and Morrisons which have also cut prices. The Tesco
Dozens of potential modern slavery victims in Wiltshire were referred to police in 2019. Official Home Office data shows that 86 potential cases were referred to Wiltshire Police in last year, an significant increase from the previous year where
A WESTBURY four-year-old has raised a massive £305.47 so far to help buy bacterial handwash and PPE for her local primary school at Bitham Brook. Ruby Vaughan staged a sale of some of her old toys on the driveway of her home in The Butts on Friday
HERE are some of the views expressed by readers on our Facebook page to stories published this week. The bins usually get you going - but this time it was the waste and recycling centres re-opening and causing long tail backs got your goat. The
TRADERS and retailers are bringing Trowbridge town centre back to life following some Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown restrictions being lifted. The Free Range Cafe & Deli is now offering a takeaway service at the Old Town Hall in Market Street.
CHARITY supporters who should have been taking part in a sponsored walk cancelled by the coronavirus emergency found different ways to raise cash for Alzheimer’s Support. People of all ages took to their gardens, streets, stairs and the countryside
A TROWBRIDGE six-year-old is to cycle 20 miles around the town to raise funds for two charities helping children with Crohn's disease and colitis. Bertie Steptoe is raising money for CICRA, a charity supporting children with Crohn's and colitis
AN army of expert volunteers set up in Chippenham to make free face shields for front line key workers may be forced to down tools over red tape. Annette Alchin, who set up Shield Wiltshire, says she and her team may be forced to stop work as the
Malmesbury has elected a new town mayor. At its annual meeting – held virtually for the first time on May 5 – Malmesbury Town Council elected Cllr Campbell Ritchie as the new mayor of the town with Cllr Paul Smith as his deputy. Cllr Campbell
A PEWSEY Mum’s hobby of painting pebbles has taken off in lockdown with locals on their daily walks. Now pebble snakes are forming as others join in adding on their own creations. Nicci Young started painting pebbles two years ago when she had her
TOWN council staff have faced abuse from parents as well as youngsters as they have tried to enforce social distancing rules at the Green Lane skate park. The ramps in Devizes have been closed since lockdown was announced in March but town clerk
A CHIPPENHAM man has been jailed for 26 weeks after coughing in the face of police officers and claiming he had coronavirus. Byronn Plumb, 30, of no fixed address, appeared virtually at Basingstoke Magistrates Court today and pleaded guilty to three
