FOOD retailer Aldi is targeting nine Wiltshire towns where it wants to build new stores - ideally on a main road with good access. They are Bradford on Avon, Calne, Devizes, Malmesbury, Marlborough, Royal Wootton Bassett, Salisbury, Swindon and
Holt and Staverton Parish councillors are working hard to establish a safe cycling and pedestrian link between the villages. The Parish Councils have put proposals to create the 'missing link' to Wiltshire Council to fund the project from the government
Aldi announced that it is on the lookout for new store locations in Wiltshire – including Swindon and Royal Wootton Bassett. The UK’s fifth-largest supermarket has been on an expansion drive as it targets having 1,200 stores open by 2025. Aldi
A MAN from Melksham is to appear before Salisbury magistrates on August 7 charged with a drink-driving offence. Jamie Amoroso, 28, of Lincoln Green, Melksham, was stop-checked by police on a routine patrol in Cranesbill Road, Melksham, at 1.08am
CHILDREN are being inspired to stay active during the lockdown by a school support group, thanks to a grant from the Wiltshire Community Foundation. Studley Green Primary School PTA has been given £2,000 from the community foundation’s Coronavirus
A hospice that saw its income dramatically hit by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has been bailed out by one of the UK’s biggest high street banks. Dorothy House Hospice Care at Winsley received £1.75 million from HSBC UK to continue offering
NEW cycleways are to be created along Hilperton Road in Trowbridge and linking Winsley to Bradford on Avon as Wiltshire Council has secured more than £200,000 in funding. The first scheme will see the creation of a segregated cycleway on the A361
HAIRDRESSERS across Wiltshire are getting ready to re-open their doors on Saturday after three months of lockdown. In Devizes ACU owned by Scott Green is one of those ready to go. Mr Green said: “We are making Saturday Independent Salon Day and
POLICE in Chippenham, Calne and Corsham have urged publicans and restaurant owners to tell them what safety measures they are putting in place if they intend to re-open this weekend. They want to know if owners and managers are able to ensure the
POLICE have spoken to a group of travellers who parked caravans near Clarendon Academy this morning. The travellers parked seven caravans with towing vehicles on the car park the school shares with the Trowbridge Sports Centre in Frome Road.
EASTER moved to summer this year for children at a village primary school when surprise packages were delivered to their homes. Usually the youngsters at Lacock Primary have an Easter treat with an egg hunt in the gardens of a village home owned
BUSINESSMAN Philip O’Shea is trying to look on the bright side after lockdown almost put paid to his plans to transform a charity centre into a stylish hotel. He and his wife Amanda made the brave decision to carry on pouring money into the Peppermill
PEOPLE in Devizes joined in a taking the knee gathering on Sunday to show their solidarity to the Black Lives Matter movement. They gathered outside St Andrew’s Church to support the campaign which has spread across the world following the death
LOCAL MP Michelle Donelan is backing a Chippenham Food Bank appeal for more donations of food and cash as it is now running low on stocks. She is helping to secure more food collection points in local stores and has called for more food and donations
A MAN who coughed into the face of a Sainsbury's shop worker in Trowbridge on Thursday June 25 is being sought by police. The man was involved in two suspected shoplifting incidents at Sainsbury's supermarkets in Trowbridge and Bradford on Avon.
Brewery is ready to open pubs THERE has been uncertainty this week about which pubs will be open as people get ready to go back to their favourite locals. Now Wadworth has issued a list of its tenanted houses that will open on Saturday and
Schools across Wiltshire are set to benefit from funding to improve their facilities. The schools have been allocated a share of the £434m investment to expand classrooms, upgrade facilities and improve the education of children across the country
A WOMAN who was found face down in the River Avon in Chippenham on Monday has died in hospital. Emergency services were called to the river at 8.30am on Monday after reports of a woman in the water near Riverside Drive. A Wiltshire police spokesman
The Rev Charles Sutherland FORMER fire service chaplain the Rev Charles Sutherland was given a fitting send off despite coronavirus restrictions when he was escorted to Semington Crematorium in style. Mr Sutherland, who died on June 14 aged 89
PRIME Minister Boris Johnson has announced additional funding to level up nine towns in the South West - but no towns in Wiltshire are among them although Swindon has been successful. The announcement is part of a wider economic package to accelerate
Feeling a bit down? Cheer yourself up with a gander at the wacky world of animals. All the images come from our Swindon and Wiltshire Camera Club members. Floyd noticed his consumption of gin rose considerably during lockdown. Picture: Ian M
To help with its plans to safely re-open library services Wiltshire Council is looking for the views of residents and library users. The council has put forward three options for how library services might operate during the pandemic and are asking
