A HOMELESS man has been fined for shoplifting goods from a Boots store in Melksham. Jack Issacs, 36, stole goods from the High Street store shop on July 3. He was later located and identified and arrested on suspicion of theft. Mr Issacs, of
YOUTH workers in Melksham have launched a new outreach programme to connect with young people over the summer holidays. Young Melksham has been awarded £7,000 grant from Wiltshire Community Foundation’s Coronavirus Response Fund, with £5,000 donated
WILTSHIRE Council has announced a delay on starting work on building the £25 million Melksham Community Campus. It says construction will now begin next year instead of this summer as originally planned following preparatory work. The council
THIS year’s Melksham Food and River Festival in September has been cancelled. The festival’s steering committee today announced the two-day event on September 5 and 6 is now off. They said that after much deliberation the festival committee has
Whilst other rescue centres closed their doors, Cats in Distress, an independent cat rescue charity which has been running for four years, has stayed open throughout lockdown. Cats in Distress and their network of volunteers have continued to take
Gazette reader Garry Barclay sent in these pictures, which show his grandfather Joseph William Barclay, then a Sergeant Major in the Army, taking part in a re-enactment of the Battle of Falkirk at the Tidworth Military Tattoo in 1936. Garry has
CENTER Parcs has today announced it will re-open its Subtropical Swimming Paradise at Longleat Forest to guests from Monday July 27. In line with updated government guidance, the Subtropical Swimming Paradise will re-open with new safety measures
Parents are being encouraged to register their newborns as the Wiltshire Registration Service has re-opened. Many parents have had to wait a considerable length of time to make an appointment to register their baby's birth, with some born during
POLICE were called to reports of a disturbance outside a pub in Trowbridge yesterday evening (Thursday, July 9). One man was treated by South Western Ambulance Service paramedics at the scene for a cut lip. The disturbance is understood to
THE following planning applications have been decided upon by Wiltshire Council recently. Royal Wootton Basset: Mr Preedy of 64 Parsons way has been granted planning permission to build a single-storey extension at his property. Steeple Ashton
A Warminster woman has been reunited with her beloved moggies following a blaze at her home in May. Jo Walker, 50, was badly burned and suffered severe leg injuries after she was forced to jump from an upstairs window when an unguarded tealight
AS part of its drive to support the communities around its stores in Corsham and Pickwick, the Co-op is searching for people to work with local good causes and vulnerable people. The successful Member Pioneer will receive full training and the business
WE seem to have lost the glorious summer days for a while. The week started rather damp with 18 mm of rainfall , then developed into a mainly cloudy week, often quite windy. Short, sharp storms punctuated the last few days, which added another 2 mm
A GRANT from Wiltshire Community Foundation’s coronavirus fund has helped Age UK expand an increasingly popular hot meals service to keep pace with demand. The Swindon Coronavirus Response Fund, which has so far raised more than £900,000 and distributed
POLICE and Wiltshire Council are working to track down a hit-and-run driver who damaged the road bridge at East Kennett last night. The driver fled from the scene in a badly damaged vehicle after colliding with the bridge sometime after 10pm yesterday
A tenant says he’s been living in a ‘nightmare’ trying to get rehoused from his flat for two years. James Smith who has lived at the Timbrell Street property in Trowbridge for seven years described his flat as ‘unlivable in’ and claims the flooring
HERE's the latest batch of bonny babies born to Gazette and Herald and Wiltshire Times readers during lockdown. The last 12 weeks have been so hard for new parents as they have to cope without the support of families and the excitement of sharing
The traditional sight of fathers walking the bride down the church aisle is to remain banned for the foreseeable but the oldest church in Warminster has taken its first steps towards serving its congregation. St. Denys Church in Bath Road has opened
Nearly all new primary school places in Wiltshire last year were in good or outstanding schools, new figures reveal. But with the share of new places in top-rated schools varying widely across the country, the Association of School and College Leaders
Old Hardenhuish Lane, Chippenham road will be closed from Monday for over two weeks. From Monday (July 13) Old Hardenhuish Lane will be closed to all traffic from its junction with B4528 to its junction with A420. This is to allow for telecoms
AN 18-month-old girl may be scarred for life after a horrific fall face first into the glass door of a wood-burning stove. The glass smashed into pieces, causing a 1.5-inch cut to Amelie Marsh’s forehead which needed 15 stitches. Her dad Giles
