SPECIALIST contractors Ecosulis of Bath were appointed by Bradford on Avon Town to conduct a biodiversity survey in the town this summer. The council’s environment and planning committee on July 8, also amended to declare a climate and ecological
AN ancient tradition dating back to the building of the pyramids marked a milestone in the building of a new village neighbourhood. A tree branch was raised to the roof during the topping out ceremony for the show home at the Somerbrook development
TWO Wiltshire MPs have hit back at critics who pilloried the way they voted against an amendment to a Trade Bill that allegedly would open up the NHS to foreign involvement. Critics took to social media and emails to condemn several of Wiltshire
LOCAL charity Wiltshire Sight is celebrating a £1,000 donation from Waitrose in Melksham. Alan Whetherly, a community sight loss advisor for Wiltshire Sight with his guide dog Judy, and Katie Endacott, of Vision West of England, represented the
A RECENT study carried out for Carers Week showed the number of people caring for older, disabled or seriously ill relatives or friends increased dramatically during the coronavirus pandemic. In Wiltshire, an estimated 33,400 people have started
RESIDENTS in Trowbridge are again in dispute with a housing association that manages the maintenance on their housing estate. Castle Mead estate residents have complained many times about work done by Chippenham-based GreenSquare. Through its
ALZHEIMER'S Support is delivering 279 cream teas to its Home Support clients across Wiltshire this week. The charity has held cream tea gatherings in community venues in previous years, but couldn’t do so this summer due to Covid-19 restrictions
FLOWERS have been laid in tribute after a 75-year-old woman died following a fatal crash into the side of Marlborough Town Hall on Saturday afternoon. A silver Ford Mondeo collided into Marlborough Town Hall on the High Street shortly before 1.45pm
WILTSHIRE Council is investing £60,000 in a new signal controlled pedestrian crossing on Trowbridge Road, Bradford on Avon, to help improve safety for schoolchildren and other pedestrians. The crossing is being installed near St Laurence Road following
PLANS for a funeral directors in Corsham are being called ‘inappropriate’ and ‘undignified’ by locals who say dead bodies are being wheeled down the High Street and in through the front door. They say the planners who rubber-stamped the application
RETIRED pub landlord Adrian Potts, who turned a Wiltshire hamlet into a worldwide mecca for crop circle fans, has died aged 68. Mr Potts, who took over The Barge at Honeystreet, near Pewsey, in 1993 when it was rundown, originally welcomed local
MOTORISTS across Wiltshire are being warned they could experience delays this week due to abnormal loads. Three separate convoys will be travelling in different parts of Wiltshire today, Thursday and Friday. The first will be arriving in the
WILTSHIRE Council’s Bikeability cycle training programme is seeking venues and instructors to help children and adults to learn to cycle safely on the road, as more people look to take to two wheels to ensure social distancing. Bikeability is the
MYSTERY surrounds the disappearance of Marlborough’s twack of ducks. They have been reported missing by concerned locals, who fear the worst for their feathered friends. Questions have been asked at Marlborough Town Council about the disappearance
CYCLE2CORSHAM is staging an event on Saturday August 1 to celebrate the 11th birthday of the town's cycle store, Spindles Bike Shop. Cyclists are being urged to go to the Digital Mansion in Pickwick Road between 10am and 4pm. They will be able
OFFICERS are investigating an assault on a 12-year-old boy in Bradford on Avon on Monday (July 27) which left him with a suspected broken nose. The boy was assaulted by two youths in the Barton Farm Country Park next to the River Avon around 4pm
A COMMUNITY that has rallied round to help people in need during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has raised more than £4,800 and delivered over 300 food boxes. Christine Giles, of Christine’s Sustainable Supermarket in Bradford on Avon, launched
A FAMILY is mourning the loss of a little boy with a cheeky grin who inspired a Devizes supermarket to fundraising heights. Rory Holloran died just weeks before his fifth birthday after battling leukaemia. His family are asking people to line
Marlborough's Rick Stein restaurant will re-open - despite announcing it's closure. The landlord has stepped in and wiped away the rent arrears, meaning the popular High Street venue will again throw open it's doors. And the 35 staff who were
A Chippenham man will stand trial over an allegation he imported a zombie knife into the UK. Appearing before Swindon Magistrates’ Court, Nigel Webb, 31, of Ladyfield Road, Chippenham, pleaded not guilty to a single charge of importing a prohibited
A BRICKLAYER stole his ex-girlfriend’s £16,000 car, crashed it into a hedge then led police on a high-speed chase a day later, Swindon Crown Court heard. But Jason Scarff was spared an immediate spell behind bars after Judge Jason Taylor QC noted
