A BRADFORD on Avon residents’ group is furious over parts of the town being turned into ‘Monte Carlo’. BOA Residents’ One-Way Group is angry at what it calls growing traffic, speeding cars and lack of traffic calming measures caused by the controversial
The row over plans for a controversial new incinerator in Westbury has heated up with an MP weighing in with his concerns. South West Wiltshire MP Andrew Murrison is ‘strongly’ objecting the controversial bid by Northacre Renewable Energy and Hills
BATTLE of Britain Week has been marked in west Wiltshire with two displays from local re-enactors C Company Rolling History, who held events at their homes in Westbury and Monkton Farleigh for the victory's 80th anniversary. The family run group
A STAVERTON woman was delighted when she raised £666 at a coffee morning which turned out to be the last local event before rule of six new lockdown measures hit. On Sunday around 80 people – all socially distanced – turned out at the green at Staverton
POLICE have arrested one man on suspicion of drug-driving, another for not wearing a seatbelt, issued a speeding ticket for a driver going 110mph and found a car being driven with tyres so worn the cords were showing in the first two days of a road
THE following planning applications have been decided upon by Wiltshire Council. Devizes: Downland School is due to construct a new gravelled car park on the green area at the side of the school to give the staff extra parking spaces. Lydeway
HERE are some of the views expressed by readers on our Facebook page to stories published this week. Last week we covered the storey of a year group at Trinity CE Primary Academy in Devizes due to a Year 4 pupil testing positive for coronavirus.
AFTER six months of turmoil over their futures, two of Wiltshire’s small theatres are able to reopen their doors this autumn. The doors will open and the lights go up again at The Athenaeum Theatre in Warminster next weekend, after it has been dark
The amount of criminal cash and assets seized by police fell sharply in Wiltshire last year, new figures show. Anti-corruption organisation Global Witness warned the £200m recovered nationally is 'a drop in the ocean' compared with the huge volumes
THE hard work of NHS staff during the Covid crisis is being celebrated in a calendar. The Rotary Club of Royal Wootton Bassett Town is behind the fundraiser. Mayor Nic Hughes and town crier Owen Collier marked the launch of the 2021 calendar.
HUNDREDS of pupils across schools in Wiltshire are now self-isolating at home after classmates tested positive for coronavirus - with school after school being forced to take action. All schools said they were taking precautionary measures, and
CHIPPENHAM Town manager Michael Cook has devised a three-year plan in an attempt to gain promotion to the National League. The Bluebirds found themselves in a relegation dogfight when Cook arrived at Hardenhuish Park in January. Cook inspired
FEMI Akinbobola delivered a superb display of sprinting to celebrate the end of his season at the Yate Sprints & Hurdles meeting. The 18-year-old Team Bath AC sprinter from Chippenham smashed his personal bests for both the 100m and 200m as he broke
A FACEBOOK group devoted to a town’s history has published its second book. Malmesbury Now and Then was started five years ago as somewhere for people living in the town and those who had links with it to share its history. Its first book was
A LOCAL man in his 20’s died in a car crash near Pewsey at the weekend. He has yet to be officially named but people have taken to Facebook to send condolences to the family of a man they call ‘ Jim Jams’. The man was a passenger in the car,
Teresa, Lady Carter CARING mother and wife Teresa, Lady Carter, who will be remembered for her kind heart, died on September 6, aged 89, at her home in Potterne. She was born in Banff, Canada, on April 14 in 1931 before moving to the UK seven
North Wiltshire MP has become commander of charity organisation St John Ambulance. James Gray featured in the London Gazette as they announced the news. Mr Gray said: “I was honoured and delighted to hear from the Order of St John that I have
DRIVERS are parking their cars on pavements around Royal Wootton Bassett which is getting people riled up. Pia Carnegie lives in the town and has noticed the problem building up over the years. She told the Adver: "I've lived in and out of Wootton
Bath Archers have returned after almost half a year of closure because of the coronavirus lockdown. It has now re-started shooting at their field in Batheaston. But this isn't without some safety measure in place because of the Covid crisis.
A CORONAVIRUS grant is helping a pre-school for children with special needs to help them communicate. Springboard in Chippenham has been awarded £5,000 from the Wiltshire Community Foundation’s Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund to cover staff
Wiltshire Council is urging local communities and businesses to follow the raft of new measures introduced by the government this week to help tackle the spread of coronavirus. This includes the ‘rule of six’ and the requirement for some businesses
