DO you recognise this man? Officers investigating an incident at Bradford-on-Avon railway station are today releasing CCTV images in connection. Just before 10.30pm on Friday, September 9, a group were drinking alcohol on board a service travelling
A Devizes woman has spoken of the sleepless nights and anxious days she has suffered knowing the man found guilty of sexually assaulting her is walking the streets of her home town after avoiding jail time. The 28-year-old, whose identity is protected
IT'S Carers Rights Day next Thursday November 26, and Carer Support Wiltshire are using the day to make sure unpaid carers are armed with knowledge and know what support is available for them. Many people have started to provide care to relatives
The £1.7bn A303 Stonehenge works have been given the green light by the secretary of state, however not everyone is happy. Works on the A303 Stonehenge improvement project will go-head, the secretary of state for transport Grant Shapps announced
Elderly residents at a supported housing complex in West Lavington have been left “anxious and scared” following news of plans to vacate them. Residents of Hedges House, on Mill Lane, recently received a letter that indicated plans to convert the
WILTSHIRE Police have reported a drop in canal crimes over the past few months. The Force's Canal Watch team said there had been only three incidents in October and none so far this month. The three incidents took place in Seend on October 6
THREE men have been arrested on suspicion of drugs offences after police officers spotted a suspicious vehicle in the Chippenham area last night. Officers witnessed suspicious activity in the Market Place at around 7.30pm yesterday and attempted
TROWBRIDGE is to keep its traditional mayor's charity dinner at the Civic Centre. Tory group leader, Cllr Antonio Piazza, had urged the council to shelve the dinner and make a donation to the Trowbridge Storehouse foodbank. He said the £3,000
SWINDON-based waste Northacre Renewable Energy Ltd has rejected accusations from objectors that its energy from waste facility in Westbury is based on outdated 1960s technology. The company was granted planning permission in 2019 for an advanced
THE following planning applications have been decided by Wiltshire Council recently. Minety: A bid for a certificate of lawfulness for commercial horse use of Moor Farm on Ashton Road has been rejected. In the officer's report, they stated they
Eight-year-old Isabelle Thompson, from Chippenham, has been shortlisted for an award by the national disability charity, Sense, in recognition of the support she provides to her sister. Isabelle has been nominated for the ‘Young Sibling of the Year
COUNCILLORS in Trowbridge have torpedoed a proposal to let NHS Blood and Transplant to stage blood donor sessions in the Civic Centre free of charge. NHSBT is being charged £540.00 for the nine hours of time for each session it organises in the
A CORONAVIRUS fund grant to a benefits advice service will help cope with a 25 per cent rise in the number of people living with disability asking for help with claims for financial support. The Independent Living Centre has been awarded £3,250
POLITICAL leaders on Trowbridge Town Council are to be invited to make alternative budget proposals. They are Cllr Stewart Palmen, leader of the Liberal Democrats, and Cllr Antonio Piazza, leader of the Tory group on the council. Cllr Edward
ON our continuing mission to find takeaway food available in lockdown, suitable for all palates, this week the Gazette and Times staff decided to order their Thursday lunch from Subway, the sandwich chain which offers a bewildering range of types of
GROUNDS maintenance and street scene contracts in Trowbridge could be put out to competitive tender in future following a decision this week. Town councillors voted to obtain competitive tenders, including those from in-house teams, for services
TWO Wiltshire chefs have taken on the challenge of BBC1's MasterChef: The Professionals. But one of them has already been eliminated Richard Synan, owner and head chef at the Weaving Shed in Bradford on Avon, was ruled out by judges Marcus Wareing
A new three-day Christmas Market is coming to Trowbridge on December 18-20. It will take place in the historic buildings at the Innox Mills development which will be opened to the public for the first time in over a decade. Organised by the Innox
A BID by villagers at Limpley Stoke to buy their local pub, the Hop Pole, looks to have failed. The village parish council submitted a £218,000 bid for the 15th century pub in the summer but this was rejected by its owners, the Wellington Pub Company
The turbulent in-fighting among Melksham councillors boiled over as one councillor is ejected during a no-confidence debate. A vote of no confidence against the mayor, council leader and their deputies threatened to shake up Melksham’s full council
A TROWBRIDGE man has launched a campaign to encourage more shoppers to wear face masks after suffering a torrent of abuse. Alan Drew, 70, of Proper Job is speaking out after suffering a torrent of abuse from some people who don’t or won't wear a
POLICE in Trowbridge have been urged to crack down on young people riding e-scooters. Town councillors said on Tuesday that e-scooters are fast becoming a dangerous menace to pedestrians and cyclists using pavements and roads. Speaking at a full
SANTA is on his way to visit children in Bradford on Avon and the surrounding villages - despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Bradford on Avon Lions Club say they are determined to keep to their annual schedule of visiting the town and local villages
A DRIVER escaped unhurt after a crashing a vehicle into the wall of a bridge at Farleigh Hungerford on the Wiltshire and Somerset border. Fire crews from Bradford on Avon and Trowbridge attended the accident at 1.15pm on Wednesday on the A366 over
ELLIS Perks has ruled himself out of Swindon Robins’ plans for the 2021 season – and the club are already pondering their next move, writes NIGEL PEARSON. Perks, a member of the 2019 league and cup winning side, has qualified as a fitness instructor
SWINDON’S Kirsty Harris has been selected for netball Superleague side, Team Bath for the 2021 season. The 21-year-old wing-attack first joined Team Bath’s prolific Academy pathway programme in 2015 and has worn their famous colours at U17, U19
Spades go in the ground this week for Chippenham’s long awaited climbing centre and skate park. Melksham-based Rigg Construction is to build the new Westmead Activity Centre after winning a competitive tendering process. The £2.7 million project
AN annual festive remembrance service is being taken online to ensure everyone is able to remember loved ones this Christmas. Prospect Hospice will not able to stage its Light up a Life service in is own grounds, as it has in previous years.
