WILTSHIRE Mighty Girls is staging an art and photography workshop for teenage girls in Bradford on Avon. The body positive workshop will be held during the May half term holiday. Aimed a young girls aged 10-16, the aim is to develop their creative
STONAR School has made two key appointments which take effect from September. When the new school year begins in the autumn, the independent school will welcome Mark Ebden as its new Deputy Head (Academic) and Andrew Passmore as its new Director
ONE of the most important tournaments of the year at Kingsdown Golf Club near Box has raised more than £530 for two local charities. The captains drive in saw 132 players roll up to be split into 33 teams for a Bowmaker competition with two player's
Recently a new police scheme has been set up to send pet owners information about dog thefts in their area. Assistant chief constable Deb Smith told the BBC that the free alert system had been set up in response to public concern about dog theft
SOUTH West financial experts Old Mill, which has already has offices in Melksham, Wells and Exeter, has acquired Yeovil-based family accountancy firm Ivan Rendall & Co. Established in 1956 by Ivan Rendall, Rendalls is one of the longest-established
Starting today, people in Warminster can order food via Uber Eats. The app allows customers to receive their next meal directly to their door at the touch of a button. Burger King is the first restaurant to launch in the area via the Uber Eats
A TROWBRIDGE secondary school is appealing for second-hand clothes to stage a 'pop-up prom' for its Year 11 pupils. The Clarendon Academy has issued an appeal for formalwear including prom/bridal dresses or suits. A spokeswoman said:
Police have released CCTV images of three men they want to speak to in connection with a high-value theft at a Marlborough shop. The trio of men stole premium skincare, make up, dental products and vitamins, believed to be worth a total of £1,500
A CORONAVIRUS fund grant has helped a furniture recycling charity stay in operation after its revenue plummeted during the lockdown. KFR in Devizes was awarded £9,500 from Wiltshire Community Foundation’s Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund
THE owner of Crockerton's Lakeside Garden Centre in Crockerton has gone the extra mile to make sure the Wylye Valley Art Trail can take place this year. The centre - which has been one of the main venues for the trail since 2009 - enables professional
A CORSHAM science company is one of the winners in this year’s Queen's Awards for Enterprise. The awards have been announced for 2021 and feature 19 companies from across the South West, including Glentham Life Sciences Ltd in Corsham, which has
MEMBERS of Warminster Town Council have agreed to spend £20,000 on two huge projects to help regenerate the local economy. They voted to award £10,000 to the Warminster Athenaeum Centre and a further £10,000 to regenerate the Central Warminster
SCOTLAND’S youngest-ever Michelin star chef has taken time out from getting his restaurant ready for reopening post lockdown, to talk to Wiltshire College & University Centre catering students. Tom Kitchin joined Level 2 and 3 students from
ONE of the candidates for the local elections in Trowbridge has urged Wiltshire Police to crack down hard on vandals after a newly-installed waste bin was vandalised. Antonio Piazza, the Tory Group leader on Trowbridge Town Council and one of the
PEOPLE in Warminster are now able to order food via Uber Eats from Thursday. The popular app will enable customers to receive their next meal directly to their door at the touch of a button. Customers can order from high street classic Burger
WITNESSES are being sought to a robbery on a cycle path in Hilperton in which a necklace was stolen. At around 12.30pm on Tuesday, April 20, a man was robbed on the path that runs behind The Mead Primary School on Hackett Place. The victim was
RESIDENTS in Warminster are being urged to support a local charity that aims to launch a community fridge. Warminster Action Group has no financial support to continue running, unlike bigger local charities. Group spokeswoman Annie Davis said
A fundraising appeal has been launched to help a Westbury removal business whose van was stolen from a layby. Organiser Richard Mason created the gofundme appeal last weekend to help ROS Transport of Bramble Drive. The company's van had broken
THIS year's Bath Half Marathon has been postponed for the second time until next March. Organisers said continuing uncertainty over the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and infrastructure work on roads in Bath city centre had forced them to postpone
POLICE in Bradford on Avon are seeking witnesses and offender for an unprovoked assault in the town's Victory Playing Fields. At about 9.30pm on Friday, April 16 a 16-year-old woman was hit by a thrown glass bottle and knocked unconscious.
Nearly 300 people from the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire boating community have been given their Covid jabs thanks to a floating vaccine centre. The unique project enables live-aboard boaters – who often face healthcare barriers
WILTSHIRE-based athlete Alice Wilson heads back to Yeovil on Saturday (May 1st) aiming to build upon her solid start to the new season. The 15-year-old Team Bath AC athlete from North Wraxhall, near Bradford-on-Avon, opened her summer campaign
KINGTON Langley Croquet Club kicked off its summer season with an inter-club derby in the absence of the usual regional competition. Normally at this time of year, the club’s two Short Croquet teams – the Apaches and the Braves – head down to Nailsea
