WORK is due to start in September to supply electricity for Highways England’s controversial £1.7 billion A303 Amesbury-to-Berwick Down upgrade past Stonehenge. To supply power for future construction and the proposed 2.1-mile long tunnel, a section
A SHED was completely destroyed in a fire in Melksham and guttering on a house was also damaged. Two crews from Corsham fire station extinguished the fire using two breathing apparatus and two hose reel jets. The firefighters also used wo thermal
PLANS to build an artificial 3G pitch in Hilperton have been rubber stamped by Wiltshire Council. Doric Park, which has become a major talking point for Trowbridge Town Council, has been approved by the local authority's Western Area Planning Committee
WILTSHIRE Scrapstore & Resource Centre has taken delivery of a second-hand van to replace its current 22-year-old vehicle. The van was donated to the Lacock charity by Chippenham-based GreenSquareAccord housing group following an approach for help
THE Drynham ward in Trowbridge is one of the town's cleanest, according to councillors and volunteers who helped out on litter picks over the weekend. Groups of Conservative and Liberal Democrat town councillors and volunteers went out on Sunday
Wiltshire MPs have shared their reactions to the “radical” boundary changes proposed for the county’s constituencies (CC). The proposals, released by the Boundary Commission this week, show dramatic changes to the political makeup of Wiltshire
PUBS across north and west Wiltshire are urging England soccer fans to book their tables in advance to watch the Euro 2020 football matches. All Euro 2020 games will be shown live on terrestrial TV, with BBC and ITV sharing the rights. England
CHIPPENHAM MP Michelle Donelan says there’s “great potential” to create a vibrant quarter for leisure and business in Melksham’s Avonside area following a meeting with its owners. The Avonside area has been hosting a popular street food pop-up
A CHEF who was furloughed from his job during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown has launched a new brasserie with help from villagers in Holt. Dean Toon has opened his new restaurant, The Hidden Chef, in a unit at St George's Works, off Silver Street
STREET artist Tom Miller has won praise from passers-by and visitors to the Windows on Nature Art Trail in Trowbridge for his stunning mural next to the former Bowyers factory site. Tom, whose street art name is Miller, spent 30 hours over three
Rishi Sunak was willing to accept a short delay to Step 4 of the road map to ending the lockdown amid a rise in cases, it is understood. A Whitehall source pointed towards the Treasury having gone “long” on emergency coronavirus support packages
British Airways and Ryanair are being investigated over breaching consumer laws over not offering Covid-19 refunds when trips were cancelled. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the companies should have issued refunds for the cancelled
Fire crews from Chippenham and Corsham tackled an electrical fire on Tuesday (June 8.) They were called to the scene, on Westwells Road in Corsham, at 11.45pm. Once there, crews confirmed an electrical fire on site on the ground floor. The
Choosing a name for your child can be one of the toughest decisions new parents are likely to face. Unless a family rule is to name a child after a family member then there is a plethora of names out their and it can be difficult to decide on the
The proposed sharing of data of patients from GP surgeries in England will still go ahead this year despite its delay following privacy concerns. The UK Government had planned to allow data to be shared from 1 July, but it has now been pushed back
The NHS has witnessed a “Glastonbury-style” surge in vaccine bookings after the rollout was expanded to 25 to 29-year-olds in England, health chiefs have said. On Tuesday, half a million jabs were booked in a rush likened to the annual scramble
Gavin Williamson has branded a move to remove a picture of the Queen by Oxford University students as “simply absurd”. Oxford University students reportedly made the decision to remove the Queen’s picture from their common room, because she is
This summer will see the start of Euro 2020, an international tournament which sees the best 24 football teams from across Europe compete over four weeks of fixtures Originally scheduled for last summer was rescheduled amid the coronavirus pandemic
An unsightly pile of soil has caused residents in Corsham to feel like they have become “trapped in a fish bowl”. In recent weeks house builder Redcliffe Homes has been bringing in large quantities of topsoil to cover subsoil that had been left
A bright new sculpture has appeared in Corsham - thanks to a collaboration between the Town Council and a local artist. Last year, the Town Council commissioned artist and local resident Anya Beaumont to create a new gateway for the Valley Road
