CHIPPENHAM MP Michelle Donelan is pushing for Bradford on Avon residents to get a say over the future of the town’s social distancing one-way scheme. The temporary scheme was introduced in August last year for a trial period lasting 6-18 months
POLICE have this afternoon appealed for the public’s help in locating a 13-year-old girl who has gone missing in Trowbridge. Olga Minev was last seen leaving her home address in the town early this morning. She has not been seen since and concerns
Melksham Town Council has thanked one brave resident who sprang into action during the King George V blaze. Verincianu Ovidiu, was presented with a gift certificate by town clerk Linda Roberts this week for dragging the burning picnic table away
WHAT is the best chip shop in Wiltshire? We’re launching a competition to find out. Takeaway food has been a ray of sunshine for many people throughout multiple lockdowns and virtual drinks, events and endless evenings in over the past year.
The UK is on track to experience the warmest weekend of the year as football fans prepare to Euro 2020 to kick off. Temperatures on Friday, Saturday and Sunday are predicted to see highs in the mid-20s, with Sunday lined up to be the warmest day
A Wiltshire man is to appear at Swindon Magistrates Court on June 17 charged with two offences of assaulting a pregnant woman by beating on separate occasions. Connor Wilcox, 23, of Pickwick Villas, Corsham, has already appeared before Swindon
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
More than 800 Covid fines have been handed out by Wiltshire Police since the start of the pandemic. The force has doled out 885 fixed penalty notices to people who have been found in breach of Covid regulations, it has been revealed. On June
A woman who has been missing from her Trowbridge home for 34 days has been found safe and well. Wiltshire Police said Michelle Henley has been located but did not reveal where. In a statement, police said: "We’re pleased to report that Michelle
LORD Margadale has given the green light to the Wiltshire Whisky Distillery Company to develop a world-class single-estate spirits distillery on his picturesque Fonthill Estate near Fonthill Gifford. The team of industry experts behind the venture
AROUND 40 climate activists from the Bath and Bradford on Avon areas are to protest at the G7 summit taking place in Cornwall this week. They are travelling down to Carbis Bay near St Ives to join a massive climate activist presence throughout the
A WEST Wiltshire search marketing agency is doing its bit to help protect the environment and avoid pollution. Varn Search Marketing, of Bradford on Avon, has collected over 40,000 crisp packets for specialised recycling, to the point where the
Football fans in Wiltshire have been told to behave by police, as the country prepares for the start of the European Championships tomorrow (June 11). Wiltshire Police, along with Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council, have teamed up to
A pensioner who lives on the main A36 to Bath has warned that it’s likely the road will have to be closed for several months for emergency repairs that could cost several million pounds. Wil Bailey has expressed serious concerns to Highways England
PEOPLE in Melksham and the surrounding villages are being urged to complete a short questionnaire about how they travel to and through the town. It forms the first stage in a five-month exercise by Melksham Town Council called Priority for People
INDEPENDENT financial adviser Daniel Wiltshire, of Wiltshire Wealth, has opened new offices in Silver Street, Bradford on Avon. They were opened by the town's former mayor Cllr Simon McNeill-Ritchie who said he was "delighted" to see another business
More than one million doses of the lifesaving coronavirus vaccine have been given out to people across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire. As of Tuesday, June 8 the current number of vaccines given out in the region stood at 1,020,056
MORE than 330 people have signed a petition to stop a South West-based housing developer accessing a Trowbridge estate to build hundreds of new homes. Residents of South View Park are objecting strongly to their estate being used for access by
THE father of missing Trowbridge man Ben Garland fears his son's body will never be found. Ben Garland, 24, has been missing in Ibiza since January 21 last year after riding his Harley Davidson bike to the coast. He had ridden out near the
