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  • Trowbridge Christmas lights switch on

    A SLEIGH carrying an ice Queen accompanied by soldiers and elves carrying lanterns will parade through the centre of Trowbridge as the Christmas lights are switched on on December 5. The lantern parade along Fore Street is just one of a host of spectacular

  • Hundreds of affordable homes to be built in West Wiltshire

    Hundreds of affordable homes will be built across west Wiltshire after Wiltshire Council’s cabinet gave the go ahead for a PFI scheme yesterday. Councillors endorsed the final business case to build 242 homes in the district, with outline plans

  • MOONRAKER NETBALL LEAGUE: BMT end Fitzmaurice jinx

    BMT 33 Fitzmaurice 15 BMT beaten frequently by Fitz in the past, were were 8-7 ahead after the first quarter. The second produced a more determined effort, the shooting being accurate, while the centres and defence were solid, leaving

  • EQUESTRIAN: Pony Club duo on their way to finals

    GRACE Warden and Emily McKeowen, both members of the Avon Vale Pony Club, have booked early tickets to the regional finals of the Dengie Winter League Dressage Championships. The Championship series, open to Pony Club members, runs from October

  • Shoebox appeal was a tall order for village school pupils

    Children at The Mead Community Primary School near Trowbridge have joined forces to amass more than 100 shoeboxes for the Operation Christmas Child appeal. The school’s Wingfield base managed to collect 68 wrapped shoeboxes filled with gifts for underpriviliged

  • TROWBRIDGE & DISTRICT LEAGUE: Wanderers see off Ashton

    DIVISION ONE Trowbridge Wanderers 5 Steeple Ashton FC 2 WANDERERS hosted Steeple Ashton with both teams level on points. The home side came straight out the blocks and played some great football from the off. It wasn’t

  • TEAM OF THE WEEK: Audley FC

    THE Wiltshire Times & Chippenham News-sponsored Team of the Week award for November 22 has been awarded to Second Division side Audley FC. From the 17 matches that beat the elements, there were three outstanding victories that could have made the choice

  • Police reveal identity of A36 crash victim

    A 22-year-old man who died in a horrific crash on the A36 near the Warminster village of Codford on Sunday has been named by police. Edward Atkinson, from Camerton near Bath, was driving a blue Saab towards Salisbury when the crash happened just after

  • Corsham man airlifted after fall from ladder

    A Corsham man has been airlifted to the Royal United Hospital in Bath after falling 20ft from a ladder while cleaning his windows. The 58-year-old man was taken to hospital with suspected spinal injuries at 9.55am this morning by the Wiltshire Air Ambulance

  • RUGBY: Corsham Barbarians 19 Melksham Vets 10

    CORSHAM Barbarians, the club's resurrected veterans team, ran out winners over their Melksham counterparts in a hard-fought match at Lacock Road on Saturday. Despite the driving rain, the match served up a lively tussle marked by some impressive

  • Melanie Hall's funeral service to be held at Bath Abbey

    After 13 long years, the family of murdered Bradford on Avon woman Melanie Hall will finally have the chance to say their goodbyes at a funeral service to be held next month. Hundreds of people who have been touched by the tragic story of Miss

  • Review: Cabaret, Bristol Hippodrome

    Resembling a German Carry On film, brimming with bare flesh and slap and tickle, Cabaret envelops you into the decadent heart of 1930s Berlin. Be prepared for acres of flesh and dancers of all sizes in skin tight black leather outfits, even

  • RUGBY: Marlborough 2nd 9 Corsham 3rd 32

    CORSHAM'S third string maintained their 100 per cent start to the season with a solid display in Saturday's rearranged Dorset & Wilts Division 3 North encounter at Marlborough. In foul conditions, the visitors adapted quickest to the elements and they

  • Charity thanks Warminster firm for helping aid effort

    A charity helping children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has thanked the business that gave them a new base for its containers used to collect valuable aid. Chernobyl Children in Need, of Westbury, had been looking for a new home for its