Members of Steeple Ashton Women’s Institute gathered at the village green on Saturday to mark their 60th anniversary with the installation of a new bench. An existing bench, first put in in 1965, was replaced, and WI member Sue Culverhouse said the original
It may not be populated with herds of gazelle or prides of lions, but people will have the chance to go on safari across Salisbury Plain later this month. The safaris across Europe’s largest grass chalkland are being organised by the Great
Creative youngsters will be able to unleash their imaginations in a series of free workshops run by BBC Blast. Blast is the BBC’s youth creativity service and gives teenagers the chance to try new skills, showcase their own work and find out
A homeless man caught red-handed as he burgled his grandparents’ house in Melksham has avoided a jail sentence after a judge heard how his victims were supporting him. Lee Wilshire’s grandmother accompanied him to court where he faced sentencing for
The founders of the oldest weekly market in Westbury proved that those who said it wouldn’t last were wrong as they celebrated its 25th anniversary on Friday. Westbury Country Market opened on May 10, 1985, in All Saints Church hall in Maristow Street
A 33-year-old Warminster man is due to appear before magistrates in Salisbury tomorrow accused of smashing up a car with a hammer after a dispute at the town’s Conservative Club. The incident is alleged to have happened at the club in Prestbury
Melksham's second food and drink festival has received a boost after receiving the official backing of London brewery Fuller’s. The brewery, owned by the Fuller family, of the Neston Park estate, near Corsham, has become an official sponsor
IF Corsham Centre avoid defeat against Dog & Fox Ashley at Meriton Avenve on Thursday evening then Martin Bradfield’s side will be crowned as Premier Division winners for a fifth successive season. Despite having not lost any of their 20 matches to
WINSLEY finished the season on a high with a 3-1 victory when they hosted Westbury Rangers A at Brown’s Park, Freshford on Wednesday evening after the game was switched from Meadow Lane. Winsley were beaten 6-2 in the reverse fixture and could have
The chairman of a writing group in Warminster, who was airlifted to hospital after breaking her back in a horse riding accident, has launched the group’s latest anthology in aid of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance Appeal. Lord Bath helped Warminster Writers
A course to help carers of relatives with dementia will be held in a Melksham hotel next month. The free six-week course starts at the King’s Arms Hotel, in Market Place, in June and will teach carers of those with memory loss about coping strategies
A Trowbridge man has organised a 24-hour charity karting event to raise money for research into a hereditary disease which his wife suffers from. Martin Maskelyne, 42, and his friend Kevin Beard are organising a second karting event at Hullavington
