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PEOPLE living near the new MoD base in Corsham are delighted that Wiltshire Council has approved parking restrictions on Westwells Road, which will soon be implemented. Since the base opened last autumn residents surrounding the £850m communication

WALKERS in Melksham can now step back in time and follow the fascinating trail of Melksham’s former waterway. The Wilts and Berks Canal Trust has just reproduced a popular guide showing where the local stretch once passed through the town.

NINE workers at Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems in Melksham have raised £850 for Cancer Research UK by cycling 100 miles. The team finished “The Wrong Way Round” ride from Hyde Park Corner in London to Yatton Keynell in June, taking five hours to complete

TRIBUTES have been paid to racing driver Peter O’Shea, who died of a heart attack during a final qualifying session at Castle Combe Circuit. Mr O’Shea, 53, of Worcester, was driving his Swift Cooper during Saturday’s Formula Ford Championship meeting

DARREN Perrin has revealed that he has lodged an audacious attempt to sign Chippenham Town hotshot Lewis Powell. Frome Town have lodged a seven-day bid for the 21-year-old Welshman, who netted 15 league goals for the Bluebirds last season and in the

THE million-tonne milestone for recycling household waste has been reached by Wiltshire Council. The figure marks the success of a drive to encourage people to recycle rather than throw away and means millions of pounds has been saved in landfill tax

SIX years after they were head girl and deputy head boy at their Trowbridge school, Carly Burrows and Edward Ellis are tying the knot. The 23-year-olds were schoolfriends from the age of 14 at St Augustine’s Catholic College, and at 16 they started dating

TEENAGE goalkeeper Ed Baldy is hoping that he's made the first step of a long career in professional football after earning a contract to play in Scotland's top flight. The 18-year-old from Broughton Gifford, who spent last season playing for Paul Shanley's

LOCAL stalwart Mel Gingell says he decided to end his four-year spell in charge of Corsham Town after feeling that he couldn’t take the club any further. The former Wiltshire, Wiltshire u18s, Chippenham and Melksham Town boss, who took over from Colin

I WOULD like to thank a local business that has kindly donated the funds to allow the Trowbridge Community First Responder scheme to acquire a second rescue bag. St John Ambulance and the Great Western Ambulance Service run Community First Responder

IN THE the present time of cuts and hardship I’m surprised to learn that Melksham Without Parish Council are to spend ratepayers money on a new website. I wouldn’t mind but they aren’t capable of keeping the present one up to date. PETE APSEY Inwoods

I AM a student from the University of Exeter seeking people’s views on how the population of Trowbridge has changed over the past 10 years. My research is looking particularly at the influence of migration on the area. If anyone would be willing to discuss

THANK you Wiltshire Times for publishing the good news story regarding the new Trowbridge Civic Centre. As you rightly stress, this most significant asset to the town is on course to be delivered on time and within budget. There is one other positive

WE are constantly being told by our various councils that money is short and there must be cutbacks etc. I was under the impression that when money is short it is a good thing to spend what little there is on essentials. This does not seem to have been

IT WAS saddening to read the article about the fencing of the Trowbridge Town field in North Bradley. The picture gives the impression of a school bully: “We have possession and you can go ............”. I thought that there was still room

WITH regard to your report of the threat of a so-called wind farm at West Ashton you are right to say the nearest wind farm is in Oxfordshire, which is at Great Coxwell. Anybody wishing to see the effect of wind turbines on the landscape and of villages

THE residents of Westcroft Street are right to be concerned about the new storage facility opened up by Shanley's on the former Pipeline centre. Our home backs on to Green Lane, at the end of which is a scrapyard belonging to Mr Shanley. Regularly we

I ENTIRELY agree with your correspondent Margaret Purves, and her summarisation of the Bradford on Avon Town Council and their arrogant disregard of the townsfolk’s decision to refuse the cable stay bridge. Instead of attempting to spend c £1m on a

I WOULD just like to thank the kind and thoughtful person who took the trouble to retrieve my handbag from where I had left it hanging on my shopping trolley in the Sainsburys car park, Melksham, on July 30. I realised what I had done by the time I reached

I’M not for one moment defending Wiltshire Council for increasing car parking charges. However I was interested in Nick Clegg’s comments recently on his visit to Wiltshire. He attacked the council for increasing parking charges. Someone should point

JUST reading the Wiltshire Times after returning from holiday in Scotland noticed the story about parking. I think that people should have the first hour, maybe two, free, as in Scotland the parking is free. I could not believe it, totally free. And

FOR a body focused on the past, Bradford Preservation Trust seems to have an increasingly short memory (Trust plan is clear, WT Letters, August 12). Understandably, perhaps, it appears to have forgotten saying – way back in June, in its ‘vote for no

WHAT is the matter with Trowbridge Town Council? I have just returned from an early morning trip to the bank on a Monday; the empty shops, of which there are many, have jolly pictures in their windows, even curtains in one to hide the sad scene, not

IN a letter from Wiltshire Council received recently I discovered that less than £4,000 was made from Warminster car parks last year. It now seems that this financial year a loss will be made across Wiltshire. Warminster’s ever-supportive town council

WITH regard to your report of the threat of a so-called wind farm at West Ashton you are right to say the nearest wind farm is in Oxfordshire, which is at Great Coxwell. Anybody wishing to see the effect of wind turbines on the landscape and of villages

DETECTIVES investigating the disappearance of fitness instructor Dono-van Van Lill have released CCTV footage of two men seen near his home the morning he vanished. The footage, released as part of a reinvestigation into his suspected murder, shows the

SOMBRE winner Ben Norton dedicated his victory at Saturday’s August Cup meeting at to fellow Formula Ford competitor, Peter O’Shea, who died after suffering a heart attack during a qualifying session, writes John Moon His car came to a rest on the infield

CAMPAIGNERS have won their fight to upgrade a footpath in Seend into a restricted byway. The footpath has been closed for a number of years but, after a four-day public inquiry earlier this year, Government planning inspector Martin Elliott has found

COUNTY golf chiefs are hoping to build on a golden era of Wiltshire performance after launching a three-year plan to sustain their success. The Wiltshire Golf Union (WGU) is hoping sponsors will come on board to help them implement their ideas, which

NICK Blackwell is confident he can cement his status as one of the country's most promising middleweights by learning the lessons from the first professional defeat of his career. 'Bang Bang' Blackwell, 20, will step back between the ropes on a Friday

LARGE crowds turned out for the Seend Fete and Flower Show. Organisers said it was one of the best in recent years, with people coming from all over to enjoy traditional village fun on Saturday. Fete chairman Fiona Johnson said: “It was a fantastic

BRADFORD on Avon paddler Ed McKeever will aim to retain his world title in Hungary this weekend. The former St Laurence School pupil, whose family live in Farleigh Wick, will defend the K1 200m crown he won in Poznan, Poland, last summer and guarantee

HUNDREDS of A-level students in west Wiltshire are celebrating as they look to the future after receiving their results on Thursday. Pupils gathered at schools from as early as 8am to see if they had got the grades they need to take up places at increasingly

BRAVE Nicole Chorley returned home from her life-changing operation in America this week and now she can’t wait to play with all her friends. The six-year-old cerebral palsy sufferer, of Hebden Road, Westwood, had pioneering surgery on her spine, hamstrings

IN SHORT, I have to say that I absolutely did not see the England result against Wales in Cardiff coming at all. The game gave everyone a lot more questions than answers but one thing is for sure - it's a good job that the World Cup isn't starting tomorrow

POLICE have launched an investigation after a biker lying injured in the road after falling from his motorcycle died after he was run over by an ambulance responding to a separate 999 call. Michael Colley, 33, from Calne, had come off his Suzuki

POLICE are searching for drug dealer and fraudster Martin Evans, who has absconded from Erlestoke Prison. Evans, 49, had been allowed out of the prison on August 5 for a weekend visit to his family in Swansea, but failed to return. Evans had been at

FROME Town boss Darren Perrin is hoping that his players now believe that they are capable of succeeding in the Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division after claiming victory in their first two games of the season. On Wednesday night, the Robins followed

TROWBRIDGE Town boss Paul Blake has his sights set firmly on enjoying his first home game in charge tomorrow after seeing his side slip to a disappointing defeat at Malmesbury Victoria on Tuesday evening. Mark Field netted a hat-trick for the home side

MELKSHAM Town are the early pacesetters in the Toolstation League First Division after Gary Higdon scored four times in their dominant victory at Welton Rovers on Tuesday evening. The Melksham striker had a hat-trick inside 27 minutes, adding a lobbed

WESTBURY United earned a point from a six-goal thriller on Tuesday night as they drew at Chard Town. Liam Cleal netted twice for the home side in the first-half, with John Hurford also on target, but Sam Gooding and Phil Alford’s side hit back. Beau

CORSHAM Town suffered the full brunt of Odd Down’s backlash to their 7-1 opening day defeat to Merthyr Town, as Trevor Rawlings’ side were thrashed 6-0 on Wednesday night. Kye Simpson put the visitors ahead before Mark Keen and Troy Simpson had the Bath

BRADFORD Town opened the new Toolstation League First Division season with a goalless draw away to Chard Town. Paul Shanley’s men are in FA Cup action tomorrow, where they face a tough trip to Hellenic League Premier Division outfit Slimbridge in the

WE’RE right at the end of the season now and that also means that it’s the end of the summer, which isn’t a good thing! We’ve been getting ready for our last minor counties match of the season up in Shropshire this weekend and it seems like the season

WARMINSTER Town chief Jason Guy declared himself pleased with his side’s opening day display last Saturday as they earned a point against Stockbridge. During a closely-fought encounter, Micheal Reaney put the home side ahead at Weymouth Street

CHAMPIONS elect Winsley are closing in on the Wiltshire Division title and promotion to the Glos/Wilts Division but they were made to work hard by Marlborough. Charlie Holton’s side won the toss and chose to bowl first, with Josh Rurawhe turning the

CAPTAIN Joe Breet excelled once again as Westbury saw off Taunton by eight runs on Saturday Breet added superb bowling figures of 4-36 from 10 overs to a rampant 84 with the bat to play the key role in Westbury’s win. Batting first, Westbury started

CORSHAM had a day to forget when they visited Weston-super-Mare on Saturday. The visitors were dismissed for just 74, with only Tom Abbott (11) and Ashur Morrison (11) making double figures. For Weston, Sean Stringer took 5-30 in eight-and-a-half overs

WARMINSTER pushed themselves away from danger with a 68-run win over Illminster. In the first innings Warminster relied on two partnerships - between Richie Underdown (42) and Tom Davie (41) for the third wicket and between Neil Dredge (23) and Miikee

CHIPPENHAM were trounced by eight wickets at Ashcott & Shapwick. Only Uzi Qureshi (64) put up any resistance as the away side were bowled out for 109, with Ben Rudge (4-30) the pick of the attack. Qureshi’s half-century included seven fours and occupied

BIDDESTONE moved into second spot in the WEPL Glos/Wilts Division with a four-wicket victory over Stroud. Naeem Khan continued his rich vein of form as Stroud batted first, claiming 5-21 in 15 economic overs. Only Ed Mobbs, with 52 not out, was able