Corsham

Heytesbury has been named 'Best Newcomer

Heytesbury announced ‘Best Newcomer’ at Best Kept Village awards
HEYTESBURY has been named as the ‘Best Newcomer’ for 2022 in this year’s CPRE Wiltshire and CCm Technologies Best Kept Village Competition.

The lower jaw of the giant Pliosaur found in Westbury which will be on display at the town's museum from August 1-13.

‘Beast of Westbury’ is coming home this summer

One of the new picnic parks in Trowbridge town centre. Photo: Trevor Porter 68129-1

'Lovely idea but poorly executed' - Street picnic parks given mixed reception

Drivers told to expect delays as wide load travels through county tomorrow

Drivers told to expect delays as wide load travels through county tomorrow

Michael Lintern launches What An Education, his book of life in the building trade. Photo Trevor Porter 68083-1

Bradford-on-Avon stonemason launches second book

Cheers: Matt Brown and Kimberley Jones on the Honey’s Cider stall at Taste of Corsham. Photo: Trevor Porter 68109-03

Pictures: Hundreds brave the weather at Taste of Corsham street fair

One of the previous Kandu Arts projects

Arts charity hopes to give a voice to society’s marginalised

Second Lieutenant Max George

'An exceptional man'- Tributes paid to soldier who died in Wiltshire

Canal Trust volunteer Dave Maloney at Pewsham Locks.

Ambitious plans to restore key section of Wilts & Berks Canal receive big boost

From left to right: Mark Owen, Head of Freshwater; Nevin Hunter, Regional Enforcement Support Manager (South West England); Frank Hall Voluntary Bailiff; PC Emily Thomas, and Janusz Kansik, Building Bridges Project Manager. Photo: Wiltshire Police

Wiltshire PC lands a surprise catch

The sun rises over the Heel Stone at Stonehenge. Photo: PA News

Summer Solstice 2022 passes peacefully in Wiltshire

Professor Alice Roberts cuts the ribbon to officially open the new stone steps for Farleigh and District Swimming Club. Photo: Trevor Porter 68112-09

Popular TV presenter opens new stone steps for wild swimming club

Chippenham MP Michelle Donelan opening the the Swindon and Wiltshire Career's Hub Annual Conference on Thursday.

Michelle Donelan MP champions local skills at careers conference

This 1950 lorry from the former Ushers brewery in Trowbridge, a recent purchase from ex-employee Babs Conner, has returned to Wiltshire. Photo: Trevor Porter 68102-1

Wessex Vintage engine show is back with a bang

Food and Drink Festival organiser Lotte Duncan gets her face painted by Sophie Alvarez. Photo: Trevor Porter 68084-2

Food and drink festival attracts thousands as the sun shines

This 1950 Usher lorry has returned to Wiltshire, a recent purchase from Babs Conner, a former employee of Ushers Brewery in Trowbridge.
Photo: Trevor Porter 68102-1

Wessex Midsummer Vintage Show promises a look back in time

Ben Garland with the Harley Davidson motorcycle he was riding on the day he went missing. Photo: Garland family

Second fundraising event for Trowbridge man missing since 2020

Jayne Begley, from Westbury, has been awarded a British Empire Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

Westbury woman gets a BEM in Queen’s Birthday Honours

South Western Railway has urged passengers to only travel if

Rail strike: South Western Railway says only travel if 'absolutely necessary'

Henry Goodman as Hercule Poirot and Patrick Robinson as Monsieur Bouc in Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Orient Express. Photo: Johan Persson

THEATRE REVIEW: Murder On The Orient Express

Lisa Crick selling her colourful bags at the Weavers Market in Trowbridge. Photo: Trevor Porter 68085-1

Former fitness instructor goes international with bags made from waste material

Swindon Law Courts

Man pleads guilty to attempted robbery in Corsham

Suggs with Madness at Westonbirt Arboretum. Photo: Johnny Hathaway

CONCERT REVIEW: Madness at Westonbirt Arboretum

Child cruelty and neglect offences in the South West have risen by nearly a quarter. Image: NSPCC

Child cruelty and neglect offences in South West rise by nearly a quarter

Town dealt a blow as Barclays bank branch is to close for good

Police have warned a wide load will be travelling along the M4 towards Avonmouth this morning.

Drivers warned to beware wide load on the M4

Sir Tom Jones has postponed his live concert at Longleat to a date to be arranged. Photo: Getty Images

Sir Tom Jones postpones Live at Longleat concert

Wiltshire College & University Centre is to host a land-based Trade Show and Careers Fair ast Lackham on July 1 to celebrate and promote the diverse range of career options available across the sector.

College to host land-based trade show and careers fair at Lackham

Maureen Jardine with her expired passport and anxiously awaiting her new one. Photo: Trevor Porter 68054-2

Pensioner fears she may have to fork out another £75 after new passport goes missing

Cllr Sue Miller presents a framed certificate to former North Wraxall parish councillor Robert Dicks to commemorate his 39 years' service to the local community Photo: Glenys Gill

Long-serving councillor becomes first honorary freeman of the parish

Burning bright: the Queen's Platinum Jubilee beacon on the White Horse Hill at Westbury that could be seen for miles around. Photo: Trevor Porter 68601 -7

More than 40 beacons lit across Wiltshire to mark Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Left: Salisbury Law Courts. Right Richard Anthony Powell.

'I live in constant fear' - Victim of domestic violence urges other women to speak out

La bohème: April Koyejo-Audiger (Musetta), Phil Wilcox (Alcindoro) and Chorus. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith

THEATRE REVIEW: English Touring Opera at Bath's Theatre Royal

The accident scene on the B3109 near Bradford Leigh where a car with five passengers went out of control. Photo: Trevor Porter 68053

Two people suffer potentially life-threatening injuries after serious crash

Dancing in the street: Sussex Junction Morris entertain the crowds in the High Street at Chippenham Folk Festival. Photo: Trevor Porter

Hundreds turn out for Chippenham Folk Festival events

Sedona Rose and Ben Thornton in Crimes On Centre Court. Photo: Pamela Raith Photography

THEATRE REVIEW: Crimes on Centre Court

Free safety packs are available to boat owners and users on the Kennet & Avon Canal.

Free boat safety packs available to people who live or work on canal

Terry and Mary Baker, of The Botannic Nursery in Atworth, have won a gold medal at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Husband and wife team take gold at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Andrew Alexander will appear at Salisbury Law Courts

Man due in court charged with 14 burglaries across central and north Wiltshire

Dyson plans a huge £2.75 billion investment in advanced robotics in Hullavington, London and Singapore to create home robots capable of doing domestic chores and other tasks

Hundreds of new jobs as Dyson works on home robots

Sgt Will Ayres with Philip Wilkinson, the Swindon and Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Crash at Calne school and drug driving reported during police 'day of action'

The children at the Stagecoach Performing Arts School in Chippenham will be on stage at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London on Sunday

Talented students from Chippenham take to London stage

Baban Ghafoor's Turkish Style Barbers shop has horrified locals after he had it painted bright yellow.
Photo: Trevor Porter 68040-1

Bright yellow barbershop in trouble with council

Benjamin Harper

Man jailed for spate of motorbike thefts

Crash bang wallop as Sam Kelly at the controls of The Bistro Boys machine crashes into straw chicane. Photo: Trevor Porter 68025-10b

Thrills and spills galore at The White Horse Soap Box Derby

Juliet Davenport, the founder and former CEO of Good Energy in Chippenham

Renewable energy pioneer announces she is to step down from board of Wiltshire company

Peter Capaldi and Jack Lowden star in Benediction, a film about wartime poet Sigfreid Sassoon.

Film exploring the life of Wiltshire poet opens today - starring Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi

Leigh Evans with his massive scotch egg

Wiltshire chef breaks world record with MASSIVE veggie scotch egg weighing 8 kilos

Wiltshire Police arrested the man in Maiden Bradley

Melksham man arrested after police chase

Patrick Duffy as Daniel Corban and Linda Purl as Elizabeth Corban in Catch Me If You Can at Theatre Royal Bath. Photo: Jack Merriman

Theatre Review: Catch Me If You Can has more twists and turns than a corkscrew

Software developer Zbigniew Kajota is hoping to raise £10,000 to promote his new video game worldwide

Video games developer appeals for help to set up town studio

Residents in the Chippenham and Corsham areas have been contacted by people pretending to be from the 'Westminster Serious Fraud Squad' in a telephone scam.

Police warning on Westminster fraud squad phone scam

Two motorcycles were stolen in targeted burglaries in Trowbridge

Motorbikes worth thousands for sale stolen in Trowbridge burglaries

The A420 is bloc ked by a crash at the Biddestone to Yatton Keynell crossroads

Route blocked after crash