Wiltshire County, England News

Wiltshire Police are appealing for information after someone dented a door panel and smashed a window of a Kia Picanto Wiltshire Police are appealing for information after someone dented a door panel and smashed a window of a Kia Picanto parked in Barley Close, Malmesbury, on Saturday night or early on Sunday.

CHILDREN around the town will be drawing out their swords and slaying dragons today to celebrate St George's Day, the patron saint of England.

It was another sell-out year for the traditional Bradford on Avon Duck Race on Easter Monday, with hundreds of families turning out to watch the annual event and enjoy the sun.

The organisation was set up 33 years ago to improve stroke sufferers' quality of life, as well as their carers', and meets once a week.

A DEBATE on the place of Christianity in 21st century Britain has sparked conflicting opinions in Swindon following David Cameron's description of the UK as a Christian nation.

Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems is creating more than 20 jobs at its works in Melksham and further posts are in the pipeline.

THE final stage of the A 7m project to alleviate flooding problems around Cheney Manor will begin today with a four-week closure of the road leading into Cheney Manor Industrial Estate.

Wiltshire Air Ambulance clinical team leader Richard Miller, Blade Honda Chippenham general manager Simon Hawker and air ambulance paramedic Luke MacCallum A Chippenham car dealership has donated a new car to help Wiltshire Air Ambulance raise awareness of its life-saving service across the county.

A group of travellers camping by a derelict building on Hungerdown Lane in Chippenham have moved on after being given notice by Wiltshire Council and police A group of travellers camping by a derelict building in Hungerdown Lane, Chippenham, have moved after being given notice by Wiltshire Council and police.

LACOCK FC will face second division stablemates Trowbridge Town Reserves in the EJ Shanley & Sons-sponsored Spring Cup final this Friday evening at Warminster Town's Weymouth Street Ground.

Three Golden Lion Bridges existed on the spot where Bridge Street today meets Canal Walk.

Devizes residents have always taken priority for allotments at the Quakers Walk and Windsor Drive but the town council's recreation and properties committee was told that there are vacant plots but no Devizes residents were on the waiting list.

VILLAGES around the A420 are expecting delays, gridlock, speeding, collisions and even injuries when Oxfordshire County Council closes the A420 for seven weeks in July.

A 68-year-old man was appearing before magistrates in Chippenham today charged with the murder of a woman aged 64 Wiltshire Police have confirmed that Leonard Webb, aged 68, of Avondown Road, Durrington, has been charged with the murder of a woman, aged 64.

OVER the past six months a grassroots movement has been growing in Swindon which is seeking to improve the reputation of politics in the town.

FINGERS are being crossed that a spring frost stays away for the rest of the month so crops will be ready for picking on time at Lotmead Farm.

Staff and pupils at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School in Devizes celebrated the school's 150th anniversary and their patron saint's day by dressing up in Victorian costume.

Budding vocalists are ready to burst into song and help make Calne Town Council's first Spring Sing a success so that it becomes an annual event.

Charlotte Stacey, funeral arranger at John Stuart, and funeral director Paul McDonald with the donated Easter eggs BY DIANE VOSE AN appeal to spread some Easter cheer to worthy causes has led to more than 180 Easter Eggs being donated in Devizes.

From left are Kevin Daly, Police Community Clubs of Great Britain, children from Corsham Primary, Duncan Hames MP, centre and Gavin Champion, HR manager for Cooper Tires Barney & Echo storybooks were recently presented to children at Corsham Primary School as part of a new partnership aimed at preventing children becoming involved with anti-social ... (more)