Wiltshire County, England News

Trowbridge man Stephen Wiltshire has been ordered to pay A 20,000 in compensation after he wrote fraudulent cheques to himself while employed as a finance manager.

A teenager who is accused of taking part in a house burglary has been remanded in custody by a judge.

THE A 3,000 raised at the 2013 Last Night of the Proms concert in November was formally donated to Prospect Hospice and Friends of Swindon Young Musicians yesterday.

The nursery, based in Pipers Way, is one of 214 provisions run by Busy Bees Day Nurseries Limited across the country, with two others in Swindon at St Andrews Ridge and Peatmoor.

Chef Dan Preen gives Corsham School pupils Matthew Lines, Luke Hasler and Elizabeth Renaham a masterclass at the Rudloe Arms A-level food technology students from The Corsham School have been learning from the best during a master class at a top hotel.

Matravers students George Beer and Rory Tucker completed a canal run from Bradford on Avon to Devizes on February 24 in aid of cancer research.

Cyclists and scooter riders will be taking over a Corsham neighbourhood next weekend, as the town gets involved with the BBC's Sport Relief appeal.

Bradford on Avon mayor John Potter has closed his Bath shop John's Bikes after 38 years in the business.

Manager Matt Scott is looking forward to welcoming all clubbers when The Pink Rooms is rebranded as the VIP Club Lounge SWINDON's only gay club is to throw open its doors to the whole community after owner Matt Hearn decided there is no need to pigeon hole clubbers.

Swindon Town owner Lee Power has confirmed that the club has scrapped plans to move its training bases to the Beversbrook facility in Calne.

Dexter, a fawn-coloured ten-month-old, won the best male Briard puppy category at the world-famous dog show at the Birmingham NEC.

Mum Caroline Farley is very grateful for the difference that Trowbridge children's charity Stepping Stones has made to her daughter's life.

The Wilshire and Swindon Local Enterprise Partnership has handed four private firms more than A 100,000 of public money but is refusing to say who two of them are.

New housing requirements for Chippenham - with no maximum figure for new builds - have prompted fears that the town is at the mercy of developers.

Police are looking for the owners of a road bike and a mountain bike which were recovered from an address in Calne last week and are believed to have been stolen.

Following the success of similar stores in Melksham, Chippenham and Bath, the Winsley-based hospice has taken over the former Blockbuster unit in Wicker Hill next door to the charity's clearance store.

Little Freddie Scratchley knew exactly what he wanted to do when his mum told him his friends at Devizes Opportunity Centre needed cash.

DAD Lee Coe is to get on his bike to help raise funds for Devizes Opportunity Centre to thank it for helping his two sons.

Police are appealing for information after a child was attacked by a brown staffie-cross dog on Portman Road, Melksham.

Headteacher Lorraine Colquhoun is delighted her school has boosted the coffers of our Give Us A Chance appeal by more than A 130.