Wiltshire County, England News

Westbury's Wiltshire Air Ambulance Supporters' Shop celebrated its 16th anniversary on Saturday as shoppers joined staff for a coffee morning.

From left, top, Jean Newman, Di Barnett, Anne Coates, Ann Morland, Pippa Smith; below, Norman Swanney and Ann Berry in the leaking hall A retired Trowbridge rector has released a book of reflections to help fund roof repairs at St John's Church Hall in Upper Studley.

Michael Copland-Griffiths, right, with Neil White, left, and Dominic Hayhoe from Forces War Records who are offering a reward for the return of the stolen statue A reward of A 2,000 is being offered for the recovery of Wingfield's 93-year-old bronze statue of Christ which was stolen from the village's First World War memorial.

Andrew Snook next to the crater on his farm at Patney after an Army shell landed in a field near the main Penzance-Paddington railway line The Army has issued a statement following a meeting with Patney Parish Council after a shell went astray saying that 'additional safeguards' are now in place.

Bradford on Avon author Suzannah Dunn's 12th novel explores a period in the life of Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour, that has rarely been touched on in research.

TALKS are being held today which could lead to money being secured for some of the town's major infrastructure projects to be built.

EVERY day for the next month the Adver will be teaming up with Wiltshire Police to publish CCTV images of suspects they want to speak to about unsolved crimes around Swindon.

Residents in Warminster are celebrating their victory over developers after Wiltshire Council refused planning permission for 60 homes near Dorothy Walk.

Pupils at St Mary's in Calne have helped to raise A 11,500 for The Armed Forces Fund by performing at an opera night in London last week.

Congestion concerns continue to arise as Dyson in Malmesbury says it may install a second roundabout to cope with its major expansion plans.

Concerns have been raised over the lack of affordable housing in and around Malmesbury, as the GreenSquare Housing Association sells off properties.

A SUSPECTED rapist is still at large as police re-appeal for vital information that could help them trace the attacker.

Wiltshire Air Ambulance posted an open message on Twitter to the "idiot in Devizes" who shone a laser at its helicopter as it prepared to land Devizes police have condemned as stupid and dangerous the actions of someone who shone a laser pointer at the Wiltshire Air Ambulance helicopter as it flew over the town.

Vivien Norfolk, Gill Winfield, Joyce Shaw and Roy Hobson are annoyed at the length of time they have had to wait for their flats' lift to be fixed A group of retired residents are fed up with having to climb two flights of stairs to their flats because a lift has not been repaired since it flooded on Christmas Eve.

PEOPLE power is being hailed as the victor as controversial plans to build a biomass plant in Cheney Manor have been officially thrown out by the council.

Singer-songwriter Charlie-Anne Bradfield, who said it is an honour to open this year's Pride of Swindon awards The talented teen stepped into the breach after the death of former town crier Fred Ferris last November left the awards without an introduction.

More than 130 pupils of Queens Crescent School, Chippenham, had fun joining in the Big Pedal inter-school competition, which aims to get more children active by cycling and scooting to school.

Ben Nicholson, of Lyndhurst Crescent, Swindon, and Brandon Day, of Faulkner Street, Oxford, pleaded guilty to possessing drugs with intent to supply.

The school is also taking part in the national Read For My School challenge, run by BookTrust and the Pearson Foundation.

A decision on a controversial 80-hectare solar farm on the edge of Melksham has been delayed to allow councillors to visit the site.