Wiltshire County, England News

The parents of six-year-old Ellie Davidson, who is suffering with leukaemia, are urging people to help find them find her a lifesaving bone marrow donor.

The blaze, which broke out at Swindon Skips on Wednesday evening, is still causing low lying smoke in the area, and Swindon Council have tweeted this morning that the centre has been closed until further notice.

Urgent action must be taken to stop the derelict Assize Courts from deteriorating further, Devizes town councillors have told Wiltshire Council.

Fans of TV chef Tom Kerridge will get a chance to taste some of his pub grub first-hand later this month when he visits Walter Rose and Son in Devizes to host a cookery session.

First Great Western's draft timetable has an additional six trains a day in each direction from Monday to Saturday - meaning there will be one train approximately every two hours, including early morning and evening services in both directions.

It will also hold a customer forum at the Kings Arms, in the Market Place, on January 9, from 4.30pm to 8.30pm.

POLICE have released their second e-fit of the week as they step up their investigation into two sexual assaults committed in Swindon which remain unsolved.

Aviation has taken me to many places - from the wilds of Africa to the forests of Sweden.

Wessex Water announced that they would keep their bills below inflation, but Thames Water says it wants to raise bills Water bills across most of the West could go down in real terms for the rest of this decade but there was growing anger in one unfortunate corner of the region, where residents are facing a rise in bills.

Three Wiltshire-based charities have been nominated to share part of a A 500 cash boost this Christmas, with the amount they receive decided by a public poll.

Santa has set off to visit children in Calne thanks to the kindness of a company that helped to fit two new tyres on his sleigh for free.

DEVOTED staff at a therapeutic pool in Stratton have received an early Christmas present in the form of a A 3,000 cash boost from Lloyds Bank's community fund.

THE leader of Swindon Council has locked horns with the parish council in his ward over what he sees as a political agenda in their publications.

According to Wiltshire Police, the 16-year-old girl ran out into traffic causing the collision with the blue Ford Fiesta, on the A350 Beanacre Road near Aldi, at 5.30pm.

This year's Bromham Pudding Run has raised around A 4,500 for pupils at St Nicholas Primary School thanks to 438 people who completed the 10k course.

Thirty five officers and staff members across Wiltshire Police are under way on their quest to run 250 miles each in 125 days.

Soldier Andrew Murgatroyd died of alcohol poisoning and inhaling his vomit after his army friend plied him with 16 shots of spirits in 45 minutes, an inquest heard.

A Bradford on Avon DVD showcasing the changes the town has been through over the last eight years was released this week.

SHAFTESBURY put on a show to rival towns twice its size when it staged the switching on of its Christmas tree lights on Monday.

The council won one of only three Best Practice Certificates in the UK in the European Public Service Awards on Weathering the European Storm in the category of partnerships.