Bradford on Avon, England News

The golden postbox in Bradford on Avon is being repainted gold this week as part of Royal Mail's nationwide project to strip back and repaint all 100 of its Olympic monuments in the United Kingdom.

Three Bradford on Avon teenagers have received Royal Humane Society awards after rescuing a girl from the swollen River Avon.

In Holt, seven garages, two sheds and two homes were targeted overnight last Friday.

A GROUP of 10 Bradford on Avon Brownies took to the water to learn new skills and achieve their water sports badges.

GARETH Heard says he's chomping at the bit to leap into the ring and challenge for the first title of his career tomorrow night.

A girl from Bradford on Avon is moving up in the chess world after finishing as the runner-up in her category in the Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge Megafinal.

CONTENDER Gym trainer Mark Kent has revealed that he has pulled Nick Blackwell out of his fight with Stepan Horvarth in Swindon this weekend.

In Holt seven garages, two sheds and two homes were targeted overnight from Friday to Saturday .

Evidence of Michael Chudley's litigious nature emerged at his murder trial on Friday when former gun dealer Mark Westall gave evidence at Salisbury Crown Court.

Bradford on Avon is a step closer to reducing its carbon footprint after the unveiling of its first electric car charging station.

Bradford on Avon's community production of Noye's Fludde is taking shape in time for the show next month.

A record number of people stepped out for the sixth annual Walk of Life to raise money for Royal United Hospital's new cancer centre in Bath.

Last week the Government announced a A 1.9million grant to alleviate congestion on the A350 at Chippenham.

A car fire on Lower Westbury Road in Bratton spread to two terraced properties on Saturday, causing external damage to both houses.

A fallen tree that struck a boat blocked navigation on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Bradford on Avon for 13 hours last week.

People in Bradford on Avon opened their doors for a second time for the Secret Garden festival to raise money for the Tourist Information Centre.

Firefighters, an ambulance crew and police officers were called to a fire at an address on Silver Street, Trowbridge last night.

Local Morsels, an online magazine, is hosting a Fest-ival of Creativity in Bradford on Avon on June 15-16. Robbie Williams' guitarist Neil Taylor will play at the Fat Fowl on June 12 and World Wide Knit in Public Day will be marked on June 15 in Westbury Gardens.

The Bank Holiday weather attracted large crowds to the annual Bradford on Avon Lions Club Fun Day for the car boot sale, vintage car display and activities.

Mandy Bradley, Wiltshire Council Service director for Public Protection, Cllr Keith Humphries and Gary Tonsett, left, with trainee Anthony Chubb showing off confiscated sound equipment Picture by Glenn Phillips The council put a haul of seized CD players, boom boxes and even a drum kit on show at County Hall to show the results of cases where ... (more)