Corsham, England News

CORSHAM'S Will Di Claudio took a fine pair of wins in his his Peugeot 106 Gti at the Castle Combe circuit's Saloon Car championship race at the Wessex Chambers race weekend, writes JOHN MOON.

Armed Forces Day will be marked in Corsham with a day-long celebration of the town's proud military connections.

POLICE used volunteers aged 15 to 17 to test if pubs and clubs in Wiltshire were serving alcohol to underage drinkers.

The 650-home estate off Freestone Way was completed over six years ago by Persimmon Homes.

The limit on the stretch from Whitley to Gastard will be cut from 60mph to 50mph, while the road north of the village past the Linleys Farm Cottages has been reduced from 40mph to 30mph.

The British and Irish Lions' Cian Healy has been cited for allegedly biting a player from Western Force.

THREE men were jailed for 15 years between them for defrauding more than 40 auction houses of A 800,000 after a local firm blew the whistle.

The body of a man missing from the Bath area was found hanging in a barn in Gastard, near Corsham, on Saturday.

Glyn Woolley, chairman of Corsham-based Coombe Castle International, has been given a lifetime achievement award by one of the British cheese industry's leading bodies.

Amid all the mayhem, Arshad finished with 3-36 from eight for the visitors who then had a centurion of their own in Jamil whose 128 included 12 fours and five sixes.

Members of a gang who fleeced leading auction houses and car dealerships in the UK out of nearly A 750,000 worth of jewellery, watches and car parts were today jailed for up to six years.

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason opened up his gardens to the public for the first time in nearly 20 years this weekend.

Jacky Good and Mel Jacob check vegetables at The Mead Community School's polytunnel prior to picking them for Camilla's Big Lunch visit on Sunday Picture by Trevor Porter Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, will be enjoying Trowbridge's community spirit when she visits The Mead Community Primary School's Big Lunch on Sunday.

FROME Town manager Derek Graham is aiming to have the shape of his squad for next season assembled as early as possible after announcing a host of new signings this week.

The nation as a whole is outraged and saddened at the brutal murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich.

CAMILLA, Duchess of Cornwall, will be returning to her Wiltshire roots this weekend, as she attends an open garden event at her former home in Corsham.

Six years ago, Jane Scott, Conservative leader of the former Wiltshire county council, was hauled to London by a rattled Tory hierarchy.

Plans will be put before the Melksham Area Board next month to cut back the ZigZag service.

Corsham's Katherine Park estate is set to get two new children's play areas, following a vote by residents.

First, she'll be attending a charity event in aid of Wiltshire Air Ambulance and Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust at Corsham's Middlewick House, her former home, and then she'll be visiting a Big Lunch event running at The Mead Community Primary School in Trowbridge.