Stories for 14 February 2003
Bath Leisure
FEB 22 & 23, BATH: The Stones, Ustinov Studio, Bath: THE STONES is based on the story of two Australian school students who cause the death of a motorist when he swerves off the road after his car windscreen is smashed by a rock they have thrown from a bridge. more...
FEB 19 - 22, BATH: In The Eyes Of Cod, Rondo Theatre, Bath: SPAWN STARS in Association with The Natural Theatre Company present the world premiere of In The Eyes Of Cod by Andrew Pollard. Down at the Ministry of Fish, Cod is King! But after years of neglect in the bowels of the ministry Mr Spume is about to change all that. more...
ONE superhero is enough this week and we can certainly do without Undercover Brother, a sort of black Austin Powers. more...
TREASURE PLANET is yet another sparkling jewel in the Disney crown as Robert Louis Stevenson's age-old tale is given a new injection of life. more...
FROM Donny Osmond to Jane Seymour to the epic foodie, Keith Floyd: they've all eaten here and sung the praises of what is undeniably a classy Indian, at fashionably reasonable prices. more...
Bradford On Avon News
PUPILS at a Bradford on Avon school are set to benefit from a new £150,000 design and technology building. more...
NOVICE Latin students from a village primary school held their own against youngsters from the county's top private schools in a prestigious classics competition. more...
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy who is obsessed with the emergency services drove an ambulance around Trowbridge and Bradford on Avon with its lights flashing and siren sounding. more...
PEOPLE of Trowbridge and Bradford on Avon will soon be able to tune into their own radio station. more...
WORK on two bridges at Staverton has come to an end six weeks earlier than planned, ending traffic jam misery for drivers. more...
WORK has started to improve pedestrian safety on a Bradford on Avon road. more...
TWO boys in foster care in Bradford on Avon were missing from their home for two days after failing to return from a trip to a shop in the town. The boys left their house around 4.30pm on Friday but did not return. more...
SOLVING an ongoing parking crisis is top of the agenda for the headteacher of a Bradford on Avon primary school. more...
A BRADFORD on Avon school choir is raising funds for a trip to Japan next year. more...
ENVIRONMENTALLY aware people in Bradford on Avon armed themselves with rubber gloves and plastic bin bags when they went into battle with the town's litter problem. more...
A BUSINESSMAN who embezzled almost a million pounds from companies he ran has been jailed for seven years. more...
THE Wiltshire Times is offering charitable organisations a financial helping hand with the chance to apply for up to £5,000 of grant aid. more...
Business News
ANN Summers in Swindon is predicting that retail sales during Valentine's week, its most important trading period after Christmas, should be up at least 10 per cent on last year. more...
THE contest is hotting up to find Trowbridge's Employee Of The Year 2003. more...
A WEST Wiltshire company is sponsoring a teenager on her gap year trip as part of its bid to bring clean water to some of the driest places in the world. more...
A £1.25m office refurbishment in Chippenham has attracted international attention with engineering and management company M+W Zander deciding to open its southern regional office in the town. more...
A WOMAN from west Wiltshire has launched her own business to give pet owners a new way of getting their pet food. more...
Chippenham News
CHIPPENHAM window displays had judge's hearts racing in this year's Valentine Shop Window Competition. more...
RESIDENTS who backed the closure of a busy Chippenham road are outraged by council plans to keep it open. more...
A ROAD safety group is furious with the length of the ban handed out to top government lawyer Harriet Harman for speeding on the motorway. more...
A 14-MONTH-OLD girl is still fighting for her life with serious head injuries after an accident which killed her mother. more...
STAFF at a Chippenham motorway service station say they will continue to live in fear of a sex attack unless security measures are tightened up. more...
WILTSHIRE police chiefs have bowed to public pressure with the announcement that 37 more officers will be recruited to patrol the county's streets. more...
A QUESTION mark is hanging over the future of a former Chippenham playground closed due to relentless vandalism. more...
A MAN locked himself in a room with a carving knife and threatened to commit suicide on Sunday. more...
TWO teenage girls who lied about being raped are due to be sentenced at a Chippenham youth court on Tuesday. more...
AN ETHNIC minority coffee club is looking for more members. more...
CHIPPENHAM Scout leaders fear their scattered group could lose its sense of identity if they cannot find a builder to repair their damaged scout hut soon. more...
Corsham News
IT may not be ideal to start married life with a six-month separation, but when Andy Dutton and Alex Croft say their vows on Saturday, they may have just days together before he is sent to a war zone. more...
A CORSHAM teenager has shown a flair for business by opening her own coffee bar. more...
A 45-year-old man is due to face magistrates in Chippenham on Monday charged with eight counts of downloading indecent photographs of children. more...
SPOOKY goings-on in Corsham could soon be the focus of a new television show putting Wiltshire ghosts and legends in the spotlight. more...
CASHPOINT fraudsters have returned to Corsham, sparking a new wave of police warnings. more...
PUPILS from Corsham Primary School have been raising the roof with drumming and dancing workshops this term. more...
CUPID'S arrows could be firing all over Corsham as town leaders try and sell the Wiltshire village as one of the top wedding venues in the south west. more...
Ctfc Sport
TOMMY Saunders celebrated five years in charge of Chippenham Town this week and insisted the job is only half done. more...
TOM Gould scored a second half equaliser to ensure Tommy Saunders' big day did not end in an embarrassing defeat. more...
Drive News
MORE than 300 West Country students, many of them under 17, are being offered the chance to get behind the wheel and without actually going anywhere. more...
PINT-sized and punchy, the T Sport is the flagship of Toyota's Yaris range, a 118mph flier that blends performance, handling and dynamics to justify the little supermini's sporting status. more...
THE new Stilo Multi Wagon goes on sale in the UK on Saturday February 15, completing the Stilo range first introduced here in the spring of 2002. more...
MORE than 5,000 people are alive today thanks to the introduction of car seat laws in the UK. more...
WITH one in every three cars purchased in the UK being in the super-mini category Mazda had to develop a car to replace the Mazda121 and Demio that would challenge the class leaders in terms of specification, driving dynamics, price and handling. more...
THE kia Sorento was launched into left-hand drive markets at the end of 2002 and has already won awards in the media in France, Spain, Austria and the USA. more...
SMART have announced prices and specification for the new compact and curvaceous smart roadster and roadster-coupé, to hit UK roads in June. more...
FANS of Formula One looking forward to the 2003 season should plan to make a pitstop at Bath Renault dealer Westward's showroom on Lower Bristol Road in early March. more...
Iraq News
FEBRUARY 13: ANTI-WAR protesters gathered for a banner making workshop at Lower Shaw Farm ahead of Saturday's mass protest in London. more...
Melksham News
DETECTIVES have released a chilling e-fit of a sex attacker who pounced on a defenceless teenage mother as she walked through a narrow Melksham alleyway. more...
TOWN leaders in Melksham believe a comprehensive security camera system and improved street lighting could help make the town safer. more...
OFFICERS working on the Melksham car park sex attack inquiry are looking at a two-year-old unsolved rape to search for links. more...
THREE nationally renowned sixties groups will be coming to Melksham in May as the town continues the trend of attracting big rock 'n' roll acts. more...
HAIRDRESSER Michael Clarke has taken his one-man campaign to have railings installed on a potentially lethal town centre pavement to County Hall. more...
THE widow of a policeman who was mown down when he tried to thwart a car thief has been awarded £425,000 agreed High Court damages. more...
GARDEN centre workers have been praised for trying to save the life of an 87-year-old car crash victim. more...
WORK on two bridges at Staverton has come to an end six weeks earlier than planned, ending traffic jam misery for drivers. more...
MAGIC mushrooms and cannabis plants were seized by police officers carrying out a drugs raid on a house in Atworth. more...
PUPILS of Melksham schools and their parents have been queuing up for extra lessons on Saturday mornings. more...
A BUSINESSMAN who embezzled almost a million pounds from companies he ran has been jailed for seven years. more...
CAMPAIGNERS battling for traffic calming measures believe they are being held to ransom by council officers. more...
A UGANDAN missionary will visit Melksham later this month to teach worshippers about the miracle of prayer. more...
THE Wiltshire Times is offering charitable organisations a financial helping hand with the chance to apply for up to £5,000 of grant aid. more...
Sport Angling
BREAM fed well on Sunday in the Chippenham open match fished on the Avon at Chippenham. more...
BATHAMPTON AA and Bristol and West of England Federation of Anglers are hoping to raise over £1,000 at a major charity event next month. more...
Sport Cricket
WINSLEY cricket club are preparing for the new season which opens in mid-April. more...
BANGLADESH suffered a shock 60-run defeat in their opening World Cup match at the hands of Canada to extend their losing streak to 29 matches. more...
Sport Football
Highworth Town, hoping to string some results together to keep them in the Hellenic League Premier Division title race, could hardly have a tougher fixture tomorrow away to in-form Brackley Town. more...
Wootton Bassett will be looking to join Highworth and Melksham Town in the semi-finals of the Wilts Senior Cup when they line up against visitors Calne Town this weekend. more...
DR MARTENS LEAGUE more...
ROBBIE LARDNER has shelved plans to step down as Melksham manager in a bid to repay his players' loyalty. more...
THE spotlight switches to the foot of the Premier Division table this weekend when the two bottom sides clash at Chiseldon. more...
IAN HOWELL faces an immediate reunion with his former club tomorrow when new employers Weston-super-Mare host Swindon Supermarine. more...
CIRENCESTER Town aim to end a recent blip that has seen them fail to beat a series of lesser Western Division sides in recent weeks. more...
TROWBRIDGE LEAGUE: BROUGHTON Gifford experienced the fluctuating fortunes of football in under 24 hours as they won one, drew one and then lost their final hope of any cup silverware this season. more...
TROWBRIDGE LEAGUE: TEENAGE goalkeeper Kelvin Page was in outstanding form to help Castle Combe Reserves produce a shock result in the Knockout Cup. more...
Sport Rugby
PROP Matt Stevens and flanker James Scaysbrook both from Bath head a strong West Country contingent in the England Under 21 line-up to take on the French at Newbury RFC tonight (7.30pm). more...
BATH duo Gareth Cooper and Gavin Thomas have been handed bench slots for Wales RBS Six Nations Championship opener against Italy tomorrow. more...
TROWBRIDGE maintained their challenge for Dorset and Wilts Division One honours and also progressed to the next round of the Bath Combination Cup in Saturday 8 February's double header. more...
ALTHOUGH beaten by third place Tadley in Saturday 8 February's Southern Counties South game, Westbury began to show an improvement in their play, all be it in patches. more...
SCOTT Simmons weighed in with 15 points as the combined Melksham and Devizes team returned to winning ways at Frome. more...
MINETY skipper Charlie Gawthropp admits his all-conquering squad will see winning the Dorset & Wilts Two North title as payback for the rough justice meted out by rugby's rulers last season. more...
Chippenham must dig deep into their reserves this weekend if they are to bounce back from last weekend's abysmal home display against Abbey. more...
SUPERMARINE coach Andy Sear has rung the changes as he prepares to welcome the side he captained for two seasons Swindon 2nds tomorrow. more...
DEVIZES skipper James Gaiger has warned his players not to underestimate Bournemouth as they face the south coast side for the second week running. more...
Chippenham 1st v Stow, home, meet noon at the clubhouse for 1.45pm kickoff. Team: B Stephens, T Spence, T May, K Thornton, B Shuker, G Squires, S Sheratt, I McNerlin, G Trrewartha, P Jenkins, E Smith, R Crockett (capt), M Spurway, M Towl, J Barnard. Subs: Paul Baker, Nick Doyle, Trevor Lloyd more...
Swindon News
A war now is wrong, it is not the last resort and certainly those who want to make war have not shown that the situation would be worse if they do not attack Iraq. more...
I AM totally opposed to a forthcoming war on Iraq. more...
I think that Graham Watson MEP must be naive to believe that a tyrant like Saddam would be likely to abide by a ruling by the International Criminal Court, United Nations or any other organisation without the very real threat of military action. He even treats that threat with contempt. more...
In these times of uncertainty identity cards would help to solve a large number of social issues, fraudulent benefit claims, police identity checks, bogus contractors, asylum issues and even a solution to the much derided Swindon Card just to name a few. more...
I AM writing with reference to your article about the planned flyover for the Commonhead roundabout. more...
WITH reference to your article on page 16 EA February 10 about the proposed flyover at the Commonhead roundabout. more...
HOW are the Front Garden proposals meeting the challenge of integrating this large urban extension with the rest of Swindon? more...
PARENTS John and Lucy Garland have been together seven years. more...
TEENAGE sweethearts Claire Moulton and Andrew Arnold spent their first date watching the film Valentine. more...
LIZ Morgan treats every day like Valentine's Day since she nearly lost her husband, Handrew. more...
Gwen and Dennis Stokes believe that marriage should last a lifetime, and have kept love alive for 57 years. more...
Hazel and Ian Mead, of Lydiard Green, celebrate 50 years of wedded bliss today. more...
AFTER 27 years of waiting Swindon has been promised a new flagship central library and a municipal art gallery. more...
A BRAVE five year-old has been such an inspiration to her school that parents and staff raised £117 for Swindon Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Movement. more...
A JUNCTION consisting of four sets of traffic lights and six pedestrian crossings has left residents in Gorse Hill baffled. more...
PENSIONER Daphne Matthews has been thrown off Wootton Bassett Town Council for not turning up at meetings, even though she has been ill. more...
A PARK is to be planted with 1,500 trees and strewn with concrete obstacles in a bid to prevent illegal traveller encampments. more...
MILLIONAIRE inventor James Dyson is turning his creative hand to designing gardens. more...
WORK has begun on a seven-storey hotel in Swindon's town centre. more...
DEVELOPER Bryant Homes has set out for the first time its detailed vision of a new 4,500-home settlement on Swindon's southern edge. more...
A WARWICKSHIRE pet care firm is seeking animal lovers in Swindon who would like to look after four-legged friends while their owners are on holiday. more...
ORGANISERS of a charity raffle, auction and disco to help raise funds for a Swindon playgroup have been surprised after raising more than double their expected total. more...
A COUPLE who fled to the UK to escape oppression imposed by Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe have been anxiously following arguments about whether England's cricketers should play their first World Cup game in the country. more...
CHILDREN have been learning the fun of digital photography with a group of community filmmakers. more...
SWINDON beekeepers are encouraging people to sweeten up their lives this St Valentine's Day by celebrating National Honey Week. more...
ANGRY villagers claim plans for a wind farm in Watchfield will cut up to 50 per cent off the price of their homes. more...
LOCAL golfers could be in with the chance of playing on one of the world's top courses when the Bass Ale Golfing Pub of the Year tournament tees off at Marlborough Golf Club on March 11. more...
SWINDON has a growing European and International reputation. more...
A HUSBAND and wife from the Swindon Photographic Society recently achieved distinctions with the Royal Photographic Society. more...
STAFF from the Swindon Body Shop visited Westlea fire station to promote their Quid for a Kid fundraising. more...
THE family of a Swindon girl found hanged in her cell at Eastwood Park prison in Gloucestershire will have to wait another month for the inquest into her death. more...
A JUNIOR school is gearing up for its biggest party in half a century. more...
EXPLORATION work has started ahead of an ambitious scheme to turn one of Swindon's most famous landmarks into an Italian-style piazza. more...
Guides past and present are being invited to take part in an international get together on the radio. more...
A MYSTERY cavern in a public park has turned out to be an old well. more...
A HEADTEACHER has warned that pupils could suffer from fresh exam chaos this summer. more...
ROMANTICS in Wootton Bassett turned the clock back 60 years at a 1940s Sweethearts theme dance. more...
WHEN Dorothy Shaw left her handbag in the bus stop she thought it was lost to opportunist thieves. more...
POLICE cordoned off part of Victoria Road in Old Town, Swindon at 2pm this afternoon. more...
SWINDON kidney patients were today preparing to move to a permanent treatment centre in the town's new hospital signalling the end of a long running Evening Advertiser campaign. more...
SWINDON'S 59 councillors have delayed for a month the decision on whether to give themselves a 43 per cent pay rise. more...
After the Evening Advertiser threw its weight behind the campaign for a dedicated renal unit for the town four years ago, our readers raised £152,000 to stop patients enduring a 60 mile round trip to Oxford three times a week for treatment. more...
CELLULAR Operations staff today claimed to be among the most romantic in Swindon. more...
SWINDON has more unmarried couples living together than anywhere else in the South West of England, according to the new national census. more...
PHOTOGRAPHS found in a Swindon shop have been claimed by the owner and he never even knew he had lost them. more...
A LEADING detective has described an unprovoked attack on a 79-year-old woman as the most vicious and staggering assault he has known in his 25 years with the police force. more...
A YOUNG mother killed in a crash on the M4 last Friday has been named as 25-year-old Gemma Monk. more...
Trowbridge News
A TROWBRIDGE businessman is offering a cash reward to clamp down on the growing problem of underage drinkers. more...
FATHER Leroy Winter has escaped a jail sentence for threatening to put his former girlfriend on a life-support machine. more...
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy who is obsessed with the emergency services drove an ambulance around Trowbridge and Bradford on Avon with its lights flashing and siren sounding. more...
PEOPLE of Trowbridge and Bradford on Avon will soon be able to tune into their own radio station. more...
WORK on two bridges at Staverton has come to an end six weeks earlier than planned, ending traffic jam misery for drivers. more...
SECONDARY schools in Trowbridge have joined forces to bid for £700,000 of government funding which could revolutionise education in the town. more...
A POOL tournament is being organised in memory of a popular player who died from a single stab wound to the chest. more...
THE streets of Trowbridge will be brought to life for two days of entertainment and art next week. more...
GEOFFREY James Sargent, 46, of Fleece Cottages, Trowbridge was banned for 26 months after being caught driving with over twice the legal limit of alcohol in his blood. more...
A SECOND drink driving offence led to a three-year driving ban for a Trowbridge man on Thursday 13th February. more...
CHILDREN visiting Trowbridge Museum during the half-term break will find themselves face to face with a Second World War soldier in the latest exhibition, and can find out about his uniform, kit and experiences. more...
RESIDENTS on Paxcroft Mead are calling for a lower speed limit and safety measures on Hilperton Drive to prevent more accidents. more...
THE Wiltshire Times is offering charitable organisations a financial helping hand with the chance to apply for up to £5,000 of grant aid. more...
MOBILE library services in Wiltshire are on the move with a new set of timetables. more...
RAF Lyneham's fleet of Hercules aircraft are playing a major role in the ongoing deployment of British forces to the Gulf. more...
WILTSHIRE'S Territorial Army soldiers are making their final preparations this week ready for deployment in a war against Iraq. more...
LABOUR town councillor Ian Cardy has threatened to quit the party if Prime Minister Tony Blair orders a military attack on Iraq. more...
THE worldwide threat of terrorism has sparked a renewed search for disaster coordinators in Wiltshire. more...
A YOUNG musicians gala is being held tomorrow to raise money for Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation. more...
THIS year's West Wilts Show is set to be a huge success with more than 135 businesses and organisations already signed up to take part and there is still five months to go. more...
LORD Bath's nephew was told by magistrates his battle to beat an illicit drug addiction had kept him from being sent to prison. more...
POLICE in Wiltshire have revealed that they have now issued warrants for the arrest of over 40 people in connection with an international crackdown on internet child pornography. more...
EGG producers in Wiltshire are up against another barrage of EU red tape that could force them out of business. more...
MOBILE library services in Wiltshire are on the move with a new set of timetables. more...
SHORTAGES of volunteers are preventing North Wilts Young Carers group from expanding. more...
Trowbridge,Bradford On Avon,Melksham,Warminster,Westbury News
WE all take it for granted we are safe in the area we work and never expect to be attacked by a stranger. more...
MAGISTRATES had a chance to make an example of a top government lawyer and send out a warning message to others about the dangers of speeding but they failed. more...
ONE can well understand the concern of the Warminster based soldier who you report saying that: "the unpredictability of any future war more...
I HAD to laugh when I read this, I thought it was a joke: a 13-year-old boy goes into Trowbridge ambulance station, takes an ambulance, and drives it around Bradford on Avon with its lights flashing. Who is responsible for the security at the station? more...
ONCE again the `name and address supplied' have another go at a subject the fire dispute they have presumably only researched through the somewhat biased national media. I would like to answer the questions raised (Letters, February 7). more...
I WOULD be interested to hear from anybody if they have had any success improving their eyesight from the Bates Method of Better Sight without glasses book or using pinhole glasses or any other techniques since I have had no success with any of them. more...
TROWBRIDGE is the county town I was born in and I have seen a great decline in the 74 years I have been associated with it. There are a great many number of reasons. more...
I am writing on behalf of the staff at the Air Ambulance charity shop, Westbury in reply to Lisa Crick's letter in the Wiltshire Times, January 31 criticising Westbury charity shops. more...
Just writing to back up Lisa Crick's letter last week concerning the pricing in charity shops. Having spent the last 30 years frequenting charity shops I have seen a big change. more...
MR BEATY (Star Letter, February 7) suggests, I think rightly, that I misunderstood his horse's statement that it was `not inured to spoliation'. more...
EIGHTY per cent of the 22 per cent of the Westbury electorate that bothered to vote on the Westbury bypass wanted a western route. Of course they did, the eastern route goes through their back yard and the western routes go through real countryside, away from the town, and through villages and hamlets. more...
As a manager of a charity shop, I would like to explain to Ms Crick, who accused charity shops of being greedy, the realities of running a charity shop (Letters, Wiltshire Times, January 31). more...
MY wife and myself would like to express our extreme thanks to the young man who took the time to stop and help after finding my wife Jenny collapsed on the pavement at Widbrook on Tuesday, February 11 at 8.15am; also to Chris, a first aid lady who also stopped; and the men from the scaffold lorry, not forgetting the ambulance staff. more...
I write to inform your readers the RSPB is refusing to make public a `feasibility study' which it claims justifies a `cull' of rats on Lundy island. The RSPB has even denied their own members access to this study. more...
THROUGH your column, the Trowbridge and District Youth Band would like to thank everyone who supported our fundraising appeal while we were carol playing before Christmas. more...
I WOULD like to thank Sarah Baldwin and her colleagues at Wiltshire County Council for the very much-appreciated crossing on Hilperton Road near the fire station. more...
AT the recent 2003 annual general meeting of the Lacock Garden and Allotment Association, as incoming secretary I proposed a review of how tenants were charged rent for their allotments as I didn't understand the present system of charging and measuring in units per lug. more...
REFERENCE your `This Week In' article (Wiltshire Times, February 7) you mentioned that John Boyd Dunlop born 1840 invented the pneumatic tyre. more...
MANY people no doubt will agree with Mr Campbell-Methuen's astute observations about the adverse impact of insufficient parking on tourism in Corsham (Chippenham News, January 24). Few, though, will understand the irony behind these comments. more...
Please allow me to update your readers on points made in last week's letter by Ruth Bridges concerning the new Record Office. more...
IN reply to the two letters on foxhunting (last week's Wiltshire Times), I must state that I have no axe to grind regarding this debate and have no opinion one way or the other. more...
Valentines Features
PARENTS John and Lucy Garland have been together seven years. more...
CUPID'S arrows could be firing all over Corsham as town leaders try and sell the Wiltshire village as one of the top wedding venues in the south west. more...
CHIPPENHAM window displays had judge's hearts racing in this year's Valentine Shop Window Competition. more...
LEGEND has it in ancient Rome on February 14 270BC the martyr Saint Valentine lost his life for helping others to marry when love had been outlawed by the evil ruler Claudius the Cruel. more...
Hazel and Ian Mead, of Lydiard Green, celebrate 50 years of wedded bliss today. more...
TEENAGE sweethearts Claire Moulton and Andrew Arnold spent their first date watching the film Valentine. more...
LIZ Morgan treats every day like Valentine's Day since she nearly lost her husband, Handrew. more...
Gwen and Dennis Stokes believe that marriage should last a lifetime, and have kept love alive for 57 years. more...
Warminster News
A MAN was crushed to death after a collision between a heavy goods vehicle and a car. more...
A NIGHTCLUB which saw millions of people pass through its doors has been shamed as a den of violent crime with reports of assaults, fights, rape, burglary, theft, forgery and criminal damage. more...
A WARMINSTER woman is raising money for a cancer charity in memory of lost friends and family. more...
LORD Bath's nephew was told by magistrates his battle to beat an illicit drug addiction had kept him from being sent to prison. more...
POLICE in Warminster are calling for businesses to be on their guard after reports of a surge of counterfeit currency doing the rounds in the town. more...
THE Wiltshire Times is offering charitable organisations a financial helping hand with the chance to apply for up to £5,000 of grant aid. more...
Westbury News
DRUGS worth £14,000 have been seized from a prisoner who was returning to Erlestoke Prison near Westbury. more...
POLICE are asking for anyone who has lost a box of plastic models to get in touch. more...
THE Wiltshire Times is offering charitable organisations a financial helping hand with the chance to apply for up to £5,000 of grant aid. more...
GANGS of youths in Westbury have been warned the town's police will not stand for anti-social behaviour on their patch. more...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to help trace a burglar who is thought to have broken into three houses in Eden Vale Road and Leighton Park North, Westbury, in one night. more...
THE great and the good have been awarded for their hard work for the community of Westbury at this year's Civic Awards ceremony. more...
Wiltshire News
DETECTIVES have released a chilling e-fit of a sex attacker who pounced on a defenceless teenage mother as she walked through a narrow Melksham alleyway. more...
Wiltshire Sport
ANDY KING wants Town's missing fans to help his team avoid the slip-up which could leave the play-off dream in tatters. more...
