A CABINET minister pledged more funding today for the coroner investigating British deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. Leader of the Commons Harriet Harman said "resources will be forthcoming" to Wiltshire coroner David Masters. It was reported Mr Masters
VANDALS wrecked equipment and trees in the latest of a series of attacks at a playground in Bradford on Avon. Sladesbrook Recreation Ground had a bench ripped from its mountings, trees snapped off and a new tree killed after it was ring barked. The
BRITAIN'S biggest union today partly blamed a European Unionrulingon the origin of pork pies for the Bowyers factory closure threat. Unite, formed from a merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union in May, also blamed a lack of investment
THIS week's Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News is packed with the latest news and sport, and we're also launching our Baby of the Year 2007 competition. Every reader can claim their free health books in our fabulous reader offer while there's also a
A MAN accused of being involved in a string of robberies at post offices and an auction room was found with a mobile phone in his prison cell during his trial, Swindon Crown Court heard today. Vivian Gilling, 42, who is on remand in custody, was discovered
CIVIC figures in Trowbridge have spoken of their disappointment over the proposal to close Bowyers factory. It was announced today that the Stallard Street factory is set to close in April. Pork Farms has carried out a strategic cold pie review over
PRINCE William is in Warminster for the final stages of his army reconnaissance training. The prince arrived at the camp on Monday July 2 and will be resident while he completes his training at the Land Warfare Centre in Imber Road. Major Roddy Mellotte
BOWYERS factory in Trowbridge is set to close next April. The factory, in Stallard Street, which produces pork products and chilled foods, employs about 400 people. Pork Farms announced at lunchtime yesterday that a 90-day consultation will now be
GARETH Wright has left Frome Town and is expected to sign for Southern League neighbours Paulton Rovers this weekend. The 27-year-old joined Toolstation League Premier Division Frome in the summer of 2003 after playing for both Paulton and Welton Rovers
TRADERS in Corsham are hitting the council with hard evidence showing the parking charges policy is damaging local businesses. North Wiltshire District Council introduced a charge for the first hour of parking in Newlands Road and Post Office Lane in
Daniel Woolford won Chippenham Harriers' annual five kilometre River Run last night. The Wessex and Bath athlete finished in 16 minutes, 27 seconds, eight seconds ahead of Phil Kibble, of Wiltshire Police. Kibble was also the first male veteran to
A COUNCILLOR has been forced to resign from Westbury Town Council after it was discovered he was not eligible to stand in the first place. Ian Lorimer, 55, of Curlew Drive, Chippenham, resigned as town councillor for the Laverton ward after it was discovered
PLANS for a multi-million pound project to return a lost canal to Melksham were unveiled to the public this week. The Wilts & Berks Canal originally ran through the town centre, but most of the former route has been redeveloped so a new route using the
TEACHERS and pupils arrived at Holbrook Primary School in Trowbridge this morning to find it had been vandalised with paint. Headteacher Linda Simmonds said paint had been spattered on some of the windows, which was cleaned off earlier today. "It's
WILTSHIRE Police yesterday detained a man suspected of committing a number of distraction burglaries in Wiltshire. Following detailed inquiries, a 37-year-old man was traced to an area near Abergavenny in South Wales. A team of officers led by Detective
DUE to the high demand for Twenty20 Cup quarter-final tickets and the national postal strikes Gloucestershire County Cricket Club are operating extended office hours for ticket sales. The club have extended its office hours to 7pm every night until
THE hiring of pleasure canoes from the centre of Bradford on Avon could be threatened after thieves stole two of the boats from their moorings. The £500 canoes were moored near the town bridge, behind St Margarets Hall and on the first night they were
PLANS for the £800m redevelopment of Basil Hill Barracks in Corsham have been officially submitted to North Wiltshire District Council for approval. Following a public consultation and further work by the project team a planning application has been
MP Dr Andrew Murrison has called for the public inquiry into the proposed Westbury bypass to start "without delay". He has written to the Baroness Andrews, Minister at the Department for Communities and Local Government, calling for immediate action
PROTESTERS will be marching into Warminster in September as part of a 1,000-mile rally through Britain. A group of 20 demonstrators from around the world will be conducting the 80-day march, stopping in various towns including Warminster, as part of
THE dispute between health unions and Wiltshire Primary Care Trust has been temporarily resolved. Unison and the Royal College of Nursing were unhappy at the way existing NHS staff were transferred to the new neighbourhood teams, which began work last
THE Government has not provided extra funds to the Wiltshire coroner investigating the deaths of British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, it was reported today. Wiltshire took over all new cases in April after a backlog built up in Oxfordshire, which
TWO people were rescued from a house in Chippenham last night after a fire broke out in the kitchen. Firefighters used a ladder to get into the property in Old Road through a bedroom window at about 10.20pm. They helped an adult and a child out of the
A WOMAN with a passion for pumpkins has been crowned queen of the green fingers in a competition to reward the most passionate kitchen gardeners. Gill Ellis-King, 50, of Woolley Street, Bradford on Avon, has won a national competition run by the New
