Wiltshire County, England News

Five-year-old Tegan Wallis and her two-year-old brother Archie will be joined by their cousins Mason, four, Taylor, two, and their second cousin three-year-old Finley Ellis, as they complete the 13-mile challenge to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

Record crowds turned out for the ninth Devizes Food & Drink Festival on Saturday to enjoy the fantastic range of foods on offer as well as the cooking demonstrations.

CASTLE Combe Circuit is inviting motoring clubs and enthusiasts to celebrate the best of classic and retro motoring at its annual Classic & Retro Action Day on June 29.

A GROUP supporting the Arts Centre in Old Town is holding a meeting to try to establish a new group to potentially take over the running of the facility.

CHILDREN from several primary schools learned about important values on a pilgrimage from Old Sarum to Salisbury Cathedral on Tuesday.

A 22-year-old from Melksham will face trial for causing death by careless driving, following an accident in February which killed father-of-four Michael Rustell.

THE 53rd Ten Tors Challenge, organised by Tidworth-based 43 Brigade, took place on Dartmoor over the weekend of May 10 to 12 in some of the worst conditions seen in recent years.

Wiltshire Police is increasing patrols in Trowbridge and Bradford on Avon to reduce the number of shed and garage break-ins. As part of Operation Magpie, the police have held workshops in Trowbridge's Wickes and B&Q branches while they've also sent out leaflets to the areas being targeted.

The annual event, sponsored by the Gazette & Herald and sister paper the Wiltshire Times, is on July 6 and 7 and is in aid of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance.

POLICE officers are appealing for information after a train driver was left with a cut and bruised face when an object was thrown at the windscreen he was standing behind.

A man who used a tax rebate to set up a cannabis farm in his housing association flat insisted all 42 plants he grew were for his own use.

A street in a Wiltshire town has been evacuated as a "precautionary" measure following reports there are explosives in a flat.

James Gray has called on local schools to take part in My Money Week , giving pupils the chance to learn more about money and personal finance.

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

Employees of a Big Yellow Self Storage facility in Swindon, England, recently took on the challenge of cycling the distance from London to Paris to raise funds to fight Cystic Fibrosis-all on exercise bikes.

Emergency services were called to an address in Mayenne Place, Devizes, at 1pm today after a man arrested earlier in the day indicated there was an explosive device in one of the flats there.

Mayenne Place, in Devizes, has been cordonned off by police because of a bomb scare.

Mr Graham, 51, of Beaufort Mansions, in Stallard Street, died at Royal United Hospital, Bath at 5.27am on November 20, last year, after being stabbed twice by his partner Louise Cox, 45, of Newtown.

The victim was driving his car, a grey Saab 93, through Chippenham town centre when two men from another car got out and approached his vehicle.

Corsham's Tom Foley is poised to become the third generation of his family to play for Wiltshire when they round off a so-far winless MCCA Trophy group campaign at Shropshire on Sunday.