Wiltshire County, England News

This yeara s Devizes Carnival was the most expensive yet, costing the best part of A 90,000 to mount, the carnival AGM heard on Thursday evening.

The future of rail travel in Melksham is looking brighter after Wiltshire Council revealed it had bought up land next to the existing station so it can expand if more trains are timetabled to run through the town.

Burglars escaped with a A 21,000 haul of jewellery and silverware which once belonged to a Chippenham mayor and MP following a raid at a house in Beanacre.

A 22-year-old man who died in a horrific crash on the A36 near the Warminster village of Codford on Sunday has been named by police.

More than A 1,000 worth of electronic items have been stolen from a house in Trowbridge.

A taxi driver has been warned he faces jail after admitting causing the death of one of his passengers through dangerous driving.

Work has got underway today on an A 8m rail recycling centre in Westbury which will create 20 new jobs in the town.

TROUBLED Pete Doherty has revealed that his heart "stopped" and he was on a life support machine after being rushed to Swindon's Great Western Hospital .

THE A 65m Blunsdon bypass is being branded an accident blackspot - " only one year after the flagship project was opened.

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A COUPLE of Swindon bus drivers were chuffed with the guest of honour at their wedding - " a vintage 1960s bus.

A A 15,000 pedestrian crossing is to be installed on one of Haydon Wick a s busiest roads.

IN his 22 years of policing traffic PC Glenn Powell, 49, has seen it all. From pulling motorists over for driving while playing the trumpet, women putting the finishing touches to their make-up and men shaving, the experienced cop is still amazed at what people get up to when driving.

Nearly eight months after the Wiltshire Council was born, Chippenham has finally been moved into its rightful county.

BRAVE schoolgirl Robyn George has said she will continue to sit in the same seat on her school bus despite being injured in the horrific crash earlier this week.

Two soldiers were taken to hospital after they were knocked down by a car in the centre of Warminster last night.

Student Tom Minshull believes the police need to re-investigate the killing of Adrian Cooksey for his sake and the dead mana s family.

Pupils at Malmesbury School took a day off from lessons to learn about their rural environment and investigate careers in the countryside.

Headteacher Len Spiers has praised his pupils after their school bus was in a horrific collison with a tractor on Monday afternoon.

Barmaids at a Melksham pub have bared all to raise money for Children in Need by creating their own saucy calendar.