Melksham, England News

Cows caused problems for firefighters over the weekend after they had to mount two rescue missions in a day.

Firefighters were called out to a house fire in Canon Square, Melksham, during the early hours of Saturday morning.

A 35-year-old man has been arrested after police officers carried out a drugs warrant at a house in Melksham this morning.

Cases of swine flu are increasing in west Wiltshire with more schools and a nursery confirming they have cases.

A Melksham woman has raised A 125 for the British Heart Foundation by cycling more than 50 miles in memory of some of her closest relatives.

Three schools in west Wiltshire have now sent out letters to parents following a number of children falling ill with flu-like symptoms.

The owner of a skip hire company in Westbury has criticised police after it took officers nearly a month to take a statement from him regarding four scrap metal thefts from his business.

A book researching the lives of some of Wiltshirea s war heroes needs help from the public to be completed.

A teenager was arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs when armed police stormed a family home in Calne during an early morning raid today.

A possible resolution to a parking issue and an update on progress of the towna s new secondary school were just two issues raised at Melkshama s first area board meeting last night.

A woman is believed to have been killed in a horror smash on the A4 in Corsham this morning.

Taxi drivers in Melksham are worried about where their rank fits into plans to redesign the towna s Market Place.

People in Melksham are being urged to come forward with any issues they might have in their area for police to tackle.

Cyclists from Avon in France pedalled into Melksham town centre on Friday to meet with members of the twinning association at the Town Hall.

A 670-home development to the east of Melksham has taken another step forward after three developers saw plans for 230 homes get voted through.

British Heart Foundation is planning to move into the former Woolworths premises in Fore Street, Trowbridge.

A fly-tipper from a village near Melksham has been caught after receipts and fence panels left at the scene led council enforcement officers straight to him.

Since January 1, there have been 161 burglaries at homes in Trowbridge, Warminster, Bradford on Avon, Melksham, Westbury and Corsham.

A Melksham man who repeatedly burgled houses in the historic village of Lacock has been remanded in custody for psychiatric reports.

A father-of-two was one of several Melksham residents to fall victim to burglars who walked in to his house through an unlocked door and stole personal items while his family slept.