Trowbridge, England News

Out and proud gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teenagers in West Wiltshire are sending a strong message to their schools.

Melksham Metal Recycling and three other scrapyards - in Trowbridge, Christian Malford and Swindon - were raided by police, working in conjunction with other agencies, on Monday last week.

A teenager in Trowbridge, with ambitions to become an MP, has set his sights on getting elected as West Wiltshire's UK Youth Parliament representative.

The grave of a First World War soldier from Bradford on Avon will finally be commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission .

Pancake lovers are being promised a 'flipping' good time at two upcoming pancake races in Trowbridge and Bradford on Avon.

A Trowbridge shopping centre is planning a series of fun and free family events in 2012, starting with the February half term.

A young woman in Trowbridge has launched an awareness drive after being told she might die from a disease she had never heard of.

The Olympic torch will come to Wiltshire on Tuesday 22nd to 23rd May. On the 22nd it will visit Southwick and Trowbridge, including a lunch time stop at Clarendon School.

THE man behind the massive redevelopment project for the former Bowyers pork pie factory in Trowbridge has vowed to change the face of the town forever.

MICK Withy, from Westbury, carried off top prize in Sunday's Airsprung match with 3lb 11oz of perch, followed by Richard Whitmarsh, from Frome, with 2lb 1oz 8dm of roach.

VILLAGERS witnessed a high speed car chase on Saturday when a suspected offender drove off after police tried to stop a car.

THE manager of a Trowbridge shopping centre has vowed to turn its fortunes around with a A 500,000 revamp after another store suddenly closed.

The RSPCA is appealing for information after a rat with a tumour almost as big as his body was abandoned in Trowbridge.

Editorial assistant AodhA n Kelly, who works in Marlborough, has told how he swam to safety after the boat in which he was trying to break a world record capsized.

POLICE officers raided four scrap metal dealerships across Wiltshire today, including Trowbridge and Melksham, in a countywide crackdown on metal theft.

In 2007 a community coach role arose with the Bath Rugby Foundation and Caryl Thomas jumped at the opportunity to fill it.

On Monday, North West Wiltshire Magistrates' Court heard that police officers spotted Aaron Morse, 29, of Woolpack Meadows, and two other men acting suspiciously in the Tesco car park in County Way, Trowbridge, at 5am on September 15.

FURIOUS Trowbridge residents have branded Wiltshire Council "like Big Brother", after they were told new double yellow lines would stop them parking near their own homes.

Trowbridge boxer Nick Blackwell carrying the flag at Southwick Country Park joined by local runners; below Nick Blackwell, with, from left; Jo Wickens, Lisa Wrintmore, Liz Smith and Michelle Jones to launch the Run England event in Wiltshire RUNNERS, from training athletes to absolute beginners, gathered in Southwick Country Park last Friday to ... (more)

A VIBRANT new arts festival will be launched in Trowbridge this year and organisers believe it will "leave a legacy that the town has never seen before". Trowbridge Arts Festival will run during September and feature music, theatre, fine art, photography, installation art, dance, poetry and literary works.