Bridget Phillipson will decry ‘a national scandal’ when she speaks at a Government regional improvement conference on Friday.

More than 500 towns across England and Wales have signed up to the Home Office’s safer streets summer initiative, which will run to September 30 ...

Mourners are to gather to honour Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota at a wake in Portugal on Friday morning, a local parish priest has said. The 28-year-old father of three, who had married his long-term ...

The number of dog attacks on postal workers has increased in Swindon over the past year, new figures reveal. Royal Mail said there were 2,197 incidents of staff members being attacked by dogs, marking ...

A man has been arrested and released after a huge emergency service response cordoned off a town centre car park.

Police swooped to arrest a man following a “disturbance” on a busy Swindon road. Nearly a dozen officers were called to Queen’s Drive near Burger King at around 10pm on Monday, June 30. They were ...

A man has appeared in court following a serious assault in broad daylight in Swindon town centre. Matthew McKechnie, 39, of no fixed abode, was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm without ...

Stratton Fire Station firefighters paid a visit to Stratton Youth Club. According to Stratton Saint Margaret Parish Council, the fire station visited this week. The visit was described as "interactive ...

For the second year in a row, Wessex Auction Rooms near Chippenham will be hosting the Bargain Hunt Children in Need celebrity special. This year, the show will be filmed at the auction rooms on ...

The group will perform Much Ado About Nothing in the gardens of Cleeve House, Melksham, from July 7 to 12. Set in the English Civil War, Shakespeare Live described the show as "a joyous mixture of ...

A Wiltshire safari park has welcomed four new hippos. Lola and Hodor, a mother and son from Whipsnade Zoo, moved to the park on Thursday, June 26. They join Matylda and Manon, who arrived from the ...