Stonehenge
A bake-off style cake competition is being held as part of an event to help older people find out more about local opportunities to enjoy a fulfilling retirement. Cakes will be judged by local chef Piero Boi of The Methuen Arms Hotel and Restaurant at the Big Get Together event at Springfield Community Campus from […]
There is a case for building a railway station in Corsham, according to a new report, but its viability would be reliant on securing a sustainable train service. Last year, Wiltshire Council commissioned Atkins to carry out initial feasibility work on a possible station in the town. The main findings include: There is an identified […]
A streamlined waste collection service which will see residents’ household and garden waste and all recyclables managed by one contractor has been agreed. The service, set to start on 1 August 2017, will mean black boxes will be used solely for glass collection and blue lidded bins will take all other recyclables including a wider […]
There is a monumental treat in store for visitors to as internationally renowned British sculptor Sophie Ryder brings her latest exhibition to Salisbury Cathedral. Life-sized Minotaurs and Lady Hares have appeared on the Cathedral lawn and cloisters, the Kiss (a 20ft high arch formed by massive clasped hands) straddles the path from the High Street Gate to […]
The Wiltshire Wall of Remembrance, featuring thousands of commemorative crosses, is available for display in community venues across the county as part of its First World War centenary tour. The Wall of Remembrance was created as part of a project for schools which took place across the county in 2014, with thousands of children making […]
In a letter dated 2 November 1757, the 1st Earl of Shelburne asks his son, William: “What wou’d you give to know the Consequences of the Visit of the famous Mr Brown, & the fruit of the 30 guineas which I gave him? He passed two days with me, & eat & drank, at rather […]
Fiona Bruce and the Antiques Roadshow team were at Bowood House and Gardens near Calne on June 25, 2015.
Major Tim Peake is the first British astronaut to leave Earth in more than two decades. After 186 days in space for his Principia mission on the International Space Station, he returned to Earth at 10:15 on 18 June 2016, landing in Kazakhstan with commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA’s Tim Kopra in the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft. On landing, […]
