The road between Chiseldon and Marlborough, the A346, was blocked just before 9am on Sunday.
Traffic monitoring service Inrix, and the AA Traffic map said there had been reports of a crash, between the High Street Brow and Ogbourne Downs Golf[1] Course…
On January 2, 1946, eight soldiers were killed and another six seriously injured when 27 rail freight wagons carrying 200 tonnes of Second World War ammunition blew up just outside of Marlborough in Wiltshire.
People living up to 30 miles away heard th…
A busy junction off the M4 is expected to remain closed into the night after a fatal crash which followed a police pursuit. A teenage boy died at the scene of the collision on the A419 in Swidon shortly before 11pm on Tuesday, January 2, after a Vauxha…
A serious crash on Saturday night has closed a section of the M4 in Wiltshire into Sunday (December 10). The closure is likely to be in place throughout the morning.
Emergency services[1] are at the scene of the crash which has happened between junctio…
There was no shortage of house, land and estate agents in Watford in the early 1900s. For the sale of land, estates and large houses, Humbert & Flint, with offices in St. Albans Road, a sale yard in Marlborough Road and premises in Lincoln’s Inn, was a…
Any place where food is supplied, sold or consumed is given a rating for food hygiene[1]. Whether you’re doing the weekly shop or dining out it’s good to know the place where you’re spending your hard-earned money is up to snuff.
Scores range from the …
An Edinburgh woman has spoken out after the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service[1] struggled to get to her house when she dialled 999.
Angela Lancashire has lived in Portobello[2] for nearly 50 years and has noticed the impact the amount of cars are havin…
Coalville’s major Marlborough Square regeneration will finally start this weekend – nearly a month later than originally planned. The long-awaited project, which has been hit by delays, and aims to make the square a centre for market stalls and events …
Ahead of the upcoming Principality Cardiff Half Marathon set to take place on Sunday, October 1, Cardiff[1] residents and visitors are being urged by the to prepare for road closures that will impact the city’s traffic flow. Cardiff council[2] said the…
Gina Miller is probably best known as the campaigner who forced Theresa May’s government to get Parliamentary approval before invoking the EU constitutional clause setting in train the UK’s departure, and who also got the Supreme Court to rule that Pri…
Gina Miller is probably best known as the campaigner who forced Theresa May’s government to get Parliamentary approval before invoking the EU constitutional clause setting in train the UK’s departure, and who also got the Supreme Court to rule that Pri…
The story of The Andover and Redbridge Railway (The Sprat and Winkle Line), written by John Moreton, first published in The Railway Magazine in January 1910.
Remains of the Andover canal near Romsey (Photo: Geni/Wikipedia)
THE curious nickname of “spr…
A man has died following a crash involving a motorbike and a car in Swindon last night (August 2). The fatal collision occurred at around 10.15pm on Marlborough Road at the junction with Windsor Road.
Wiltshire Police informed residents that a road clo…
New traffic orders issued by Swindon Borough Council show that several streets will be temporarily closed to traffic over the next few weeks.
Groundwell Road will be shut for resurfacing between the junctions with Lincoln Street and Westmorland Road on…