A GROUP of Malmesbury pub pals who delivered a convoy of desperately needed aid across the Channel after becoming alarmed at the plight of refugees camped near Calais are considering another effort in the New Year.
THREE performances of Malmesbury’s popular Nativity will take place at the Abbey on Christmas Eve – with the town’s church leader promising that the singers and band will perform carols as if they were Mumford and Sons.
THERE was outrage this week after it emerged that Malmesbury’s historic Market Cross had been sprayed with pink graffiti after the town's Friday late-night Christmas shopping evening.
NEARLY 900 people have backed the owners of a Malmesbury childcare nursery which is fighting to keep a much-loved mural of two giant koala bears on their premises.
TWO giant koala bears are at the centre of a planning row which has seen Wiltshire Council ridiculed and prompted more than 600 people to sign a petition in a matter of days.
TEAMS from engineering firm Dyson will be getting their kit on, lacing-up their boots and preparing for some serious extra time during an eight hour soccer marathon on Saturday (Nov 21).
IN a history that dates back 1,300 years no-one had quite seen Malmesbury Abbey as they did for one night only last week – bathed in a princely purple light.
AN “oasis of kitsch, thriving near a mini-roundabout in the middle of Swindon – small and filled with ordered clutter, it is a cross between The Old Curiosity Shop and Aladdin’s Cave.” At least, that’s how this newspaper enthusiastically extolled it more than quarter of a century ago.
A ROW has erupted over plans to open a £250,000 multi-purpose complex that is set to emerge down by the riverside in Malmesbury next summer with the redevelopment of the town’s former youth centre.
HUNDREDS of people packed Malmesbury Abbey on Sunday afternoon for a Remembrance Service in honour of more than 100 men from the town who lost their lives in both world wars.
