Melksham is set to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day with a series of events. The celebrations began on May 5, with activities honouring the end of the Second World War in Europe.

Wiltshire Council knew about radioactive contamination at a former military base in January - but did nothing to alert the public.

The memorial, outside the former Cooper Tire & Rubber Company in Melksham, Wiltshire, is engraved with the names of 102 employees who died fighting in World War One and World War Two.

FROM its modest beginnings selling ironmongery and hardware from the front room of a terraced house in the Clydach Vale, Leekes now has three large stores, at Cross Hands, Llantrisant and Melksham.

The memorial, outside the former Cooper Tire & Rubber Company in Melksham, Wiltshire, is engraved with the names of 102 employees who died fighting in World War One and World War Two.