A familiar face from television has been appointed to be one of the King's representatives in Swindon and Wiltshire.

"Vikings" killed off plenty of characters throughout its run, but there's one death, in particular, that fans of the show ...

A comedy play is set to entertain audiences in Malmesbury. The Athelstan Players are performing 'The Big Time' by Wayne ...

The link is rooted in the story of King Athelstan, the first King of England, who was buried in Malmesbury and served as ...

THE UK is set to get a new county in a major shake-up to the national map – as Labour considers fresh plans to restore an ...

World U20 200m bronze medallist Shanoya Douglas produced two of the standout performances at the ISSA/Grace Kennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Championships ...

Labour ministers are preparing to unveil proposed names for a new generation of towns, with Elizabethtown, honouring the late ...

Plans to make changes at HMP Elmley are among a wide range of planning applications submitted across Swale this week. A bid has been lodged to amend landscaping plans linked to the major expansion of ...

The formal date of England’s creation as a country is contested. Some say we turned 1,100 in 2025, marking the year when the Anglo-Saxon Athelstan was crowned “Rex Anglorum” — king of the English — in ...

All of the pubs were part of its award-winning community wet-led operator division, Proper Pubs, which operates more than 220 sites across England, Scotland and Wales. First to benefit was the ...

of mythologies, due to immunity caused by imagination, as a specter haunting them, less specious than a wraith. In “One of the greats: Alfred’s overambitious grandson,” TLS, 10/17/25, Michael Wood, ...

A train has been named King Athelstan - marking the 1,100-year anniversary of the coronation of England's first and 'greatest' monarch. Podcaster and historian Tom Holland joined with South Western ...