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.

A war memorial which was left in a state of disrepair following a failed attempt to move it has finally been relocated. The monument, outside the former Cooper Tire & Rubber Company in Melksham ...

Mr Minter, who previously worked for a government conservation agency, believes that the UK's population may now exceed 300, with some of their ancestors being dumped as early as the Second World ...

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.

Mr Minter, who previously worked for a government conservation agency, believes that the UK's population may now exceed 300, with some of their ancestors being dumped as early as the Second World ...