Wiltshire | Archive | 2000 | May
By Craig Evry more...
On screen this week at the Westway Cinema, Frome, is Gladiator (15), showing daily at 8pm. Doors open at 7.30pm. more...
FRIDAY more...
By Alison Phillips more...
By Joceline Bury more...
By Sue Le Blond more...
BOYS, dig out your fishnets and suspenders, squeeze into those black lace basques and prepare to boogie as The Rocky Horror Show returns to shake Bath out of its thigh-high boots. more...
BATH THEATRE ROYAL more...
AFTER attending the village assembly at Hilperton recently, I was very disappointed to hear that the Hilperton Gap road seems to be such a low priority, and that indeed the £600,000 held by the contractors may never be used at all. more...
TO us a compost heap is where we toss the vegetable peelings and hope they turn into something brown and crumbly; to a hedgehog it is somewhere warm with a ready supply of fat, juicy worms, which makes it the perfect place to hibernate. more...
By Holly Robinson more...
TOP air cadet Anna Frost has been picked to represent Britain's 45,000-strong cadet organisation on a prestigious exchange trip to Canada. more...
A PENSIONER discovered two men rifling through her belongings in her bedroom as they burgled her home. more...
A MAN is believed to have smashed through the window of a Bradford on Avon shop during the early hours of April 29. more...
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to reduce traffic speeds and improve signage at Winsley Hill near Bradford on Avon are to discuss their ideas with Wiltshire County Council and police next week. more...
A STUDY which looks at the character of Bradford on Avon's historic conservation area is to go to public consultation later in the year. more...
By Joanne Moore more...
OBJECTIONS have been raised over a plan to turn a listed building in Bradford on Avon into an Italian restaurant. more...
FEARS that a new mobile phone mast would create a blot on the landscape and could have health implications for residents in Conkwell have led to a planning application being refused. more...
IN this country we are used to often having to accept the kind of poor service in shops, pubs and restaurants that amazes visitors from the rest of the world. more...
YET another historic building in Trowbridge is now lost to the town. Developers were given permission to convert a building in Duke Street into flats on the strict understanding the front was kept. more...
THE Westbury bypass issue like any other tends to get any objective view obliterated by vested interest based on material/power gain such as the ability to obtain planning permission for any development, ignorance, or plain self interest. more...
JOCELINE BURY, previewing last weekend's television in your entertainments section, very kindly anticipates the results of the Channel 4 programme on Saturday called New Labour on Trial by alluding to Labour's frankly dismal record. more...
IN another attempt to trace the remaining six members of our class of 1950-54 of Nelson Haden Girls School, I wonder if you kindly would publish this letter. more...
Didn't you do well! Trowbridge Town are doing well off the field as well as on it. On behalf of the club I would like to thank all those who supported our end of season draw which raised £2,200. And also all those who supported our presentation evening which raised £1,500. more...
THE World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), a registered UK charity dedicated to investigating the link between diet, nutrition and the prevention of cancer, would like to thank your readers for their generosity during our recent house-to-house collection in the west Wiltshire area. more...
A COUPLE of weeks ago you published a letter from Mr Beare, of InnSpired Group Ltd. Although not wishing to play politics with the future of some 200 Ushers employees and their families, Mr Beare's letter raised a couple of serious matters concerning the conduct of the MP for the Trowbridge area. more...
FOLLOWING my well-intentioned rantings regarding the state of the old bus station and Conigre sites a few weeks ago, I now wish to bring the public's attention to The Shires and adjacent buildings which at present play host to hundreds of pigeons. more...
IT is amazing how sometimes assertions are turned into truth. Cllr Payne asserted in last week's Wiltshire Times that council tenants are being bamboozled into a yes vote (over the transfer of ownership of their homes to a housing association). more...
YOU were right in your editorial last week to make the point that council tenants deserve straight answers in the debate about possible housing transfer. That is why, as you reported, we are consulting with all our tenants over the next six weeks. more...
By Joanne Kelly more...
By Holly Robinson more...
THE North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club held the third round of their road race championships at Keevil last Sun-day. more...
By Colin Scull more...
WINTER competitions have now been completed, with Shirley Samuels winning the Winter Eclectic silver division. more...
RACING driver Scott Vogl from Essex and co-driver Tim Line, from Seend, a sergeant serving with the Royal Artillery at Larkhill, took their UK Pioneer Daihatsu challenge car to victory on the second round of the Daihatsu challenge, the Plains rally, despite dropping time with a puncture on the second stage. more...
By Alison Phillips more...
By Joceline Bury more...
By Sue Le Blond more...
BOYS, dig out your fishnets and suspenders, squeeze into those black lace basques and prepare to boogie as The Rocky Horror Show returns to shake Bath out of its thigh-high boots. more...
BATH THEATRE ROYAL more...
By Craig Evry more...
On screen this week at the Westway Cinema, Frome, is Gladiator (15), showing daily at 8pm. Doors open at 7.30pm. more...
FRIDAY more...
AFTER attending the village assembly at Hilperton recently, I was very disappointed to hear that the Hilperton Gap road seems to be such a low priority, and that indeed the £600,000 held by the contractors may never be used at all. more...
TO us a compost heap is where we toss the vegetable peelings and hope they turn into something brown and crumbly; to a hedgehog it is somewhere warm with a ready supply of fat, juicy worms, which makes it the perfect place to hibernate. more...
By Joanne Moore more...
A MAN who broke both his legs in a crash is appealing for witnesses. more...
DISCUSSIONS are to start in earnest over the future of the Assembly Hall in Melksham. more...
WESTBURY Town Council welcomed its new mayor at the town's annual meeting on Monday. more...
By Joanne Kelly more...
By Joanne Kelly more...
By Sara Oliver more...
IN this country we are used to often having to accept the kind of poor service in shops, pubs and restaurants that amazes visitors from the rest of the world. more...
YET another historic building in Trowbridge is now lost to the town. Developers were given permission to convert a building in Duke Street into flats on the strict understanding the front was kept. more...
THE Westbury bypass issue like any other tends to get any objective view obliterated by vested interest based on material/power gain such as the ability to obtain planning permission for any development, ignorance, or plain self interest. more...
JOCELINE BURY, previewing last weekend's television in your entertainments section, very kindly anticipates the results of the Channel 4 programme on Saturday called New Labour on Trial by alluding to Labour's frankly dismal record. more...
IN another attempt to trace the remaining six members of our class of 1950-54 of Nelson Haden Girls School, I wonder if you kindly would publish this letter. more...
Didn't you do well! Trowbridge Town are doing well off the field as well as on it. On behalf of the club I would like to thank all those who supported our end of season draw which raised £2,200. And also all those who supported our presentation evening which raised £1,500. more...
THE World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), a registered UK charity dedicated to investigating the link between diet, nutrition and the prevention of cancer, would like to thank your readers for their generosity during our recent house-to-house collection in the west Wiltshire area. more...
A COUPLE of weeks ago you published a letter from Mr Beare, of InnSpired Group Ltd. Although not wishing to play politics with the future of some 200 Ushers employees and their families, Mr Beare's letter raised a couple of serious matters concerning the conduct of the MP for the Trowbridge area. more...
FOLLOWING my well-intentioned rantings regarding the state of the old bus station and Conigre sites a few weeks ago, I now wish to bring the public's attention to The Shires and adjacent buildings which at present play host to hundreds of pigeons. more...
IT is amazing how sometimes assertions are turned into truth. Cllr Payne asserted in last week's Wiltshire Times that council tenants are being bamboozled into a yes vote (over the transfer of ownership of their homes to a housing association). more...
YOU were right in your editorial last week to make the point that council tenants deserve straight answers in the debate about possible housing transfer. That is why, as you reported, we are consulting with all our tenants over the next six weeks. more...
BROUGHTON Gifford retained the Trowbridge and District League Knock Out Cup when they beat Heytesbury 2-0. more...
CHIPPENHAM LEAGUE more...
UNDER 15s DIVISION more...
By Alison Phillips more...
By Ian Wilkerson more...
By Dean Valler more...
By Michael Crutchley more...
THE North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club held the third round of their road race championships at Keevil last Sun-day. more...
By Colin Scull more...
WINTER competitions have now been completed, with Shirley Samuels winning the Winter Eclectic silver division. more...
RACING driver Scott Vogl from Essex and co-driver Tim Line, from Seend, a sergeant serving with the Royal Artillery at Larkhill, took their UK Pioneer Daihatsu challenge car to victory on the second round of the Daihatsu challenge, the Plains rally, despite dropping time with a puncture on the second stage. more...
THE summer blockbuster season starts here. more...
n American Beauty (18) Tragi-comedy set in suburban America. Starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening. Adver rating: 9/10 Cineworld more...
gigs more...
We've made it happen! The 1st Swindon Jazz Festival has taken place and it was a roaring success. more...
THIS is a big thank you to everyone who has supported the Charlie Dawson Appeal. more...
AFTER his victory over the party machines and spin doctors, Ken Livingstone immediately proved that those who decry his views as maverick, rather than as part of a coherent philosophy, were right. more...
IN response to the article in the Evening Advertiser April 27 Vehicles threaten byways, I would like to air my views on the subject. more...
Re: Mrs E Fell Letter, Too few loos more...
IT seems that so called New Labour whether at local or national level is incapable of learning from mistakes. more...
JUST like John C Newman (letters, May 8, Evening Advertiser) I'm not surprised that Labour got a hammering in the local elections. What does surprise me is that they have any seats left. more...
STAFF at Swindon companies will be given the chance to knock out rival workers at a massive bank holiday fun event. more...
ONE of Swindon's longest serving Scout leaders has been honoured at a surprise ceremony for more than 25 years' commitment to scouting. more...
TEENAGER Darren Jenkins attacked a supermarket security guard with a sausage roll when he was asked to leave the shop after throwing tomatoes at a friend. more...
A PENHILL woman has slammed the council's postal election scheme claiming she lost her right to vote. more...
THE largest transportation study ever in the Swindon area is being launched on the web. more...
A Technology task group meets for the first time today with the aim of raising the standard of technology education in Swindon's schools. more...
DRAYMAN Steve Bellamy is celebrating 30 years of hard work with Swindon-based Arkells brewery. more...
COMPUTER equipment valued at about £15,000 has been stolen during a raid on a Swindon computer firm. more...
KOSOVAN asylum-seeker Edison Sofija ended up in court after deciding to take some friends home in his girlfriend's car. more...
TOWN could play host to two major Premiership teams this summer as part of Colin Todd's pre-season build-up. more...
DOMESTIC violence victims in Swindon are to receive mobile phones so they can contact the police at any time in an emergency. more...
SWINDON'S new kidney dialysis unit will be officially opened on Sunday. more...
SWINDON schools have vowed to look closely at the findings of a Government report which casts doubt on the safety of mobile phones for children. more...
The Thames Trains driver at the centre of the Paddington rail crash tragedy was as good as you get during his instruction period, the public inquiry was told yesterday. more...
THE study centre at Swindon Town Football Club is part of the Government's initiative to expand out of school activities for youngsters. more...
THRILL seeking Julian McHardy plans to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic in a 23ft plywood boat which he will be trying out for size this Sunday. more...
POLICE are anxious to solve a £3,000 theft which may have a French connection. more...
A MAN who went on the run for almost a year after being caught driving while disqualified has walked free from court. more...
CHILDREN were given their own special night as part of Wootton Bassett's carnival celebrations. more...
DOOR to door collections in aid of Nicaragua will be starting in Swindon on Sunday to mark the start of Christian Aid Week. more...
THE level of intelligence possessed by people who think it's funny to vandalise property belonging to vulnerable residents in the Railway Village is, to say the least, questionable. more...
COUNTLESS people who mourned the closure of the 150-year-old Limmex ironmonger's shop will welcome the arrival of a new hardware store in Wood Street. more...
TOWN could play host to two major Premi-ership teams this summer as part of Colin Todd's pre-season build-up. more...
TERRY BRADY was pleased with the progress made in yesterday's crunch meeting with majority Town shareholder Sir Seton Wills. more...
SO the season has come to an end. I'm certainly glad to see the back of it and I'm sure most of you are to after the disappointment of relegation. more...
It was an emotional farewell, but a fitting one, when Victor Ubugo took centre stage for the very last time at the Recreation Ground. more...
BATH has been a success ground for the youngsters this season but at least one of the old guard has found a new lease of life. more...
DAVID HOWELL failed to make up any ground on the leaders this morning after slumping to a 79 in the first round of the Benson and Hedges International Open at the Belfry yesterday. more...
SWINDON rider Stefan Pollard powered to his first win of the season, destroying George White star Neil Higgs' unbeaten record as he tasted victory at Keevil on Sunday. more...
THERE was a home victory at the Beaufort Hunt Pony Club's Junior Horse Trials, staged at Chavenage near Tetbury. more...
Swindon's 1st XI play at home in the league for the first time this year when they entertain Bristol West Indians. more...
SWINDON GWR take on Kidlington looking to continue their winning start to the season. more...
WOOTTON Bassett face Hatherleigh & Reddings this weekend at both 1st & 2nd XI level. It could be a close result in both games as past encounters have proved. more...
Tomorrow's games more...
NINE Swindon players will today find out if they have a future at the County Ground. more...
DON ROGERS will tread the hallowed Wembley turf tomorrow for the first time since weaving his magic in the 1969 League Cup Final. more...
Local punters may have stayed away in droves this season, but a party of 35 Russian schoolchildren travelled all the way across Europe to visit the County Ground. more...
Swindon Supermarine rounded off an more...
A BLATANT thief snatched a young mum's handbag as she waited for a bus in Trowbridge town centre on Monday. more...
Trowbridge father and son Richard and Adam Shanley appeared before a judge at Swin-don Crown Court and admitted a string of offences. more...
A MOTHER is calling for a footpath so residents living on a new Trow-bridge estate can walk their children to school. more...
TEENAGERS are being told to stay out of a Trowbridge school after it was vandalised again at the weekend. more...
By Sara Oliver more...
A large map costing £14,000 has been unveiled by Lord Bath in Trowbridge. more...
WORKERS could be charged more to park all day in west Wiltshire in a bid to force people to use public transport. more...
By Joanne Moore more...
A BOY suffered minor injuries after an accident yesterday morning. more...
THOUSANDS of pounds of damage was caused to telephone lines and about 100 people were cut off after a lorry brought down a pole in Canal Road in Trowbridge. more...
By Sara Oliver more...
A BOY with learning difficulties was still bruised three days after he was caned across the buttocks by a 62-year-old woman, a court heard. more...
THE North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club held the third round of their road race championships at Keevil last Sun-day. more...
By Colin Scull more...
WINTER competitions have now been completed, with Shirley Samuels winning the Winter Eclectic silver division. more...
RACING driver Scott Vogl from Essex and co-driver Tim Line, from Seend, a sergeant serving with the Royal Artillery at Larkhill, took their UK Pioneer Daihatsu challenge car to victory on the second round of the Daihatsu challenge, the Plains rally, despite dropping time with a puncture on the second stage. more...
By Alison Phillips more...
By Joceline Bury more...
By Sue Le Blond more...
BOYS, dig out your fishnets and suspenders, squeeze into those black lace basques and prepare to boogie as The Rocky Horror Show returns to shake Bath out of its thigh-high boots. more...
BATH THEATRE ROYAL more...
By Craig Evry more...
On screen this week at the Westway Cinema, Frome, is Gladiator (15), showing daily at 8pm. Doors open at 7.30pm. more...
FRIDAY more...
IN this country we are used to often having to accept the kind of poor service in shops, pubs and restaurants that amazes visitors from the rest of the world. more...
YET another historic building in Trowbridge is now lost to the town. Developers were given permission to convert a building in Duke Street into flats on the strict understanding the front was kept. more...
THE Westbury bypass issue like any other tends to get any objective view obliterated by vested interest based on material/power gain such as the ability to obtain planning permission for any development, ignorance, or plain self interest. more...
JOCELINE BURY, previewing last weekend's television in your entertainments section, very kindly anticipates the results of the Channel 4 programme on Saturday called New Labour on Trial by alluding to Labour's frankly dismal record. more...
IN another attempt to trace the remaining six members of our class of 1950-54 of Nelson Haden Girls School, I wonder if you kindly would publish this letter. more...
Didn't you do well! Trowbridge Town are doing well off the field as well as on it. On behalf of the club I would like to thank all those who supported our end of season draw which raised £2,200. And also all those who supported our presentation evening which raised £1,500. more...
THE World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), a registered UK charity dedicated to investigating the link between diet, nutrition and the prevention of cancer, would like to thank your readers for their generosity during our recent house-to-house collection in the west Wiltshire area. more...
A COUPLE of weeks ago you published a letter from Mr Beare, of InnSpired Group Ltd. Although not wishing to play politics with the future of some 200 Ushers employees and their families, Mr Beare's letter raised a couple of serious matters concerning the conduct of the MP for the Trowbridge area. more...
FOLLOWING my well-intentioned rantings regarding the state of the old bus station and Conigre sites a few weeks ago, I now wish to bring the public's attention to The Shires and adjacent buildings which at present play host to hundreds of pigeons. more...
IT is amazing how sometimes assertions are turned into truth. Cllr Payne asserted in last week's Wiltshire Times that council tenants are being bamboozled into a yes vote (over the transfer of ownership of their homes to a housing association). more...
YOU were right in your editorial last week to make the point that council tenants deserve straight answers in the debate about possible housing transfer. That is why, as you reported, we are consulting with all our tenants over the next six weeks. more...
AFTER attending the village assembly at Hilperton recently, I was very disappointed to hear that the Hilperton Gap road seems to be such a low priority, and that indeed the £600,000 held by the contractors may never be used at all. more...
TO us a compost heap is where we toss the vegetable peelings and hope they turn into something brown and crumbly; to a hedgehog it is somewhere warm with a ready supply of fat, juicy worms, which makes it the perfect place to hibernate. more...
BROUGHTON Gifford retained the Trowbridge and District League Knock Out Cup when they beat Heytesbury 2-0. more...
CHIPPENHAM LEAGUE more...
UNDER 15s DIVISION more...
By Alison Phillips more...
By Ian Wilkerson more...
By Dean Valler more...
By Michael Crutchley more...
By Alison Phillips more...
By Joceline Bury more...
By Sue Le Blond more...
BOYS, dig out your fishnets and suspenders, squeeze into those black lace basques and prepare to boogie as The Rocky Horror Show returns to shake Bath out of its thigh-high boots. more...
BATH THEATRE ROYAL more...
By Craig Evry more...
On screen this week at the Westway Cinema, Frome, is Gladiator (15), showing daily at 8pm. Doors open at 7.30pm. more...
FRIDAY more...
AFTER attending the village assembly at Hilperton recently, I was very disappointed to hear that the Hilperton Gap road seems to be such a low priority, and that indeed the £600,000 held by the contractors may never be used at all. more...
TO us a compost heap is where we toss the vegetable peelings and hope they turn into something brown and crumbly; to a hedgehog it is somewhere warm with a ready supply of fat, juicy worms, which makes it the perfect place to hibernate. more...
IN this country we are used to often having to accept the kind of poor service in shops, pubs and restaurants that amazes visitors from the rest of the world. more...
YET another historic building in Trowbridge is now lost to the town. Developers were given permission to convert a building in Duke Street into flats on the strict understanding the front was kept. more...
THE Westbury bypass issue like any other tends to get any objective view obliterated by vested interest based on material/power gain such as the ability to obtain planning permission for any development, ignorance, or plain self interest. more...
JOCELINE BURY, previewing last weekend's television in your entertainments section, very kindly anticipates the results of the Channel 4 programme on Saturday called New Labour on Trial by alluding to Labour's frankly dismal record. more...
IN another attempt to trace the remaining six members of our class of 1950-54 of Nelson Haden Girls School, I wonder if you kindly would publish this letter. more...
Didn't you do well! Trowbridge Town are doing well off the field as well as on it. On behalf of the club I would like to thank all those who supported our end of season draw which raised £2,200. And also all those who supported our presentation evening which raised £1,500. more...
THE World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), a registered UK charity dedicated to investigating the link between diet, nutrition and the prevention of cancer, would like to thank your readers for their generosity during our recent house-to-house collection in the west Wiltshire area. more...
A COUPLE of weeks ago you published a letter from Mr Beare, of InnSpired Group Ltd. Although not wishing to play politics with the future of some 200 Ushers employees and their families, Mr Beare's letter raised a couple of serious matters concerning the conduct of the MP for the Trowbridge area. more...
FOLLOWING my well-intentioned rantings regarding the state of the old bus station and Conigre sites a few weeks ago, I now wish to bring the public's attention to The Shires and adjacent buildings which at present play host to hundreds of pigeons. more...
IT is amazing how sometimes assertions are turned into truth. Cllr Payne asserted in last week's Wiltshire Times that council tenants are being bamboozled into a yes vote (over the transfer of ownership of their homes to a housing association). more...
YOU were right in your editorial last week to make the point that council tenants deserve straight answers in the debate about possible housing transfer. That is why, as you reported, we are consulting with all our tenants over the next six weeks. more...
POLICE have issued renewed warnings to gangs hanging around Safeway car park in Warminster, claiming that they will be targeted in a new campaign. more...
By Craig Evry more...
By Joanne Moore more...
AN AWESOME display of the latest army firepower took place on Salisbury Plain, near Warminster, this week as a spectacular battle scenario was played out in front of hundreds of people. more...
Keri Eldridge more...
INTERNET romance may seem like the latest big craze, but for Warminster couple Stuart and Chayla Brock, the romance soon turned to wedding bells as they tied the knot in Trowbridge Register Office last Saturday. more...
VILLAGERS in Codford could be forced to wait up to five years for mains drainage, with changes only going ahead if enough people sign up to the scheme. more...
THE North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club held the third round of their road race championships at Keevil last Sun-day. more...
By Colin Scull more...
WINTER competitions have now been completed, with Shirley Samuels winning the Winter Eclectic silver division. more...
RACING driver Scott Vogl from Essex and co-driver Tim Line, from Seend, a sergeant serving with the Royal Artillery at Larkhill, took their UK Pioneer Daihatsu challenge car to victory on the second round of the Daihatsu challenge, the Plains rally, despite dropping time with a puncture on the second stage. more...
By Joceline Bury more...
By Sue Le Blond more...
BOYS, dig out your fishnets and suspenders, squeeze into those black lace basques and prepare to boogie as The Rocky Horror Show returns to shake Bath out of its thigh-high boots. more...
BATH THEATRE ROYAL more...
By Craig Evry more...
On screen this week at the Westway Cinema, Frome, is Gladiator (15), showing daily at 8pm. Doors open at 7.30pm. more...
By Alison Phillips more...
FRIDAY more...
WORK on a £0.5m housing scheme in Warminster Road, Westbury, is due to start at the end of the month. more...
By Joanne Moore more...
POLICE are hunting a thief who stole a handbag from a store assistant while her back was turned. more...
By Keri Eldridge more...
By Keri Eldridge more...
IN this country we are used to often having to accept the kind of poor service in shops, pubs and restaurants that amazes visitors from the rest of the world. more...
YET another historic building in Trowbridge is now lost to the town. Developers were given permission to convert a building in Duke Street into flats on the strict understanding the front was kept. more...
THE Westbury bypass issue like any other tends to get any objective view obliterated by vested interest based on material/power gain such as the ability to obtain planning permission for any development, ignorance, or plain self interest. more...
JOCELINE BURY, previewing last weekend's television in your entertainments section, very kindly anticipates the results of the Channel 4 programme on Saturday called New Labour on Trial by alluding to Labour's frankly dismal record. more...
IN another attempt to trace the remaining six members of our class of 1950-54 of Nelson Haden Girls School, I wonder if you kindly would publish this letter. more...
Didn't you do well! Trowbridge Town are doing well off the field as well as on it. On behalf of the club I would like to thank all those who supported our end of season draw which raised £2,200. And also all those who supported our presentation evening which raised £1,500. more...
THE World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), a registered UK charity dedicated to investigating the link between diet, nutrition and the prevention of cancer, would like to thank your readers for their generosity during our recent house-to-house collection in the west Wiltshire area. more...
A COUPLE of weeks ago you published a letter from Mr Beare, of InnSpired Group Ltd. Although not wishing to play politics with the future of some 200 Ushers employees and their families, Mr Beare's letter raised a couple of serious matters concerning the conduct of the MP for the Trowbridge area. more...
FOLLOWING my well-intentioned rantings regarding the state of the old bus station and Conigre sites a few weeks ago, I now wish to bring the public's attention to The Shires and adjacent buildings which at present play host to hundreds of pigeons. more...
IT is amazing how sometimes assertions are turned into truth. Cllr Payne asserted in last week's Wiltshire Times that council tenants are being bamboozled into a yes vote (over the transfer of ownership of their homes to a housing association). more...
YOU were right in your editorial last week to make the point that council tenants deserve straight answers in the debate about possible housing transfer. That is why, as you reported, we are consulting with all our tenants over the next six weeks. more...
AFTER attending the village assembly at Hilperton recently, I was very disappointed to hear that the Hilperton Gap road seems to be such a low priority, and that indeed the £600,000 held by the contractors may never be used at all. more...
TO us a compost heap is where we toss the vegetable peelings and hope they turn into something brown and crumbly; to a hedgehog it is somewhere warm with a ready supply of fat, juicy worms, which makes it the perfect place to hibernate. more...
BROUGHTON Gifford retained the Trowbridge and District League Knock Out Cup when they beat Heytesbury 2-0. more...
CHIPPENHAM LEAGUE more...
UNDER 15s DIVISION more...
By Alison Phillips more...
By Ian Wilkerson more...
By Dean Valler more...
By Michael Crutchley more...
THE North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club held the third round of their road race championships at Keevil last Sun-day. more...
By Colin Scull more...
WINTER competitions have now been completed, with Shirley Samuels winning the Winter Eclectic silver division. more...
RACING driver Scott Vogl from Essex and co-driver Tim Line, from Seend, a sergeant serving with the Royal Artillery at Larkhill, took their UK Pioneer Daihatsu challenge car to victory on the second round of the Daihatsu challenge, the Plains rally, despite dropping time with a puncture on the second stage. more...
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