Wiltshire | Archive | 2000 | July
IT'S all really rather surreal. Alec Baldwin is the tough talking actor from the likes of Malice and The Hunt For Red October. He's the husband of Kim Basinger and celebrated puncher of photographers. more...
MANNERS and morals are not what they used to be. more...
NORTH Wiltshire's biggest event of 2000 has been opened by TV star Tim Vincent - marking the beginning of three days of free entertainment in Chippenham. more...
DINING in the elegant surroundings of the restaurant at Bowood House one enjoys some highly distinguished company. more...
Friday, July 21: Brinkworth: School end of year service, St Michael's Church, 1.45pm. more...
Thursday, July 20: Moriarty; Green Scene: The Victoria, Swindon more...
DEVIZES wharf. Box office tel: (01380) 725944. September 16-23: The Rivals (a) more...
DEVIZES: Handel House Gallery. Tel: (01380) 727032. Until August 5: Unveiling Figures and Form, paintings by Howard Wolf and sculpture by K Jane Jones on the theme of the human body more...
CHERHILL residents fear it is only a matter of time before someone is killed on a stretch of road where a school bus crashed. more...
COUNCILLORS fear plans to move Calne Post Office into News Shop in Phelps Parade could be a nightmare with inadequate space and access for the 14,00 people who already use it daily. more...
TWO organisations have benefited from the latest National Lottery grants, receiving more than £5,000 between them for the town's younger residents. more...
HISTORIC trophies from the Chippenham to Calne Roadwalk have been handed over to Calne Town Council in the hope they will be used as prizes for other events. more...
BRITNEY Spears and Will Smith are among the most popular role models for youngsters in Wiltshire, according to a survey sent out to 1,500 13 to 18 year-olds. more...
IT is comforting to know that Wiltshire is the third safest county in the country, according to the Home Office statistics released this week. more...
WHEN the Gazette reported that the Wiltshire Children's Holidays charity was faced with a cash crisis and 50 needy youngsters would have to miss a seaside trip, we expected our readers would come to the rescue. more...
IF Coun Joan Evans wants to spend £45,000 on the war memorial I suggest she go and buy the materials from B&Q and do the job herself. more...
I AM writing in response to the reported quote of William Hall in last week's edition of the Gazette and Herald that two-bedroom houses in Yatton Keynell would attract yobbos. more...
I AM writing in response to the article in last week's Gazette and Herald in which developer, William Hill, claimed that two bedroom houses attract yobs. more...
WILLIAM Hague, the Conservative leader, has recently said he wants to take control of spending away from local authorities. more...
THE NHS is often the topic of conversation at the present, both in the press, radio and TV. more...
I NOTE with interest the comments by the former Conservative MP for North Wiltshire Sir Richard Needham about the Euro. more...
I AM writing in response to the two letters published (Gazette, June 29 and July 6) from K R Manns. more...
SO the Lib Dem leader, Mr Kennedy, is to join the Chippenham campaign for much needed playing fields (Gazette, July 13). more...
THE description of the express checkout at the Safeway supermarket, Devizes, (Letters, July 13) is a misnomer. more...
THE North Wiltshire 2000 festival has not started yet, and already I am very disappointed with the dates of the festival. more...
CRICKET: Hinton Charterhouse 2nds continued their unbeaten run as they visited Beanacre 2nds and came away with a seven wicket success after bowling their hosts out for 101. more...
CRICKET: With Biddestone 2nds on a free week, Corsham Station took the opportunity to take over as leaders. more...
CRICKET: Swindon Litten Tree remain unbeaten following a comfortable six wicket win over nearest challengers Marshfield 3rds. more...
CRICKET: Lavington continue to cruise towards the championship. more...
CUP CRICKET: In a close contest Devizes came out second best, losing by six wickets with three balls to spare in the final of the Jack Wilcox 20 overs a side trophy. more...
CRICKET: Chippenham v Taunton St Andrews. Teenager Alex Clarke clubbed a rapid 43 to guide Chippenham to a one wicket win in a low scoring game in the West of England Premier League on Saturday. more...
NORTHLEACH Youth, playing next season at under 15s level, are interested in playing pre-season friendlies against local teams. more...
HORSE TRIALS: Jemima Ensor (17) of Pewsey has been selected as a member of the British junior squad to compete at the Junior European Championships in Italy. more...
COUNTY CRICKET: Wiltshire's first Minor Counties championship defeat of the season has all but ended their hopes of lifting the title. more...
MOTORCYCLE RACING: Chippenham's Neil Higgs had mixed fortunes at the fifth round of the North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club road race championships at Pembrey in Wales. more...
BOWLS: Two of Wiltshire's fine young bowlers have been selected to play for England. more...
CRICKET: With the top four sides winning the positions remains unchanged in Division One. more...
CRICKET: Bath Civil Service go to the top of the division after their five-wicket home success against Burbage and ER. more...
CRICKET: The battle for supremacy continues between Swindon Civil Service and Sutton Veny. The Swindon side lead at present by two points . more...
CRICKET: Blunsdon took over from Bathford in second place after shooting hosts Mildenhall out for just 49, their lowest ever league score. more...
CRICKET: United Churches and Wroughton Wranglers both won to stay well ahead of the rest in this division. more...
IT could be a memorable new millennium for Devizes rugby club. more...
LOCAL schools and rugby clubs will share £1,000 in prize money, donated by Allied Dunbar, when they compete in a rugby competition and a tug of war at the North Wiltshire Festival. more...
IT'S all really rather surreal. Alec Baldwin is the tough talking actor from the likes of Malice and The Hunt For Red October. He's the husband of Kim Basinger and celebrated puncher of photographers. more...
LIBERAL Democrat leader Charles Kennedy called in at Chippenham Town Football Club on Monday, July 17, to congratulate the club on winning through to Wembley and to discuss the town's campaign for new playing fields. more...
IF Coun Joan Evans wants to spend £45,000 on the war memorial I suggest she go and buy the materials from B&Q and do the job herself. more...
IT is comforting to know that Wiltshire is the third safest county in the country, according to the Home Office statistics released this week. more...
WHEN the Gazette reported that the Wiltshire Children's Holidays charity was faced with a cash crisis and 50 needy youngsters would have to miss a seaside trip, we expected our readers would come to the rescue. more...
I AM writing in response to the reported quote of William Hall in last week's edition of the Gazette and Herald that two-bedroom houses in Yatton Keynell would attract yobbos. more...
I AM writing in response to the article in last week's Gazette and Herald in which developer, William Hill, claimed that two bedroom houses attract yobs. more...
WILLIAM Hague, the Conservative leader, has recently said he wants to take control of spending away from local authorities. more...
THE NHS is often the topic of conversation at the present, both in the press, radio and TV. more...
I NOTE with interest the comments by the former Conservative MP for North Wiltshire Sir Richard Needham about the Euro. more...
I AM writing in response to the two letters published (Gazette, June 29 and July 6) from K R Manns. more...
SO the Lib Dem leader, Mr Kennedy, is to join the Chippenham campaign for much needed playing fields (Gazette, July 13). more...
THE description of the express checkout at the Safeway supermarket, Devizes, (Letters, July 13) is a misnomer. more...
THE North Wiltshire 2000 festival has not started yet, and already I am very disappointed with the dates of the festival. more...
A NEW report on safety hazards at Chippenham bus station says hundreds of passengers are at risk of serious injury every day. more...
HOT dog seller Karen Dagostino returned to her Chippenham High Street pitch on Friday, July 14, just two days after pleading guilty to trading illegally and being fined hundreds of pounds. more...
A TERRORIST threat disrupted rail journeys for Chippenham commuters on Wednesday, July 19, when police closed Paddington Station. more...
A THIEF is believed to have set free an injured wild ginger tom before stealing a cat trap. more...
FAMILY and friends have paid tribute to businessman Tom Stewart after he collapsed and died within days of confronting burglars at his home in Lacock. more...
FORMER soldier Ernest Darch has published a secret diary of his three harrowing years in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. more...
THE Bishop of Swindon, the Rt Rev Michael Doe, dedicated the two new bells of St Peter's Church in Langley Burrell on Sunday, July 16. more...
MILLENNIUM Mary, the driving force behind Chippenham's huge Millennium history project, is moving to London to further her career in museum and exhibition work. more...
CRICKET: Hinton Charterhouse 2nds continued their unbeaten run as they visited Beanacre 2nds and came away with a seven wicket success after bowling their hosts out for 101. more...
CRICKET: With Biddestone 2nds on a free week, Corsham Station took the opportunity to take over as leaders. more...
CRICKET: Swindon Litten Tree remain unbeaten following a comfortable six wicket win over nearest challengers Marshfield 3rds. more...
CRICKET: Lavington continue to cruise towards the championship. more...
CUP CRICKET: In a close contest Devizes came out second best, losing by six wickets with three balls to spare in the final of the Jack Wilcox 20 overs a side trophy. more...
CRICKET: Chippenham v Taunton St Andrews. Teenager Alex Clarke clubbed a rapid 43 to guide Chippenham to a one wicket win in a low scoring game in the West of England Premier League on Saturday. more...
HORSE TRIALS: Jemima Ensor (17) of Pewsey has been selected as a member of the British junior squad to compete at the Junior European Championships in Italy. more...
COUNTY CRICKET: Wiltshire's first Minor Counties championship defeat of the season has all but ended their hopes of lifting the title. more...
MOTORCYCLE RACING: Chippenham's Neil Higgs had mixed fortunes at the fifth round of the North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club road race championships at Pembrey in Wales. more...
BOWLS: Two of Wiltshire's fine young bowlers have been selected to play for England. more...
CRICKET: With the top four sides winning the positions remains unchanged in Division One. more...
CRICKET: Bath Civil Service go to the top of the division after their five-wicket home success against Burbage and ER. more...
CRICKET: The battle for supremacy continues between Swindon Civil Service and Sutton Veny. The Swindon side lead at present by two points . more...
CRICKET: Blunsdon took over from Bathford in second place after shooting hosts Mildenhall out for just 49, their lowest ever league score. more...
CRICKET: United Churches and Wroughton Wranglers both won to stay well ahead of the rest in this division. more...
IT'S all really rather surreal. Alec Baldwin is the tough talking actor from the likes of Malice and The Hunt For Red October. He's the husband of Kim Basinger and celebrated puncher of photographers. more...
MANNERS and morals are not what they used to be. more...
NORTH Wiltshire's biggest event of 2000 has been opened by TV star Tim Vincent - marking the beginning of three days of free entertainment in Chippenham. more...
DINING in the elegant surroundings of the restaurant at Bowood House one enjoys some highly distinguished company. more...
Friday, July 21: Brinkworth: School end of year service, St Michael's Church, 1.45pm. more...
Thursday, July 20: Moriarty; Green Scene: The Victoria, Swindon more...
DEVIZES wharf. Box office tel: (01380) 725944. September 16-23: The Rivals (a) more...
DEVIZES: Handel House Gallery. Tel: (01380) 727032. Until August 5: Unveiling Figures and Form, paintings by Howard Wolf and sculpture by K Jane Jones on the theme of the human body more...
IT is comforting to know that Wiltshire is the third safest county in the country, according to the Home Office statistics released this week. more...
WHEN the Gazette reported that the Wiltshire Children's Holidays charity was faced with a cash crisis and 50 needy youngsters would have to miss a seaside trip, we expected our readers would come to the rescue. more...
TWO hundred needy children have been told to pack their suitcases for the seaside after Gazette readers raised £10,000 in less than a week to save their holidays. more...
BRITNEY Spears and Will Smith are among the most popular role models for youngsters in Wiltshire, according to a survey sent out to 1,500 13 to 18 year-olds. more...
I AM writing in response to the reported quote of William Hall in last week's edition of the Gazette and Herald that two-bedroom houses in Yatton Keynell would attract yobbos. more...
I AM writing in response to the article in last week's Gazette and Herald in which developer, William Hill, claimed that two bedroom houses attract yobs. more...
WILLIAM Hague, the Conservative leader, has recently said he wants to take control of spending away from local authorities. more...
I NOTE with interest the comments by the former Conservative MP for North Wiltshire Sir Richard Needham about the Euro. more...
I AM writing in response to the two letters published (Gazette, June 29 and July 6) from K R Manns. more...
SO the Lib Dem leader, Mr Kennedy, is to join the Chippenham campaign for much needed playing fields (Gazette, July 13). more...
THE description of the express checkout at the Safeway supermarket, Devizes, (Letters, July 13) is a misnomer. more...
THE North Wiltshire 2000 festival has not started yet, and already I am very disappointed with the dates of the festival. more...
LIBERAL Democrat leader Charles Kennedy called in at Chippenham Town Football Club on Monday, July 17, to congratulate the club on winning through to Wembley and to discuss the town's campaign for new playing fields. more...
IF Coun Joan Evans wants to spend £45,000 on the war memorial I suggest she go and buy the materials from B&Q and do the job herself. more...
HORSE TRIALS: Jemima Ensor (17) of Pewsey has been selected as a member of the British junior squad to compete at the Junior European Championships in Italy. more...
COUNTY CRICKET: Wiltshire's first Minor Counties championship defeat of the season has all but ended their hopes of lifting the title. more...
MOTORCYCLE RACING: Chippenham's Neil Higgs had mixed fortunes at the fifth round of the North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club road race championships at Pembrey in Wales. more...
BOWLS: Two of Wiltshire's fine young bowlers have been selected to play for England. more...
CRICKET: With the top four sides winning the positions remains unchanged in Division One. more...
CRICKET: Bath Civil Service go to the top of the division after their five-wicket home success against Burbage and ER. more...
CRICKET: The battle for supremacy continues between Swindon Civil Service and Sutton Veny. The Swindon side lead at present by two points . more...
CRICKET: Blunsdon took over from Bathford in second place after shooting hosts Mildenhall out for just 49, their lowest ever league score. more...
CRICKET: United Churches and Wroughton Wranglers both won to stay well ahead of the rest in this division. more...
CRICKET: Hinton Charterhouse 2nds continued their unbeaten run as they visited Beanacre 2nds and came away with a seven wicket success after bowling their hosts out for 101. more...
CRICKET: With Biddestone 2nds on a free week, Corsham Station took the opportunity to take over as leaders. more...
CRICKET: Swindon Litten Tree remain unbeaten following a comfortable six wicket win over nearest challengers Marshfield 3rds. more...
CRICKET: Lavington continue to cruise towards the championship. more...
CUP CRICKET: In a close contest Devizes came out second best, losing by six wickets with three balls to spare in the final of the Jack Wilcox 20 overs a side trophy. more...
CRICKET: Chippenham v Taunton St Andrews. Teenager Alex Clarke clubbed a rapid 43 to guide Chippenham to a one wicket win in a low scoring game in the West of England Premier League on Saturday. more...
CAT rescue groups are at crisis point as they battle to cope with a record number of cats and kittens which have been dumped across the area. more...
TWO hundred needy children have been told to pack their suitcases for the seaside after Gazette readers raised £10,000 in less than a week to save their holidays. more...
FARMERS are claiming hoaxers cause thousands of pounds worth of damage by making crop circles and encouraging people to walk across fields and trample the crops. more...
POLICE are searching for a man who pushed an 85-year-old woman to the ground at West Lavington. more...
GLOBETROTTING husband and wife Freddie and Jan Giles crossed the finishing line at London's Tower Bridge as winners of one of the world's greatest veteran car motoring challenges, the Around The World in Eighty Days cup. more...
THE acclaimed London House restaurant in Pewsey is shutting its doors for good on July 29 after failing to attract enough customers to make it pay. more...
THE historic Devizes Assize Courts, once hailed as an architectural masterpiece, which has been left to decay for more than 14 years, is facing a bleaker future than ever before. more...
BOOK publisher Robin Garton is attempting a gruelling series of mountain climbs in just 24 hours to raise money to build a new school in Bangladesh. more...
FAMILY and friends of Karen Chandler paid an emotional farewell to the devoted mother-of- two at her funeral service. more...
THE reliability of crucial evidence from a pathologist which helped convict solicitor Sally Clark of murdering her two baby sons has been challenged in the Court of Appeal. more...
A CHARITY which provides support for young families at times of need has averted its own crisis after receiving £51,615 from the National Lottery Charities Boad. more...
WILTSHIRE is the third safest county in England, according to new statistics on crime published by the Home Office. more...
HORSE TRIALS: Jemima Ensor (17) of Pewsey has been selected as a member of the British junior squad to compete at the Junior European Championships in Italy. more...
COUNTY CRICKET: Wiltshire's first Minor Counties championship defeat of the season has all but ended their hopes of lifting the title. more...
MOTORCYCLE RACING: Chippenham's Neil Higgs had mixed fortunes at the fifth round of the North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club road race championships at Pembrey in Wales. more...
BOWLS: Two of Wiltshire's fine young bowlers have been selected to play for England. more...
CRICKET: With the top four sides winning the positions remains unchanged in Division One. more...
CRICKET: Bath Civil Service go to the top of the division after their five-wicket home success against Burbage and ER. more...
CRICKET: The battle for supremacy continues between Swindon Civil Service and Sutton Veny. The Swindon side lead at present by two points . more...
CRICKET: Blunsdon took over from Bathford in second place after shooting hosts Mildenhall out for just 49, their lowest ever league score. more...
CRICKET: United Churches and Wroughton Wranglers both won to stay well ahead of the rest in this division. more...
CRICKET: Hinton Charterhouse 2nds continued their unbeaten run as they visited Beanacre 2nds and came away with a seven wicket success after bowling their hosts out for 101. more...
CRICKET: With Biddestone 2nds on a free week, Corsham Station took the opportunity to take over as leaders. more...
CRICKET: Swindon Litten Tree remain unbeaten following a comfortable six wicket win over nearest challengers Marshfield 3rds. more...
CRICKET: Lavington continue to cruise towards the championship. more...
CUP CRICKET: In a close contest Devizes came out second best, losing by six wickets with three balls to spare in the final of the Jack Wilcox 20 overs a side trophy. more...
CRICKET: Chippenham v Taunton St Andrews. Teenager Alex Clarke clubbed a rapid 43 to guide Chippenham to a one wicket win in a low scoring game in the West of England Premier League on Saturday. more...
IT could be a memorable new millennium for Devizes rugby club. more...
LOCAL schools and rugby clubs will share £1,000 in prize money, donated by Allied Dunbar, when they compete in a rugby competition and a tug of war at the North Wiltshire Festival. more...
IT'S all really rather surreal. Alec Baldwin is the tough talking actor from the likes of Malice and The Hunt For Red October. He's the husband of Kim Basinger and celebrated puncher of photographers. more...
MANNERS and morals are not what they used to be. more...
NORTH Wiltshire's biggest event of 2000 has been opened by TV star Tim Vincent - marking the beginning of three days of free entertainment in Chippenham. more...
DINING in the elegant surroundings of the restaurant at Bowood House one enjoys some highly distinguished company. more...
Friday, July 21: Brinkworth: School end of year service, St Michael's Church, 1.45pm. more...
Thursday, July 20: Moriarty; Green Scene: The Victoria, Swindon more...
DEVIZES wharf. Box office tel: (01380) 725944. September 16-23: The Rivals (a) more...
DEVIZES: Handel House Gallery. Tel: (01380) 727032. Until August 5: Unveiling Figures and Form, paintings by Howard Wolf and sculpture by K Jane Jones on the theme of the human body more...
I AM writing in response to the reported quote of William Hall in last week's edition of the Gazette and Herald that two-bedroom houses in Yatton Keynell would attract yobbos. more...
I AM writing in response to the article in last week's Gazette and Herald in which developer, William Hill, claimed that two bedroom houses attract yobs. more...
WILLIAM Hague, the Conservative leader, has recently said he wants to take control of spending away from local authorities. more...
THE NHS is often the topic of conversation at the present, both in the press, radio and TV. more...
I NOTE with interest the comments by the former Conservative MP for North Wiltshire Sir Richard Needham about the Euro. more...
I AM writing in response to the two letters published (Gazette, June 29 and July 6) from K R Manns. more...
SO the Lib Dem leader, Mr Kennedy, is to join the Chippenham campaign for much needed playing fields (Gazette, July 13). more...
THE description of the express checkout at the Safeway supermarket, Devizes, (Letters, July 13) is a misnomer. more...
THE North Wiltshire 2000 festival has not started yet, and already I am very disappointed with the dates of the festival. more...
IF Coun Joan Evans wants to spend £45,000 on the war memorial I suggest she go and buy the materials from B&Q and do the job herself. more...
IT is comforting to know that Wiltshire is the third safest county in the country, according to the Home Office statistics released this week. more...
WHEN the Gazette reported that the Wiltshire Children's Holidays charity was faced with a cash crisis and 50 needy youngsters would have to miss a seaside trip, we expected our readers would come to the rescue. more...
MANNERS and morals are not what they used to be. more...
NORTH Wiltshire's biggest event of 2000 has been opened by TV star Tim Vincent - marking the beginning of three days of free entertainment in Chippenham. more...
DINING in the elegant surroundings of the restaurant at Bowood House one enjoys some highly distinguished company. more...
Friday, July 21: Brinkworth: School end of year service, St Michael's Church, 1.45pm. more...
Thursday, July 20: Moriarty; Green Scene: The Victoria, Swindon more...
DEVIZES wharf. Box office tel: (01380) 725944. September 16-23: The Rivals (a) more...
DEVIZES: Handel House Gallery. Tel: (01380) 727032. Until August 5: Unveiling Figures and Form, paintings by Howard Wolf and sculpture by K Jane Jones on the theme of the human body more...
IT is comforting to know that Wiltshire is the third safest county in the country, according to the Home Office statistics released this week. more...
WHEN the Gazette reported that the Wiltshire Children's Holidays charity was faced with a cash crisis and 50 needy youngsters would have to miss a seaside trip, we expected our readers would come to the rescue. more...
IF Coun Joan Evans wants to spend £45,000 on the war memorial I suggest she go and buy the materials from B&Q and do the job herself. more...
I AM writing in response to the reported quote of William Hall in last week's edition of the Gazette and Herald that two-bedroom houses in Yatton Keynell would attract yobbos. more...
I AM writing in response to the article in last week's Gazette and Herald in which developer, William Hill, claimed that two bedroom houses attract yobs. more...
WILLIAM Hague, the Conservative leader, has recently said he wants to take control of spending away from local authorities. more...
THE NHS is often the topic of conversation at the present, both in the press, radio and TV. more...
I NOTE with interest the comments by the former Conservative MP for North Wiltshire Sir Richard Needham about the Euro. more...
I AM writing in response to the two letters published (Gazette, June 29 and July 6) from K R Manns. more...
SO the Lib Dem leader, Mr Kennedy, is to join the Chippenham campaign for much needed playing fields (Gazette, July 13). more...
THE description of the express checkout at the Safeway supermarket, Devizes, (Letters, July 13) is a misnomer. more...
THE North Wiltshire 2000 festival has not started yet, and already I am very disappointed with the dates of the festival. more...
MORE wartime secrets have been uncovered in the bid to raise money for a memorial to British resistance heroine Mabel Stranks, from Highworth. more...
BRITNEY Spears and Will Smith are among the most popular role models for youngsters in Wiltshire, according to a survey sent out to 1,500 13 to 18 year-olds. more...
IT could be a memorable new millennium for Devizes rugby club. more...
LOCAL schools and rugby clubs will share £1,000 in prize money, donated by Allied Dunbar, when they compete in a rugby competition and a tug of war at the North Wiltshire Festival. more...
CRICKET: Hinton Charterhouse 2nds continued their unbeaten run as they visited Beanacre 2nds and came away with a seven wicket success after bowling their hosts out for 101. more...
CRICKET: With Biddestone 2nds on a free week, Corsham Station took the opportunity to take over as leaders. more...
CRICKET: Swindon Litten Tree remain unbeaten following a comfortable six wicket win over nearest challengers Marshfield 3rds. more...
CRICKET: Lavington continue to cruise towards the championship. more...
CUP CRICKET: In a close contest Devizes came out second best, losing by six wickets with three balls to spare in the final of the Jack Wilcox 20 overs a side trophy. more...
CRICKET: Chippenham v Taunton St Andrews. Teenager Alex Clarke clubbed a rapid 43 to guide Chippenham to a one wicket win in a low scoring game in the West of England Premier League on Saturday. more...
NORTHLEACH Youth, playing next season at under 15s level, are interested in playing pre-season friendlies against local teams. more...
HORSE TRIALS: Jemima Ensor (17) of Pewsey has been selected as a member of the British junior squad to compete at the Junior European Championships in Italy. more...
COUNTY CRICKET: Wiltshire's first Minor Counties championship defeat of the season has all but ended their hopes of lifting the title. more...
MOTORCYCLE RACING: Chippenham's Neil Higgs had mixed fortunes at the fifth round of the North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club road race championships at Pembrey in Wales. more...
BOWLS: Two of Wiltshire's fine young bowlers have been selected to play for England. more...
CRICKET: With the top four sides winning the positions remains unchanged in Division One. more...
CRICKET: Bath Civil Service go to the top of the division after their five-wicket home success against Burbage and ER. more...
CRICKET: The battle for supremacy continues between Swindon Civil Service and Sutton Veny. The Swindon side lead at present by two points . more...
CRICKET: Blunsdon took over from Bathford in second place after shooting hosts Mildenhall out for just 49, their lowest ever league score. more...
CRICKET: United Churches and Wroughton Wranglers both won to stay well ahead of the rest in this division. more...
MANNERS and morals are not what they used to be. more...
NORTH Wiltshire's biggest event of 2000 has been opened by TV star Tim Vincent - marking the beginning of three days of free entertainment in Chippenham. more...
DINING in the elegant surroundings of the restaurant at Bowood House one enjoys some highly distinguished company. more...
Friday, July 21: Brinkworth: School end of year service, St Michael's Church, 1.45pm. more...
Thursday, July 20: Moriarty; Green Scene: The Victoria, Swindon more...
DEVIZES wharf. Box office tel: (01380) 725944. September 16-23: The Rivals (a) more...
DEVIZES: Handel House Gallery. Tel: (01380) 727032. Until August 5: Unveiling Figures and Form, paintings by Howard Wolf and sculpture by K Jane Jones on the theme of the human body more...
IT is comforting to know that Wiltshire is the third safest county in the country, according to the Home Office statistics released this week. more...
WHEN the Gazette reported that the Wiltshire Children's Holidays charity was faced with a cash crisis and 50 needy youngsters would have to miss a seaside trip, we expected our readers would come to the rescue. more...
I AM writing in response to the reported quote of William Hall in last week's edition of the Gazette and Herald that two-bedroom houses in Yatton Keynell would attract yobbos. more...
I AM writing in response to the article in last week's Gazette and Herald in which developer, William Hill, claimed that two bedroom houses attract yobs. more...
WILLIAM Hague, the Conservative leader, has recently said he wants to take control of spending away from local authorities. more...
THE NHS is often the topic of conversation at the present, both in the press, radio and TV. more...
I NOTE with interest the comments by the former Conservative MP for North Wiltshire Sir Richard Needham about the Euro. more...
I AM writing in response to the two letters published (Gazette, June 29 and July 6) from K R Manns. more...
SO the Lib Dem leader, Mr Kennedy, is to join the Chippenham campaign for much needed playing fields (Gazette, July 13). more...
THE description of the express checkout at the Safeway supermarket, Devizes, (Letters, July 13) is a misnomer. more...
THE North Wiltshire 2000 festival has not started yet, and already I am very disappointed with the dates of the festival. more...
IF Coun Joan Evans wants to spend £45,000 on the war memorial I suggest she go and buy the materials from B&Q and do the job herself. more...
COUNCILLORS in Malmesbury say they are coming under verbal attack from residents and traders angry over the traffic delays caused by roadworks in the town. more...
VANDALS attacked a sculpture exhibition in the gardens of Malmesbury Abbey just days after it opened. more...
VILLAGERS say they are relieved after action by the Westlea Housing Association forced a neighbour to remove several dilapidated cars from a housing estate. more...
POLICE are appealing for information about a man who exposed himself to an 11-year-old schoolgirl. more...
BRITAIN has every reason to be enormously proud of the professional public impression created by the royal family, according to Malmesbury Preservation Trust chairman Major Tim Tyler. more...
ART lovers from all over the country are expected to visit Malmesbury over the next two months to view an exhibition by 21 leading contemporary sculptors at Malmesbury Abbey and the Abbey House Gardens. more...
BRITNEY Spears and Will Smith are among the most popular role models for youngsters in Wiltshire, according to a survey sent out to 1,500 13 to 18 year-olds. more...
IT could be a memorable new millennium for Devizes rugby club. more...
LOCAL schools and rugby clubs will share £1,000 in prize money, donated by Allied Dunbar, when they compete in a rugby competition and a tug of war at the North Wiltshire Festival. more...
CRICKET: Hinton Charterhouse 2nds continued their unbeaten run as they visited Beanacre 2nds and came away with a seven wicket success after bowling their hosts out for 101. more...
CRICKET: With Biddestone 2nds on a free week, Corsham Station took the opportunity to take over as leaders. more...
CRICKET: Swindon Litten Tree remain unbeaten following a comfortable six wicket win over nearest challengers Marshfield 3rds. more...
CRICKET: Lavington continue to cruise towards the championship. more...
CUP CRICKET: In a close contest Devizes came out second best, losing by six wickets with three balls to spare in the final of the Jack Wilcox 20 overs a side trophy. more...
CRICKET: Chippenham v Taunton St Andrews. Teenager Alex Clarke clubbed a rapid 43 to guide Chippenham to a one wicket win in a low scoring game in the West of England Premier League on Saturday. more...
NORTHLEACH Youth, playing next season at under 15s level, are interested in playing pre-season friendlies against local teams. more...
HORSE TRIALS: Jemima Ensor (17) of Pewsey has been selected as a member of the British junior squad to compete at the Junior European Championships in Italy. more...
COUNTY CRICKET: Wiltshire's first Minor Counties championship defeat of the season has all but ended their hopes of lifting the title. more...
MOTORCYCLE RACING: Chippenham's Neil Higgs had mixed fortunes at the fifth round of the North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club road race championships at Pembrey in Wales. more...
BOWLS: Two of Wiltshire's fine young bowlers have been selected to play for England. more...
CRICKET: With the top four sides winning the positions remains unchanged in Division One. more...
CRICKET: Bath Civil Service go to the top of the division after their five-wicket home success against Burbage and ER. more...
CRICKET: Blunsdon took over from Bathford in second place after shooting hosts Mildenhall out for just 49, their lowest ever league score. more...
CRICKET: United Churches and Wroughton Wranglers both won to stay well ahead of the rest in this division. more...
MANNERS and morals are not what they used to be. more...
NORTH Wiltshire's biggest event of 2000 has been opened by TV star Tim Vincent - marking the beginning of three days of free entertainment in Chippenham. more...
DINING in the elegant surroundings of the restaurant at Bowood House one enjoys some highly distinguished company. more...
Friday, July 21: Brinkworth: School end of year service, St Michael's Church, 1.45pm. more...
Thursday, July 20: Moriarty; Green Scene: The Victoria, Swindon more...
DEVIZES wharf. Box office tel: (01380) 725944. September 16-23: The Rivals (a) more...
DEVIZES: Handel House Gallery. Tel: (01380) 727032. Until August 5: Unveiling Figures and Form, paintings by Howard Wolf and sculpture by K Jane Jones on the theme of the human body more...
CONCERNS over Dr James Elwood's blunders were first voiced in Princess Margaret Hospital by Peter Schlesinger the gynaecologist wrongly accused last year of indecently assaulting a young girl. more...
MONEY donated by Gazette readers are continuing to help Loran Hastings receive her education in the safest possible environment. more...
IF Coun Joan Evans wants to spend £45,000 on the war memorial I suggest she go and buy the materials from B&Q and do the job herself. more...
FARMERS are claiming hoaxers cause thousands of pounds worth of damage by making crop circles and encouraging people to walk across fields and trample the crops. more...
TWO hundred needy children have been told to pack their suitcases for the seaside after Gazette readers raised £10,000 in less than a week to save their holidays. more...
VILLAGERS in Avebury fear that inconsiderate parking by tourists could block the way for emergency vehicles and lead to a tragedy. more...
THE acclaimed London House restaurant in Pewsey is shutting its doors for good on July 29 after failing to attract enough customers to make it pay. more...
JAZZ lovers flocked to yet another rip-roaringly successful jazz festival in Marlborough. more...
A BLAZE which wrecked a newly-restored thatched cottage in Enford early on Sunday morning(July 16) may have been started deliberately. more...
PUBLICANS have been urged to lock the doors to their private living accommodation after thieves struck twice. more...
SWINDON and Marlborough NHS Trust is driving forward a campaign to recruit nurses, in the face of increasing staff shortages. more...
A CHARITY which provides support for young families at times of need has averted its own crisis after receiving £51,615 from the National Lottery Charities Boad. more...
IT is comforting to know that Wiltshire is the third safest county in the country, according to the Home Office statistics released this week. more...
WHEN the Gazette reported that the Wiltshire Children's Holidays charity was faced with a cash crisis and 50 needy youngsters would have to miss a seaside trip, we expected our readers would come to the rescue. more...
I AM writing in response to the reported quote of William Hall in last week's edition of the Gazette and Herald that two-bedroom houses in Yatton Keynell would attract yobbos. more...
I AM writing in response to the article in last week's Gazette and Herald in which developer, William Hill, claimed that two bedroom houses attract yobs. more...
WILLIAM Hague, the Conservative leader, has recently said he wants to take control of spending away from local authorities. more...
THE NHS is often the topic of conversation at the present, both in the press, radio and TV. more...
I NOTE with interest the comments by the former Conservative MP for North Wiltshire Sir Richard Needham about the Euro. more...
I AM writing in response to the two letters published (Gazette, June 29 and July 6) from K R Manns. more...
SO the Lib Dem leader, Mr Kennedy, is to join the Chippenham campaign for much needed playing fields (Gazette, July 13). more...
THE description of the express checkout at the Safeway supermarket, Devizes, (Letters, July 13) is a misnomer. more...
THE North Wiltshire 2000 festival has not started yet, and already I am very disappointed with the dates of the festival. more...
CRICKET: Hinton Charterhouse 2nds continued their unbeaten run as they visited Beanacre 2nds and came away with a seven wicket success after bowling their hosts out for 101. more...
CRICKET: With Biddestone 2nds on a free week, Corsham Station took the opportunity to take over as leaders. more...
CRICKET: Swindon Litten Tree remain unbeaten following a comfortable six wicket win over nearest challengers Marshfield 3rds. more...
CRICKET: Lavington continue to cruise towards the championship. more...
CUP CRICKET: In a close contest Devizes came out second best, losing by six wickets with three balls to spare in the final of the Jack Wilcox 20 overs a side trophy. more...
CRICKET: Chippenham v Taunton St Andrews. Teenager Alex Clarke clubbed a rapid 43 to guide Chippenham to a one wicket win in a low scoring game in the West of England Premier League on Saturday. more...
NORTHLEACH Youth, playing next season at under 15s level, are interested in playing pre-season friendlies against local teams. more...
IT could be a memorable new millennium for Devizes rugby club. more...
LOCAL schools and rugby clubs will share £1,000 in prize money, donated by Allied Dunbar, when they compete in a rugby competition and a tug of war at the North Wiltshire Festival. more...
HORSE TRIALS: Jemima Ensor (17) of Pewsey has been selected as a member of the British junior squad to compete at the Junior European Championships in Italy. more...
COUNTY CRICKET: Wiltshire's first Minor Counties championship defeat of the season has all but ended their hopes of lifting the title. more...
MOTORCYCLE RACING: Chippenham's Neil Higgs had mixed fortunes at the fifth round of the North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club road race championships at Pembrey in Wales. more...
BOWLS: Two of Wiltshire's fine young bowlers have been selected to play for England. more...
CRICKET: With the top four sides winning the positions remains unchanged in Division One. more...
CRICKET: Bath Civil Service go to the top of the division after their five-wicket home success against Burbage and ER. more...
CRICKET: The battle for supremacy continues between Swindon Civil Service and Sutton Veny. The Swindon side lead at present by two points . more...
CRICKET: Blunsdon took over from Bathford in second place after shooting hosts Mildenhall out for just 49, their lowest ever league score. more...
CRICKET: United Churches and Wroughton Wranglers both won to stay well ahead of the rest in this division. more...
SALISBURY Healthcare NHS Trust has fared well in the latest performance guide league tables, but Wiltshire as a whole has performed badly in breast cancer survival rates. more...
TRIBUTES have been paid to Sir Michael Hamilton, the former MP for Salisbury who's died at the age of 81. more...
A SKELETON found at Stonehenge and known in the archaeological world as 4.10.4 has been found to be that of an outcast who was executed some time between 650 and 690 AD. more...
THE Southern Cathedrals Festival gets underway this week, with Salisbury the host city. more...
Tuesday 25 July: New Forest Show, Brockenhurst (continues until Thursday) more...
Half Way Down The Line, an exhibition of paintings and photographs by Richard Gagola is at the Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Old Town. The display of 30 pieces explores the mystery of Swindon from a variety of perspectives. more...
Thursday, July 20: Slinky play at the start of the annual charity raft regatta at the Riverside Inn, Lechlade. Free entry. more...
Thursday, July 20: DJ Nick E Smoove plays at a UK garage night at Mondo Mondo, 25-27a John Street, Swindon. more...
Thursday, July 20: OTT Karaoke is at The Havana Bar/ Cafe, Fleming Way, Swindon. Free. more...
SWINDON youngsters are being given the chance to join the circus. more...
THE heat is on as rafters battle it out in the 12th annual Charity Raft Regatta at Lechlade. more...
Thursday, July 20: Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, Saturday Songs For All Time with opera singer John Fletcher and pianist Stephen Higgins. A visual show for music lovers.Tickets: from £8.50. Time. 8pm (01793) 524481 more...
Thursday, July 20: Thamesdown Junior Chess Club meet at Commonweal School at 6.45pm (term time only). (01793) 813725. more...
Thursday, July 20: Bingo is at the Catholic church hall, Wootton Bassett, from 7.15pm. more...
Thursday, July 20: Ceroc, modern partner dance, is at The Goddard Arms Hotel, Old Town, from 7.30pm to 11pm every Thursday. Tickets are £4.50. (01725) 513966. more...
Thursday, July 20: Highworth Silver Band meets at the Band Hall, Lechlade Road, Highworth, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. (01793) 762994. more...
Thursday, July 20: Swindon T Tri Club swim sessions at the Link Centre 9.00pm to 10.00pm. (01793) 813922. more...
Thursday, July 20: Liden Parent & Toddler group meets at Liden Community Centre at 1.15pm to 3pm. (01793) 337798 (during holidays). more...
Neil Butter's letter (July 12) prompts me to draw attention to various changes which could affect the advice of consultants given a decade or so ago who recommended that a light rail/tram system was not appropriate to Swindon. more...
We should have zero tolerance for paedophiles. We've heard enough from psychologists and analysts, it is still happening. Sarah Payne's death must be the last time a paedophile can hurt another defenceless child. more...
CONGRATULATIONS to Swindon Borough Council on testing five different methods of getting to work over a four mile route. more...
I REFER to the article Road scheme puts cost before safety (Evening Advertiser, July 15). more...
MAY I bring to the attention of Sgt Mark Hurry of Swindon Police (July 12) my observations during a recent pleasant holiday in Newquay, Cornwall. more...
PLEASE could I add my voice to those praising Princess Margaret Hospital, after the care I had while in Inglesham Ward. more...
DR Martin Stean knows only too well how valuable the Prospect Hospice is because he sometimes has to send patients there. more...
Gentlemen still prefer blondes it would seem. And Marilyn Monroe, the most famous blonde bombshell of all time, is still very much in demand. more...
FAMILIES moving to the housing developments in northern Swindon are one step closer to getting two new secondary schools and five primary schools. more...
SWINDON soldiers who have been facing the Northern Ireland marching riots have been returned to barracks. more...
GORDON Brown's £43 billion spending spree pledge has been met with criticism from Swindon's politicians. more...
A MAN who indecently assaulted a teenager in her bed while her mother was out faces a possible jail term. more...
A CHARITY which helps black people with learning difficulties is aiming to recruit more members. more...
TREES killed by vandals in a Swindon green area would cost £14,000 to replace, according to an expert. more...
SOUTH Swindon MP Julia Drown has welcomed plans to introduce a temporary playgroup at the House of Commons. more...
FREE drinks are on offer to Swindon residents thanks to a new internet project being tested in the town. more...
A ROW is brewing over the title of a leafy Highworth street which is to be named after World War Two war heroine Mabel Stranks. more...
ONE telephone call has landed car dealer David Pearce in custody just days after he was found guilty of ripping off customers. more...
THE mystery man found slumped outside Swindon railway station was a suicidal illegal immigrant taking a last trip around the country before taking his life. more...
TICKETS to see heart-throb singer Daniel O'Donnell sold out within three hours of going on sale at a Swindon theatre. more...
PRINCESS Margaret Hospital is experiencing a winter beds crisis in the middle of summer. more...
A TEENAGE shop assistant stole more than £2,000 from the till to pay bullies, a court heard. more...
A BLUNSDON school is saying farewell to three members of staff one of whom is bound for the USA. more...
A NEW watchdog is being set up to ensure borough councillors behave themselves. more...
IT may be the middle of summer, but Princess Margaret Hospital is still experiencing something similar to a winter beds crisis. more...
MANY shoppers will no doubt cheer at Tesco's decision to bring back pounds and ounces to its stores. more...
HOW will young speedway fans react this week when they find out their number one rider Frank Smart will not be in the team? more...
THERE is a new game at the County Ground this pre-season name all the trialists. more...
I CAN'T understand what all the fuss was about over Andy Flintstone Flintoff being a little over weight. If the Wiltshire cricket league had such a restriction none of the teams ever get a full side out. more...
Former Town keeper Frank Talia has been trying to impress down at Gillingham. more...
IT has been a troubled week for Swindon Robins following the news of the Frank Smart drugs scandal. more...
Swindon Town are offering fans the chance to become VIPs at away matches. more...
AMERICAN footballer Andrew Boyle will be competing for Great Britain at the European Junior Championships in Berlin next week. more...
NEIL Higgs and Stefan Pollard emerged with honours even after a thrilling tussle in the two-day event at Pembrey. more...
RIDGEWAY continued their domination of the schools scene this season with another host of individual and team awards. more...
BRITISH champion Simon Belcher stormed into the overall lead in the European Jet Sport Championship with another fine performance at the second round in Portugal. more...
THE British Solo Dance Finals will be staged this weekend at the Link Centre. more...
HIGHWORTH are through to the regional finals of the National Club Two Fours Championship. more...
THE bowls mad Hope family will be looking to continue their remarkable run of success this year on Sunday (July 23) at Swindon BC. more...
MANNERS and morals are not what they used to be. more...
NORTH Wiltshire's biggest event of 2000 has been opened by TV star Tim Vincent - marking the beginning of three days of free entertainment in Chippenham. more...
DINING in the elegant surroundings of the restaurant at Bowood House one enjoys some highly distinguished company. more...
Friday, July 21: Brinkworth: School end of year service, St Michael's Church, 1.45pm. more...
Thursday, July 20: Moriarty; Green Scene: The Victoria, Swindon more...
DEVIZES wharf. Box office tel: (01380) 725944. September 16-23: The Rivals (a) more...
DEVIZES: Handel House Gallery. Tel: (01380) 727032. Until August 5: Unveiling Figures and Form, paintings by Howard Wolf and sculpture by K Jane Jones on the theme of the human body more...
IT is comforting to know that Wiltshire is the third safest county in the country, according to the Home Office statistics released this week. more...
WHEN the Gazette reported that the Wiltshire Children's Holidays charity was faced with a cash crisis and 50 needy youngsters would have to miss a seaside trip, we expected our readers would come to the rescue. more...
IF Coun Joan Evans wants to spend £45,000 on the war memorial I suggest she go and buy the materials from B&Q and do the job herself. more...
I AM writing in response to the reported quote of William Hall in last week's edition of the Gazette and Herald that two-bedroom houses in Yatton Keynell would attract yobbos. more...
I AM writing in response to the article in last week's Gazette and Herald in which developer, William Hill, claimed that two bedroom houses attract yobs. more...
WILLIAM Hague, the Conservative leader, has recently said he wants to take control of spending away from local authorities. more...
THE NHS is often the topic of conversation at the present, both in the press, radio and TV. more...
I NOTE with interest the comments by the former Conservative MP for North Wiltshire Sir Richard Needham about the Euro. more...
I AM writing in response to the two letters published (Gazette, June 29 and July 6) from K R Manns. more...
SO the Lib Dem leader, Mr Kennedy, is to join the Chippenham campaign for much needed playing fields (Gazette, July 13). more...
THE description of the express checkout at the Safeway supermarket, Devizes, (Letters, July 13) is a misnomer. more...
THE North Wiltshire 2000 festival has not started yet, and already I am very disappointed with the dates of the festival. more...
TWO hundred needy children have been told to pack their suitcases for the seaside after Gazette readers raised £10,000 in less than a week to save their holidays. more...
WOOTTON Bassett became a bikers' paradise, when 200 leather-clad fans turned up for a special rally. more...
WOOTTON Bassett Infants' School is an effective, well led and managed school, says its recent Ofsted report. more...
BRITNEY Spears and Will Smith are among the most popular role models for youngsters in Wiltshire, according to a survey sent out to 1,500 13 to 18 year-olds. more...
YOUNG musicians at Wootton Bassett School treated audiences to tunes ranging from Beatles' hits to Vivaldi at their summer concert. more...
NORTHLEACH Youth, playing next season at under 15s level, are interested in playing pre-season friendlies against local teams. more...
HORSE TRIALS: Jemima Ensor (17) of Pewsey has been selected as a member of the British junior squad to compete at the Junior European Championships in Italy. more...
COUNTY CRICKET: Wiltshire's first Minor Counties championship defeat of the season has all but ended their hopes of lifting the title. more...
MOTORCYCLE RACING: Chippenham's Neil Higgs had mixed fortunes at the fifth round of the North Gloucestershire Motorcycle Club road race championships at Pembrey in Wales. more...
BOWLS: Two of Wiltshire's fine young bowlers have been selected to play for England. more...
CRICKET: With the top four sides winning the positions remains unchanged in Division One. more...
CRICKET: Bath Civil Service go to the top of the division after their five-wicket home success against Burbage and ER. more...
CRICKET: The battle for supremacy continues between Swindon Civil Service and Sutton Veny. The Swindon side lead at present by two points . more...
CRICKET: Blunsdon took over from Bathford in second place after shooting hosts Mildenhall out for just 49, their lowest ever league score. more...
CRICKET: United Churches and Wroughton Wranglers both won to stay well ahead of the rest in this division. more...
CRICKET: Hinton Charterhouse 2nds continued their unbeaten run as they visited Beanacre 2nds and came away with a seven wicket success after bowling their hosts out for 101. more...
CRICKET: With Biddestone 2nds on a free week, Corsham Station took the opportunity to take over as leaders. more...
CRICKET: Swindon Litten Tree remain unbeaten following a comfortable six wicket win over nearest challengers Marshfield 3rds. more...
CRICKET: Lavington continue to cruise towards the championship. more...
CUP CRICKET: In a close contest Devizes came out second best, losing by six wickets with three balls to spare in the final of the Jack Wilcox 20 overs a side trophy. more...
CRICKET: Chippenham v Taunton St Andrews. Teenager Alex Clarke clubbed a rapid 43 to guide Chippenham to a one wicket win in a low scoring game in the West of England Premier League on Saturday. more...
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