Wiltshire | Archive | 2000 | July
BUSINESS boss Michael Webb has been sacked from his £32,000-a-year job for accessing pornography from the internet. more...
RUNAWAY piglet Bertie is safely back home with his family after two days of freedom when he escaped from a summer fun day. more...
PEOPLE in Bradford on Avon are being warned flyposting in its historic streets is illegal. more...
COURSE designer Captain Mark Phillips has been dropped by Burghley Horse Trials just days before an inquest into the death of Bradford on Avon rider Simon Long. more...
REVIEW: YES, it's overblown; yes, it's far-fetched; yes, it gives its star the best close ups. more...
Big Momma's House (12) Crime comedy with Martin Lawrence, as an FBI agent forced to dress as a woman to nail an escaped convict. Adver rating: 1/10 UGC, Cineworld more...
THOUSANDS of people descended on the little village of Heddington to enjoy a weekend of traditional country entertainment at the 23rd Heddington and Stockley Steam Rally. more...
YOUNGSTERS using Calne's BMX track have been branded irresponsible after a 30ft tree was chopped down. more...
THE first Calne Community Clear Out Day met with a mixed response from the town's residents. more...
HEDDINGTON'S former post office will not be demolished to make way for a housing development. more...
A PLAQUE is to be put up in Derry Hill's new village hall commemorating Lord Lansdowne and his father, the eighth Marquis of Lansdowne. more...
WESTLEA Housing Association is to close its area office in Calne as part of a scaling down of offices throughout the county. more...
NORTH Wiltshire District Council is waiting to hear whether any complaints have been lodged against the name Beversbrook Road for Calne's bypass. more...
AERIALS and chimney pots will be among items salvaged for recycling from a housing development in Calne. more...
THANKS to the generosity of Gazette and Herald readers the appeal to buy meningitis scanners for the three major hospitals serving the county has reached its initial target. more...
CALNE carnival will take to the town's streets this weekend, July 8 and 9, for a gala procession. more...
SHOPKEEPER Leslie Noble has been given a conditional discharge by magistrates for selling rocket fireworks to a 13-year-old girl. more...
CALNE council has produced an official guide to Calne, containing information about clubs, organisations and restaurants. more...
VILLAGE post offices could soon be offering banking services, e-commerce and Internet learning as part of a new Government initiative. more...
HUNDREDS of Wiltshire people have given their views on how to deal with the county's mountains of rubbish. more...
FOR the eighth time in five years Wiltshire police officers have had the thankless task of knocking on doors to inform a family that a member has died on the busy road from Swindon to Salisbury which takes motorists though the Ogbournes, Marlborough, Burbage and the Collingbournes. more...
I WAS sorry to read your editorial last week about the new Abbeyfield School in Chippenham. more...
HAVING investigated the facts concerning the proposed relocation of the Wiltshire and Swindon Records office, I must say I, too, am disappointed the preferred site is not in North Wiltshire. more...
Drive to cut fuel cost more...
I READ with some surprise and disbelief of the county council's decision to build a new record office incorporating the HQ of the Royal Photographic Society in Devizes rather than Chippenham. more...
I WAS the founder of the Devizes branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and although I have had MS for more than 30 years I heard with amazement the leak on June 20 of the provisional ruling by NICE of the withdrawal of Beta Interferon by the NHS. more...
I LIVED in Chippenham until the age of 11. I attended Ivy Lane Primary School and lived on Dallas Road. My father was the Minister of Station Hill Baptist Church. more...
No point to curfew more...
YET again I read that another old building of social and historic interest in Chippenham is under threat of demolition. more...
CALLING all ex-telephonists and engineers who worked at Devizes Telephone Exchange which closed in September 1985. more...
IN the street collection held by the Devizes Branch of the British Heart Foundation on June 17 a total of £254.14 was contributed by the public in Devizes. more...
NORTH Wilts Vikings skater hockey team beat the Wadebridge Wizards B 6-2 in their BiSHA South West League youth age group game at Bridgwater, on Sunday, July 2. more...
MEMBERS of Devizes Judo Club competed in the Northern Home Counties open tournament and returned home with four gold medals. more...
MARLBOROUGH are a point clear at the top of the Division One table at the halfway stage of the season, with Saturday's (July 2) result against lowly Buscot Park still to come. more...
DEVIZES strike bowler Richard Bedbrook is likely to miss the rest of the season after fracturing and dislocating an index finger a league match with Winsley. more...
DEVIZES progressed into the finals of the Hugh Baker Cup with a stunning victory over Swindon. more...
CRICKET: WILTSHIRE have selected a full strength squad for their final group match in the 38 County Cup away to Cornwall at Helston on Sunday, July 9. more...
CRICKET: IN another closely fought match, Wiltshire failed by just 15 runs to reach the total set by Dorset. more...
A BATTING collapse saw Chippenham hanging on for a draw in a West of England Premier League game they should have won. more...
BASSETT recorded a third win on the trot to lift themselves off the foot of their cricket division. more...
COLIN Todd hopes to see the fruits of his tough summer recruitment campaign as he continues to rebuild the ravaged squad. more...
NORTHLEACH Youth under 15s have appointed Gary Evans as their new manager and coach. more...
PURTON, who have teams in the Hellenic and Wilts Premier and Junior Two Divisions,meet for training on July 11 at 6.45pm at The Red House and every Tuesday and Thursday thereafter. New players are welcome. more...
CASTLE Combe Circuit's 50th anniversary meeting provided a feast of fast racing, nostalgia and the opportunity for many old acquaintances to be remade. more...
STEPHEN Penfold will take on some of the world's top sailors when he competes for Great Britain at the European Championships in Spain this week. more...
GOLF: TEENAGER Ryan Smith has won the Erlestoke Sands Club Championship. more...
FOLLOWING the purchase of new equipment, Goatacre cricket club have a set of three pitch covers complete with tarpaulins and drainage pipes for sale. more...
THE cricket team from Dauntsey's School, West Lavington, fly to Barbados on Saturday, July 8, to compete in the Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools Festival. more...
BOWL: WILTSHIRE'S lingering hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Middleton Cup were extinguished as they lost to Dorset at Wimborne on Saturday, July 2. more...
THREE-DAY eventing: A number of changes have been included in this year's Doubleprint British Open Championships at Gatcombe from August 4 to 6, the final outing for Britain's potential three-day event Olympic competitors. more...
RUGBY: MINETY have started pre-season training. more...
NEWLY appointed coach Peter Beazer is putting the Chippenham rugby players through their paces at pre-season training at their Allington Field ground on Monday and Wednesday evenings. more...
REVIEW: YES, it's overblown; yes, it's far-fetched; yes, it gives its star the best close ups. more...
Big Momma's House (12) Crime comedy with Martin Lawrence, as an FBI agent forced to dress as a woman to nail an escaped convict. Adver rating: 1/10 UGC, Cineworld more...
PATIENTS in Wiltshire are to benefit from a £7.2 million cash injection into local health services. more...
BLACKSMITH John Goodway has shut up shop for the last time after 60 years in business serving the local agricultural community. more...
POLICE are warning the public to be wary of leaving back doors open to burglars as the weather gets warmer. more...
THANKS to the generosity of Gazette and Herald readers the appeal to buy meningitis scanners for the three major hospitals serving the county has reached its initial target. more...
A SANDWICH board used to publicise fundraising events has been stolen. more...
AFTER 20 years as a member, former North Wiltshire District Council chief executive Henry Miles, has been elected president of the Rotary Club of Chippenham. more...
MORE than 800 people called a helpline set up in the wake of blunders made by Princess Margaret Hospital consultant Dr James Elwood. more...
A FLY-ON-THE-WALL documentary looking behind the scenes at Chippenham Town's appearance in the FA Vase Final at Wembley has gone on sale at the club. more...
A PROCESSION of spectacular giants will tower over Lacock this weekend, July 8 and 9, as the village's Millennium celebrations come to an end. more...
THE countdown to North Wiltshire's biggest event to celebrate the dawning of the new Millennium has begun. more...
SIX months of negotiations and uncertainty came to an end when Wiltshire County Council struck a deal with developers to build new schools in Chippenham, Malmesbury and Wootton Bassett. more...
HUNDREDS of Wiltshire people have given their views on how to deal with the county's mountains of rubbish. more...
A CHIPPENHAM man who was crowned the King of Posing on a national television talk show says looking good is the most important thing in his life. more...
MOTOR racing enthusiasts took up a golden opportunity when Castle Combe race track hosted its 50th anniversary. more...
FOR the eighth time in five years Wiltshire police officers have had the thankless task of knocking on doors to inform a family that a member has died on the busy road from Swindon to Salisbury which takes motorists though the Ogbournes, Marlborough, Burbage and the Collingbournes. more...
MEMBERS of Devizes Judo Club competed in the Northern Home Counties open tournament and returned home with four gold medals. more...
MARLBOROUGH are a point clear at the top of the Division One table at the halfway stage of the season, with Saturday's (July 2) result against lowly Buscot Park still to come. more...
DEVIZES strike bowler Richard Bedbrook is likely to miss the rest of the season after fracturing and dislocating an index finger a league match with Winsley. more...
DEVIZES progressed into the finals of the Hugh Baker Cup with a stunning victory over Swindon. more...
CRICKET: WILTSHIRE have selected a full strength squad for their final group match in the 38 County Cup away to Cornwall at Helston on Sunday, July 9. more...
CRICKET: IN another closely fought match, Wiltshire failed by just 15 runs to reach the total set by Dorset. more...
A BATTING collapse saw Chippenham hanging on for a draw in a West of England Premier League game they should have won. more...
BASSETT recorded a third win on the trot to lift themselves off the foot of their cricket division. more...
COLIN Todd hopes to see the fruits of his tough summer recruitment campaign as he continues to rebuild the ravaged squad. more...
NORTHLEACH Youth under 15s have appointed Gary Evans as their new manager and coach. more...
PURTON, who have teams in the Hellenic and Wilts Premier and Junior Two Divisions,meet for training on July 11 at 6.45pm at The Red House and every Tuesday and Thursday thereafter. New players are welcome. more...
CASTLE Combe Circuit's 50th anniversary meeting provided a feast of fast racing, nostalgia and the opportunity for many old acquaintances to be remade. more...
STEPHEN Penfold will take on some of the world's top sailors when he competes for Great Britain at the European Championships in Spain this week. more...
GOLF: TEENAGER Ryan Smith has won the Erlestoke Sands Club Championship. more...
FOLLOWING the purchase of new equipment, Goatacre cricket club have a set of three pitch covers complete with tarpaulins and drainage pipes for sale. more...
THE cricket team from Dauntsey's School, West Lavington, fly to Barbados on Saturday, July 8, to compete in the Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools Festival. more...
STEPHEN Penfold is taking on some of the world's top sailors as he competes for Great Britain at the European Championships in Spain. more...
BOWL: WILTSHIRE'S lingering hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Middleton Cup were extinguished as they lost to Dorset at Wimborne on Saturday, July 2. more...
THREE-DAY eventing: A number of changes have been included in this year's Doubleprint British Open Championships at Gatcombe from August 4 to 6, the final outing for Britain's potential three-day event Olympic competitors. more...
REVIEW: YES, it's overblown; yes, it's far-fetched; yes, it gives its star the best close ups. more...
Big Momma's House (12) Crime comedy with Martin Lawrence, as an FBI agent forced to dress as a woman to nail an escaped convict. Adver rating: 1/10 UGC, Cineworld more...
FOR the eighth time in five years Wiltshire police officers have had the thankless task of knocking on doors to inform a family that a member has died on the busy road from Swindon to Salisbury which takes motorists though the Ogbournes, Marlborough, Burbage and the Collingbournes. more...
POLICE are warning the public to be wary of leaving back doors open to burglars as the weather gets warmer. more...
THANKS to the generosity of Gazette and Herald readers the appeal to buy meningitis scanners for the three major hospitals serving the county has reached its initial target. more...
WHEN the Territorial Army staged its biggest British manoeuvres since the Second World War, Wiltshire soldier David Smith made certain news travelled fast. more...
YOUNG people across the county have been given food for thought at a festival which aims to promote caring for the environment. more...
A PROCESSION of spectacular giants will tower over Lacock this weekend, July 8 and 9, as the village's Millennium celebrations come to an end. more...
CAMPAIGNERS have vowed to fight on in a bid to prevent 600 homes being built in Corsham. more...
PLANS to build 40 retirement homes and other works should be turned down, according to Corsham Town Council. more...
HAVING investigated the facts concerning the proposed relocation of the Wiltshire and Swindon Records office, I must say I, too, am disappointed the preferred site is not in North Wiltshire. more...
Drive to cut fuel cost more...
I READ with some surprise and disbelief of the county council's decision to build a new record office incorporating the HQ of the Royal Photographic Society in Devizes rather than Chippenham. more...
I WAS the founder of the Devizes branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and although I have had MS for more than 30 years I heard with amazement the leak on June 20 of the provisional ruling by NICE of the withdrawal of Beta Interferon by the NHS. more...
I LIVED in Chippenham until the age of 11. I attended Ivy Lane Primary School and lived on Dallas Road. My father was the Minister of Station Hill Baptist Church. more...
No point to curfew more...
YET again I read that another old building of social and historic interest in Chippenham is under threat of demolition. more...
CALLING all ex-telephonists and engineers who worked at Devizes Telephone Exchange which closed in September 1985. more...
IN the street collection held by the Devizes Branch of the British Heart Foundation on June 17 a total of £254.14 was contributed by the public in Devizes. more...
A NEW heritage and tourist information centre which was opened by the Marquis of Lansdowne has been welcomed by civic chiefs. more...
HUNDREDS of Wiltshire people have given their views on how to deal with the county's mountains of rubbish. more...
I WAS sorry to read your editorial last week about the new Abbeyfield School in Chippenham. more...
CASTLE Combe Circuit's 50th anniversary meeting provided a feast of fast racing, nostalgia and the opportunity for many old acquaintances to be remade. more...
STEPHEN Penfold will take on some of the world's top sailors when he competes for Great Britain at the European Championships in Spain this week. more...
GOLF: TEENAGER Ryan Smith has won the Erlestoke Sands Club Championship. more...
FOLLOWING the purchase of new equipment, Goatacre cricket club have a set of three pitch covers complete with tarpaulins and drainage pipes for sale. more...
THE cricket team from Dauntsey's School, West Lavington, fly to Barbados on Saturday, July 8, to compete in the Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools Festival. more...
STEPHEN Penfold is taking on some of the world's top sailors as he competes for Great Britain at the European Championships in Spain. more...
BOWL: WILTSHIRE'S lingering hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Middleton Cup were extinguished as they lost to Dorset at Wimborne on Saturday, July 2. more...
THREE-DAY eventing: A number of changes have been included in this year's Doubleprint British Open Championships at Gatcombe from August 4 to 6, the final outing for Britain's potential three-day event Olympic competitors. more...
MEMBERS of Devizes Judo Club competed in the Northern Home Counties open tournament and returned home with four gold medals. more...
MARLBOROUGH are a point clear at the top of the Division One table at the halfway stage of the season, with Saturday's (July 2) result against lowly Buscot Park still to come. more...
DEVIZES strike bowler Richard Bedbrook is likely to miss the rest of the season after fracturing and dislocating an index finger a league match with Winsley. more...
DEVIZES progressed into the finals of the Hugh Baker Cup with a stunning victory over Swindon. more...
CRICKET: WILTSHIRE have selected a full strength squad for their final group match in the 38 County Cup away to Cornwall at Helston on Sunday, July 9. more...
CRICKET: IN another closely fought match, Wiltshire failed by just 15 runs to reach the total set by Dorset. more...
A BATTING collapse saw Chippenham hanging on for a draw in a West of England Premier League game they should have won. more...
BASSETT recorded a third win on the trot to lift themselves off the foot of their cricket division. more...
COLIN Todd hopes to see the fruits of his tough summer recruitment campaign as he continues to rebuild the ravaged squad. more...
NORTHLEACH Youth under 15s have appointed Gary Evans as their new manager and coach. more...
PURTON, who have teams in the Hellenic and Wilts Premier and Junior Two Divisions,meet for training on July 11 at 6.45pm at The Red House and every Tuesday and Thursday thereafter. New players are welcome. more...
A MAN fell into the Kennet and Avon Canal and died after a blackout brought on by injuries sustained in a car accident 15 years ago, an inquest heard. more...
GENTLEMEN in Seend have been donating their ties to create a quilt to raise money for charity. more...
PATIENTS in Wiltshire are to benefit from a £7.2 million cash injection into local health services. more...
THANKS to the generosity of Gazette and Herald readers the appeal to buy meningitis scanners for the three major hospitals serving the county has reached its initial target. more...
MORE than 20 young drivers were given a hard-hitting talk on road safety by police and the father of death crash driver Andy Musselwhite. more...
MORE than 800 people called a helpline set up in the wake of blunders made by Princess Margaret Hospital consultant Dr James Elwood. more...
MORE than 1,000 war games enthusiasts are expected in Devizes at the weekend for the town's 21st annual Attack show. more...
A STUDENT who beat a knee injury and bout of food poisoning to run his first London marathon has presented more than £1,500 to a cancer charity. more...
HUNDREDS of Wiltshire people have given their views on how to deal with the county's mountains of rubbish. more...
NORTH Wilts Vikings skater hockey team beat the Wadebridge Wizards B 6-2 in their BiSHA South West League youth age group game at Bridgwater, on Sunday, July 2. more...
CASTLE Combe Circuit's 50th anniversary meeting provided a feast of fast racing, nostalgia and the opportunity for many old acquaintances to be remade. more...
STEPHEN Penfold will take on some of the world's top sailors when he competes for Great Britain at the European Championships in Spain this week. more...
GOLF: TEENAGER Ryan Smith has won the Erlestoke Sands Club Championship. more...
FOLLOWING the purchase of new equipment, Goatacre cricket club have a set of three pitch covers complete with tarpaulins and drainage pipes for sale. more...
THE cricket team from Dauntsey's School, West Lavington, fly to Barbados on Saturday, July 8, to compete in the Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools Festival. more...
STEPHEN Penfold is taking on some of the world's top sailors as he competes for Great Britain at the European Championships in Spain. more...
BOWL: WILTSHIRE'S lingering hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Middleton Cup were extinguished as they lost to Dorset at Wimborne on Saturday, July 2. more...
THREE-DAY eventing: A number of changes have been included in this year's Doubleprint British Open Championships at Gatcombe from August 4 to 6, the final outing for Britain's potential three-day event Olympic competitors. more...
MEMBERS of Devizes Judo Club competed in the Northern Home Counties open tournament and returned home with four gold medals. more...
MARLBOROUGH are a point clear at the top of the Division One table at the halfway stage of the season, with Saturday's (July 2) result against lowly Buscot Park still to come. more...
DEVIZES strike bowler Richard Bedbrook is likely to miss the rest of the season after fracturing and dislocating an index finger a league match with Winsley. more...
DEVIZES progressed into the finals of the Hugh Baker Cup with a stunning victory over Swindon. more...
CRICKET: WILTSHIRE have selected a full strength squad for their final group match in the 38 County Cup away to Cornwall at Helston on Sunday, July 9. more...
CRICKET: IN another closely fought match, Wiltshire failed by just 15 runs to reach the total set by Dorset. more...
A BATTING collapse saw Chippenham hanging on for a draw in a West of England Premier League game they should have won. more...
BASSETT recorded a third win on the trot to lift themselves off the foot of their cricket division. more...
REVIEW: YES, it's overblown; yes, it's far-fetched; yes, it gives its star the best close ups. more...
Big Momma's House (12) Crime comedy with Martin Lawrence, as an FBI agent forced to dress as a woman to nail an escaped convict. Adver rating: 1/10 UGC, Cineworld more...
HAVING investigated the facts concerning the proposed relocation of the Wiltshire and Swindon Records office, I must say I, too, am disappointed the preferred site is not in North Wiltshire. more...
Drive to cut fuel cost more...
I READ with some surprise and disbelief of the county council's decision to build a new record office incorporating the HQ of the Royal Photographic Society in Devizes rather than Chippenham. more...
I WAS the founder of the Devizes branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and although I have had MS for more than 30 years I heard with amazement the leak on June 20 of the provisional ruling by NICE of the withdrawal of Beta Interferon by the NHS. more...
I LIVED in Chippenham until the age of 11. I attended Ivy Lane Primary School and lived on Dallas Road. My father was the Minister of Station Hill Baptist Church. more...
No point to curfew more...
YET again I read that another old building of social and historic interest in Chippenham is under threat of demolition. more...
CALLING all ex-telephonists and engineers who worked at Devizes Telephone Exchange which closed in September 1985. more...
IN the street collection held by the Devizes Branch of the British Heart Foundation on June 17 a total of £254.14 was contributed by the public in Devizes. more...
I WAS sorry to read your editorial last week about the new Abbeyfield School in Chippenham. more...
FOR the eighth time in five years Wiltshire police officers have had the thankless task of knocking on doors to inform a family that a member has died on the busy road from Swindon to Salisbury which takes motorists though the Ogbournes, Marlborough, Burbage and the Collingbournes. more...
COLIN Todd hopes to see the fruits of his tough summer recruitment campaign as he continues to rebuild the ravaged squad. more...
NORTHLEACH Youth under 15s have appointed Gary Evans as their new manager and coach. more...
PURTON, who have teams in the Hellenic and Wilts Premier and Junior Two Divisions,meet for training on July 11 at 6.45pm at The Red House and every Tuesday and Thursday thereafter. New players are welcome. more...
CRICKLADE traders have voiced concern over plans to narrow the High Street, which are aimed at making it safer for elderly and young people to cross the road. more...
DESPITE half a century of marriage, Sheila and Joe Giles admit they act like two teenagers. more...
THANKS to the generosity of Gazette and Herald readers the appeal to buy meningitis scanners for the three major hospitals serving the county has reached its initial target. more...
MEMBERS of Devizes Judo Club competed in the Northern Home Counties open tournament and returned home with four gold medals. more...
MARLBOROUGH are a point clear at the top of the Division One table at the halfway stage of the season, with Saturday's (July 2) result against lowly Buscot Park still to come. more...
DEVIZES strike bowler Richard Bedbrook is likely to miss the rest of the season after fracturing and dislocating an index finger a league match with Winsley. more...
DEVIZES progressed into the finals of the Hugh Baker Cup with a stunning victory over Swindon. more...
CRICKET: WILTSHIRE have selected a full strength squad for their final group match in the 38 County Cup away to Cornwall at Helston on Sunday, July 9. more...
CRICKET: IN another closely fought match, Wiltshire failed by just 15 runs to reach the total set by Dorset. more...
A BATTING collapse saw Chippenham hanging on for a draw in a West of England Premier League game they should have won. more...
BASSETT recorded a third win on the trot to lift themselves off the foot of their cricket division. more...
COLIN Todd hopes to see the fruits of his tough summer recruitment campaign as he continues to rebuild the ravaged squad. more...
NORTHLEACH Youth under 15s have appointed Gary Evans as their new manager and coach. more...
PURTON, who have teams in the Hellenic and Wilts Premier and Junior Two Divisions,meet for training on July 11 at 6.45pm at The Red House and every Tuesday and Thursday thereafter. New players are welcome. more...
CASTLE Combe Circuit's 50th anniversary meeting provided a feast of fast racing, nostalgia and the opportunity for many old acquaintances to be remade. more...
STEPHEN Penfold will take on some of the world's top sailors when he competes for Great Britain at the European Championships in Spain this week. more...
GOLF: TEENAGER Ryan Smith has won the Erlestoke Sands Club Championship. more...
FOLLOWING the purchase of new equipment, Goatacre cricket club have a set of three pitch covers complete with tarpaulins and drainage pipes for sale. more...
THE cricket team from Dauntsey's School, West Lavington, fly to Barbados on Saturday, July 8, to compete in the Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools Festival. more...
STEPHEN Penfold is taking on some of the world's top sailors as he competes for Great Britain at the European Championships in Spain. more...
BOWL: WILTSHIRE'S lingering hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Middleton Cup were extinguished as they lost to Dorset at Wimborne on Saturday, July 2. more...
THREE-DAY eventing: A number of changes have been included in this year's Doubleprint British Open Championships at Gatcombe from August 4 to 6, the final outing for Britain's potential three-day event Olympic competitors. more...
REVIEW: YES, it's overblown; yes, it's far-fetched; yes, it gives its star the best close ups. more...
Big Momma's House (12) Crime comedy with Martin Lawrence, as an FBI agent forced to dress as a woman to nail an escaped convict. Adver rating: 1/10 UGC, Cineworld more...
FOR the eighth time in five years Wiltshire police officers have had the thankless task of knocking on doors to inform a family that a member has died on the busy road from Swindon to Salisbury which takes motorists though the Ogbournes, Marlborough, Burbage and the Collingbournes. more...
HAVING investigated the facts concerning the proposed relocation of the Wiltshire and Swindon Records office, I must say I, too, am disappointed the preferred site is not in North Wiltshire. more...
PATIENTS in Wiltshire are to benefit from a £7.2 million cash injection into local health services. more...
Drive to cut fuel cost more...
THANKS to the generosity of Gazette and Herald readers the appeal to buy meningitis scanners for the three major hospitals serving the county has reached its initial target. more...
I READ with some surprise and disbelief of the county council's decision to build a new record office incorporating the HQ of the Royal Photographic Society in Devizes rather than Chippenham. more...
YOUNG people across the county have been given food for thought at a festival which aims to promote caring for the environment. more...
I WAS the founder of the Devizes branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and although I have had MS for more than 30 years I heard with amazement the leak on June 20 of the provisional ruling by NICE of the withdrawal of Beta Interferon by the NHS. more...
SIX months of negotiations and uncertainty came to an end when Wiltshire County Council struck a deal with developers to build new schools in Chippenham, Malmesbury and Wootton Bassett. more...
I LIVED in Chippenham until the age of 11. I attended Ivy Lane Primary School and lived on Dallas Road. My father was the Minister of Station Hill Baptist Church. more...
No point to curfew more...
YET again I read that another old building of social and historic interest in Chippenham is under threat of demolition. more...
CALLING all ex-telephonists and engineers who worked at Devizes Telephone Exchange which closed in September 1985. more...
IN the street collection held by the Devizes Branch of the British Heart Foundation on June 17 a total of £254.14 was contributed by the public in Devizes. more...
HUNDREDS of Wiltshire people have given their views on how to deal with the county's mountains of rubbish. more...
I WAS sorry to read your editorial last week about the new Abbeyfield School in Chippenham. more...
MEMBERS of Devizes Judo Club competed in the Northern Home Counties open tournament and returned home with four gold medals. more...
MARLBOROUGH are a point clear at the top of the Division One table at the halfway stage of the season, with Saturday's (July 2) result against lowly Buscot Park still to come. more...
DEVIZES strike bowler Richard Bedbrook is likely to miss the rest of the season after fracturing and dislocating an index finger a league match with Winsley. more...
DEVIZES progressed into the finals of the Hugh Baker Cup with a stunning victory over Swindon. more...
CRICKET: WILTSHIRE have selected a full strength squad for their final group match in the 38 County Cup away to Cornwall at Helston on Sunday, July 9. more...
CRICKET: IN another closely fought match, Wiltshire failed by just 15 runs to reach the total set by Dorset. more...
A BATTING collapse saw Chippenham hanging on for a draw in a West of England Premier League game they should have won. more...
BASSETT recorded a third win on the trot to lift themselves off the foot of their cricket division. more...
COLIN Todd hopes to see the fruits of his tough summer recruitment campaign as he continues to rebuild the ravaged squad. more...
NORTHLEACH Youth under 15s have appointed Gary Evans as their new manager and coach. more...
PURTON, who have teams in the Hellenic and Wilts Premier and Junior Two Divisions,meet for training on July 11 at 6.45pm at The Red House and every Tuesday and Thursday thereafter. New players are welcome. more...
CASTLE Combe Circuit's 50th anniversary meeting provided a feast of fast racing, nostalgia and the opportunity for many old acquaintances to be remade. more...
STEPHEN Penfold will take on some of the world's top sailors when he competes for Great Britain at the European Championships in Spain this week. more...
GOLF: TEENAGER Ryan Smith has won the Erlestoke Sands Club Championship. more...
FOLLOWING the purchase of new equipment, Goatacre cricket club have a set of three pitch covers complete with tarpaulins and drainage pipes for sale. more...
THE cricket team from Dauntsey's School, West Lavington, fly to Barbados on Saturday, July 8, to compete in the Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools Festival. more...
STEPHEN Penfold is taking on some of the world's top sailors as he competes for Great Britain at the European Championships in Spain. more...
BOWL: WILTSHIRE'S lingering hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Middleton Cup were extinguished as they lost to Dorset at Wimborne on Saturday, July 2. more...
THREE-DAY eventing: A number of changes have been included in this year's Doubleprint British Open Championships at Gatcombe from August 4 to 6, the final outing for Britain's potential three-day event Olympic competitors. more...
REVIEW: YES, it's overblown; yes, it's far-fetched; yes, it gives its star the best close ups. more...
Big Momma's House (12) Crime comedy with Martin Lawrence, as an FBI agent forced to dress as a woman to nail an escaped convict. Adver rating: 1/10 UGC, Cineworld more...
PLANNING committee chairman Margaret Boulton used her casting vote to back plans for 15 new apartments on a current employment site in London Road in Marlborough. more...
TWENTY Gambians from Marlborough's link town of Gunjur have been given a formal civic reception by mayor Maurice Cooper and town councillors. more...
THE launch of a hot air balloon will give a lift to a new partnership being forged between Pewsey Methodist Church and Christchurch in Marlborough. more...
PATIENTS in Wiltshire are to benefit from a £7.2 million cash injection into local health services. more...
THE death of motorcyclist Sean Terrell in a head-on crash at Ogbourne St Andrew has reinforced demands for more safety improvements on the Swindon-Marlborough-Salisbury road which have the backing of MPs Michael Ancram and Robert Key. more...
MOTORIST Ruth Hunt of Marlborough, who was over the drink drive legal limit, claimed a moth which flew into her car caused her to lose concentration and resulted in a collision. more...
THANKS to the generosity of Gazette and Herald readers the appeal to buy meningitis scanners for the three major hospitals serving the county has reached its initial target. more...
AFTER 20 years as a member, former North Wiltshire District Council chief executive Henry Miles, has been elected president of the Rotary Club of Chippenham. more...
COMPLAINTS about treatment provided by Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust have risen by 41 per cent in the last year. more...
AN urgent appeal is being made to old boys and girls of Marlborough schools for funds to pay for memorials to mark anniversaries being celebrated by a reunion in September. more...
HUNDREDS of Wiltshire people have given their views on how to deal with the county's mountains of rubbish. more...
I WAS sorry to read your editorial last week about the new Abbeyfield School in Chippenham. more...
FOR the eighth time in five years Wiltshire police officers have had the thankless task of knocking on doors to inform a family that a member has died on the busy road from Swindon to Salisbury which takes motorists though the Ogbournes, Marlborough, Burbage and the Collingbournes. more...
HAVING investigated the facts concerning the proposed relocation of the Wiltshire and Swindon Records office, I must say I, too, am disappointed the preferred site is not in North Wiltshire. more...
Drive to cut fuel cost more...
I READ with some surprise and disbelief of the county council's decision to build a new record office incorporating the HQ of the Royal Photographic Society in Devizes rather than Chippenham. more...
I WAS the founder of the Devizes branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and although I have had MS for more than 30 years I heard with amazement the leak on June 20 of the provisional ruling by NICE of the withdrawal of Beta Interferon by the NHS. more...
I LIVED in Chippenham until the age of 11. I attended Ivy Lane Primary School and lived on Dallas Road. My father was the Minister of Station Hill Baptist Church. more...
No point to curfew more...
YET again I read that another old building of social and historic interest in Chippenham is under threat of demolition. more...
CALLING all ex-telephonists and engineers who worked at Devizes Telephone Exchange which closed in September 1985. more...
IN the street collection held by the Devizes Branch of the British Heart Foundation on June 17 a total of £254.14 was contributed by the public in Devizes. more...
MEMBERS of Devizes Judo Club competed in the Northern Home Counties open tournament and returned home with four gold medals. more...
MARLBOROUGH are a point clear at the top of the Division One table at the halfway stage of the season, with Saturday's (July 2) result against lowly Buscot Park still to come. more...
DEVIZES strike bowler Richard Bedbrook is likely to miss the rest of the season after fracturing and dislocating an index finger a league match with Winsley. more...
DEVIZES progressed into the finals of the Hugh Baker Cup with a stunning victory over Swindon. more...
CRICKET: WILTSHIRE have selected a full strength squad for their final group match in the 38 County Cup away to Cornwall at Helston on Sunday, July 9. more...
CRICKET: IN another closely fought match, Wiltshire failed by just 15 runs to reach the total set by Dorset. more...
A BATTING collapse saw Chippenham hanging on for a draw in a West of England Premier League game they should have won. more...
BASSETT recorded a third win on the trot to lift themselves off the foot of their cricket division. more...
COLIN Todd hopes to see the fruits of his tough summer recruitment campaign as he continues to rebuild the ravaged squad. more...
NORTHLEACH Youth under 15s have appointed Gary Evans as their new manager and coach. more...
PURTON, who have teams in the Hellenic and Wilts Premier and Junior Two Divisions,meet for training on July 11 at 6.45pm at The Red House and every Tuesday and Thursday thereafter. New players are welcome. more...
NORTH Wilts Vikings skater hockey team beat the Wadebridge Wizards B 6-2 in their BiSHA South West League youth age group game at Bridgwater, on Sunday, July 2. more...
CASTLE Combe Circuit's 50th anniversary meeting provided a feast of fast racing, nostalgia and the opportunity for many old acquaintances to be remade. more...
STEPHEN Penfold will take on some of the world's top sailors when he competes for Great Britain at the European Championships in Spain this week. more...
GOLF: TEENAGER Ryan Smith has won the Erlestoke Sands Club Championship. more...
FOLLOWING the purchase of new equipment, Goatacre cricket club have a set of three pitch covers complete with tarpaulins and drainage pipes for sale. more...
THE cricket team from Dauntsey's School, West Lavington, fly to Barbados on Saturday, July 8, to compete in the Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools Festival. more...
STEPHEN Penfold is taking on some of the world's top sailors as he competes for Great Britain at the European Championships in Spain. more...
BOWL: WILTSHIRE'S lingering hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Middleton Cup were extinguished as they lost to Dorset at Wimborne on Saturday, July 2. more...
THREE-DAY eventing: A number of changes have been included in this year's Doubleprint British Open Championships at Gatcombe from August 4 to 6, the final outing for Britain's potential three-day event Olympic competitors. more...
REVIEW: YES, it's overblown; yes, it's far-fetched; yes, it gives its star the best close ups. more...
Big Momma's House (12) Crime comedy with Martin Lawrence, as an FBI agent forced to dress as a woman to nail an escaped convict. Adver rating: 1/10 UGC, Cineworld more...
A PRIMARY school has been forced to improve security measures after an angry parent swore at a teacher. more...
A PROCESSION of spectacular giants will tower over Lacock this weekend, July 8 and 9, as the village's Millennium celebrations come to an end. more...
FARMWORKER James Williams was fined £150 and disqualified from driving for one year after admitting drink driving. more...
A WEST Wiltshire magistrate who dozed off in court is waiting to hear his fate from the Lord Chancellor. more...
OBJECTIONS against new homes in the centre of Melksham have strengthened, despite the developer revising the plan. more...
AFTER seven months of work, a High Street shop in Melksham has celebrated completion. more...
FOR the eighth time in five years Wiltshire police officers have had the thankless task of knocking on doors to inform a family that a member has died on the busy road from Swindon to Salisbury which takes motorists though the Ogbournes, Marlborough, Burbage and the Collingbournes. more...
HUNDREDS of Wiltshire people have given their views on how to deal with the county's mountains of rubbish. more...
Friday, July 7: Holy Rood School Fun Evening 6pm to 8pm. (01793) 433964. more...
REVIEW: YES, it's overblown; yes, it's far-fetched; yes, it gives its star the best close ups. more...
Big Momma's House (12) Crime comedy with Martin Lawrence, as an FBI agent forced to dress as a woman to nail an escaped convict. Adver rating: 1/10 UGC, Cineworld more...
SWINDON band Mister Love And Justice will be heading north of the border to take part in the Edinburgh Festival. more...
A HOT steamy night of Salsa is on the menu at the World Music Concert in the Old Town Garden Bowl in Swindon. more...
IT IS carnival time in and around Swindon. more...
Wyvern Theatre, Swindon: Sunday July 16 Janice Thompson Singers present a Summer gala Concert. Tickets: £5. Time. 7.30pm. (01793) 524481. more...
Friday, July 7: By Jovi pay tribute to Bon Jovi at The Victoria, Victoria Road, Old Town. £3.50 on the door. more...
Friday, July 7: Godskitchen, all nighter with Radio 1 DJ Judge Jules, Commie, JFK, AJ Gibson and Paul Richetts in the main room, Matt Jam Lamont, V2 Crew and Big Tony in the Amphi is at the Brunel Rooms, Havelock Square. Tickets: from £10. 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...
Friday, July 7: Big Nick's Karaoke is at The Queensfield, Stratton at 8pm. more...
Friday, July 7: Celtic Academy of Irish Dancing teaches at the Trax Gym and Fitness Centre, Station Industrial Estate, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. (01793) 642368. more...
AN open letter to our illustrious council: Thank you for being honest and admitting your mistake over Gorse Hill's crossroad. more...
I READ in the Evening Advertiser about a mum's campaign to get fridges installed in schools, and the fact that they do not have adequate space. more...
WE are now being told that if we don't join the Euro we will see investment in Britain drop and that Japanese companies may withdraw from Britain. more...
FEW of us would deny the quality and excellence of Japanese products, which stand head and shoulders above what most of Europe has to offer, and which Japanese car manufacturers like Honda now endeavour to sell on the EU market. more...
SORRY, but I must disagree with Mr/Mrs Davidson's letter (July 1) about the Cellular Operations building and landscaping. more...
AN article in the Evening Advertiser highlighted the lack of beds at Princess Margaret Hospital, caused by too many old people occupying them a statement made by North Swindon MP Michael Wills. more...
SWINDON Age Concern has issued an urgent appeal for help to ensure it can run next year. more...
RETIRED vet Robert Cooper has been banned from driving for two years after being involved in a four-car smash while over the limit. more...
A SEARCH is on for thousands of former soldiers who have served in Swindon's own army regiment. more...
DUNNINGHAM'S bakery was swamped with customers eager to snap up exotic treats from crocodile buns to kangaroo sandwiches. more...
THE REV Christine Gilbert is few people's idea of a typical vicar. For one thing, she doesn't have a church. more...
A STUNNED shopper returned to his car in Swindon's Safeway car park to find a snake sitting on the door sill. more...
SWINDON'S Lethbridge School achieved an impressive fifth place in the national finals of the English Primary Schools Chess Championships. more...
TOGA wearing revellers packed out the White Hart at Wroughton as part of the village's carnival week. more...
AN OLYMPIC medallist is set to be evicted from his home by a Wiltshire council. more...
A TELEPHONE company's plan for a 60 foot mobile phone mast next to the M4 motorway has been thrown out by North Wilts District Council. more...
TRIBUTES have been paid to a mother-of-three who has died after a long battle against kidney disease. more...
SUB postmasters have mixed feelings over Government plans for their future. more...
UNIONS have warned workers at Swindon's Rover plant to be prepared for more redundancies. more...
A FANTASTIC response by Evening Advertiser readers has saved the town's Poppy Appeal from disaster. more...
TWO councils will confront each other in a planning inquiry in August to decide if a controversial park and ride facility will be built in Wootton Bassett. more...
BUSINESSMAN Michael Webb has been sacked from his £32,000-a-year job for accessing pornography from the internet. more...
A SCHEME to pilot the widespread use of dog bins could be launched in West Swindon following an appeal by a ten-year-old schoolgirl. more...
THE group campaigning for the Mechanics' Institute to be restored has criticised Swindon Council for trying to take over the project. more...
A SWINDON family of five generations gathered together to mark the first birthday of the latest addition. more...
TAXI drivers in Swindon are planning to take a day off to drive underprivileged children to the seaside. more...
A FIREMAN needed hospital treatment after he was hit on the head by a vodka bottle hurled at him from a first floor window, a court heard. more...
AFTER months, and even years, of demoralising uncertainty about their jobs, Swindon Rover workers are faced with anxiety all over again. more...
IT is a relief that Swindon Poppy Appeal organiser Alan Baker has been offered a new base and storage space for poppies, trays, wreaths and collecting tins. more...
DAVID HOWELL had a dream start to the Smurfit European Open but will still need a good round today if he is going to make the cut. more...
SWINDON'S No.1 Frank Smart edged out American Brent Werner for third place in the last race of a thriller of a match at the Abbey Stadium. more...
SWINDON Soft Water Robins asset Jimmy Nilsen has been banned from racing by his doctors but has vowed to fight through the pain of the cracked bones in his shoulder. more...
THE Football League has given the thumbs up to Terry Brady's investment in Swindon Town. more...
WHEN it comes to getting out of Division Two, then Matt Hewlett should be able to give you some advice. more...
THE chance to play under Colin Todd was enough to lure Juan Cobian to the County Ground. more...
A RETURN to the good old days is on the cards if new-signing Keith O'Halloran has his way. more...
COLIN TODD cast his experienced eye over the new-look Town squad and promised there would be more to come. more...
There were some outstanding performances at the Swindon Schools athletics championships. more...
SOUTH West Schools' champion Andrew Fulford heads a powerful Wiltshire team for this weekend's English Schools' Track and Field Championships at Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium. more...
WOOTTON Bassett first XI managed to secure their third win in succession last week and will be looking for more of the same against Dumbleton. more...
After losing their first two games the Swindon first XI have recovered well with four wins and one loss. On Saturday, Kevin Emery's side are at home against Warminster, who beat them in the opening game of the season. more...
Division One: Marlborough v Lechlade; Buscot Park v Westinghouse; Minety v Box; Calne v Hinton Charterhouse; Potterne v Swindon Nalgo. more...
BUSINESS boss Michael Webb has been sacked from his £32,000-a-year job for accessing pornography from the internet. more...
CAMPAIGNERS calling for Hilperton's relief road are being told houses will have to be built in the protected Hilperton Gap. more...
FUNDRAISING parachutist Sarah Coyle broke her back when landing and had to be flown to hospital by Wiltshire's air ambulance the cause she was raising money for. more...
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build a £2m hostel for young, recovering alcoholics and drug addicts near Trowbridge has won vital support. more...
A WEST Wiltshire magistrate who dozed off in court is waiting to hear his fate from the Lord Chancellor. more...
TWO students hope a video they produced for their media production course will land them jobs in the advertising industry. more...
PARISHIONERS in West Ashton are marking the millennium with a flower festival. more...
CODFORD is to lose a shop but retain its Post Office if plans for its relocation are accepted. more...
A CURFEW banning more than 700 soldiers from Warminster and Westbury town centres in the evening has been lifted after 10 days. more...
BUSINESS boss Michael Webb has been sacked from his £32,000-a-year job for accessing pornography from the internet. more...
AN arson attack on a car in West Street, Warminster, caused more than £7,000 of damage. more...
PLANS by supermarket giant Sainsbury's to build a store on the outskirts of Westbury would destroy its centre, town councillors have said. more...
A PUBLIC meeting will take place to discuss plans by a west Wiltshire cement company to burn scrap tyres as fuel. more...
BUSINESS boss Michael Webb has been sacked from his £32,000-a-year job for accessing pornography from the internet. more...
REVIEW: YES, it's overblown; yes, it's far-fetched; yes, it gives its star the best close ups. more...
Big Momma's House (12) Crime comedy with Martin Lawrence, as an FBI agent forced to dress as a woman to nail an escaped convict. Adver rating: 1/10 UGC, Cineworld more...
FOR the eighth time in five years Wiltshire police officers have had the thankless task of knocking on doors to inform a family that a member has died on the busy road from Swindon to Salisbury which takes motorists though the Ogbournes, Marlborough, Burbage and the Collingbournes. more...
I WAS sorry to read your editorial last week about the new Abbeyfield School in Chippenham. more...
HUNDREDS of Wiltshire people have given their views on how to deal with the county's mountains of rubbish. more...
HAVING investigated the facts concerning the proposed relocation of the Wiltshire and Swindon Records office, I must say I, too, am disappointed the preferred site is not in North Wiltshire. more...
Drive to cut fuel cost more...
I READ with some surprise and disbelief of the county council's decision to build a new record office incorporating the HQ of the Royal Photographic Society in Devizes rather than Chippenham. more...
I WAS the founder of the Devizes branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and although I have had MS for more than 30 years I heard with amazement the leak on June 20 of the provisional ruling by NICE of the withdrawal of Beta Interferon by the NHS. more...
I LIVED in Chippenham until the age of 11. I attended Ivy Lane Primary School and lived on Dallas Road. My father was the Minister of Station Hill Baptist Church. more...
No point to curfew more...
YET again I read that another old building of social and historic interest in Chippenham is under threat of demolition. more...
CALLING all ex-telephonists and engineers who worked at Devizes Telephone Exchange which closed in September 1985. more...
IN the street collection held by the Devizes Branch of the British Heart Foundation on June 17 a total of £254.14 was contributed by the public in Devizes. more...
TWO councils will confront each other in a planning inquiry in August to decide if a controversial park and ride facility will be built in Wootton Bassett. more...
LEARNER driver Charlotte Shotton-Gale was forced to cancel her big test because she was under-age when she passed her theory exam. more...
THANKS to the generosity of Gazette and Herald readers the appeal to buy meningitis scanners for the three major hospitals serving the county has reached its initial target. more...
SIX months of negotiations and uncertainty came to an end when Wiltshire County Council struck a deal with developers to build new schools in Chippenham, Malmesbury and Wootton Bassett. more...
CROWDS filled Wootton Bassett's traffic-free High Street for a feast of entertainment during the final day of the town's Millennium Festival. more...
WOOTTON Bassett resource centre has received £100 to replace ruined library books. more...
PURTON, who have teams in the Hellenic and Wilts Premier and Junior Two Divisions,meet for training on July 11 at 6.45pm at The Red House and every Tuesday and Thursday thereafter. New players are welcome. more...
CASTLE Combe Circuit's 50th anniversary meeting provided a feast of fast racing, nostalgia and the opportunity for many old acquaintances to be remade. more...
GOLF: TEENAGER Ryan Smith has won the Erlestoke Sands Club Championship. more...
FOLLOWING the purchase of new equipment, Goatacre cricket club have a set of three pitch covers complete with tarpaulins and drainage pipes for sale. more...
THE cricket team from Dauntsey's School, West Lavington, fly to Barbados on Saturday, July 8, to compete in the Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools Festival. more...
BOWL: WILTSHIRE'S lingering hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Middleton Cup were extinguished as they lost to Dorset at Wimborne on Saturday, July 2. more...
THREE-DAY eventing: A number of changes have been included in this year's Doubleprint British Open Championships at Gatcombe from August 4 to 6, the final outing for Britain's potential three-day event Olympic competitors. more...
NORTH Wilts Vikings skater hockey team beat the Wadebridge Wizards B 6-2 in their BiSHA South West League youth age group game at Bridgwater, on Sunday, July 2. more...
MEMBERS of Devizes Judo Club competed in the Northern Home Counties open tournament and returned home with four gold medals. more...
MARLBOROUGH are a point clear at the top of the Division One table at the halfway stage of the season, with Saturday's (July 2) result against lowly Buscot Park still to come. more...
DEVIZES strike bowler Richard Bedbrook is likely to miss the rest of the season after fracturing and dislocating an index finger a league match with Winsley. more...
DEVIZES progressed into the finals of the Hugh Baker Cup with a stunning victory over Swindon. more...
CRICKET: WILTSHIRE have selected a full strength squad for their final group match in the 38 County Cup away to Cornwall at Helston on Sunday, July 9. more...
CRICKET: IN another closely fought match, Wiltshire failed by just 15 runs to reach the total set by Dorset. more...
A BATTING collapse saw Chippenham hanging on for a draw in a West of England Premier League game they should have won. more...
BASSETT recorded a third win on the trot to lift themselves off the foot of their cricket division. more...
COLIN Todd hopes to see the fruits of his tough summer recruitment campaign as he continues to rebuild the ravaged squad. more...
NORTHLEACH Youth under 15s have appointed Gary Evans as their new manager and coach. more...
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