Wiltshire | Archive | 2002 | October
THE National Trust has sent shock waves through the big Stonehenge debate by announcing it wants a longer, deeper and more expensive tunnel to take the A303 away from the stones. more...
PRESSURE is being put on Salisbury district council to agree that a second major food store is needed in Amesbury. more...
IT is much bigger than your average wedding car but when you marry into a family haulage business you expect to be involved with big lorries. more...
LATE-NIGHT revellers are using Amesbury streets and gardens as open-air toilets, town councillors heard last week. more...
AMESBURY is to get a new taxi rank - a part-time rank to help curb late-night rowdiness in the town centre. more...
TWO men died and three others were seriously injured in a horrific accident on the A360 north of Salisbury on Tuesday afternoon. more...
A HI-TECH traffic system - the first of its kind in the country - is to give Salisbury long-awaited relief from city centre snarl-ups. more...
THE Rookie (U) is classic Disney family entertainment, complete with a hero who battles against adversity. more...
RED Dragon (15) is the bloodthirsty prequel to The Silence Of The Lambs, an exhilarating film that allows Anthony Hopkins to sink his teeth into the role of Hannibal Lecter for the third and final time. more...
INSURANCE giant Zurich says it is still recruiting in Swindon, despite recent losses. more...
Employees at Nationwide's head office in Swindon raised in excess of £1,500 when invited to put their best bids forward in return for a variety of auction items offered during a lunchtime sale. more...
DINERS will be asked to tuck in to help the hungry at a fundraising evening at Revolutions restaurant in Chippenham. more...
STAFF at Abbey National in Chippenham dressed in pink on Saturday to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. more...
DYSON, which ended production of its vacuum cleaners at its Malmsbury factory two weeks ago, has accepted a £4 million offer for damages from rival Hoover. more...
ONE of Britain's most enterprising rural women is looking for an equity partner to join her Fordingbridge-based cycle tourism business as it launches into franchising. more...
ONLY one fifth of new businesses seek professional advice from public sector agencies when they start up, according to Business Link Wessex. more...
SMALL businesses are confused by the government's position on employment law and its calls for possible enforced trade union membership, says the Forum of Private Business (FPB). more...
JUDGES gave Bridget Parke's green fingers the thumbs up, as she won through to the finals of the Wildlife Garden of the Year 2002 contest. more...
PEOPLE living near the proposed site of Calne's new skateboard park expressed their bitter opposition to the plans at a special meeting with the town council. more...
POLICE in Calne have promised to crackdown on youngsters causing trouble in the town centre if parents fail to take responsibility for their children. more...
A centre to help adults with learning difficulties lead more independent lives is set to open in Calne next month. more...
TEACHER Jenny Lomas was spurred into organising a fundraising horse ride to say thank you to Wiltshire Air Ambulance for saving her mum's life. more...
THE striking performance of the stick dance by the Morris dancing Men of Calne Parish was a huge hit at the town's harvest supper. more...
A PENSIONER was shocked when her picture of a female nude, displayed in Marden House, in Calne, was moved after a complaint by a Christian group. more...
THE curtain lifted on Calne Music and Arts Festival on Friday with the launch of the art exhibition, opened by the mayor. more...
MEALS on Wheels is appealing for new helpers in the Chippenham, Calne and Corsham areas. more...
COURAGEOUS mother-of-three Oriel Tinson will receive a bravery award after she tackled four burglars single-handed. more...
RESIDENTS of a quiet residential lane in Chippenham are battling with Wiltshire County Council over the ownership of it. more...
POLICE have questioned the son of North Wiltshire Conservative MP James Gray after a close friend plunged to his death in a packed nightclub. more...
ST Mary's Church at Hullavington has taken a leaf out of the bible in a novel bid to raise £50,000 to repair the roof of the building. more...
DYSON, which ended production of its vacuum cleaners at its Malmsbury factory two weeks ago, has accepted a £4 million offer for damages from rival Hoover. more...
NORTH Wiltshire is preparing for a battle to defend its green fields from the sprawl of Swindon's development. more...
DERRY Hill residents are planning a Big Weekend, a three-day festival including helicopter rides. more...
DEVELOPERS have met up with councillors and officers at North Wiltshire District Council to reveal their plans and aspirations for the former Chippenham nightclub Goldiggers. more...
ORGANISER Matthew Haynes was called in to make a tough decision when Westonbirt Arboretum's annual conker championships came down to a nailbiting finish. more...
FEATURE: WHEN young jeweller Stuart McCloskey volunteered for the RAF in 1943, he had no idea what trials and adventures would subsequently come his way. more...
A FATHER of a skateboarder who was caught up in a mugging which ended in a murder has blamed the closure of the Chippenham's skatepark for his son's ordeal. more...
THE parents of a 15-year-old Chippenham boy have paid tribute to the courage of a Bristol man who was stabbed to death on a Bristol street trying to protect their son. more...
JOINER Craig Pike was left in agony with serious eye injuries after celebrating at a foam party on a Club 18-30s holiday in Greece. more...
DISABLED pensioner, Margaret Francis,70, has died five days after her wheelchair was knocked over by a reversing van. more...
MUM Alma Kennedy fears for her teenage daughter Lisa's safety because the 14-year-old has to catch a bus from Chippenham to Melksham to go to school. more...
CHIPPENHAM Livestock Market will have to find a new home at the end of next year, says landowner North Wiltshire District Council. more...
BUSINESSMAN David Cleverley has been given an absolute discharge by magistrates after he admitted leaving commercial waste at a civic amenity recycling centre. more...
ARTIST John Hammond has taken the world by storm with his latest prestigious exhibition. more...
A NEW Corsham film society has taken on 120 members in its opening month with 30 more people on its waiting list. more...
HISTORY expert Mike Stone has written the story of Chippenham in a new book packed with fascinating photographs. more...
JOBS are to go at Coda SciSys, formerly Science Systems, in Methuen Park, in Chippenham, it has been revealed. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town Council is withdrawing from the South West in Bloom competition because of lack of support from the district and county council. more...
DINERS will be asked to tuck in to help the hungry at a fundraising evening at Revolutions restaurant in Chippenham. more...
MEALS on Wheels is appealing for new helpers in the Chippenham, Calne and Corsham areas. more...
PUPILS at Bybrook Primary School in Yatton Keynell who are keen to get to grips with technology will benefit from a giant car boot sale on Sunday at the Castle Combe race circuit near Chippenham. more...
DISABLED pensioner, Margaret Francis,70, has died five days after her wheelchair was knocked over by a reversing van. more...
MEALS on Wheels is appealing for new helpers in the Chippenham, Calne and Corsham areas. more...
A NEW Corsham film society has taken on 120 members in its opening month with 30 more people on its waiting list. more...
PARENTS and their children will be taking part in a sign language lesson at Corsham Library on Saturday, October 12. more...
GOALKEEPER Paul Thompson has left Chippenham Town less than three months after joining the club following a bust-up with manager Tommy Saunders. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town have been rocked by the shattering news prolific striker Steve Tweddle could miss the rest of the season with knee ligament damage. more...
COLIN Towler is looking forward to cementing his place at the heart of the Chippenham Town defence after returning to the side with a goal in Saturday's 1-1 home draw with Moor Green. more...
ADIE Mings wants the chance to forge a new striking partnership with Martin Paul after starting up front for the first time this season against lowly Moor Green on Saturday 5 October. more...
FANS favourite Matt Rawlins is looking to kick-start his season after spending a frustrating September kick his heels on the substitutes' bench. more...
SKIPPER Gareth Davies is still at least two weeks away from a first team return after tearing a groin muscle in the 2-1 away win over Folkestone Invicta on September 21. more...
CHIPPENHAM will entertain Dorchester in the first round of the FA Trophy on November 2. more...
THE son of a Second World War veteran has spoken of his family's vindication in fighting for his father's pension rights after a landmark victory at the High Court in London. more...
SHOP owner Maddy Leighton has criticised the legal system that allowed the man who has stalked her for 18 months to walk free from court after constant breaches of a restraining order. more...
TONY Duck, chairman of the county's newest political party, the Devizes Guardians, has appealed to people to put themselves forward as candidates in local council elections. more...
RESIDENTS of Rowde can now access all the goods and services available on the High Streets of large cities without leaving the village, and help raise funds for the local school while they are about it. more...
ROWDE is a fair dinkum place to lay down your tucker bag for a few months while you go walkabout in Wiltshire, according to Australian bush poet Mick Leigh. more...
DRUG addict Scott King, who was arrested as part of a dawn swoop by police, has been sentenced to six months' in jail. more...
PARISHIONERS throughout the Devizes deanery of the Church of England are being told to dig deeper in their pockets or see fewer clergy managing more and more churches. more...
DEVIZES Town Council has closed off two of its most pleasant seating areas in the centre of town because subsidence has made the surfaces dangerous for pedestrians. more...
DEVIZES' outrageous male majorettes, the Major Wrecks, will decide at their annual meeting on Sunday week whether they will continue operations in 2003. more...
DEVIZES Lions Club is joining other members of Lions Clubs International in promoting World Sight Day, today. more...
DEVIZES Evening Women's Institute has echoed the call of its national organisation and urged local people to support rural post offices or watch them be consigned to history. more...
POLICE believe a young man playing with fireworks in Coldharbour Lane in Marlborough last Wednesday evening could give them vital evidence about a break-in at the home of an 85-year-old woman. more...
THE mother of a 15-year-old boy has been fined £25 for his failure to attend school regularly. The boy only went to 95 school sessions out of a possible 142. more...
THE mother of a 15-year-old boy has been fined £25 for his failure to attend school regularly. more...
A WILTSHIRE mother has been fined £25 by Kennet magistrates after her 11-year-old daughter failed to attend school regularly. more...
TRANSPORT campaigner Kate Freeman took on the responsible minister face to face at the Labour Party conference in Blackpool on Monday. more...
STUDENTS at Dauntsey's School in West Lavington handed over a cheque for £13,240 to the Wiltshire Air Ambulance Appeal following another hard year's fundraising. more...
DEVIZES Town Council has agreed to raise more income from its public buildings by charging for catering provided by nominated firms. more...
POLICE have questioned the son of North Wiltshire Conservative MP James Gray after a close friend plunged to his death in a packed nightclub. more...
MEALS on Wheels is appealing for new helpers in the Chippenham, Calne and Corsham areas. more...
VOLUNTEERS from St John Ambulance raised £489 by packing shoppers' bags at Sainsbury's in Chippenham on Saturday, part of the Gazette's St John Ambulance appeal to buy a new Crusader ambulance for the Wiltshire branch. more...
RESIDENTS of a quiet residential lane in Chippenham are battling with Wiltshire County Council over the ownership of it. more...
PUPILS at Bybrook Primary School in Yatton Keynell who are keen to get to grips with technology will benefit from a giant car boot sale on Sunday at the Castle Combe race circuit near Chippenham. more...
STUDENT Tom Hill, who left Marlborough College in July, has taken the landmark step of suing an exam board over his A-level results. more...
TV SPORTS presenter David Vine hosted a charity quiz in Ramsbury on Friday which helped raise between £7,000 and £8,000 for the Jeans for Genes charity. more...
COURAGEOUS mother-of-three Oriel Tinson will receive a bravery award after she tackled four burglars single-handed. more...
WILTSHIRE police should do more to reduce the fear of crime in the county and work with local authorities to combat anti-social behaviour, according to an independent report published this week. more...
WHEN North Wiltshire District Council was ordered by the Ombudsman to close its skateboard park in Monkton Park, Chippenham, there were warnings of what might happen to youngsters who have been deprived of their hobby. more...
A LONG battle fought by a Devizes man to win pension rights for his war veteran father could pave the way for other families to receive much deserved cash. more...
FACED with the threat of a 60ft mobile telephone mast within yards of Malmesbury's community hospital, the town has responded as it always does in a crisis: Magnificently. more...
I agreed with J W Wright's letter in last week's Gazette regarding Blair's Government being a failure, although when it was elected I did not expect anything else. more...
FOLLOWING on from county councillor Rugg's letter last week, our lovely town of Devizes has been changed completely, and recently has taken a nose dive beyond comprehension. more...
I notice from the front page News In Brief item in the Devizes Gazette last week that the town council has inherited the district council planters used until recently to segregate the parking from the service road in the Market Place, and is considering their allocation to the Green. more...
I am left a little confused after reading the letter last week from Conservative county councillor Pat Rugg criticising the Conservative-controlled Kennet District Council's record on parking in Devizes. more...
A PROTESTER supporting the Devizes Guardians now admits (Gazette October 3) that "the new trees look okay, the Market Place is looking very clean and tidy now." more...
We are now only a matter of days away from a vital vote in the House of Commons that may see the closure of 3,000 urban post offices across the UK. more...
AS we are well aware the NHS was created by a Labour administration. The original prototype or blueprint made it clear the services provided throughout the NHS would be free at the point of use or service and would be funded entirely from taxation. To this we all contribute. more...
A SINCERE thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of the 8th Eddie Cochran Rock `n' Roll Festival held in Chippenham last weekend. more...
AT the town council meeting last Monday night I answered a public question that the proposal to make charges for Sunday and Bank Holiday car parking was firmly rejected by all councillors on the Scrutiny Committee held on September 3. more...
CAMPAIGNERS in Malmesbury are due to step up their opposition to a proposed mobile phone mast on the edge of town by holding a petition day this Saturday (October 12) at the town's Market Cross. more...
JOINER Craig Pike was left in agony and with serious eye injuries after celebrating at a foam party on a Club 18-30s holiday in Crete. more...
A STOCK dealer was fined £2,000 for neglecting his animals after RSPCA inspectors found dead and dying sheep in a field near Minety. more...
PUPILS from Malmesbury School have became the first exchange group in 20 years to travel to the twin town of Niebull. more...
BURTON Hill House School in Malmesbury has launched an appeal to renovate the adjacent Abbey Leaze building, and football hero David Beckham has been asked to help. more...
MALMESBURY library is launching an after school group to open a world of adventure to children through novels, plays and poems. more...
DYSON worker Richard Stoodley has sounded a high note for the future by opening Malmesbury's first music shop. more...
LEA was presented with an award for the best kept medium size village in Wiltshire in a special ceremony held in the village on Sunday. more...
THE amazing Autumn weather provided perfect conditions for a vintage tractor ploughing match at Easton Royal on Sunday. more...
A GIANT torch will be lit at Malmesbury Abbey to launch its £35,000 floodlighting appeal. The abbey wants to raise the cash to light up both sides of the church with white light that will also illuminate the adjacent cloister gardens. more...
A MARLBOROUGH mother-of-two has given up a part-time job at a town opticians after a spate of break-ins and shoplifting that cost the business thousands of pounds. more...
A MARLBOROUGH shop assistant was so traumatised when a thief snatched hundreds of pounds worth of spectacles and then attacked the police officer who tried to stop him, she gave up her job in fear. more...
ANXIOUS families in Marlborough are waiting to hear when Kennet District Council will be debating the controversial plan for three mobile phone masts at the telephone exchange. more...
POLICE believe a young man playing with fireworks in Coldharbour Lane in Marlborough last Wednesday evening could give them vital evidence about a break-in at the home of an 85-year-old woman. more...
A SERIES of minor improvements have brought about greatly increased road safety on the Marlborough to Salisbury road, a meeting will hear on Saturday. more...
SEMI-RETIRED Canadian mining equipment salesman Reg Manuel struck gold when he made his first return visit to his old home in Marlborough for 67 years. more...
THE mayor of Marlborough, Margaret Boulton, visited the town's Resource Centre on Monday to present proficiency certificates in a variety of subjects to students with learning difficulties. more...
ONLY 30 people observed the ancient custom of beating the bounds to walk around the boundary of Marlborough on Sunday. more...
A PROPOSAL by Marlborough town councillors to hold regular surgeries has been beaten off the mark by the county library service. more...
A DREAM came true for Marlborough Town Crier and Mop Fairs enthusiast Alfie Johnson on Saturday. more...
STUDENT Tom Hill, who left Marlborough College in July, has taken the landmark step of suing an exam board over his A-level results. more...
BEFORE lying down in the path of a high speed train, schizophrenic Bruce Wicks wrote a note saying: `I would rather be dead than messed in my head.' more...
LIFE behind bars is not as rosy as sometimes portrayed in TV, films or even former MPs' memoirs, Pewsey Vale School pupils learnt this week. more...
PEWSEY Vale School has overcome the first major hurdle in its going for language college status thanks to the generosity of local people and businesses. more...
MEMORIES came flooding back for more than 130 past and present staff of Marks & Spencer, in Salisbury. more...
THE National Trust has sent shock waves through the big Stonehenge debate by announcing it wants a longer, deeper and more expensive tunnel to take the A303 away from the stones. more...
SALISBURY businessman Peter Bialek spoke of his relief this week after being cleared of pulling a gun on his former escort girl fiancee. more...
A HI-TECH traffic system - the first of its kind in the country - is to give Salisbury long-awaited relief from city centre snarl-ups. more...
QUIDHAMPTON teen-ager Russell Parsons took television viewers by storm in his guise as Robbie Williams to come runner-up in the Stars in Their Eyes Kids live final. more...
KATE Adie, known and loved for reporting from trouble spots across the globe, presided over a very civilised occasion last week when she dropped into Ottakar's bookshop in Salisbury to sign copies of her autobiography, The Kindness of Strangers. more...
A REMARKABLE collection of silver Roman coins and two superb gold Roman rings, dating back to 380AD, found in a field in Bowerchalke have been declared treasure. more...
TWO men died and three others were seriously injured in a horrific accident on the A360 north of Salisbury on Tuesday afternoon. more...
A ROBBERY in Exeter Street, Salisbury, on Tuesday night left a 20-year-old Salisbury man with facial injuries after he was punched twice. more...
CHAMPION jockey Kieren Fallon was forced to give up two winning rides at Salisbury on Wednesday at the course's final meeting of the 2002 season because of an upset stomach. more...
Football: SALISBURY City secured their first knockout competition success under manager Nick Holmes when they beat Dartford in the FA Trophy. more...
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NEW Supermarine boss Tom Jones has made former Swindon Town striker Paul Hunt his first signing. more...
OUT-OF-FAVOUR Chippenham Town keeper Paul Thompson has completed a move to Mangotsfield United fuelling rumours that the Wiltshire club are about to snap up Bath City's Mark Hervin. more...
FORMER West Ham and England midfielder Trevor Brooking is set to visit Chippenham on November 15 to officially open Hardenhuish School's new sports hall. more...
TOP of the table Cricklade Youth have continued their winning streak in the under 17s-18s Division of the Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News Mid-Wilts Youth and Minor League. more...
DEVIZES Town slipped into the bottom half of the Screwfix Direct Premier Division table after unbeaten Dawlish Town inflicted their second home defeat in a week at Nursteed Road on Saturday 5 October. more...
SCREWFIX DIVISION ONE: CORSHAM Town stretched their unbeaten run under caretaker managers John Freegard and Dave King to four matches following Saturday's stalemate at home to high-flying Shepton Mallet. more...
A GOAL in each half consigned ten-man Pewsey Vale to their third straight Hellenic League Premier Division defeat at old foes Hook Norton. more...
HELLENIC LEAGUE: WOOTTON Bassett suffered their heaviest defeat for several seasons when they were beaten 8-0 at Bishops Cleeve. more...
SCREWFIX ROUND-UP: MELKSHAM Town were left with a blank Saturday (5 October) when their Premier Division clash at Keynsham Town was called off after the crossbars on each of the goal frames at Crown Field were deemed too low by match referee Steve Creighton. more...
NORMAN MATTHEWS FLOODLIGHT CUP: INJURY-HIT Pewsey Vale crashed out of the Norman Matthews Floodlight Cup after a 5-1 defeat at Hellenic League Premier Division rivals Abingdon United on Tuesday night. more...
FORMER Swindon Town schoolboy Ross Adams made history at Highworth Town on Saturday 5 October when fhe became the first player to be put on contract by the Hellenic Premier side. more...
FORMER Calne Town chief Graham Learmonth has taken over the managerial reins at Hellenic League Malmesbury Vics following the sacking of John Norris on the night of Monday 7 October. more...
SCREWFIX DIVISION ONE: CALNE Town will be looking for red-hot striker Glenn Armstrong to fire them to victory when they return to First Division action at Ilfracombe on Saturday 12 October. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town Ladies' 100 per cent league record ended at the hands of Clevedon Town Ladies Reserves at the Hand Stadium on Sunday 13 October. more...
MID-WILTSHIRE SUNDAY LEAGUE: REIGNING champions Selectabook continue to set the pace after running out 11-4 winners at the New Inn. more...
TROWBRIDGE LEAGUE: CHAMPIONS Castle Combe crashed to a surprise 1-0 home against Heytesbury defeat. more...
SKURRAYS WILTSHIRE LEAGUE: CHISELDON Castrol had a welcome change of luck when they defeated visitors Corsham Town Reserves 2-0 to record their second win of the season in the Premier Division. more...
MAUD Heath Sports hit back from two goals down to beat Colerne 4-3 in Division One of the Vanitec Computers sponsored Chippenham Sunday League. more...
FORMER Chippenham rugby club centre Tom Crockett has been taken back into hospital for treatment to a head injury. more...
THREE South African teenagers will add to the international flavour at Devizes Rugby Club when they arrive from Cape Town in November. more...
JUNIOR RUGBY: AN understrength Devizes U7s side were celebrating after finishing runners-up at the Mini Rugby Festival in Salisbury. more...
A DEPLETED Devizes side saw their impressive recent run come to a halt as Bournemouth overturned a half-time deficit to take the points on Saturday 5 October. more...
DEVIZES 2nds produced a fine performance to clinch victory over a strong Bournemouth second string. more...
MALMESBURY were well beaten by a keen and co-ordinated Devizes side on Saturday 5 October. more...
MINETY extended their unbeaten run to six matches as they eased into the second round of the Dorset and Wilts first XV Vase at the expense of neighbours Cricklade on Saturday 5 October. more...
MATT Perry is set to end eight months of injury misery when Bath kick off the Parker Pen Challenge Cup competition in Italy on Friday night. more...
SWINDON College's experienced forwards proved far too strong for Minety's makeshift pack in the first round of the Dorset and Wilts 2nd XV Cup. more...
WOOTTON Bassett earned their first Southern Counties South point. more...
CHIPPENHAM were left to rue missed opportunities as Maidenhead came from behind to inflict the Wiltshire side's second defeat of the South West Two East campaign at Braywick Park on Saturday 5 October. more...
CHIPPENHAM 2nds passed their sternest test of the season as they maintained their winning start to the campaign with victory in a friendly. more...
CHIPPENHAM 3rds went down to their second defeat in a row. more...
CALNE'S disappointing start to their first ever Southern Counties South campaign continued as they were edged out by visitors Ivel Barbarians at Anchor Road on Saturday 5 October. more...
WOOTTON Bassett earned their first Southern Counties South point of the season as they shared a 10-10 draw at Bournemouth side Oakmedians. more...
ONE or two letters recently have questioned the concept and affordability of park and ride. more...
I was appalled and sick to my stomach to read about the story of the boy who beat a kitten to death (EA, October 5). This young man showed no remorse and found what he had done funny. more...
IF ever a law needed to be repealed, it is surely is the one which forbids identification of a juvenile convicted of a criminal offence. more...
SO the programme at Swindon Arts Centre has been scrapped after rotten floorboards have caused a two-month delay to the revamp. We were told that Swindon Services started work on the £665,000 revamp in May, ie five months ago. more...
IT never ceases to amaze me how Swindon Council can shoot itself in the foot with very little assistance from external influences. more...
ON Monday, November 11 at noon the National Pensioners Convention will be organising a rally at Central Hall Westminster and a lobby of Parliament. A number of older people from Swindon have attended previous rallies and we want to make sure Swindon is represented again. more...
I AM writing to protest at your headline on Wednesday, October 2, in which you described the probability that Swindon may soon receive an allocation of asylum seekers as a threat. I was deeply disturbed to read this highly provocative statement, especially from someone who should be in full knowledge of the facts and of the misconceptions regarding people who are seeking to make their homes in this country. more...
YET another vehicle has smashed into the junction island on Cumberland/Drove Road, where a motorist has ignored that the right hand lane is a right only turn, either unable to read or generally `naffed off' with the traffic jams which seem to be a continual problem due to inept planning by our Highway Department. more...
ANYTHING which can help to restore confidence in our common humanity with other nations must be good news. more...
A CHEMISTRY professor is set to follow in the footsteps of Simon Schama and become Britain's next celebrity academic, thanks to a Swindon organisation. more...
POETS were today being challenged to put pen to paper in defence of Swindon. more...
THE permanent closure of Lady Lane could jeopardise the future of Blunsdon market, according to its manager. more...
GUIDE dog owners from London, Reading and Gloucester converged in Swindon by train to launch The Guide Dog Travel Charter. more...
WHEN Roger Waite and Sally Easton applied to Arkell's Brewery to run one of their pubs, they didn't expect to take on a small menagerie as well. more...
THE award-winning Cotswold Water Park is set to take the lead again in energy conservation with a new £1m visitor centre. more...
THE MARRIAGE of Grace and Jack Jones has outlasted the church in which they said their vows. more...
PEOPLE living in Hodson have lost their fight to ban outsiders from driving through their hamlet for now. more...
A PRIMARY school that was hit by fire in June has risen from the ashes to pick up a major teaching award. more...
SWINDON'S Steam museum is set to turn the clock back later this month when around 1,300 school children visit to find out about life during the Second World War. more...
THE NEXT generation of wannabe superstars lined up at Swindon's Wyvern Theatre to audition for this year's Christmas pantomime, Dick Whittington. more...
SHOPKEEPERS in Wootton Bassett have called for a vote of no confidence in the town council after a row erupted over a weekend festival that brought thousands of people into the town. more...
UP and coming jazz star Jamie Cullum wowed an audience of 400 at London's Cafe De Paris at the launch of his CD, entitled Pointless Nostalgic. more...
A CLEANER handed back more than £27,000 he had stolen from Swindon's Nationwide Building Society after his conscience got the better of him. more...
THIS is not the first time a cleaner has found himself in hot water only to redeem himself later. more...
IF you fancy something different with your chips tomorrow, The Trawlerman fish and chip shop is cooking up some tasty alternatives. more...
A GANG of professional criminals have stolen more than £300,000 worth of goods from two Swindon companies. more...
ONE woman who knows what it means to be caught in the web of domestic violence is Jane, 46. more...
THE FUTURE of the Princess Margaret Hospital site remains on hold, waiting for a developer to buy the 24-acre plot. more...
THE campaign to equip the GWH with a vast range of hi-tech medical equipment has reached £1.5 million. more...
A fish caught in the Swindon area nearly 100 years ago is set to take centre stage at one of the country's most prestigious auctioneers. more...
A RETIRED couple have found a syringe discarded in the gateway to their home. more...
I HAVE just returned from the surgery, where I had my annual flu jab. To my dismay there was no free lollipop on offer. more...
I REFER to the your September 30 report on the town centre plans. more...
PICTURE the scene. A cleaner, minding his own business, comes across a box that happens to be stuffed full of bank notes. more...
SO Gareth Gates won't be coming to Swindon after all. more...
A SPECTACULAR open-air concert planned for Wiltshire as part of next month's BBC Children in Need fundraising extravaganza has been scrapped. Council officers had held talks with top BBC producers about staging the live concert in the car park of Asda Wal-Mart on Friday, November 15. more...
THE future of Swindon Town is in the hands of the High Court this morning as the club battles to lift the `Sword of Damocles' hanging over its head. more...
Fourteen district nurses, in uniform, lined the pathway to Wootton Bassett parish church in tribute to the late Ann Martin, 60, a retired colleague who was formerly known as Sister Taylor. more...
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