Wiltshire | Archive | 2002 | November
A NEW era is to open up for Stonehenge School in Amesbury, as governors and staff bid for Specialist School status. more...
MILITARY firefighters reported this week that they had dealt with only a handful of incidents since the start of the latest Fire Brigades' Union strike last Friday. more...
LITTLE Jack Spayes, the terminally ill boy whose determination to enjoy every moment of his short life touched the hearts of Journal readers, has died peacefully, with his family at his bedside. more...
GLOWING wands changed hands at high speed as children begged their parents for spending money when they packed Salisbury's Market Place last Thursday for the switching-on of the city's Christmas lights. more...
EVENT organisers claim that charities will suffer if government proposals are given the go-ahead to make churches obtain an entertainment licence to stage concerts. more...
PEOPLE living on low-lying ground or whose homes and businesses are near any of south Wiltshire's five rivers are being advised today to be prepared for flooding. more...
AUSTRALIAN director Phillip Noyce is having a very good year the sort of year that resuscitates a flagging career and makes Hollywood sit up and take note once more. more...
ACTOR Brian Blessed will be speaking at a special event to raise money for St John Ambulance at the Wiltshire Music Centre at Bradford on Avon on January 12. more...
Despite public finances being set to plunge £20 billion into the red this year, South Swindon MP Julia Drown has welcomed Chancellor Gordon Brown's pre-Budget report to Parliament as being cautious but rightly optimistic about the economy. more...
Solicitors Thring Townsend has appointed two new partners. more...
MARRIED couple Simon and Sarah Truelove like each other's company so much that they have started working together at the Swindon Primary Care Trust. more...
THE first person from the UK has been made a member of America's leading accredited wedding planning organisation and she's from Salisbury. more...
THE White Hart Hotel in Salisbury hosted an executive club evening last week to thank the companies who regularly use the hotel's accommodation and conference facilities. more...
THE south-west regional development agency and South West Tourism have welcomed government moves to boost tourism in the region. more...
BUSINESSES in Wiltshire are invited to give their views on a proposed £3million project which may help employers trying to meet skill shortages. more...
A BOOK chartering more than a 1,000 years of Calne's history was presented to the town in the library on Thursday. more...
SIXTH formers from John Bentley School, in Calne, were tickled pink by the amount of money they raised for breast cancer research in a special lunchtime party. more...
HUNDREDS of sheep were rescued after the lorry transporting them to an abattoir tipped over in a multi-vehicle collision on the A4 at Pewsham on Thursday. more...
RUDOLPH the reindeer and his friends are back topping the bill, after last year's foot and mouth outbreak forced the cancellation of their appearance at Calne's Christmas lights ceremony. more...
Gary Naldi walked free from court after the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence over a charge of burglary at his mother's house in Calne. more...
CHRISTMAS shoppers heading for Calne town centre on foot risk being soaked by cars driving through puddles which have collected in the road. more...
ST Dunstan Primary School in Calne is holding a Christmas Fair on Friday from 6pm to 9pm, which will be opened by the Calne Players' pantomime dame. The school choir will sing some carols and Santa Claus will be bringing his quacking ducks with him. more...
VANDALS caused £400 of damage when they smashed the rear and side windows of a blue Ford Fiesta parked in Linden Close at 1am on November 17. more...
Vandals caused £250 worth of damage to a burgundy four-wheel drive Suzuki parked in Newbury Avenue in Calne in the early hours of Thursday morning when they twisted the bull bars at the front. more...
CLARINETTIST David Campbell will be giving a recital with pianist John Flinders. in Marden House on Sunday at 3pm. more...
THIEVES stole a wallet containing a bank card and £15 in cash from the jacket of the driver who left his Parcel Force van momentarily unattended in Broken Cross, Calne earlier this month. more...
VILLAGERS fear an ancient track in Stockley could suffer the same fate as a byway in Heddington, which they say was destroyed by off-road vehicles. more...
THREE mothers say Army major Giles Stibbe flouted justice to escape sentence in connection with a car crash in which their children died. more...
CALNE Police have developed an innovative new means of curbing anti-social behaviour in the town using an old piece of legislation. more...
EIGHT Scout packs assembled in Chippenham on Saturday to pit their wits in a chess and draughts tournament. more...
CHIPPENHAM'S town centre supermarket Somerfield has been relaunched this week after undergoing a £500,000 facelift. more...
MENCAP members will be enjoying a Christmas party at Corsham's Flamingo nightclub in Chippenham on Monday, but it could be the last. more...
A HIKE in burial fees could be on the cards as Chippenham Town Council considers raising fees and charges in 2003/04. The amenity committee was last night due to consider raising interment fees for London Road Cemetery. more...
CHIPPENHAM residents who want copies of the town council documents may have to pay for them. more...
BARCLAYS Bank in Chippenham treated 30 pensioners to a fish and chip lunch on Tuesday for the bank's Make A Difference Day. more...
CHIPPENHAM councillors are checking out ways to relieve parking congestion at John Coles Park. Options include extending the car park into the play area, building a new one, or introducing charges. more...
YOUNGSTERS will be brightening up the streets of Corsham when the winner of a painting competition switches on the Christmas lights on December 6. more...
NOVEMBER 28, CHIPPENHAM: CHIPPENHAM'S firefighters have been overwhelmed with gifts and messages of goodwill from the public as they continue to strike for an improved pay deal. more...
STAFF and pupils at St Peter's Primary School in Chippenham are jubilant after Ofsted inspectors gave them a glowing report. more...
THE advent of Christmas was announced officially in Chippenham on Friday in the carnival atmosphere of the town's switch on ceremony. more...
CONSTRUCTED in absolute secrecy for two years in the heart of Wiltshire, the motor-industry's best-kept secret was unveiled at this year's Motor Show in Birmingham last month. more...
THE design team of the Invicta S1 says the sports car will accelerate from 0 to 60mph in five seconds and to 100mph in 11 seconds, with a top speed of more than 170mph more...
CHIPPENHAM Town Council is celebrating the launch of its new website, with lots of features about the town, forthcoming events, amenities and services. more...
THERE'S nothing like a man in uniform to set a woman's pulse racing but it was the firefighters' turn for a treat when they judged Chippenham's Miss Slinky competition. more...
SINGER-Songwriter Bruce Davies will appear in concert at the Cause in Chippenham on Wednesday next week. more...
AN inquiry into plans for the former Flowers scrapyard site inquiry was cancelled at the last minute when developers finally reached agreement with North Wiltshire District Council. more...
NORTH Wiltshire MP James Gray has tabled questions in the House of Commons to discover why there was no consultation over plans to build a major new airport at Hullavington. more...
PLANS to use two redundant farm buildings at Eastcourt Farm, Crudwell, for storage and distribution have raised a storm of protest from villagers and the parish council. more...
PEOPLE are being urged to take extra care when putting out household refuse for collection during the firefighters' strike because it could create a fire hazard. more...
SHERSTON is part of a pilot scheme to provide internet sites for local communities in north Wiltshire. more...
NINE people caught in a police operation to crack down on heroin dealing in north Wiltshire have been sent to prison. more...
THE managing director of north Wiltshire's leisure centres, Adrian Jones, has resigned, saying the company needs someone with a fresh approach. more...
HUNDREDS of mourners packed a funeral service yesterday to pay tribute to a brilliant 17-year-old student, Tim Piper, who took his own life at his Lacock home last Wednesday. more...
A MAJOR new retail park could bring hundreds of new jobs to Chippenham if it wins district council approval next week. more...
THE Tiley family enjoyed a marvellous party to celebrate mum Dawn Tiley's recovery from leukaemia and raised more than £1,200 for medical equipment in the process. more...
CHIPPENHAM'S new playing fields could enjoy a major cash boost if Wiltshire County Council agrees to hand over £220,000 from the sale of the old Allington School site. more...
THOUSANDS of commuters faced chaos yesterday after all services were cancelled at Chippenham Station after the emergency closure of Box tunnel. more...
THE town council has called for a public meeting so people can air their fears over plans to modernise the mental health service after Kennet and North Wiltshire Primary Care Trust put together plans to tackle a financial shortfall. more...
TRADERS at Chippenham's Friday and Saturday market are angry at a decision by the town council to allow a French market to set up shop in the High Street. more...
TWO Chippenham girls were so upset about the rubbish dumped in a wood they decided to clear it up. more...
PUPILS enjoyed a victorious Viking Day at St Mary's School last Thursday and impressed teachers with their homemade costumes. more...
A MAN who robbed a 76-year-old woman in a church graveyard has been remanded in custody after admitting the offence at Swindon Crown Court. more...
CHIPPENHAM'S United Reformed Church has received a staggering 2,000 shoe boxes packed with presents to be dispatched to destitute and needy children in eastern Europe. more...
CHIPPENHAM market traders rallied round strawberry growers Cliff and Mandy Besley, to boost their plan to make a trip to Borneo to raise money for Leonard Cheshire Homes. more...
PEOPLE living on Chippenham's Pewsham estate say teenagers are making life such a misery they want to move away from the area. more...
CHIPPENHAM'S mighty Viking weekend and ship burning ceremony will feature on a new television series written and presented by Melvyn Bragg. more...
The RSPCA is holding a special micro-chipping session for cats and dogs at St Paul's Church Hall, in Malmesbury Road on Saturday December 7. more...
THE trustees of the Borough Lands Charity awarded more than £16,000 to local groups and individuals at its November meeting. Welfare grants totalling £9,000 were made to 17 individuals for goods such as cookers, fridges and mobility scooters. more...
TWO green goddesses were despatched to Revolutions Restaurant in New Road, Chippenham at 11.15pm on Tuesday after a candle started a small fire, but the fire was put out by restaurant staff before they arrived. more...
THE Lions Club will be escorting Father Christmas around the town for the annual festive charity collection. more...
EXTRA parking spaces have been made available to cope with the Christmas shopping season. There will be 80 weekend spaces at Wiltshire College Chippenham and behind Avon Bridge House, Bath Road. more...
MARRIED couple Simon and Sarah Truelove like each other's company so much that they have started working together at the Swindon Primary Care Trust. more...
MARK Robinson will quit Chippenham Town after Saturday's FA Trophy second round clash with Aylesbury United to concentrate on his new career as a personal fitness trainer. more...
FORTHCOMING OPPONENTS: CHIPPENHAM Town can move a step closer to a date with one of the Nationwide Conference big guns if they can overcome Ryman Premier Division outfit Aylesbury United in the second round of the FA Trophy at Hardenhuish Park on Saturday 30 November. more...
CHARLIE Griffin made a triumphant return to the Bluebirds frontline on Saturday 23 November after having a major hand in Matt Rawlins' dramatic late winner at Hardenhuish Park. more...
CHIPPENHAM skipper Gareth Davies could be back in the Bluebirds' starting eleven in time for the hectic Christmas period as he continues his recovery from a groin injury. more...
MATCH-WINNER Matt Rawlins has set his sights on the Dr Martens Premier Division title after sending Chippenham to their highest league position of the season on Saturday 23 November. more...
MIDFIELDER Mark Badman admitted the Bluebirds' lofty Premier Division perch had taken him by surprise following his summer move from rivals Bath City. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town resume their Dr Martens League programme with a trip to seventh placed Crawley Town on Tuesday 3 December night, kick-off 7.45pm. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town will hold their Christmas party at the town's new Fizz Bar on Monday December 16, start 8pm. more...
MORE than 150 family and friends of fire victims Dawn Hughes and her three children flocked to say their final farewells on Monday. more...
DRUG dealer Scott King, who was jailed for six months for offering to supply heroin and failing to surrender to bail, has been released just six weeks into his sentence. more...
DEVIZES businesswoman Karen Beater has come up with an idea to spare the blushes of men wanting to buy something lacy and sexy for their wives for Christmas. more...
JERRY Willmott, the chairman of Wiltshire and Swindon Fire Authority, was due in London today to resume negotiations with the Fire Brigades' Union on the fire strike. more...
BILL Wakeham, the father of terminally ill Charlotte, had his head shaved to raise money for the charity set up in his daughter's name. more...
THE funeral of Dawn Hughes, 31, and her three children, Danny, Matthew and Teegan, who were killed in a fire at their home at Sleight on November 15, took place on Monday at Basingstoke Crematorium. more...
THE new look Somerfield store in the High Street which has been closed for nearly a month re-opens on Wednesday at 9am after a £1.1million refurbishment. more...
NEW street parking restrictions in Devizes will be imposed next February. more...
DEVIZES fundraiser Mary Nutland is determined to carry on with her floral displays despite three vandalism attacks last week. more...
A PENSIONER escaped serious injury last week when she was hit by a car which ran out of control in the Wharfside courtyard in Couch Lane, Devizes, and thrown against a shop window. more...
GARMENTS knitted by an 89-year-old in Devizes have been appreciated as far afield as Bosnia and Afghanistan, and blankets and bonnets have benefitted new-born babies at Devizes Maternity Unit. more...
TRAFFIC schemes in Devizes costing more than £450,000 are planned by Kennet District Council next year. more...
AN appeal has been made for witnesses to a shoplifting incident at Cygnets in Old Swan Yard, Devizes last Thursday. more...
POLICE are linking a burglary and an attempted burglary at houses in Netherstreet, Bromham last Thursday. It is not yet known what was stolen in the burglary. more...
IT is all change for four officers at Devizes Borough Police Station in New Park Street. more...
AN 18-year-old woman has been charged with two shoplifting offences following thefts from Woolworths and New Look in The Brittox on Monday. more...
DEVIZES Development Partnership has given itself `a logistical nightmare' tomorrow when it stages the biggest Christmas market the town has seen. more...
HYGRADE Foods in Devizes has applied for permission to build a 30 metre long, ten foot high wall in Nursteed Road. more...
A PENSIONER was taken to hospital after a runaway car pinned her against the wall of a shop at Wharfside, Devizes. more...
DEVIZES' male majorettes, the Major Wrecks, are looking forward to next season after six new men joined the troupe. more...
NEW parking regulations in Devizes are to be introduced to curb all-day parking on some streets. more...
THE Boys Brigade Old Boys Band will open its Christmas programme with carols and popular festive music in the Market Place at the switching on of the town's lights tomorrow. more...
TOUCHING memories of those who lived through the horrors of the Second World War have been compiled into a book by Upavon mother of-three Charlotte Fyfe. more...
THIEVES stole an 18 foot Wilk Deluxe caravan worth £6,900 from the driveway of a home in Green Lane Great Cheverill some time between 8.30am and 2.30pm on November 20. Items inside the caravan included an awning, a portable television and sleeping bags. more...
POLICE are investigating a 22-year-old woman's claim that she was assaulted while waiting at a bus stop in High Street, Market Lavington. more...
WARTIME evacuees Jean Brown and Kathleen Adkin returned to the Devizes home they lived in 61 years ago. more...
THE results of a feasibility study looking at the possibility of creating an indoor skate park facility at the Southbroom Centre, Devizes will be discussed in a few weeks by a working group involving representatives from the county council, district and town council and skatepark users more...
DAMAGE worth £50 was caused to the windscreen of a Peugeot 306 parked in Oak Close, Bishops Cannings, between 10.30pm last Friday and 1pm on Saturday. Any witnesses are asked to contact Devizes Police on (01380) 722141. more...
MEMBERS of the Upavon Short Mat Bowls Club last week celebrated receiving a grant of £2,450 from the National Lottery's "Awards for All" Programme. more...
DEVIZES trader Ray Parsons was featured in a national television report about shopping. more...
SINGING stars from the Devizes area are appearing on a 40-minute TV special due to go out on HTV tomorrow. more...
DEVIZES police have appealed for witnesses to a three-car pile-up that closed the A360 Salisbury road between Potterne and Black Dog crossroads, near Lavington, for four hours. more...
A CIVILIAN worker at Wiltshire police headquarters in Devizes is among 14 people arrested for allegedly downloading child pornography from the Internet. more...
FIVE young winners of Wiltshire Constabulary's Crime Busters competition were thrilled when they were given a VIP tour of police headquarters in Devizes. more...
TRIBUTES have been paid this week to Ralph Merrett, the former speedway rider and comic musician, who died in hospital last week aged 75. more...
THREE mothers say Army major Giles Stibbe flouted justice to escape sentence in connection with a car crash in which their children died. more...
A CHARITY that hosts children from the region of the former Soviet Union devastated by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant 16 years ago, has appealed to families in Devizes and Marlborough to open their homes to the youngsters. more...
EXOTIC visiting geese, who normally live and breed north of the Himalayas, were spotted last week on the Crammer pond in Devizes by Gazette photographer Colin Kearley. more...
DEVIZES' own TV chef, Peter Vaughan, is taking part in a national campaign to raise public awareness of the dietary condition Coeliac, where sufferers are unable to tolerate products containing wheat and gluten. more...
WILTSHIRE'S chief fire officer, Neil Wright, publicly thanked Kennet District Council last week for its support in allowing three of its employees to drop whatever they are doing and leap into action as retained fire fighters. more...
VILLAGERS fear an ancient track in Stockley could suffer the same fate as a byway in Heddington, which they say was destroyed by off-road vehicles. more...
MILITARY firefighters said they felt more prepared for an eight-day strike after a day's intensive training on Salisbury Plain. more...
PLANS to stop replacing white centre line markings on Wiltshire's roads have been attacked as dangerous. more...
A RARE collection of Victorian children's books owned by Wiltshire County Council's library service has provided the inspiration for a new series of Christmas cards. more...
DEVIZES MP Michael Ancram has welcomed a report from the European Parliament that condemns the Government's delay in introducing restrictions during last year's foot and mouth epidemic. more...
RUNNERS planning to take part in the London Marathon next year have been asked to consider supporting Wiltshire's life saving air ambulance as their good cause. more...
ANTIQUE furniture worth almost £20,000 has been stolen in a raid on a country house on the Wiltshire-Berkshire border. more...
DRUG dealer Scott King was one of those caught in a police swoop during the successful Operation Ardent in September and when he was jailed for six months in October, the officers who caught him were entitled to believe he was out of harm's way for a while. more...
IN a week where that great engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel came second in the Great Britons poll, it is great to see entrepreneur and engineer Michael Bristow making a success of a brave venture. more...
Further to the articles on the fire strike my husband and I would like to say we are very much against this strike for the following reasons: more...
It is disappointing to read the comment on extreme hairstyles (November 14). more...
SO Firefighter Haines thinks £21,500 is a pittance. more...
FURTHER to recent correspondence in the Gazette I would like to express concern as to the manner in which the idea of the proposed sculpture to celebrate Marlborough's 800th year anniversary would appear to have been approached. more...
IS it too late for the people of Marlborough to be given the chance to appeal publicly, if they wish against the decision by the 2004 organising committee and the town council to accept the free gift of sculpture commemorating the 800th anniversary of our charter? more...
I WAS intrigued by the Gazette's report on the latest proposal for Rowde School. more...
I would like to congratulate everyone at the Wiggybus for their steadfast work over the last three years. more...
We visited Swindon's Princess Margaret Hospital for the 15th time in ten weeks, and will be going there for some time yet as my husband is quite ill. more...
HAVING read about yet another plan for more houses in Malmesbury, this time on the site of the Suffolk Arms, I want to ask one question. Where are the Warden and Freemen of Malmesbury in all this? more...
It is always a rare pleasure to visit Marlborough; would that I could do it more often. more...
IN the advertising features (Gazette November 21), emphasis is placed on car parking facilities in Chippenham at The Olympiad and council offices at the weekend, both quite a distance from the actual town centre. more...
I would like to thank the people of Devizes and the surrounding villages who gave so generously to the Poppy Appeal and helped to raise more than £12,000. more...
I READ with interest the NIMBY approach to transforming RAF Hullavington into a commercial airport. I think it is an excellent idea for the following reasons: more...
AT Calne Town Council's meeting of November 18 2002 the council voted by a majority of six votes to four on the adoption of the new budget. more...
So, Councillor Derek Quinn thinks that the residents of Calne will be prepared to pay a one-off 35 per cent increase in the town council precept for the council tax next year. more...
With reference to the recent article in the Gazette on November 21 regarding the refurbishment of Calne's old library. more...
I am delighted that at the full Chippenham Town Council meeting on November 20 my fellow councillors supported my expression of extreme concern that a public meeting in Chippenham was not part of the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust's consultation process. more...
I CURRENTLY attend Rowden Hill Chippenham Hospital mental health day hospital. more...
MOURNERS packed into Malmesbury Abbey on Tuesday to pay tribute to teacher Lizzy Evans, who died suddenly aged 49. more...
NORTH Wiltshire MP James Gray has tabled questions in the House of Commons to discover why there was no consultation over plans to build a major new airport at Hullavington. more...
THE curtain goes up on Althelstan Players' pantomime Sleeping Beauty in Malmesbury tonight (28 November). more...
A CAMPAIGN has been started to bring Broadband internet access to Malmesbury. more...
CANCER sufferer Sue Gardner says inconsiderate drivers are parking in the disabled bays on the High Street near Gable House Surgery in Malmesbury . more...
PLANS to use two redundant farm buildings at Eastcourt Farm, Crudwell, for storage and distribution have raised a storm of protest from villagers and the parish council. more...
POLICE are to arm themselves with a new weapon to fight the increasing problem of youth crime in Malmesbury. more...
THE Walter Powell School in Great Somerford has appointed Terry Hall as its new headteacher. more...
THE Chamber of Commerce is worried about the decline in business in the shops around The Triangle in Malmesbury. more...
CANCER sufferer Sue Gardner has hit out at selfish drivers who park in the disabled bays on the High Street near Gable House Surgery. more...
BURGLARS stole power tools worth £6,180 from an industrial unit at Chelworth Manor in Crudwell on November 20. The thieves used a bladed instrument to force open a door into the workshop. more...
SHOPS will be open from 6pm until 9pm in the annual Christmas late night shopping in Malmesbury next Friday, December 6. more...
FATHER Christmas will be at a Christmas bazaar at the Charlton village hall this Saturday from 2.30pm. Cakes, teas , a tombola and Christmas raffle will all be available. more...
THE Athelstan Players will be performing Sleeping Beauty as their annual Christmas pantomime tonight and tomorrow at 7.30pm and Saturday at 2.30pm and 7.30pm in the Malmesbury town hall. more...
MALMESBURY singers present a programme of Christmas carols featuring the conductor Iain Duff and the organist John Hughes at the abbey on December 7 at 7.30pm. more...
THE Laurels Pottery in Seagry will be displaying their range of ceramics at their annual Christmas sale at the Seagry and Startley village hall on December 7. more...
TELECOM giant Hutchinson 3G wants to put up a mobile phone mast in the middle of Manton, close to homes and the primary school. more...
POLICE are to revamp Marlborough's Store Watch scheme to counter a rise in shoplifting, particularly by thieves from outside town. more...
TWO women were taken to hospital following a three-vehicle pile-up on the A346 Marlborough to Salisbury road at Postern Hill on Tuesday 26 November. more...
POLICE have appealed for witnesses to a trail of damage caused around Marlborough in the early hours of Saturday morning. more...
WHEN Wiltshire Libraries ran a competition to find their youngest reader, they can't have expected the winner to clock in at just three days old. more...
THE phenomenal success of Harry Potter is rubbing off on wildlife artist Joannah May. more...
INTERNET users in Marlborough could face a lengthy wait to get the faster Broadband service from BT. more...
THE pioneering Oaks Ward at Savernake Hospital in Marlborough has embarked on more groundbreaking trials aimed at helping to restore memory for Alzheimer's sufferers. more...
ALDBOURNE parish council is donating £100 towards a youth service scheme to introduce the arts and drama to young people in the area following a request from Marlborough area youth worker Jan Edwards. more...
MARLBOROUGH Town Council is in favour of calling the new development in London Road after the first self-propelling vehicle to have driven up the hill. more...
CHRISTMAS comes to Marlborough on December 5 when the town's community partnership launches its Spirit Of Christmas celebrations, more...
PUB landlord John Jones will be swapping the warmth and comfort of his thatched inn with its log fires for the icy spray and late winter storms in the Atlantic. more...
THE project to restore a length of the River Kennet near Marlborough has won a national environmental award for Thames Water. more...
STAFF at the Riverside Vets surgery in Marlborough are looking for the owners of a friendly blue budgerigar that was found in the local area about ten days ago. more...
FARMER'S wife Joan Flippance, who lived in the Pewsey Vale since arriving as a Land Girl in the Second World War, has died, aged 80, at Swindon's Princess Margaret Hospital following a short illness. more...
AN engagement ring with a diamond type stone and a gold band has been handed in at the village police station about a month after being found on a Marlborough-Pewsey bus. more...
MARLBOROUGH town council planners have objected to plans to alter the front of the Royal Oak public house in the High Street because it would result in the loss of the `bottle glass' window. more...
A NEW yellow line scheme to deter motorists from parking along the main road in Avebury through the village will cost between £3,000 and £5,000 the parish council was told. more...
ST Katharine's School in Savernake is holding an Absolutely Fabulous Christmas party on December 13, 7.30pm, at Marlborough Town Hall. more...
THE High Street in Marlborough will be closed to through traffic from 4pm on December 5 for the Spirit of Christmas late night shopping extravaganza. more...
AVEBURY Parish Council received a preliminary inquiry about the possibility of siting a mobile phone mast at Galteemore Farm and members observed that a similar plan for West Kennett was turned down because it, too, was in the World Heritage Site. more...
MARLBOROUGH town council planning committee has resolved to object to the former tannery offices in Angel Yard being demolished and replaced with three flats for Raglan Housing Association on the grounds that the building is listed and it would involve the unnecessary loss of a building which could be renovated and still provide accommodation. more...
AVEBURY parish council has given an official vote of thanks to the police for helping control the busy biker nights in the village on Wednesday nights. The police recently held a speeding survey in the area. more...
THERE is to be a special meeting of the town council on December 9 at 7pm to ratify changes to standing orders that lay down how the council and its meetings are run. more...
AVEBURY parish council has arranged for a supply of sandbags to be made available in the event of flooding and these are being stored by the National Trust and are available from its Avebury office on request. more...
AVEBURY parish council has been given the news that following a number of complaints a water authority trench at Trusloe has been reinstated but it is going to be dug up again soon for a larger main to be installed. more...
A CHARITY that hosts children from the region of the former Soviet Union devastated by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant 16 years ago, has appealed to families in Devizes and Marlborough to open their homes to the youngsters. more...
FINLAND came to Marlborough this week when food ingredients company Danisco hosted a meeting between the mayor of the Finnish town Naantali, and Mayor of Marlborough, Coun Margaret Boulton. more...
PLAYSTATION game FIFA World Cup Soccer is helping Army green goddess crews on standby in Melksham to ease the tension in their 12-hour shifts. more...
PUPILS at St Francis Preparatory School in Pewsey were thrilled when a Royal Navy Sea King helicopter landed in the grounds. more...
THE Christmas lights go up on December 1 in Pewsey and carnival queen Emma Dainton will turn on the village's Christmas lights at 6pm in the Market Place. more...
FARMER'S wife Joan Flippance, who lived in the Pewsey Vale since arriving as a Land Girl in the Second World War, has died, aged 80, at Swindon's Princess Margaret Hospital following a short illness. The funeral will take place on Tuesday at 2.15pm at Salisbury Crematorium. more...
PROBABLY the only woman who has ever led a sit-in by customers at a building society office received an award from grateful Pewsey people last Wednesday. more...
YOBS who gather in Pewsey are taken there by their parents who think they are going to the youth club, claims parish councillor Alex Carder. more...
MEMBERS of the Upavon Short Mat Bowls Club last week celebrated receiving a grant of £2,450 from the National Lottery's "Awards for All" Programme. more...
PEWSEY parish council remains unhappy about the timing on the new traffic lights in Wilcot Road. more...
PEWSEY parish council is considering quitting the Wiltshire Association of Local Councils to save its annual subscription of £500 after discovering that all the advice it needs is available from the Society of Local Clerks. more...
DISABLED people will be able to visit the beautiful countryside around Pewsey if a planned access route becomes reality, says the Pewsey Area Community Trust. more...
TERESA Dent laughs when asked if she is working in a man's world. more...
THREE pictures have been added to Salisbury's renowned Edwin Young collection of watercolours after they were spotted in an auction catalogue. more...
A SALISBURY supermarket manager told this week of the miraculous coincidence that saved his life after he was taken ill on Mount Everest. more...
LITTLE Jack Spayes, the terminally ill boy whose determination to enjoy every moment of his short life touched the hearts of Journal readers, has died peacefully, with his family at his bedside. more...
A SALISBURY school is leading the way in providing state-of-the-art security to protect its pupils, staff and buildings. more...
GLOWING wands changed hands at high speed as children begged their parents for spending money when they packed Salisbury's Market Place last Thursday for the switching-on of the city's Christmas lights. more...
MILITARY firefighters reported this week that they had dealt with only a handful of incidents since the start of the latest Fire Brigades' Union strike last Friday. more...
SALISBURY District Hospital's breast service co-ordinator, Debbie Postlethwaite, is runner-up for a national award. more...
EVENT organisers claim that charities will suffer if government proposals are given the go-ahead to make churches obtain an entertainment licence to stage concerts. more...
GOOD sport Mollie Donnett rolled back the years when her family arranged for her to mark her 80th birthday by reliving her youth and taking a spin through the district on the back of a giant motorbike. more...
PEOPLE living on low-lying ground or whose homes and businesses are near any of south Wiltshire's five rivers are being advised today to be prepared for flooding. more...
BELLRINGERS are going like the clappers to raise £35,000 to restore the bells of St Thomas's church, Salisbury. more...
A SECOND-YEAR fashion student from Salisbury College could be the winner of the prestigious Young Designer of the Year 2002 Competition. more...
Salisbury's rise to the summit was halted by treacherous weather conditions at the weekend, as their game at Ashford Town was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. more...
HEROICS from the young Wimborne keeper frustrated Salisbury and gave Wimborne a much needed first league win of the season. more...
TWO teams from one Salisbury school have battled through to the finals of the TSB National Schools' Cross Country Cup, writes Caroline Rippier. more...
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Salisbury 22 Windsor 10Rugby:AFTER the previous week's lacklustre performance, Salisbury captain Don Parsons' pre-match team talk was not for the faint hearted. But it was direct and effective, for Salisbury came out with the red mist already over their eyes and a determination to win that has so far been absent this season. more...
Few teams played at the weekend due to atrocious weather conditions, and Bemerton Heath Harlequin's game at BAT was struck down. The reserves managed to play though, at home to BAT's reserves, and they served up a 3-3 thriller. more...
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A brilliant Steve Brown double illuminated Hardenhuish Park last night and edged Chippenham Town a step nearer to Dr Martens Cup glory. more...
DEVIZES Town caretaker manager Pat Slattery is not predicting a mass exodus of players following the decision of Ray Baverstock to quit the club after only 15 weeks in charge. more...
SWINDON Supermarine sank to an all-time low on Saturday after a humiliating 9-0 defeat at mediocre Sutton Coldfield. more...
BRIAN Slade has resigned as chairman of Hellenic League First Division outfit Malmesbury Vics due to his growing work commitments. more...
A GOAL from Justin Miller with the last kick of the game enabled Highworth Town to salvage a point against bottom-but-one side Wantage Town. more...
FREE-SCORING Westbury United romped to their fifth First Division win of the season on Saturday with a 5-2 success at faltering Ilfracombe Town. more...
RAY Baverstock's short-lived spell in the Nursteed Road hotseat ended on a low note as he saw his Devizes Town side slump to their fourth home defeat of the season on Saturday 23 November. more...
CORSHAM Town are set to lose captain and midfield powerhouse Nigel Curtis to runaway Screwfix Direct Premier Division league leaders Brislington. more...
GLENN Armstrong continued his goal spree with a hat-trick as Calne Town's sixth win on the trot moved them up to the dizzy heights of seventh spot in the Screwfix Direct League First Division table. more...
ALTHOUGH Highworth struggled to hit the target on Saturday23 November, their forwards Paul Day and Matt Saye figure prominently in the list of the Hellenic League's top marksmen. more...
YOUTH FOOTBALL: AFC CORSHAM and FC Chippenham A met for the second time in as many weeks in a first round tie in the first round of the Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News Mid-Wilts Youth and Minor League under 11s cup. more...
WOMENS FOOTBALL: CHIPPENHAM Town Ladies resume their Wiltshire County Women's League campaign with a home game on Sunday when they entertain Keynsham Town Reserves at Christian Malford, kick off 2pm. more...
THERE were shock results in the first round of the PPL Presto Print sponsored Knockout Cup as Second Division sides Biddestone Social Club and Wingfield sent Division One clubs Colerne A and Atworth United crashing from the competition. more...
SKURRAYS WILTSHIRE LEAGUE: WATERLOGGED pitches were the order of the day with just three games getting the go ahead. more...
EASTVILLE Boys continued their pursuit of the under 16 title with a resounding 10-2 win at Eldene to close the gap on leaders Purton. more...
SWINDON AND DISTRICT LEAGUE: GREEN Baize and GW Bar served up a seven-goal cracker in their Adver Cup tie on a surprisingly firm pitch. more...
SWINDON SUNDAY LEAGUE: IN-FORM Paul Day continued his scoring streak with a six-goal salvo to help Jovial Monk to an 8-0 victory at lowly Grosvenor in their Division Five encounter. more...
THE names of former World Footballer of the Year George Weah and Chippenham and District Sunday League side Hullavington Village FC are not often used in the same sentence. more...
WOOTTON Bassett dumped dangerous visitors Trowbridge out of the Dorset and Wilts Vase with a hard-fought 6-0 win. more...
LEAGUE leaders Bassett maintained their position at the summit after victory over fellow high-flyers Newent 2nds. more...
MINETY RUGBY: A DEVIZES side comprising both youth and experience could not contain a Salisbury outfit who made the most of the opportunities. more...
MIKE Catt is on course to lead Bath's bid for a third away win of the season at Sale tomorrow night before stepping out his club's domestic and European campaigns for up to a month. more...
GRANT Trewartha helped himself to a brace of tries as Chippenham maintained their South West Two promotion push with this home victory. more...
CHIPPENHAM 2nds produced a disciplined performance to clinch victory over Barton Hill at Allington Field. more...
MINETY'S record-breaking 11-match winning run finally came to an end as they bowed out of the Dorset and Wilts Vase at the second round stage. more...
JUNIOR RUGBY: WOOTTON Bassett's junior teams marched on, both the under 15s and under 13s maintaining their unbeaten records, with the younger age group smashing the century barrier. more...
JUNIOR RUGBY: CHIPPENHAM under 12s emerged undefeated from their two games against Cleeve on Sunday. more...
FORMER England and Bath great Ben Clarke was in Swindon yesterday to oversee the grand finale at Innogy's Tag Rugby Festival. more...
I WOULD like to add to the debate on "car tax dodging", as it is so quaintly called. more...
THE Vale of White Horse Local Plan is welcomed as a carefully considered and sensible way forward. more...
The closure of Lady Lane can in no way be justified just because residents were naive enough to believe a builder when they bought their houses. I trust these same residents whined as much at the time the same builders tore down the beautiful broadleaf copse to make way for their houses. more...
IN reply to J Olding's query regarding the fate of the money from the sale of the Brunel Centre. The answer lies in an article the Advertiser published last November. more...
The people of Swindon have come up trumps for the Evening Advertiser Christmas Appeal. more...
RAIL commuters from Swindon have been enduring more misery because of technical problems on the tracks. more...
NURSING homes in Swindon are filling up with patients from the neighbouring counties of West Berkshire and Hampshire. more...
A WORLD expert on children's behaviour came to Swindon to show teachers how to deal with unruly pupils. more...
SCHOOL children from Swindon are taking part in a mass Simultaneous Sing on December 9 in a bid to help set a new Guinness World Record and to raise money for the national charity Sargent Cancer Care for Children. more...
PROPOSALS to demolish part of Pinehurst People's Centre could lead to the eviction of a woodwork therapy project. more...
HONDA has confirmed its intention to keep providing the mayor with a civic car. more...
VOTING by email looks set to return to Swindon for the May 2003 Swindon Council elections. more...
A unique collection of documents featuring the work of Isambard Kingdom Brunel the man credited with putting Swindon on the map is being unveiled today. more...
ONE of Swindon's best known and most respected amateur actors, producers and set designers has died at the Prospect Hospice at the age of 74. more...
STUDENTS from Melinda Messenger's old college are backing her all the way in the Celebrity Big Brother house. more...
HUSBAND and wife team Sarah and Simon Truelove share everything including their job. more...
YOUNG people in the Parks and Walcot East areas of Swindon are being asked to design a badge for the local council run Junior Wardens scheme. more...
The programme for the new season at the revamped Swindon Arts Centre is out this week. more...
WEST Swindon library is holding a free games workshop event on Friday evening between 5pm and 8pm. more...
There's more to opening a brand new hospital than moving in all the equipment. more...
Energy companies have been switching gas and energy supplies to people in Swindon without telling them what they were doing. more...
A SECOND Welcome Centre has officially opened its doors to the parents and children of Park South. more...
TWO men are now being sought by police in connection with a spate of indecent exposures in Swindon. more...
STRIKING firefighters say their resolve has been strengthened following a threat of job cuts from the Government. more...
ONE of Swindon's pioneering team of street wardens was today singled out for a national award. more...
A PARAMEDIC accused of killing a woman while driving his ambulance to an emergency is to face a trial. more...
THE RSPCA has again urged people in Swindon to act responsibly as Christmas draws closer. more...
FOSTER carers in Swindon are set to receive a rise in their weekly allowances to help attract more people to the job. more...
HIGHWORTH open-air pool needs a roof if it has any chance of recouping financial losses and staying open. more...
IRISH dancing teacher Michael McInerney is on top of the world this week. more...
A rare court order obliges a known paedophile has been ordered to stay away from children. Debbie Waite has the story. more...
It is reassuring to know that the authorities are doing their utmost to protect children in the community. more...
THE swimming pool at Highworth Rec is a great asset to the town and needs to modernise to stay that way. more...
A PARAMEDIC accused of killing a woman while driving his ambulance to an emergency is to face a trial. more...
Scott KingGAZETTE & HERALD EXCLUSIVE: DRUG dealer Scott King, who was jailed for six months for offering to supply heroin and failing to surrender to bail, has been released just six weeks into his sentence. more...
DANNY Invincible will be offered a fresh deal in the next few days as Andy King bids to keep the Australian at the County Ground. more...
QUESTIONS have arisen over who should own special "radar" keys allowing access to the town cemetery in Cricklade. more...
PEOPLE living in Wootton Bassett could eventually find themselves as part of a smaller Parliamentary constituency. more...
WOOTTON BASSETT's annual Dickensian Evening takes place on December 6. The High Street will become a pedestrian only area between the mini-roundabout and Station Road, from 5.30pm. more...
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