Wiltshire | Archive | 2002 | July
ACTION has been demanded by Salisbury MP Robert Key to ensure that airliners and other civil aircraft never again stray over an Army firing area. more...
SOLSTICE revellers who climbed on to the ancient stones at Stonehenge during the dawn ceremonies might have jeopardised next year's summer solstice celebrations. more...
SHOPPERS in Amesbury should be able to visit a new supermarket in their town centre by the end of next year. more...
GILL Brain has resigned as principal of Salisbury College amid a £1m college deficit and redundancies. more...
TWO soldiers from the Amesbury area played major roles in the Queen's golden jubilee visit to Portsmouth last Thursday. more...
TIDWORTH police are looking for a man who exposed himself to two women just after 7am on consecutive mornings last week. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
SEP 21 - 29: THE second Jane Austen Festival promises to be bigger, bolder and better than the first three-day festival, held in September last year. more...
MINORITY Report (12) is based on a short story by barking mad sci-fi writer Philip K Dick, who also wrote the tale that inspired Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
TWO companies in the Swindon area are to receive funding from a joint Government and business research scheme. more...
THE overall number of jobs in the south west of England grew by just five per cent over the past three years. more...
MORE than 6,000 troubled or endangered children will benefit from counselling, thanks to a massive charity donation from Swindon company Innogy. more...
SUPERMARKET chain Somerfield plans to splash out on attracting shoppers back to its stores after posting its first annual profits for three years. more...
BOOKHAM Technology, the darling of the Stock Exchange during the boom in hi-tech shares in the late 90s, is to close its Swindon plant with the loss of 25 jobs. more...
PLANS have been drawn up to double the size of St Margaret's Preparatory School, in Calne, which has twice as many pupils on its waiting list as it can take in. more...
CALNE Community Area Transport group (CAT) is today moving into the next phase of its plan to improve public transport in the town and surrounding villages. more...
TWO Calne schools, St Dunstan Junior and Guthrie Infants, raised £2,350 in their first joint venture since their merger was announced in March. more...
MUM Cheryl Kimber believes her 20-year-old son Andrew would still be alive if her husband had fitted smoke alarms in his flat. more...
COLIN Durston and his wife Chris have finally escaped the clutches of the M25 to become the new owners of Quemerford Post Office. more...
STEAM engines, fairground organs, vintage cars and motorcycles are expected to be out in force for this weekend's Heddington and Stockley Steam Rally following the cancellation of last year's event due to the foot and mouth outbreak. more...
HOUSING developer Persimmon has buckled under pressure from road safety campaigners and agreed to fund a lollipop warden for a school. more...
ROMANCE has been blossoming in between the waltzes and foxtrots at Calne Town Hall. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
THE Gazette is aiming to present the Secretary of State for Defence with a dossier of the Save RAF Lyneham campaign when he visits Wiltshire tomorrow. more...
PLANS for a controversial new three-storey office block on the outskirts of Chippenham were set to get the go-ahead last night, despite fears it could spoil the appearance of historic Corsham Park. more...
BOOKMAKER James Creed is getting used to normal life again after nine days following the World Cup in Japan. more...
THE toughest and the meanest corporal from ITV's Lad's Army is just a big softie, says the Beaver Scout group he looks after in Hullavington. more...
CORSHAM has a new bobby on the beat and a new policing strategy for the town centre. more...
FOUR teaching assistants from north Wiltshire have been presented with Specialist Teacher Assistant Awards. more...
A NEW state-of-the-art system will allow anyone who wants to keep fit to ZIP in and out of facilities owned by North Wiltshire Leisure Limited. more...
WACKY landlord Andy Davies laid on an £80 limousine to take his darts team 450 yards from The White Hart in Lyneham to The Mallard for a match. more...
A Corsham man, aged 23,was arrested on Tuesday July 2 when Europol and the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit smashed a worldwide Internet paedophile ring. more...
SHELDON School in Chippenham has become one of the first in the country to receive Science College status. more...
AVIARY owner Dave Pooke, of Northway, Calne, is at a loss to explain why vandals are targeting his property. more...
TEEN skateboarder Darren Harley confronted North Wiltshire District Council about the closure of the Monkton Park skate park on Tuesday night. more...
PUPILS at St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, in Corsham, have been collecting essential items for orphans half way around the world. more...
PUPILS from schools in the area have been putting their artistic talents to good use. more...
STUDENT Jo Swainson is tracking down sponsors so she can raise £3,000 and fulfil her childhood dream of helping endangered animals in Africa. more...
TEENAGER Jack Steward is taking the high road between Land's End and John O'Groats in a fundraising cycle ride for Alzheimer's Research. more...
A PIECE of Chippenham's architectural history will enjoy a new lease of life as a much-needed arts venue after years buried in coal dust. more...
COUNCILLORS have been urged to throw out a plan to convert a former bakehouse into offices, because it would involve demolishing a large slice of the Grade II-listed building. more...
AN exhibition of stunning prints by artist Cilla Lloyd will be unveiled this month just weeks after she died suddenly from cancer. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town host either Dr Martens Premier Division rivals Dorchester or Ryman League Division One side Yeading in the second round of the FA Trophy on November 2. more...
VILLAGERS have expressed anger and shock after their postmistress was attacked and robbed by masked raiders wielding baseball bats. more...
THE family of Charlotte Wakeham are desperately hoping that an anti-depressant drug that has been proved to fight brain tumours can prolong the life of the seven-year-old schoolgirl. more...
DEVIZES ambulance station is to be sold off in a shake up of the service, Wiltshire's ambulance chief Dennis Lauder has announced. more...
DEVIZES firefighters were praised this week for their swift action in saving a calf that had fallen into a waterlogged ditch on a farm at Wedhampton. more...
CRIMINAL cases normally heard at Kennet Magistrates Court in Devizes will be transferred to Andover in Hampshire from next Thursday, despite concerns from the Crown Prosecution and Probation Services. more...
BUS operator Bodman's Coaches has warned that children's lives have been put in danger after its school service was banned from entering a private estate in Devizes. more...
A CONMAN who travelled around Wiltshire living in hotels which he paid for with bouncing cheques has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. more...
CHILDREN at Bright Sparks Pre-school in Potterne are now enjoying the fruits of a £4,800 Lotto grant they received recently. more...
THERE will be a rattling of swords and a clashing of armour on Roundway Down on July 16 when Roundheads and Cavaliers commemorate the critical Battle of Roundway nearly 360 years after the event. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
ST Katharine's School in Savernake Forest has been celebrating two of its pupils's musical successes. more...
EIGHT candidates are standing in the by-election on July 18 for the vacancy on the Devizes east ward seat on both Devizes Town Council and Kennet District Council. more...
LIKE many women, Phillipa Davy from West Lavington found that eating for two when she was pregnant made her fat. more...
DEVELOPERS have argued at the Kennet Local Plan public inquiry that greenfield land on the edge of Devizes should be included as a development site. more...
SIX-YEAR-OLD Caitlin Peck may be one step nearer to unlocking her lifetime of silence thanks to a group of kind-hearted men who took off their clothes in a Full Monty-style strip show to raise cash to send her to America. more...
WORTON Festival rock concert on Saturday July 6 will boost a project to build an extension at the village school. more...
DEVIZES MP Michael Ancram has expressed concern over the introduction of identity cards in light of the Government's plans to bring them in for people claiming welfare benefits. more...
A 17-year-old took part in burglaries at charity shops in Devizes to feed his drug habit, Kennet Youth Court heard. more...
A CALNE businessman has been charged by the US Department of Justice with involvement in a fraudulent investment scheme involving failed energy giant Enron. more...
Metal detecting for buried treasure is a growing pastime as more and more ancient hoards of coins are unearthed on the Downs, but now as JOANNE KELLY reports Government cash will mean Wiltshire's historic finds will be preserved for ever more...
RAF LYNEHAM has said it will try to curtail flights directly over Corsham School to avoid disrupting the pupils' current open air production of George Orwell's Animal Farm. more...
STUDENT Sarah Richards is planning a daring parachute jump to raise money for charity. more...
MORE than 100 personnel from RAF Lyneham will attempt to get into the Guinness Book of Records tomorrow by pulling a Hercules for 100 metres in the quickest time possible. more...
EQUESTRIAN Louise Neale who nearly lost her life when she was kicked in the head by a horse, is organising a collection for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance. more...
A CHARITY is looking for a tenant for a one-bedroom home in a renovated almshouse. more...
THE plans to close ambulance stations in Devizes, Marlborough and Malmesbury and merge them withe fire and police stations will understandably alarm many people living in those towns. more...
WE are hoping Defence Minister Geoff Hoon won't dodge the Gazette when he comes to Wiltshire tomorrow morning. more...
Aside from the rights and wrongs of why the Chippenham skatepark has been shut, the fact is once again the youth in a community who, because of their age have very little official input into such provisions provided, then removed, cannot be blamed for feeling aggrieved. more...
So the Chippenham skate park has been closed and an excellent facility for the kids of our town lost. more...
The Gazette's lead story on the closure of the skate park in Chippenham quoted Councillor Allnat as saying that all that they were asking for is a solution "in accordance with the law relating to nuisance." more...
It is clear from Mr Barstow's letter in last week's Gazette, that misunderstandings continue to be held about the nature and role of the present South Western Regional Assembly, which would exist whether or not we were members of the European Union. more...
WITH regard to the North Wiltshire District Council planning meeting of June 12, and our elected councillors' rejection of the developer's application to build 138 houses in Rowden Lane, I cannot let the letter in the Gazette of June 20 pass without comment. more...
HERE I am again defending the unobtrusive yet controversial cross on Malmesbury Abbey wall and I will defend it as long as it takes. more...
WITH reference to Coun Darby's reply to my letter, just like Chippenham now, Devizes did not see itself as a victim either until the Record Office fiasco cost it the Northgate and Wharfside developments. more...
I WAS disappointed to read the article in the Gazette of June 20 regarding the Carnegie Library building. more...
ONCE again, both Coun Willmott and Maurice Came urge us to support them in their effort to get our hospital and health centre moved from the centre of town to a new site in Green Lane. more...
Regarding the Gazette's lead story last week I would like to ask what the people of Devizes think, (which I don't think happens very often) about letting larger retail companies into the town. more...
ISN'T it time the local authority woke up to the fact that Devizes needs to move with the times? more...
COUNCILLORS in Highworth have been told that the town could lose its post office in the near future. more...
HIGHWORTH ace Martin Sell has made up for his recent heartbreak in the final round of the British Amateur Championship by wining a place in the England A squad for the first time. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
ORGANISERS of Lea Music Festival were outraged when Wiltshire County Council ripped up roadside signs and threw them away. more...
DOG handler Andy Whitmarsh and his rookie hound were attacked and injured after they confronted men stealing wheels from cars parked on a Malmesbury garage forecourt. more...
MALMESBURY ambulance station is to be sold off as part of a shake-up of the service, Wiltshire's ambulance chief Dennis Lauder has announced. more...
NURSERY nurse Stella Thacker is taking a dramatic career change to become Malmesbury's first female funeral director. more...
THE Sherston Polo Special on Saturday July 6 kicks off this year's Sherston Boules bonanza. more...
SHERSTON School governors want to build a new school at Upper Stanbridge Farm. more...
POLICE are linking the theft of three cars from Kemble MoT Centre and an alloy wheel from an Escort at Crudwell Garage. more...
MALMESBURY Primary School pupil Laura Smith scooped five of the six awards in the junior section of Malmesbury Garden Club's annual show in the town hall on June 23. more...
WRITER Fiona Sampson will be special guest at an ArtsNoW café in Malmesbury on July 17. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
THE brave fight against cancer by care worker Liz Milsom, who died in August two years ago, unfolded in a TV documentary on Tuesday July 2. more...
PORTMAN Building Society chiefs have told MP Michael Ancram they will not reconsider the decision to close their Pewsey branch. more...
BURBAGE Brownies have helped save lives by filling five aquaboxes to go to deprived parts of the world. more...
THE family of Charlotte Wakeham are desperately hoping that an anti-depressant drug that has been proved to fight brain tumours can prolong the life of the seven-year-old schoolgirl. more...
MARLBOROUGH'S ambulance station is to be closed as part of a shake up in the service, Wiltshire's ambulance chief Dennis Lauder has confirmed. more...
TOWN councillors at Marlborough have endorsed plans by St John's School to build a £12 million school on its Orchard Road site and demolish the present Stedman Buildings. more...
DOORSTEP conmen have struck again in Marlborough stealing a large sum of money from an 86-year-old woman exactly a week after a retired gardener had his life savings of £17,000 taken. more...
NEARLY 40 artists people will be opening their studios and workshops to the public as part of the Marlborough Open Studios weekends starting on Saturday and Sunday and continuing over the next two weekends. more...
A combination of sun and a variety of activities brought out crowds for the Aldbourne Combined Churches Fete on Saturday, held on the village green. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
PEWSEY Vale's award-winning Wigglybus welcomed its 100,000th passenger last week as it recovers from serious problems which plagued it at the end of last year and the early months of this year. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
ON the wall of Helen Aldridge's cheerful office in Salisbury District Hospital are leaflets for health care professionals about organ donation heart, pancreas, kidney and more. more...
GILL Brain has resigned as principal of Salisbury College amid a £1m college deficit and redundancies. more...
FORMER Salisbury police chief Frank Lockyer spoke of his "cautious optimism" this week after it was announced that his solicitor daughter Sally Clark, serving life for murdering her two sons, has won the right to a fresh appeal. more...
ARTHUR Daley's yellow Daimler the car used by actor George Cole in the TV Minder series is set to raise still more money for Salisbury Hospice. more...
A MAJOR scheme to improve safety at Skew Bridge on the western outskirts of Salisbury is to go ahead next year, at a cost of £1.5m. more...
FORMER Salisbury shop owner Jill Fuller, who helped her drug smuggler boyfriend launder the proceeds of a £40 million cocaine plot, was jailed for four years this week. more...
POLICE in Salisbury are calling on the residents of the Friary estate to help them catch the people responsible for four fires there in the early hours of Sunday. more...
SOLSTICE revellers who climbed on to the ancient stones at Stonehenge during the dawn ceremonies might have jeopardised next year's summer solstice celebrations. more...
SALISBURY'S beautiful hanging floral baskets are admired by residents and visitors alike but for Stephen Gee one particular display has been a headache. more...
VISITORS to Salisbury have rated the city's parking facilities excellent. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
CRICKET: GOATACRE will be aiming for a place in the last 16 of the National Village Cricket Championship on Sunday when they play host to Avon and Somerset champions Butleigh, start 2.30pm. more...
ALL-ROUNDER Baqar Rizvi is hoping to become Wiltshire's long-distance hero this summer after swapping the bright lights of London for the west country in a bid to make his mark in minor counties cricket. more...
MINOR COUNTIES CRICKET: WILTSHIRE'S fragile batting line-up again failed as they lost their three-day Minor Counties championship match against to Devon at South Wilts on Tuesday.. more...
WILTSHIRE skipper Steve Perrin is likely to miss the rest of the cricket season after an operation on Thursday evening to clear up a long-standing groin injury. more...
CLUB CRICKET: A DETERMINED final wicket stand saw Devizes take the honours in a thrilling local derby against bottom of the table Malmesbury on Saturday 29 June. more...
IT'S all change at the top of Division One again as leaders Westinghouse and Biddestone both lost. more...
OPENER Mark Hunt led the way as Chippenham's batsmen at last found some form in Saturday's 36 run victory in Premier Division Two. more...
AFTER being asked to field first, Chippenham out bowled Downend for 170, with Nigel Rose the pick of the bowlers with 4-30. more...
A DEPLETED Goatacre side went down to a 22-run defeat at the hands of Wiltshire rivals Trowbridge in a low-scoring top of the table clash on Saturday. more...
A HALF-CENTURY from Australian all-rounder Matt Kimble proved in vain as Marlborough went down to a five-wicket defeat at home to Hinton Charterhouse. more...
SCHOOLS CRICKET: A YOUTHFUL Dauntsey's School line-up secured a creditable draw on Sunday as they played host to touring Australian school Caulfield Grammar. more...
WOOTTON Bassett's Glos-Wilts League Division One title hopes were dashed after top-of-the-table Frocester gained a 144-run victory. more...
ALL-ROUNDER Paul Marsh played through the pain barrier to help Corsham to a memorable 63-run victory in the first ever league meeting with Bath at Station Road on Saturday. more...
CORSHAM were defeated by 122 runs by top of the table Bath in their first ever league visit to North Parade on Saturday 29 June. more...
The battle for Warren Fuller's signature has been won by Swindon Supermarine. more...
Chippenham Town boss Tommy Saunders faces a baptism of fire in the Dr Martens Premier Division, when he goes head to head with former England defender Paul Parker. more...
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DR MARTENS PREMIER LEAGUE: MIDFIELDER John Woods has decided to end his eight-year association with manager Tommy Saunders by turning down the offer of a new contract at Hardenhuish Park. more...
CORSHAM Town manager Mark Godley has made former Devizes Town midfielder Nigel Curtis his fifth summer signing as he continues to build a squad capable of winning promotion from the Screwfix Direct League First Division. more...
PEWSEY Vale's place in the Hellenic League Premier Division next term looks secure, with the required improvements to their Recreation Ground home now 75 per cent complete. more...
GOALKEEPER James Bittner is hoping a spell on the English Riviera this week will revive his professional football career. more...
THE countdown to the new campaign officially started this week. more...
DAVID O'Leary's sacking at Leeds United came as no surprise. more...
PUTTING aside my anger at seeing them knock out England, I was pleased to see Brazil lift the World Cup. more...
I WONDER how long it is before we start to see a mass influx of World Cup stars to these shores? more...
THE argument about regionalising the lower divisions has reared its head again. more...
MY chat with Steve Slattery provided a fascinating insight into England's World Cup campaign. more...
IT seems the boys at the County Ground are struggling to find someone to model the new kit. more...
SOMETIMES it needs an outsider to give you a totally different perspective of a person. more...
BATH have completed a hat-trick of captures from arch-rivals Bristol Shoguns by landing Scotland Under 21 scrum-half Ross Blake. more...
ANDY KING has a hectic 48 hours ahead as he tries to persuade at least three players to commit themselves to the club for a year. more...
TONY NORRIS believes supporters should focus on cold reality rather than crying over the death of the Front Garden stadium dream. more...
WHEN I read your letters page each day, I try to apply a sort of litmus test to the letters written by those with a party political axe to grind. more...
WHAT a joke this council wants to get tough with chewing gum disposers. more...
COULD you tell me how they are going to fine people for dropping gum on the floor, when they can't seem to stop people riding their bicycles on paths all over town especially the pedestrianised areas of the town centre? more...
I read with much amusement the attack Coun Jim D'Avila has made upon the press. The arrogance of these people never ceases to amaze me after their return to nowhere. more...
I AM one of the many residents of Haydon Wick who will be adversely affected by the closure of the post office in Safeway. more...
I THINK Mr Winter (June 24) is confusing representation and affiliation. As a councillor I represent the people of my ward, both those who voted for me and those who didn't. more...
PLEASE stop printing the accounts of court cases. more...
MAY I through your paper thank very much the kind and honest person who handed in my mobile phone to customer services at Tesco's, Ocotal Way on Wednesday, June 26. more...
MYSTERY surrounds the sudden appearance of a plug shaped crop circle at Beckhampton, near Avebury. more...
CRICKLADE'S example should give new hope to people in Swindon. more...
A SECRET society has opened its doors to the public. more...
TED Alsworth's interest in canals began 20 years ago after he spent a leisurely holiday afloat with his family. more...
WHEN people think about railways and Swindon, it is the Great Western that springs to mind. more...
A SWINDON man who assaulted a taxi driver and smashed up the inside of his cab could go to prison. more...
A SONGS of Praise style service will bring Swindon people together for National Carers Week. more...
COUNCILLORS in Highworth have been told that the town could lose its post office in the near future. more...
THE man at the helm of Tribal, the private company drafted in to save Swindon's ailing education service, says he is making headway with the challenge. more...
A WOMAN from Swindon will have to start using pedal power to get around after winning an Evening Advertiser competition. more...
BOOKHAM Technology, the darling of the Stock Exchange during the boom in hi-tech shares in the late 90s, is to close its Swindon plant with the loss of 25 jobs. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
A SECOND railway station could be built in Swindon as part of plans to target the town's traffic congestion. more...
VILLAGERS at Wroughton are planning a protest against plans to pull down a High Street pub to make way for new homes. more...
VANDALS caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage after smashing windows at an Old Town pub. more...
REBECCA Kennedy is the latest victim of the school places crisis. more...
LOOKING after young children, as any parent will tell you, can be very demanding. more...
ONE buzzword sums up the principle behind the masterplan for the Front Garden: sustainability. more...
A TEENAGE drug addict who works as a prostitute and steals to fund her habit has appeared in court. more...
A THIEF'S bid to snatch a filling station's takings was thwarted when customers wrestled him to the ground. more...
A MULTI-PLATINUM 1970s band who featured the Evening Advertiser on an album cover is back in the news. more...
THE Evening Advertiser has dedicated many column inches to the problem of congestion on the town's roads. more...
REBECCA Kennedy is no school-shy teenager. She knows the importance of her GCSE studies and she wants to learn. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
POLICE say it is vital they trace a mystery blonde who could have been the last person to see Natalie Williams alive. more...
ANDY KING has a hectic 48 hours ahead as he tries to persuade at least three players to commit themselves to the club for a year. more...
PROUD parents Alison and Neil Twine are over the moon at the arrival of three new bundles of joy believed to be the first triplets in their home town of Wootton Bassett for more than 50 years. more...
LIZ Mackie, from Wootton Bassett, is one of the mature students to benefit from Swindon College's new Access to Caring Professions course. more...
SUE Martin's son Sam Telling was thrown out of Highworth's Warneford School at the age of 13 for persistent misbehaviour. more...
A CAMPAIGN to keep the streets of North Wiltshire litter free has paid off in Purton. more...
FORMER pupils of the old Despenser House at Wootton Bassett School got together to talk over old times and found they still had plenty in common. more...
GLORIOUS summer weather was enjoyed by villagers at Ashton Keynes Primary School's summer fair. more...
WHETHER pop or classical is your thing you could be partying in the park this summer, thanks to a fantastic new competition from This is Wiltshire. more...
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