Wiltshire | Archive | 2004 | July
DRUNKEN louts who are smashing shop windows in Amesbury town centre every weekend will not be tolerated any longer, according to the Mayor of Amesbury. more...
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build a large DIY store in Amesbury has been given the go-ahead, despite widespread objection from local residents. more...
A TEACHER narrowly missed being top of the class, after he was shortlisted for a teaching award. more...
THE project to reintroduce great bustards to Salisbury Plain after an absence of 175 years has suffered a setback because of missing paperwork. more...
A MASTER plan for bringing the operations of Salisbury district council under one roof has won the approval of the council cabinet. more...
DURRINGTON motorcycle wizard Daryl Bolter has become the youngest ever winner of the prestigious two-day Welsh Enduro event. more...
BUSINESS adviser Adrian Simpson is the new president of the Southern Society of Chartered Accountants, which represents more than 4,000 members of the profession in south Wiltshire, Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight. more...
NEXT Wednesday the Federation of Small Businesses is holding its annual awards ceremony, celebrating the achievements of south Wiltshire's business community. more...
PETER Moxley, of Connexions@Lifetime Careers, has been elected vice-chairman of the South Wiltshire and Kennet Learning Partnership. more...
MILLENNIUM Pyrotechnics of Chilmark has merged with TNT Fireworks UK - one of the largest fireworks companies in the world. more...
A DAY at the races turned out to be a runaway success for the staff of Salisbury outfitters Chas H Baker. more...
BUSINESS Link Berkshire and Wiltshire is urging shopkeepers to make the most of the advice available to them to help them avoid developing tunnel vision. more...
DOWNTON mailing house Priority Newstrade & Mailing has launched a colour digital print service. more...
SOLICITORS Pye-Smiths of New Street, Salisbury have a new partner and a new property lawyer. more...
SWINDON businesses could be losing millions of pounds a year in online sales because their websites are not up to scratch. more...
SOUTHERN Electric Contracting has been named one of the best large building firms in the country. more...
HONDA is enjoying its best ever sales figures in the UK. more...
THE HMV group has announced forecast-beating results which suggest it has overcome competition from supermarkets. more...
PUB chain J D Wetherspoon confirmed this week that it intends to buy the former Beale's (Bath) Ltd women's clothes shop in St John's Street. more...
COMPANY chairman Rory St John Webster has come up with an idea for a better train service from Pewsey with passengers chartering their own. more...
Wootton Bassett's 100 year-old Sally Pussey pub re-opened this week after a total refit that took three months to complete. more...
Westinghouse Rail Systems Limited (WRSL) has further reinforced its status as world leader in rail signalling and control systems, with new state of the art signals for London's Jubilee line. more...
FORMER commercial manager Phil Rice who has lived in the town for 18 years, has been appointed as Malmesbury's new town clerk. more...
MODEST builder Chriss Burke is vowing that fame won't change him, despite being named the South and West region's Builder from Heaven. more...
THE manager of Chippenham's Emery Gate Shopping Centre, Brian Poole, has admitted he has been suspended amid allegations of financial irregularities. more...
VACUUM manufacturer Dyson is in court over claims that one of its vacuum cleaners `lashed out' at a man in Scotland. more...
FIVE-YEAR-OLD liver transplant tot Lauren Emery returned to school this week, despite news that her body may have rejected her new liver. more...
NURSE Vicky Whitfield is no stranger to fitness but nothing could prepare her for the heat and punishment of one of the world's toughest races. more...
JUST weeks after making a heartfelt plea for help with the decorating, single-mum Nikki Randall and her disabled daughter Jade have moved into their bright and clean new home. more...
John Bentley School pupils enjoyed an active week in the Netherlands on an exchange trip specially designed for sporty youngsters. more...
THOUSANDS of country music lovers will be putting on their stetsons and cowboy boots and heading into town this weekend. more...
Thieves stole 30 koi carp worth around £750 and two pond water pumps from a back garden in Bishop Road, Calne. more...
Calne Heritage Centre is now fully funded thanks to a £26,300 grant from the lottery. more...
Toddlers will be encouraged to make as much noise as possible on a giant drum bought by Calne's new Didgeridoo music pre-school. more...
CAMPAIGNERS who are determined to save the Goldiggers building in Chippenham from the bulldozer have submitted their objections to North Wiltshire District Council. more...
THE proud history of RAF Lyneham's 30 Squadron came full circle when it received battle honours for its role in Iraq, the country where it flew its first missions nearly a century ago. more...
THE Kemble Air Day got off to a flying start when it celebrated 40 years of the Red Arrows. more...
VILLAGERS who have been campaigning for more than a year for the closure of a gipsy camp suffered a further setback this week when the High Court put off making a decision on its future. more...
The Callow Hill road, near Brinkworth, was the site of another car accident this week, after a crash in which a 21-year-old Dauntsey woman received head injuries. more...
Last week an inquest heard that gay undertaker John French committed suicide after being bullied at work. LILY CANTER looks at the background to the case and speaks to his heartbroken family. more...
A Gay drop in centre will open in Chippenham this week at an undisclosed location in the town centre. more...
A convicted heroin dealer was found dead from a suspected drugs overdose in Chippenham's Pines Hotel on Sunday, just weeks after leaving prison. more...
PATIENTS and staff loyal to a doctor who has been sacked in a row over out-of-hours care are organising a mourning march. more...
THE fire brigade came to the rescue of Monkton Park Primary School's summer fête when they recovered an escaped balloon and caught a runaway tent last weekend. more...
ENTHUSIASTIC inventor Don Steel plans to breathe life into his latest monster project an inventors' club. more...
DISTRAUGHT pet owner Julia Cosgrove is considering cancelling her Turkish holiday because her beloved moggy Rocky is still missing. more...
MODEST builder Chriss Burke is vowing that fame won't change him, despite being named the South and West region's Builder from Heaven. more...
THE manager of Chippenham's Emery Gate Shopping Centre, Brian Poole, has admitted he has been suspended amid allegations of financial irregularities. more...
COUNCILLORS are to seek reassurances that services at Chippenham's main post office will not be downsized if it becomes part of a convenience store. more...
AN art exhibition by artist Jane Faulkner, which is in a gallery in a newsagent's, is being extended. more...
BUSINESSMAN Kevin Assinder is thrilled he still managed to raise £1,200 in a charity bike ride for the Meningitis Trust, despite a nasty fall off his bicycle during the event. more...
CHIPPENHAM'S new police community support officer Durry Maule will spearhead police efforts to clean up the town's troubled Redlands estate. more...
Internet pervert Andrew Royle has been warned he faces the prospect of a substantial prison sentence after he was caught with child porn on his computer for the second time. more...
THE organisers of Chippenham Majorettes, which folded in September, have thanked everyone who has invited them to their events in the past 20 years. more...
ENGLAND may be out of Euro 2004, but Arthur Soady and Terry Pike were hoping the blooms in their giant Union Jack floral display would help the tennis. more...
A TEACHER at Corsham Primary School has been shortlisted as a winner in a national teaching competition. more...
A host of summer activities will be laid on at Hartham Park, near Corsham, from food and wine to film and fishing. more...
YOUNGSTERS in Corsham could be using an £84,000 skate park by next spring if a planning application is successful. more...
Colerne School could be setting a new trend in September when it finishes two hours early each Friday afternoon. more...
CHILDREN from Colerne School rose to the challenge when they were asked to try out some fab new playhouses. more...
SEA Scouts Will James and Alex Heath will return from America this week after representing Britain in the competition for the International Sea Scout Cup. more...
CENTRE-HALF Gary Thorne could be lining up alongside his younger brother Wayne at Chippenham Town this season after signing a contract with the Bluebirds. more...
A BALACLAVA clad man who threw a towel over 86-year-old Agnes West's head as she lay in bed, then burgled her flat in Devizes, turned out to be her grandson, Michael Haldenby. more...
A MOTHER who has not seen her ten-year-old son for more than 12 months is battling to get him back from her former husband. more...
FUND-RAISER Tony Deakin has fulfilled a life's ambition by parachute jumping from an aeroplane. more...
PUB landlady Sylvia Shearan nearly gave birth in her husband's car when they were stuck in a traffic jam in London Road, Devizes. more...
CARING Gabriela Drage set up a stall in her street selling items to raise money for a cancer charity in memory of her aunt. more...
PUB chain J D Wetherspoon confirmed this week that it intends to buy the former Beale's (Bath) Ltd women's clothes shop in St John's Street. more...
A police officer underwent tests for AIDS after a drunken man spat blood into his mouth, Devizes magistrates heard. more...
THE routine two-week investigation by students from the University of Sheffield of an Iron Age site at Cannings Cross, last excavated by celebrated archaeologist Maud Cunnington in 1911, has proved surprising. more...
CAMPAIGNERS look set to win their fight to reduce the speed limit along Spin Hill in Market Lavington. more...
DEVIZES traders and local councillors are angrily demanding an apology from Wessex Water after the town was gridlocked because of temporary traffic lights last Wednesday and Thursday. more...
GETTING married is one of the biggest events of most people's lives and it's essential to get it right. more...
THE people of Devizes have been told another review of health services is under way just a month after the end of the consultation period over proposals to scale down Devizes community hospital . more...
A GROUP of `bad lads' undergoing 1950s style military training on Salisbury Plain had a break when they enjoyed tea with Wiltshire Women's Institute members. more...
WILTSHIRE-born Chris Moon, who lost an arm and a leg while clearing mines in Mozambique in 1995, was cheered by supporters as he passed through Devizes on his walk from John O'Groats to Land's End. more...
auctioneer Andrew Aldridge has been featured in a magazine produced by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors' arts and antiques section. more...
YOUNGSTERS at Worton and Marston Primary School near Devizes, have been learning how to sculpt plaster of Paris. more...
"I JUST wish you could have been here four years ago so you could see how things have changed," my guide Altin remarked as we motored gently through Tirana, one of the least known capitals of Europe. more...
THE belief that crop patterns are some sort of coded message to mankind gained a little more credibility in some quarters this week. more...
VILLAGERS in Avebury have taken the first steps towards a possible formal twinning arrangement with a town in Malta. more...
VISITORS to Avebury were treated to the unusual site on Sunday of a Pied Piper leading lots of mice around the village. more...
WILTSHIRE Ambulance Trust has the worst record in England for reaching emergencies and it will only get worse if its resources continue to be drained, one front line worker has warned. more...
WILTSHIRE'S dream of having its county bird once again flying over Salisbury Plain is still alive despite a bureaucratic mix-up that needed the intervention of a Government minister. more...
A MAJOR fundraising event being held in Wiltshire for the Multiple Sclerosis Society is fully booked. more...
AGE Concern Wiltshire is helping to raise awareness about bogus callers by staging three free shows. more...
ENTHUSIASTIC inventor Don Steel plans to breathe life into his latest monster project an inventors' club. more...
Wiltshire students will take part in a series of exciting challenges set by the Army for over 1,000 South West pupils. more...
ENGLISH football's roller coaster ride plunged to rock bottom on Thursday when England crashed out of Euro 2004 in an agonising penalty shoot out. more...
A NEW specialist counselling service will offer help to adult survivors of child abuse in Kennet, North and West Wiltshire. more...
STUDENTS in Wiltshire can now get better access to information on travelling to and from colleges or school sixth forms with expert help from STAN, believed to be the country's first Student Transport Advice Network website. more...
for the third week running local politicians throw statistics in the air to convince us public services are either better or worse. more...
I AM appalled to learn that Saturday Specials at the Marlborough Leisure Centre is under consideration for a price rise and reduction in hours. This is deplorable and totally outside the ethos of public service. more...
As chairman of the committee charged with arranging suitable events to commemorate Marlborough's Charter anniversary I am delighted with the many letters I have received telling me that so many people enjoyed the celebrations. more...
SINCE my arrival in the Devizes area 16 years ago, two extremely valuable health authority sites, at St James's and Roundway, have been sold off. more...
IN her letter to the Wiltshire Gazette & Herald last week, Sharon Charity suggests that the refurbishment of the science block at Devizes School was as a direct result of Government policy. more...
ON Thursday, June 24 a coach with 50 Devizes people aboard tried to leave Northgate Street at 8am eventually it arrived at Cannings Hill roundabout at 9.30am. Yes, it was too late for their ferry at Dover. more...
We would like to express our gratitude to Mrs Podger, and her staff at the Wharfside Restaurant, in Devizes, for the excellent food and service they have consistently provided for the people of Devizes, and to visitors, over the past 21 years. more...
I was privileged to join the Devizes Childminding Group at their annual party to celebrate National Childminding Week. more...
It has come to my attention that Wiltshire County Council has put its own interests above those of record office users. more...
With the recent press coverage regarding the Saturday Specials I feel that it is important that I write an open letter in response. more...
ALLOWING for the length of time it's been on the drawing board and the temporary inconvenience of road works on London Road, the new recycling centre at Hopton is a state of the art facility catering for a wide variety of recyclable materials. more...
I read with dismay your article `Builders put up £50,000' in the Gazette of June 24. more...
I am frequently struck by the contrast in tone of your two political columnists. more...
WE are greatly disappointed to hear that the application for the proposed cattle market has been turned down by North Wiltshire District Council. more...
I AM a tetraplegic and recently spent two days in the Great Western Hospital in Swindon for some routine investigations. more...
DEVIZES and Malmesbury Maternity Units have been proven by many experts to work, are cost effective and patients are happy with the treatments received. more...
I WAS reading the news and catching up on events as I am not living in Wiltshire at present. I was sad to see the headlines on the motorcyclist with severe head injuries (Gazette, June 24). more...
I WAS amazed to read the reference to High Street closures on the Saturday of the jazz weekend in the letter from market traders which appeared in your last issue. more...
Pupils from Chafyn Grove School take part in an Elizabethan festival.THERE was a celebration of all things Elizabethan during a three-day festival at Chafyn Grove School. more...
Ref. 30602-26 Rosemary QuickMORE British grandmothers are following the example of parachuting pensioner Rosemary Quick and refusing to let age become a barrier to fun. more...
HIGHWORTH library will be alive with the sound of music next week. more...
Rebecca McDonald with the petition, beside other pupils and head Malcolm TrobeMORE than 120 pupils at Malmesbury School signed a petition demanding more say in how their town works, but two months later they have still received no response. more...
VACUUM manufacturer Dyson is in court over claims that one of its vacuum cleaners `lashed out' at a man in Scotland. more...
FORMER commercial manager Phil Rice who has lived in the town for 18 years, has been appointed as Malmesbury's new town clerk. more...
MALMESBURY dignitaries turned out in force this week to honour retiring town clerk Edward Ferguson. more...
Proposals to build houses over Newnton Playground site have met with angry reaction from Malmesbury residents this week. more...
The Callow Hill road, near Brinkworth, was the site of another car accident this week, after a crash in which a 21-year-old Dauntsey woman received head injuries. more...
Guests at a party to celebrate a primary school's 150th birthday were horrified to discover that their car tyres had been slashed. more...
VILLAGERS who have been campaigning for more than a year for the closure of a gipsy camp suffered a further setback this week when the High Court put off making a decision on its future. more...
Sherston Rainbows group will have to close at the end of this term unless more volunteers step forward to help. more...
Pupils at Malmesbury School are preparing for a night of dreams, love potions and asses ears among the picturesque surroundings of the town's Abbey Gardens. more...
THE piles of rubbish left in Stanton St Quintin churchyard have been shifted by a detachment of helpers from 95 Squadron, Royal Logistics Corps based at Hullavington. more...
A BOY of 12 has been suspended from St John's School, Marlborough, after holding a knife to the throat of a girl in the same year group. more...
A STITCH in time has saved a mum of nine after a vet removed a fish hook from the gullet of a duck in Marlborough. more...
FAMILIES concerned at a plan to channel heavy construction traffic through their residential estate, will be expressing their fears to councillors tonight. more...
THE building of the new Savernake Hospital at Marlborough has reached another milestone with the steel frame of the main building beginning to take shape. more...
Year 9 students from St John's School, Marlborough spent three days this week making banners to brighten up the town centre during next week's Jazz Festival. more...
THE search has started in Marlborough to find a new carnival queen and attendants to head the 2004 week of carnival activities. more...
STUDENTS in the youngest year at St John's School in Marlborough have been learning about global understanding and tolerance. more...
TOWN councillor Richard Allen says his trial surgery at Marlborough Town Hall on Saturday was a success. more...
VILLAGERS in Avebury have taken the first steps towards a possible formal twinning arrangement with a town in Malta. more...
VISITORS to Avebury were treated to the unusual site on Sunday of a Pied Piper leading lots of mice around the village. more...
NEXT week's Marlborough International Jazz Festival will be bigger and better than ever before and follow a new format, said organiser Nick Fogg. more...
COMPANY chairman Rory St John Webster has come up with an idea for a better train service from Pewsey with passengers chartering their own. more...
THE belief that crop patterns are some sort of coded message to mankind gained a little more credibility in some quarters this week. more...
THE belief that crop patterns are some sort of coded message to mankind gained a little more credibility in some quarters this week. more...
Lesley Bates meets the man who aims to get women's hearts racing this weekend. more...
THE first of Sarum Chamber Orchestra's four concerts in the Naim Audio chamber music series 2004-5 will be held in the beautiful surroundings of Trafalgar Park, Downton, next Wednesday. more...
PARKING ambassadors will be patrolling Salisbury's streets in the evenings in a bid to crack down on motorists who illegally park. more...
The Earl and Countess of Wessex unveil a commemorative stone to mark 50 years of Norman Court School in West Tytherley. DA5886P17THE flags were flying at Norman Court School on Tuesday as pupils welcomed the Earl and Countess of Wessex to help them celebrate 50 years in West Tytherley. more...
THE hard work and dedication of a teacher from Salisbury has been recognised with a top award. more...
A SALISBURY beauty spot will receive a £10,000 cash boost to improve safety and allow more people to enjoy it. more...
THE project to reintroduce great bustards to Salisbury Plain after an absence of 175 years has suffered a setback because of missing paperwork. more...
A MASTER plan for bringing the operations of Salisbury district council under one roof has won the approval of the council cabinet. more...
DURRINGTON motorcycle wizard Daryl Bolter has become the youngest ever winner of the prestigious two-day Welsh Enduro event. more...
BUSINESS adviser Adrian Simpson is the new president of the Southern Society of Chartered Accountants, which represents more than 4,000 members of the profession in south Wiltshire, Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight. more...
NEXT Wednesday the Federation of Small Businesses is holding its annual awards ceremony, celebrating the achievements of south Wiltshire's business community. more...
PETER Moxley, of Connexions@Lifetime Careers, has been elected vice-chairman of the South Wiltshire and Kennet Learning Partnership. more...
MILLENNIUM Pyrotechnics of Chilmark has merged with TNT Fireworks UK - one of the largest fireworks companies in the world. more...
A DAY at the races turned out to be a runaway success for the staff of Salisbury outfitters Chas H Baker. more...
BUSINESS Link Berkshire and Wiltshire is urging shopkeepers to make the most of the advice available to them to help them avoid developing tunnel vision. more...
DOWNTON mailing house Priority Newstrade & Mailing has launched a colour digital print service. more...
SOLICITORS Pye-Smiths of New Street, Salisbury have a new partner and a new property lawyer. more...
Historic win. Bibury Cup victor Albinus Staff picture by ROGER ELLIOTT. DA5843P07.DARYL Holland and the Andrew Balding-trained Albinus landed the top prize at Salisbury Racecourse's historic Bibury Meeting last week. more...
DURRINGTON motorcycle wizard Daryl Bolter has become the youngest ever winner of the prestigious two-day Welsh Enduro event. more...
FORMER Salisbury City boss Geoff Butler has taken over the hot seat at Bashley vacated recently by John Robson. more...
A BUMPER crowd is expected at South Wilts' Wilton Road cricket ground on Sunday for a star-studded charity match. more...
SOUTH Wilts' hopes of stealing a march at the top of the ECB Southern Electric Premier League were ruined by persistent rain on Saturday. more...
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Hampton Park 289-5 bt Damerham 113 by 176 runs more...
A SMALL piece of Redlynch and Hale Cricket Club history was believed to have been made on Sunday when no fewer than five members of the same family were involved in the club's friendly against Brighton's Adelaide CC. more...
Oakley 67 lost to Breamore 213-8 more...
THE Isis AC match at Sutton Benger attracted a good entry, and they were rewarded with some good sport as the roach showed well. more...
DESPITE wet and windy conditions 14 junior anglers turned out to compete for the Devizes Angling Association Wiltshire Gazette Cup at Crookwood Lake on Saturday. more...
GOATACRE'S latest National Village Cup success was a real family affair as father and son John and Ed Wilkins inspired them to victory. more...
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Bath and District League: CHIPPENHAM'S Liam Dawson destroyed the Trowbridge bowling in their Bath and District League match. Dawson hit 16 fours and two sixes in making 124 not out and made his runs off just 87 ball. more...
National Village Knockout Cup: GOATACRE pulled off a dramatic final over victory against Shipton-under-Wychwood on Sunday to book their place in the second round. more...
Minor Counties Cricket: WILTSHIRE lost a thrilling three-day championship match against Wales Minor Counties at South Wilts on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday by one wicket. more...
West of England Premier Two: NEW Devizes Cricket Club captain Nick Paget is hoping a professional approach will help the side maintain their Premier Two status. more...
Wiltshire Cricket League: DARREN Walker's career-best haul of 9-35 still could not prevent Blunsdon 2nd from defeat at the hands of third-placed United Churches 2nd in Division Eight of the Crusader Wiltshire Cricket League. more...
THOUSANDS of Wiltshire children will converge on the city of Bath this weekend. more...
A PURTON FC side have lifted the Bibury six-a-side title. more...
Foxhill Developments managed to knock SWT FC from the top of Division One of the six-a-side Leisure League at Abbey Meads School, courtesy of a 3-1 victory over Rapid Springbok. more...
CENTRE-HALF Gary Thorne could be lining up alongside his younger brother Wayne at Chippenham Town this season after signing a contract with the Bluebirds. more...
Chippenham Sunday League: REFEREE Bob Pocock and Christian Malford, striker Scott Evans wrote their names into the record books of the Chippenham Sunday League when they picked up awards at the league's annual meeting and presentation night. more...
LEAGUE officers used the evnt to announce a number of new changes for next season and into the future. more...
LES Gill has been appointed assistant manager to Peter Yeardley at Wootton Bassett. more...
THERE was a feast of football for Chippenham Cub Scouts on Saturday when they contested their annual knockout cup competition. more...
CASTLE Combe Colts FC will mark the opening of their new changing rooms at their six-a-side football tournament on July 17 and 18 at the Castle Combe Playing Fields. more...
DEVIZES Town Football Club are appealing for people to come forward and help with their youth section. more...
PREPARATIONS are now under way to work out who will be playing where next term but before that the Chippenham Sunday league are staging their annual Ken Clarke Memorial six-a-side competition. more...
BOX Rovers are holding a men's six-a-side tournament on August 1 at Leafy Lane Playing Fields, Rudloe. more...
THE Manchester City FC (Official Supporters Club) Bath & Wilts Branch will be holding its annual general meeting at Melksham Town Football Club on July 12 at 8pm. more...
YOUNGSTERS enjoyed a feast of sporting fun when they took part in the Primary School Sports Festival at St John's School in Marlborough on Thursday. more...
THE rain failed to put a dampener on Shaw and Whitley Youth Football Club's annual six-a-side competition last weekend. more...
Chippenham Rugby Club is celebrating new opportunities to expand and develop in the town, thanks to a £31,000 grant from Sport England. more...
DEVIZES Rugby Club chairman Charles Lucas says the club is as strong as it has ever been. more...
NOREMARSH School were crowned champions at the latest Wootton Bassett TAG Cup rugby tournament. more...
Brendon Daniel has vowed to reproduce his devastating form of early last season after agreeing a new one-year contract with Bath. more...
THE letter from Labour's Coun Maurice Fanning May 19 under the heading "This is a Green lung on people's doorstep," is another poignant demonstration of the hypocrisy, double-talk and misdirection practised by certain local politicians. more...
I was appalled when I listened to a message left on my answerphone to say that the Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool had been vandalised. more...
I am sure it is hard to swallow the results of the recent local elections, especially if one is a supporter of the Labour or Liberal Democrat parties. more...
IN response to your Problem Solved column (Evening Advertiser, June 2) your reader WQ expressed her fear (phobia) of thunder. more...
I read with interest the conflicting views of traders in Wood Street on the merits of pedestrianisation. It seems to me that a good old fashioned British compromise is required here! more...
Re: Pupils keep brains oiled. It is true that Omega-3 is an essential fatty acid. more...
I WOULD like to have my view on the councillors giving themselves a 15 per cent rise in their expenses. more...
I completely agree with Simon Hart, the chief executive of the Countryside Alliance when he says that the government have more important issues to consider than a ban on hunting with hounds. more...
A DISQUALIFIED driver deliberately reversed his car into a police motorcycle and sped off leaving the officer sprawled on the roadside, a court has heard. more...
Ref. 31131-13TRAVELLERS thrown off land at Blunsdon have set up camp on scrubland near Asda Wal-Mart. more...
Ref. 31141-75KATIE Langan definitely hit the right note with judges to be crowned Pop Idol of Swindon last night. more...
Drunks in Cavendish Square are facing a police crackdown. more...
About £2 million a year in Pension Credit is going unclaimed by older people living in the Swindon area, according to Age Concern Swindon. more...
HIGHWORTH library will be alive with the sound of music next week. more...
A MAN aged 45 who peddled heroin on the streets of Swindon has been jailed for three years. more...
Ref. 31130-14BUDDING book critics from four Swindon schools chose a classic love tale which is set in the trenches of the First World War as their best read. more...
A website on bio-terrorism has been set up to help Swindon GPs in the event of an attack. more...
Ref. 31124-23Swindon's Wessex Male Choir is set to compete with the world's best at this month's Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod. more...
Ref. 30602-26 Rosemary QuickMORE British grandmothers are following the example of parachuting pensioner Rosemary Quick and refusing to let age become a barrier to fun. more...
MUSIC to suit all tastes will be performed at a fundraising concert at Christ Church in Old Town on July 11. more...
VISITORS to Aldbourne library will now have improved access to Wiltshire's collection of historic photographs. more...
Purton in Bloom 2004 promises a weekend treat for country garden lovers on July 10 and 11. more...
Ref. 31137-15TEENAGE tomboy Sarah Lewis is Swindon's own Cinderella. more...
THE family of a 95-year-old grandfather killed by a fall has questioned at his inquest why he was allowed to be discharged early from hospital. more...
Ref. 31028-11 Fire Officer Graham Walter, left, receives his award from Chief Fire Officer Andy GoveSWINDON Fire Brigade's Sub-Officer Graham Weller, 50, retires later this year, having been involved with the Junior Good Citizen Scheme for 10 and 11-year-olds. more...
Ref. 31133-64 Leigh Watts, Kaz Glastonbury and Ashlee John try speed texting TEXT messaging may be an obsessive pastime among some Swindon teenagers, but that doesn't mean they are nifty at it. more...
Ref. 31128-60DISABLED Sue McCabe was dragged along the road when a cabbie drove off as she got into his taxi. more...
GREENERY is the key to slashing crime in Penhill, according to Sue Harrington. more...
HOLIDAYMAKERS are urged to be on their guard against the latest scam to hit Wiltshire. more...
Ref. 31125-05PLUCKY schoolboy Josh Jones fought off a robber who tried to steal his sweet money by elbowing him in the stomach. more...
Ref. 31132-45A Swindon solicitor was among 80 people caught flouting traffic laws in a crackdown on disobedient drivers. more...
THE Locarno has become the subject of another court order after the fire which almost saw it destroyed. more...
TRAINEE teachers in the south west are having problems in finding primary school posts, according to colleges. more...
Six-months of roadworks on the M4 motorway have been announced. more...
Ref. 30732-8Six-months of roadworks on the M4 motorway have been announced. more...
VITAL child protection services in Swindon are in the grip of a deepening crisis, it has been revealed. more...
STRESSED youngsters are being offered relaxation classes at a Swindon sports centre. more...
AN INQUEST has heard that a 85-year-old woman decided to commit suicide after four close family members died. more...
A BALACLAVA clad man who threw a towel over 86-year-old Agnes West's head as she lay in bed, then burgled her flat in Devizes, turned out to be her grandson, Michael Haldenby. more...
TRAINEE teachers in the south west are having problems in finding primary school posts, according to colleges. more...
HOLIDAYMAKERS are urged to be on their guard against the latest scam to hit Wiltshire. more...
GETTING married is one of the biggest events of most people's lives and it's essential to get it right. more...
Ref. 26048-06ANDY King has drawn a line under the Tommy Mooney era and turned his attention to strengthening his Town squad for the new league campaign. more...
Wootton Bassett's 100 year-old Sally Pussey pub re-opened this week after a total refit that took three months to complete. more...
GREEN fingered gardeners in Wootton Bassett are being invited to enter this year's North Wiltshire Flower Festival. more...
THE St John Ambulance is looking for new volunteers in the Wootton Bassett area. more...
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