Wiltshire | Archive | 2006 | November
IT was a proud but nervous moment for sisters Teuta and Aphra as they welcomed Princess Anne to Dorothy House earlier today. more...
IT was a proud but nervous moment for sisters Teuta and Aphra as they welcomed Princess Anne to Dorothy House earlier today. more...
IT was a proud but nervous moment for sisters Teuta and Aphra as they welcomed Princess Anne to Dorothy House earlier today. more...
IT was a proud but nervous moment for sisters Teuta and Aphra as they welcomed Princess Anne to Dorothy House earlier today. more...
IT was a proud but nervous moment for sisters Teuta and Aphra as they welcomed Princess Anne to Dorothy House earlier today. more...
IT was a proud but nervous moment for sisters Teuta and Aphra as they welcomed Princess Anne to Dorothy House earlier today. more...
A YOUTH centre which was threatened with closure has been given a six month trial run under new management. more...
YOUNGSTERS took a step into the past at Hilmarton Church Hall on Saturday when they visited an exhibition on the soldiers of the First World War. more...
JACK and Jill nursery in Calne is set to move to St Edmunds Roman Catholic School in January. more...
WORK on a puffin crossing on Curzon Street in Calne is set to finish by the end of this week. more...
CALNE town councillor Ellie Bland, who has been suspended from the Tory party for sending a racist email, made it business as usual on Tuesday evening. more...
A REVELLER on his way to the Summer Solstice celebrations at Avebury has been banned for driving while unfit through drugs. more...
A DRAMATIC ram raid at a garage in Chippenham, that was like a scene from a Hollywood movie, has left owners with around £12,000 worth of damage. more...
SCHOOLCHILDREN at Langley Fitzurse Church of England Primary School dressed up as goats on Friday to raise money for charity. more...
SCHOOL CHILDREN at Langley Fitzurse Church of England Primary School dressed up as goats on Friday to raise money for charity. more...
BAILING out ailing leisure centres has helped leave North Wiltshire District Council with a predicted £1.5 million hole in its finances. more...
Bath Rugby star Alex Crockett will appear in court on a drink-driving charge next month. more...
BUILDERS redeveloping Chippenham bus station uncovered a part of the town's history that has now disappeared forever. more...
A DEPRESSED family man reported missing from his Chippenham home has been found safe and well, police confirmed this morning. more...
Journey South, who shot to fame by reaching the grand final of The X Factor, are coming to the Chicago Rock Cafe, Trowbridge on Thursday, November 30, and we are giving you the chance to meet them. more...
On Saturday, December 2 Trowbridge is host to one of boxing's most infamous fighters. Hosted by The Coyote Bar in Church Street, in addition tothecomfortable surroundingsof Trowbridge's newest bar, you can come along and have a great night's entertainment. more...
On Saturday, December 2 Trowbridge is host to one of boxing's most infamous fighters. Hosted by The Coyote Bar in Church Street, in addition tothecomfortable surroundingsof Trowbridge's newest bar, you can come along and have a great night's entertainment. more...
On Saturday, December 2 Trowbridge is host to one of boxing's most infamous fighters. Hosted by The Coyote Bar in Church Street, in addition tothecomfortable surroundingsof Trowbridge's newest bar, you can come along and have a great night's entertainment. more...
On Saturday, December 2 Trowbridge is host to one of boxing's most infamous fighters. Hosted by The Coyote Bar in Church Street, in addition tothecomfortable surroundingsof Trowbridge's newest bar, you can come along and have a great night's entertainment. more...
On Saturday, December 2 Trowbridge is host to one of boxing's most infamous fighters. Hosted by The Coyote Bar in Church Street, in addition to the comfortable surroundingsof Trowbridge's newest bar, you can come along and have a great night's entertainment. more...
On Saturday, December 2 Trowbridge is host to one of boxing's most infamous fighters. Hosted by The Coyote Bar in Church Street, in addition to the comfortable surroundingsof Trowbridge's newest bar, you can come along and have a great night's entertainment. more...
On Saturday, December 2 Trowbridge is host to one of boxing's most infamous fighters. Hosted by The Coyote Bar in Church Street, in addition to the comfortable surroundingsof Trowbridge's newest bar, you can come along and have a great night's entertainment. more...
THERE will always be a hole in Kim Heath's life following the death of her eldest son, Jason Rawlings. more...
THIS year's Devizes Christmas Festival on November 24 will have even more entertainment than usual, thanks to a grant from a national housebuilding company. more...
DEVIZES carpenter Anthony Matthews has been banned from driving for three years after he was convicted of his second drink-driving offence in three years. more...
WAR veterans' protest have forced council bosses to move a continental market they discovered it had been booked where they are due to parade on Remembrance Sunday. more...
TV PRESENTER Chris Packham urged people to help create a landscape for wildlife in the countryside when he spoke at the annual meeting of the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust in Devizes on Tuesday evening. more...
VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help set up and run Devizes' CCTV security camera system when it comes into operation next year. more...
TRADERS and councillors in Devizes have condemned a proposed 66 per cent rise in parking charges at the Station Road car park, two years after they were reduced to encourage people to use the park. more...
RESIDENTS of Sandridge near Bromham have won their fight to stop a concrete batching plant being built. more...
BBC cricket statistician Bill Frindall, who lives in Urchfont, near Devizes, will write a weekly column for the Gazette during England's Ashes tour in Australia. more...
POTTERNE residents have welcomed the news that action is to be taken to tidy up an overgrown garden that has been unkempt for about ten years. more...
POTTERNE residents have welcomed the news that action is to be taken to tidy up an overgrown garden that has been unkempt for about ten years. more...
VETERAN TV presenter David Dimbleby was in Devizes this week filming material for an upcoming BBC series on the industrial archaeology of the UK. more...
A SCHEME to build an eco-friendly home which will actually put electricity back into the National Grid has been welcomed by Kennet councillors. more...
DEVIZES police say they will continue to take a robust attitude towards the cultivation of cannabis plants after they raided a house in West Lavington yesterday morning. more...
BUILDER Paul Whitbread grew cannabis plants in his garden shed to help dull the pain in his feet from gout, magistrates heard on Tuesday. more...
The Princess Royal congratulated all concerned with the construction of two new wings at Dorothy House today when she visited the hospice service's HQ in Winsley. more...
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save Devizes Hospital are urging supporters to join them on a protest march next Saturday. more...
A PROGRAMME of English liturgical music appropriate to Remembrance was performed by the boy and girl choristers and lay vicars of the cathedral, under director of music David Halls. more...
SONGBIRDS twitter as the play opens on the terrace at Hunstanton Chase. Lady Hunstanton is hosting a society house party and the conversation on the terrace is not so different from that of the birds, sharp and witty idle gossip about characters, soon to be introduced to the audience. more...
TIBETAN Buddhist culture visits Salisbury Arts Centre next weekend (November 17 and 18), featuring workshops, film screenings and performances by monks from the Tashi Lhunpo monastery in southern India. more...
TIBETAN Buddhist culture visits Salisbury Arts Centre next weekend (November 17 and 18), featuring workshops, film screenings and performances by monks from the Tashi Lhunpo monastery in southern India. more...
TIBETAN Buddhist culture visits Salisbury Arts Centre next weekend (November 17 and 18), featuring workshops, film screenings and performances by monks from the Tashi Lhunpo monastery in southern India. more...
TIBETAN Buddhist culture visits Salisbury Arts Centre next weekend (November 17 and 18), featuring workshops, film screenings and performances by monks from the Tashi Lhunpo monastery in southern India. more...
NICK Ridout has played down rumours of a rift with Melksham Town manager Kelvin Highmore as he looks set to complete a move to Frome. more...
Frome-bound Nick Ridout has played down rumours of a rift with Melksham Town manager Kelvin Highmore. more...
Pewsey slider Shelley Rudman makes final preparations for the start of her World Cup campaign. more...
Pewsey slider Shelley Rudman makes final preparations for the start of her World Cup campaign. more...
VICTORIA Scipio is capping off her incredible year with a trip to Scotland with the county team. more...
LAST weekend saw the beginning a new Mini Hockey league in Wiltshire. Run by Toby Brown, the start of the Badgers League is a new concept for hockey in the county. more...
LAST weekend saw the beginning a new Mini Hockey league in Wiltshire. more...
All the weekend reports from Chippenham Ladies more...
Devizes Colts fail to find first gear against Newbury in a friendly. more...
Devizes Colts fail to find first gear against Newbury in a friendly. more...
All the weekend reports from the juniors of Allington Field. more...
All the weekend reports from the juniors of Allington Field. more...
All the weekend reports from the juniors of Allington Field. more...
Mere Drama Society has notched up 60 years. Lesley Bates toasts its diamond jubilee. more...
BURTON Hill School will close at the end of the academic year after charity chiefs admitted they can no onger afford to run it. more...
Popular MP's wife Sarah Gray will be forced to leave her idyllic country home, following her abandonment by her husband, North Wiltshire MP James Gray. more...
A FINAL rallying call to support White Lion Park's lottery television vote next week is about to be issued to the people of Malmesbury. more...
A MALMESBURY entrepreneur who employs 30 people at his spectacles business in Crudwell Road is fighting to keep his company alive. more...
GOLDEN wedding pair Brian and Sylvia Norris celebrated their anniversary on Friday with a family lunch party. more...
MARLBOROUGH's register office staff are refusing to work in the town because their cars have been ticketed by parking wardens. more...
Garage owner Zubair Dean has been committed for trial at Salisbury Crown Court charged with theft. more...
STUDENT Waz Ashayer faces a second nail biting wait to see if he is going to be kicked off the TV reality show Make Me a Supermodel. more...
STUDENT Waz Ashayer faces a second nail biting wait to see if he is going to be kicked off the TV reality show Make Me a Supermodel. more...
Budget-price supermarket Somerfield is to close its Marlborough store and the premises will reopen next spring as a Marks and Spencer food hall. more...
Budget-price supermarket Somerfield is to close its Marlborough store and the premises will reopen next spring as a Marks and Spencer food hall. more...
Budget-price supermarket Somerfield is to close its Marlborough store and the premises will reopen next spring as a Marks and Spencer food hall. more...
Budget-price supermarket Somerfield is to close its Marlborough store and the premises will reopen next spring as a Marks and Spencer food hall. more...
Budget-price supermarket Somerfield is to close its Marlborough store and the premises will reopen next spring as a Marks and Spencer food hall. more...
Budget-price supermarket Somerfield is to close its Marlborough store and the premises will reopen next spring as a Marks and Spencer food hall. more...
Budget-price supermarket Somerfield is to close its Marlborough store and the premises will reopen next spring as a Marks and Spencer food hall. more...
Budget-price supermarket Somerfield is to close its Marlborough store and the premises will reopen next spring as a Marks and Spencer food hall. more...
Budget-price supermarket Somerfield is to close its Marlborough store and the premises will reopen next spring as a Marks and Spencer food hall. more...
Budget-price supermarket Somerfield is to close its Marlborough store and the premises will reopen next spring as a Marks and Spencer food hall. more...
Budget-price supermarket Somerfield is to close its Marlborough store and the premises will reopen next spring as a Marks and Spencer food hall. more...
Budget-price supermarket Somerfield is to close its Marlborough store and the premises will reopen next spring as a Marks and Spencer food hall. more...
Fundraising events are taking place for Marlborough's new Christmas lights. The new low voltage LED lights replace ageing illuminations that had reached the end of their life. more...
POLICE and the Royal Mail are warning residents to be on guard for two scams currently in operation. more...
A WOMAN was injured after her Ford Ka was in collision with a Volkswagen Transporter van on the B3107 in Holt at just after 6.30am this morning. more...
STOP the press. Hold the front page. I've got a story that's guaranteed to make national headlines: BLACK HOLE FOUND BENEATH SWINDON SCHOOL: My clothes just vanish into thin air,' says pupil. more...
STOP the press. Hold the front page. I've got a story that's guaranteed to make national headlines: BLACK HOLE FOUND BENEATH SWINDON SCHOOL: My clothes just vanish into thin air,' says pupil. more...
POLICE in Verwood are stepping up their battle against late-night troublemakers after a youth assaulted a police officer causing facial injuries on Halloween night. more...
INSTEAD of helping his clients grow their businesses, Graham Tate will now be growing exotic fruits and flowers, after his retirement from Moore Stephens chartered accountants in Salisbury. more...
THE forecast for 2007 looks bright, despite the likelihood of an increase in interest rates. more...
THE Federation of Small Businesses is campaigning against proposals to restore local authority control over business rates. more...
Welcome Gang members new and old to your very own page. more...
PERSONAL pride, respect for the magic of the FA Cup and love of club and colleagues are reason enough for Matt Tubbs to run out onto the hallowed turf of the Ray Mac on Saturday, ready to give his all for the team. more...
PERSONAL pride, respect for the magic of the FA Cup and love of club and colleagues are reason enough for Matt Tubbs to run out onto the hallowed turf of the Ray Mac on Saturday, ready to give his all for the team. more...
TODAY'S Salisbury Journal includes a special four-page colour pull-out previewing Saturday's FA Cup 1st round tie between Salisbury City and Fleetwood Town. more...
NICK Holmes boasts a remarkable record in the FA Cup as a player, but these days he is more than holding his own in the competition as a manager. more...
NICK Holmes boasts a remarkable record in the FA Cup as a player, but these days he is more than holding his own in the competition as a manager. more...
SALISBURY City players have a perfect opportunity on Saturday to write themselves into the club's history books. more...
SALISBURY City players have a perfect opportunity on Saturday to write themselves into the club's history books. more...
A NUMBER of Salisbury City FA Cup first round commemorative t-shirts are currently on sale at the club shop. more...
A TOTAL of six Nationwide Conference South clubs are bidding for FA Cup glory this weekend. more...
A TOTAL of six Nationwide Conference South clubs are bidding for FA Cup glory this weekend. more...
SALISBURY City are 8/13 favourites to win Saturday's FA Cup first round tie with Fleetwood Town, according to the city-based Independent Bookmakers. more...
SALISBURY City are 8/13 favourites to win Saturday's FA Cup first round tie with Fleetwood Town, according to the city-based Independent Bookmakers. more...
ANYONE wishing to send a good luck message to the club, for teh attention of Nick Holmes and/or the Salisbury City players via the official site ahead of Saturday's FA Cup tie, can do so by emailing mike.turner@salisburyjournal.co.uk before 10am on Saturday. more...
ANYONE wishing to send a good luck message to the club, for the attention of Nick Holmes and/or the Salisbury City players via the official site ahead of Saturday's FA Cup tie, can do so by emailing mike.turner@salisburyjournal.co.uk before 10am on Saturday. more...
ANYONE wishing to send a good luck message to the club, for the attention of Nick Holmes and/or the Salisbury City players via the official site ahead of Saturday's FA Cup tie, can do so by emailing mike.turner@salisburyjournal.co.uk before 10am on Saturday. more...
A LEAKED memo has revealed Salisbury District Council is considering cutting overtime for staff in a bid to make up a £1.5m shortfall. more...
A BRAVE couple in their 70s took part in a parachute jump won in a raffle. more...
THE bid to make Stonehenge one of the new seven wonders of the world was dealt a blow this week when the site was slammed in a world-wide survey of tourist attractions. more...
AIR Training Corp cadets serving with the 1010 (City of Salisbury) Squadron switched their interest in the skies to the ground when they carried out a conservation project in Laverstock. more...
SWINDON TOWN: TWO defeats out of two have not crushed Ady Williams' ambition of a future career in football management. more...
SWINDON TOWN: PAUL Sturrock believes the quality of team and player in Coca-Cola League Two makes his job of taking Town up harder than the one he faced when manager at Plymouth Argyle, writes Owen Houlihan. more...
SWINDON TOWN: TOWN have vowed to pull out all the stops to ensure Paul Sturrock has the best possible chance of emulating the two-division rises of both his former club Plymouth and, more recently, Southend. more...
SWINDON TOWN: HE has been handed the job of plotting Town's course up the Football League ladder - but Paul Sturrock's more immediate task is ending both his and his new club's FA Cup woe on Saturday, writes Owen Houlihan. more...
SWINDON TOWN: STEVE White admits the best man won the race for the managerial post at the County Ground. more...
SWINDON TOWN: SHOCKED youth coach David Lee has slammed Swindon Town for the way the club parted company with him following Paul Sturrock's arrival at the County Ground. more...
RESPONDING to Victor Chamberlain's letter (SA, October 28), the fact is the theory of evolution is exactly that, a theory. more...
RESPONDING to Victor Chamberlain's letter (SA, October 28), the fact is the theory of evolution is exactly that, a theory. more...
RESPONDING to Victor Chamberlain's letter (SA, October 28), the fact is the theory of evolution is exactly that, a theory. more...
WHEN will Commonweal School wake up and admit it's having major problems within the school? When a child dies? more...
THE letter from Ian Manning, the managing director for Stagecoach West, suggests an improvement to the 54 service which covers Wootton Bassett. more...
I HAVE been reading the correspondence on whether chimps are near-human (SA, October 21). more...
I AM disgusted yet again at the Adver for having a go at Billie, especially as you also pointed out that Ms Piper stayed two hours longer than she was supposed to. more...
OVER recent months, there have been several discussions about the council tax and how it is applied. more...
A girl of five has been permanently excluded from a Manchester school. She was excluded for violence against teachers and fellow pupils. more...
REGARDING the article My sick horse upset by hunt' (SA, November 3). more...
HAVE we all become strictly conforming, non-thinking, nonentities who are incapable of rational thought? more...
ARE you waking up to the surveillance society? Recent media coverage reveals just the tip of the iceberg; the database state that threatens us all. more...
WHILE reading the Advertiser an item concerning the Magic Roundabout caught my eye. more...
I WRITE in response to Bill Goward's letter regarding Lower Shaw Farm giving a poor rate of return (SA, November 3). more...
I WAS delighted that Shirley Mathias has discovered Jean Morley our local' author (SA, October 31). more...
HOW can Thamesdown and Stagecoach say that 9am to 9.30am are peak hours for workers to travel? more...
HOW can Thamesdown and Stagecoach say that 9am to 9.30am are peak hours for workers to travel? more...
HOW can Thamesdown and Stagecoach say that 9am to 9.30am are peak hours for workers to travel? more...
HOW can Thamesdown and Stagecoach say that 9am to 9.30am are peak hours for workers to travel? more...
I WROTE a few days back pointing out the horrendous traffic jam of the future that will occur at the bottom of Croft hill. more...
I WROTE a few days back pointing out the horrendous traffic jam of the future that will occur at the bottom of Croft hill. more...
ARE your readers waking up to the surveillance society? more...
I RECENTLY phoned at 11am for a non-urgent appointment with my doctor and was offered one the following afternoon. more...
MAY I suggest a simple solution to some of today's problems regarding overcrowded prisons and animal experiments? more...
MADONNA wants her Malawian-born adoptee to be a spokesman for the nation. more...
MADONNA wants her Malawian-born adoptee to be a spokesman for the nation. more...
MADONNA wants her Malawian-born adoptee to be a spokesman for the nation. more...
MADONNA wants her Malawian-born adoptee to be a spokesman for the nation. more...
MADONNA wants her Malawian-born adoptee to be a spokesman for the nation. more...
MADONNA wants her Malawian-born adoptee to be a spokesman for the nation. more...
MADONNA wants her Malawian-born adoptee to be a spokesman for the nation. more...
MADONNA wants her Malawian-born adoptee to be a spokesman for the nation. more...
MADONNA wants her Malawian-born adoptee to be a spokesman for the nation. more...
MADONNA wants her Malawian-born adoptee to be a spokesman for the nation. more...
MADONNA wants her Malawian-born adoptee to be a spokesman for the nation. more...
MADONNA wants her Malawian-born adoptee to be a spokesman for the nation. more...
MADONNA wants her Malawian-born adoptee to be a spokesman for the nation. more...
IT's about time the police put a couple of officers in Cricklade Road and handed out on-the-spot fines for cyclists on pavements. more...
WHICH is of greater value to Swindon: Lower Shaw Farm or our local Soviet cabinet? more...
POLICEMAN Richard Jones has told a jury how he was woken in the night when love rival Sean Jakubowski lit fires at the front and back doors of his house. more...
POLICEMAN Richard Jones has told a jury how he was woken in the night when love rival Sean Jakubowski lit fires at the front and back doors of his house. more...
WHEELIE bins, spy tags and fines are being lined up as the council tries to cut down waste in Swindon. more...
POLICE swooped on a suspected crack house in Penhill today and closed it down. more...
LOWER Shaw Farm tenant Matt Holland says he is hopeful the site can be saved after a meeting with the council. more...
LOWER Shaw Farm tenant Matt Holland says he is hopeful the site can be saved after a meeting with the council. more...
SWINDON Council is hopeful that a permanent home can be found for speedway in the town. more...
THE Great Western Hospital has picked up a five-star award for health and safety for the third time in five years. more...
THE Great Western Hospital has picked up a five-star award for health and safety for the third time in five years. more...
A JOGGER crushed between two cars in a crash caused by a Premiership footballer says he doesn't believe the player is sorry at all. more...
A STREET warden has received national recognition for keeping Swindon's streets free from rubbish and graffiti. more...
A TEENAGER jointly accused of assaulting a Polish man who later died in hospital is still in a critical condition following a car crash in Highworth over the weekend. more...
A YOUNG police officer has told a jury how he was woken in the night after love rival Sean Jakubowski started fires at the front and back doors of his house. more...
THE Wyvern asbestos scare will cost almost £1.4m in repairs, a council report says. more...
RESIDENTS have not welcomed the news that wheelie bins will be electronically tagged and only collected fortnightly. more...
TWO special schools which are settling into their new home, celebrated by launching hundreds of balloons. more...
TWO special schools which are settling into their new home, celebrated by launching hundreds of balloons. more...
SHIRLEY Cummings is supporting the Adver's Prospect@Home campaign which aims to raise £250,000 to help the hospice provide better care in people's own homes. more...
A RARE football shirt bearing the name of ex-England star Paul Ince has been added to an auction for Marie Curie and Prospect Hospice nurses. more...
A RARE football shirt bearing the name of ex-England star Paul Ince has been added to an auction for Marie Curie and Prospect Hospice nurses. more...
SWINDON Council has dusted off a scheme to get more council workers on to bikes and out of cars. more...
A PENSIONER has been given a two-year driving ban after refusing to give a blood sample when he was stopped by police on suspicion of drink-driving. more...
SNOW White will be given a salsa twist for this year's pantomime at Dorcan Technology College. more...
A PINEHURST resident has slammed traffic measures that have made his road a rat run. more...
COMMONWEAL School will not be moving to the Front Garden. more...
A BROKEN-DOWN lorry carrying a yacht caused traffic chaos on the M4 this morning. more...
Households face higher mortgage repayments after the Bank of England today lifted interest rates to five per cent - the highest level in five years. more...
ROSS Adams woke up with concussion on Wednesday morning to find Chippenham had been dumped out of the FA Trophy. more...
ROSS Adams woke up with concussion on Wednesday morning to find Chippenham had been dumped out of the FA Trophy. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town defender Adam Garner looks set to become the fourth of Darren Perrin's summer signings to leave the club. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town defender Adam Garner looks set to become the fourth of Darren Perrin's summer signings to leave the club. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town defender Adam Garner looks set to become the fourth of Darren Perrin's summer signings to leave the club. more...
DARREN Perrin has suggested a revamp of the Southern Premier League to reduce the number of local derbies for clubs in the south west. more...
DARREN Perrin has suggested a revamp of the Southern Premier League to reduce the number of local derbies for clubs in the south west. more...
Toolstation League results for Wednesday November 8: First Division, Larkhall Athletic 3, Brdaford Town 0; Sherborne Town 3, Wellington 1; Les Phillips Cup first round, Welton Rovers 5, Brislington 0. more...
Toolstation League results for Wednesday November 8: First Division, Larkhall Athletic 3, Brdaford Town 0; Sherborne Town 3, Wellington 1; Les Phillips Cup first round, Welton Rovers 5, Brislington 0. more...
Toolstation League results for Wednesday November 8: First Division, Larkhall Athletic 3, Brdaford Town 0; Sherborne Town 3, Wellington 1; Les Phillips Cup first round, Welton Rovers 5, Brislington 0. more...
NICK Ridout has been told he is no longer welcome at Melksham Town after moving to Toolstation League Premier Division rivals Frome Town. more...
ANGLING: DEVIZES-based FAPS SW are still setting the pace in the Upper Thames Winter League after the third round. more...
ATHLETICS: Rob Hayday, of Corsham Running Club, has won the Over the Hills 12K multi-terrain race hosted by Avon Valley Runners. more...
ATHLETICS: CHIPPENHAM Harriers won both the men's and ladies' team prizes at the Over the Hills 12K multi-terrain race hosted by Avon Valley Runners. more...
JOBS at a manufacturing firm in Westbury have been safeguarded after it was awarded a multi-million pound contract to work on Liverpool's Kings Waterfront Arena. more...
DEEP in the woods of Kennet could lurk something more ancient and unknown than has been realised up to now. more...
The Princess Royal congratulated all concerned with the construction of two new wings at Dorothy House today when she visited the hospice service's HQ in Winsley. more...
THIS week marks the official launch of the Gazette's Christmas Toy Appeal. more...
MICHAEL Pinnegar, the cousin of double murderer Philip Middleton, says the 45-year-old deserves to be locked away for the rest of his life. more...
MICHAEL Pinnegar, the cousin of double murderer Philip Middleton, says the 45-year-old deserves to be locked away for the rest of his life. more...
INSTEAD of helping his clients grow their businesses, Graham Tate will now be growing exotic fruits and flowers, after his retirement from Moore Stephens chartered accountants in Salisbury. more...
THE forecast for 2007 looks bright, despite the likelihood of an increase in interest rates. more...
THE Federation of Small Businesses is campaigning against proposals to restore local authority control over business rates. more...
THE bid to make Stonehenge one of the new seven wonders of the world was dealt a blow this week when the site was slammed in a world-wide survey of tourist attractions. more...
A LEAKED memo has revealed Salisbury District Council is considering cutting overtime for staff in a bid to make up a £1.5m shortfall. more...
POLICE in Verwood are stepping up their battle against late-night troublemakers after a youth assaulted a police officer causing facial injuries on Halloween night. more...
Rising tide of yobbish behaviour fuelled by drink and drugs more...
HUNDREDS of runners enjoyed a dry and sunny day for their dash across Salisbury Plain on Sunday. more...
SALISBURY district council has closed its Bourne Hill headquarters for refurbishment even though no tender has been approved. more...
A BRAVE couple in their 70s took part in a more...
A TOTAL of six Nationwide Conference South clubs are bidding for FA Cup glory this weekend. more...
A NUMBER of Salisbury City FA Cup first round commemorative t-shirts are currently on sale at the club shop. more...
SALISBURY City are 8/13 favourites to win Saturday's FA Cup first round tie with Fleetwood Town, according to the city-based Independent Bookmakers. more...
PERSONAL pride, respect for the magic of the FA Cup and love of club and colleagues are reason enough for Matt Tubbs to run out onto the hallowed turf of the Ray Mac on Saturday, ready to give his all for the team. more...
ANYONE wishing to send a good luck message to the club, for the attention of Nick Holmes and/or the Salisbury City players via the official site ahead of Saturday's FA Cup tie, can do so by emailing mike.turner@salisburyjournal.co.uk before 10am on Saturday. more...
TODAY'S Salisbury Journal includes a special four-page colour pull-out previewing Saturday's FA Cup 1st round tie between Salisbury City and Fleetwood Town. more...
SALISBURY City players have a perfect opportunity on Saturday to write themselves into the club's history books. more...
NICK Holmes boasts a remarkable record in the FA Cup as a player, but these days he is more than holding his own in the competition as a manager. more...
LOWER Shaw Farm is not doomed and Swindon Council has not ruled out reviewing its sale. more...
SWINDON Council is hopeful that a permanent home can be found for speedway in the town. more...
THE Great Western Hospital has picked up a five-star award for health and safety for the third time in five years. more...
A BROKEN-DOWN lorry carrying a yacht caused traffic chaos on the M4 this morning. more...
A JOGGER crushed between two cars in a crash caused by a Premiership footballer says he doesn't believe the player is sorry at all. more...
A STREET warden has received national recognition for keeping Swindon's streets free from rubbish and graffiti. more...
A TEENAGER jointly accused of assaulting a Polish man who later died in hospital is still in a critical condition following a car crash in Highworth over the weekend. more...
A YOUNG police officer has told a jury how he was woken in the night after love rival Sean Jakubowski started fires at the front and back doors of his house. more...
THE Wyvern asbestos scare will cost almost £1.4m in repairs, a council report says. more...
RESIDENTS have not welcomed the news that wheelie bins will be electronically tagged and only collected fortnightly. more...
TWO special schools which are settling into their new home, celebrated by launching hundreds of balloons. more...
FOR 18 months Shirley Cummings cared for her terminally-ill partner John at their home in Toothill. more...
A RARE football shirt bearing the name of ex-England star Paul Ince has been added to an auction for Marie Curie and Prospect Hospice nurses. more...
SWINDON Council has dusted off a scheme to get more council workers on to bikes and out of cars. more...
A PENSIONER has been given a two-year driving ban after refusing to give a blood sample when he was stopped by police on suspicion of drink-driving. more...
COMMONWEAL School will not be moving to the Front Garden. more...
SNOW White will be given a salsa twist for this year's pantomime at Dorcan Technology College. more...
A PINEHURST resident has slammed traffic measures that have made his road a rat run. more...
A SUSPECTED crack house will be closed down as police continue their war against drugs in Swindon. more...
Households face higher mortgage repayments after the Bank of England today lifted interest rates to five per cent - the highest level in five years. more...
SWINDON TOWN: TWO defeats out of two have not crushed Ady Williams' ambition of a future career in football management. more...
SWINDON TOWN: PAUL Sturrock believes the quality of team and player in Coca-Cola League Two makes his job of taking Town up harder than the one he faced when manager at Plymouth Argyle, writes Owen Houlihan. more...
SWINDON TOWN: TOWN have vowed to pull out all the stops to ensure Paul Sturrock has the best possible chance of emulating the two-division rises of both his former club Plymouth and, more recently, Southend. more...
SWINDON TOWN: HE has been handed the job of plotting Town's course up the Football League ladder - but Paul Sturrock's more immediate task is ending both his and his new club's FA Cup woe on Saturday, writes Owen Houlihan. more...
SWINDON TOWN: STEVE White admits the best man won the race for the managerial post at the County Ground. more...
SWINDON TOWN: SHOCKED youth coach David Lee has slammed Swindon Town for the way the club parted company with him following Paul Sturrock's arrival at the County Ground. more...
CALNE town councillor Ellie Bland, who has been suspended from the Tory party for sending a racist email, made it business as usual on Tuesday evening. more...
TRADERS and councillors in Devizes have condemned a proposed 66 per cent rise in parking charges at the Station Road car park, two years after they were reduced to encourage people to use the park. more...
RESIDENTS of Sandridge near Bromham have won their fight to stop a concrete batching plant being built. more...
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save Devizes Hospital are urging supporters to join them on a protest march next Saturday. more...
BURTON Hill School will close at the end of the academic year after charity chiefs admitted they can no onger afford to run it. more...
Popular MP's wife Sarah Gray will be forced to leave her idyllic country home, following her abandonment by her husband, North Wiltshire MP James Gray. more...
MARLBOROUGH's register office staff are refusing to work in the town because their cars have been ticketed by parking wardens. more...
Garage owner Zubair Dean has been committed for trial at Salisbury Crown Court charged with theft. more...
STUDENT Waz Ashayer faces a second nail biting wait to see if he is going to be kicked off the TV reality show Make Me a Supermodel. more...
MICHAEL Pinnegar, the cousin of double murderer Philip Middleton, says the 45-year-old deserves to be locked away for the rest of his life. more...
Budget-price supermarket Somerfield is to close its Marlborough store and the premises will reopen next spring as a Marks and Spencer food hall. more...
Fundraising events are taking place for Marlborough's new Christmas lights. The new low voltage LED lights replace ageing illuminations that had reached the end of their life. more...
POLICE and the Royal Mail are warning residents to be on guard for two scams currently in operation. more...
A FINAL rallying call to support White Lion Park's lottery television vote next week is about to be issued to the people of Malmesbury. more...
A MALMESBURY entrepreneur who employs 30 people at his spectacles business in Crudwell Road is fighting to keep his company alive. more...
BBC cricket statistician Bill Frindall, who lives in Urchfont, near Devizes, will write a weekly column for the Gazette during England's Ashes tour in Australia. more...
POTTERNE residents have welcomed the news that action is to be taken to tidy up an overgrown garden that has been unkempt for about ten years. more...
A REVELLER on his way to the Summer Solstice celebrations at Avebury has been banned for driving while unfit through drugs. more...
BAILING out ailing leisure centres has helped leave North Wiltshire District Council with a predicted £1.5 million hole in its finances. more...
A DRAMATIC ram raid at a garage in Chippenham, that was like a scene from a Hollywood movie, has left owners with around £12,000 worth of damage. more...
Bath Rugby star Alex Crockett will appear in court on a drink-driving charge next month. more...
VETERAN TV presenter David Dimbleby was in Devizes this week filming material for an upcoming BBC series on the industrial archaeology of the UK. more...
SCHOOL CHILDREN at Langley Fitzurse Church of England Primary School dressed up as goats on Friday to raise money for charity. more...
A SCHEME to build an eco-friendly home which will actually put electricity back into the National Grid has been welcomed by Kennet councillors. more...
DEVIZES police say they will continue to take a robust attitude towards the cultivation of cannabis plants after they raided a house in West Lavington yesterday morning. more...
BUILDERS redeveloping Chippenham bus station uncovered a part of the town's history that has now disappeared forever. more...
BUILDER Paul Whitbread grew cannabis plants in his garden shed to help dull the pain in his feet from gout, magistrates heard on Tuesday. more...
THIS week marks the official launch of the Gazette's Christmas Toy Appeal. more...
The Princess Royal congratulated all concerned with the construction of two new wings at Dorothy House today when she visited the hospice service's HQ in Winsley. more...
POLICEMAN Richard Jones has told a jury how he was woken in the night when love rival Sean Jakubowski lit fires at the front and back doors of his house. more...
WHEELIE bins, spy tags and fines are being lined up as the council tries to cut down waste in Swindon. more...
NICK Ridout has played down rumours of a rift with Melksham Town manager Kelvin Highmore. more...
SHELLEY Rudman is due to fly to America this week in preparation for the start of her World Cup campaign, which starts in Calgary, Canada, on November 27. more...
VICTORIA Scipio is capping off her incredible year with a trip to Scotland with the county team. more...
Newbury Colts 22 Devizes Colts 5 more...
LAST weekend saw the beginning a new Mini Hockey league in Wiltshire. Run by Toby Brown, the start of the Badgers League is a new concept for hockey in the county. more...
IT was a proud but nervous moment for sisters Teuta and Aphra as they welcomed Princess Anne to Dorothy House earlier today. more...
A WOMAN was injured after her Ford Ka was in collision with a Volkswagen Transporter van on the B3107 in Holt at just after 6.30am this morning. more...
JOBS at a manufacturing firm in Westbury have been safeguarded after it was awarded a multi-million pound contract to work on Liverpool's Kings Waterfront Arena. more...
A DEPRESSED family man reported missing from his Chippenham home has been found safe and well, police confirmed today. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town defender Adam Garner looks set to become the fourth of Darren Perrin's summer signings to leave the club. more...
DARREN Perrin has suggested a revamp of the Southern Premier League to reduce the number of local derbies for clubs in the south west. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town manager Darren Perrin has failed in a bid to bring former Bluebird Matthew McEntegart back to the club on loan. more...
ANGLING: DEVIZES-based FAPS SW are still setting the pace in the Upper Thames Winter League after the third round. more...
ATHLETICS: Rob Hayday, of Corsham Running Club, has won the Over the Hills 12K multi-terrain race hosted by Avon Valley Runners. more...
ATHLETICS: CHIPPENHAM Harriers won both the men's and ladies' team prizes at the Over the Hills 12K multi-terrain race hosted by Avon Valley Runners. more...
NICK Ridout has been told he is no longer welcome at Melksham Town after moving to Toolstation League Premier Division rivals Frome Town. more...
ROSS Adams woke up with concussion on Wednesday morning to find Chippenham had been dumped out of the FA Trophy. more...
Toolstation League results for Wednesday November 8: First Division, Larkhall Athletic 3, Brdaford Town 0; Sherborne Town 3, Wellington 1; Les Phillips Cup first round, Welton Rovers 5, Brislington 0. more...
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