Wiltshire | Archive | 2006 | February
ANGRY homeowners have hit out at Salisbury district council, following what they see as a spectacular U-turn over plans for £67.5m Stonehenge visitor centre. more...
ANGRY homeowners have hit out at Salisbury district council, following what they see as a spectacular U-turn over plans for £67.5m Stonehenge visitor centre. more...
THE memory of former John Bentley School student Daniel Succony has been honoured with an emotional concert organised by his friends. more...
TRADERS who feared losing their businesses if a toucan crossing was installed next to their shops have learnt the plans will not go ahead. more...
A website has been launched by Calne Area Transport to help people travel from the town more effectively. more...
FYNAMORE Primary School must wait for seven new permanent classrooms after its plans did not make it into the county council's capital programme for 2006/2007. more...
COMMUNITY safety musical Trickster will be coming to Calne next month. The 45-minute show, run by Age Concern, employs three professional actors to tell the story of George, a man who has become the victim of a distraction burglary. more...
FAMILY doctor Martin Searle has left the GP surgery where he worked in Calne after admitting driving while slightly over the legal alcohol limit. more...
INTERNET pervert Richard Laws who met two 14-year-old girls from Calne and got them to flash their breasts at him has been jailed for three years. more...
DOCTORS and patients have celebrated the opening of the new and impressive Beversbrook Medical Centre in Calne. more...
EXCLUSIVE: NORTH Wiltshire Leisure is in crisis talks over a £500,000 deficit that could force it out of business. more...
COFFEE shop workers are concerned about rumours that Starbucks Coffee Company is coming to Chippenham. more...
GRANDMOTHER Karen Dagostino has been jailed for eight months after cheating the state out of almost £30,000. more...
MORE than 700 people have signed a petition calling for the poplar tree in the middle of Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, to be saved. more...
FIREFIGHTERS offered to fit smoke alarms in a number of homes after a blaze swept through a house in Ashe Crescent, Chippenham, last Thursday. more...
KIND-hearted pupils at Abbeyfield School in Chippenham are well on their way to reaching their target of collecting 300 bikes to send to needy children in Africa. more...
Youngsters hurling stones on to Chippenham Town's football pitch could cause serious injury and damage to equipment, club officials have warned. more...
Alcoholic Craig Fowkes, who got into a fight with the owner of Chippenham's Pines Hotel, has escaped a jail term. more...
FEELINGS were expected to run high at a meeting to discuss the proposed council boundary changes in Chippenham last night. more...
AMBITIOUS plans for the future development of the £2 million Stanley Park football complex were revealed last Wednesday. more...
Chippenham's nightlife could enjoy a big boost with major pub chain Barracuda poised to take over the former Dreams bed shop. more...
CHIPPENHAM Chamber of Commerce has elected its new president for 2006. Gareth Jones, director of communications at professional marketing consultancy Glennie McIntosh, replaces Martin Short. more...
RUBBISH turned into cash for four lucky recyclers in Corsham where messages in a bottle won them £100 cash windfalls. more...
Just hours after taking a silver medal at the Winter Olympics in Torino Pewsey's Shelley Rudman was still in a state of shock. more...
A VILLAGE cricket team from near Devizes will face a team of international cricketers in a special charity match on May bank holiday Monday. more...
ALMOST without anyone noticing, the new Devizes Register Office has come into use two years after the original was flattened by a falling beech tree. more...
DEVIZES is in shock this week after mother-of-seven Ruth Merritt died suddenly at her home in Hillworth Road. more...
PARENTS from Urchfont say the transfer of their daughter from a secure mental health unit in Swindon to Green Lane Hospital in Devizes will put lives at risk. more...
YOUNGSTERS at Holy Trinity Primary School at Great Cheverell have been getting the lowdown on how Wiltshire's roads are gritted. more...
TWO pupils who were playing with a dangerous chemical, started a fire at Devizes School last Thursday and the school had to be evacuated. more...
DEVIZES Town Council has sold off a piece of land at Hillworth Park for £326,165. The land, near where the former toilets once stood in the park, is now overgrown and is not used by visitors. more...
WORK has begun on building homes at the former Le Marchant Barracks, in London Road, Devizes. The barracks were built in 1878 and were the former headquarters of the Wiltshire Regiment. more...
PEACE tax protester Robin Brookes from Market Lavington and his fellow conscientious objectors of the Peace Tax Seven will appear at the Court of Appeal on March 1. more...
DEVIZES Town Council has lowered the cost of hiring the Corn Exchange basement in a bid to attract more custom. more...
TESTING of the soil deposited at Windsor Drive, Devizes, for controversial new allotments is set to take place this month while the Environment Agency is considering whether to take action against the developers. more...
DEVIZES is rife with rumours about national chains coming to the town, but none of them have checked out this week. more...
THE Devizes Member of Parliament Michael Ancram found himself back at school on Friday. Not his own old school, however, but at St Katharine's School in Savernake Forest. more...
KITCHEN maker John Mead is celebrating a victory over Kennet planners after his expansion plan was granted by a planning inspector. more...
KENNET District Council's animal welfare officer, Lucinda Haynes, is looking for a home for two female border collies found abandoned in woodland at West Lavington. more...
KENNET District Council has called a press conference next week to launch its controversial scheme for alternate weekly waste collections. more...
RESTORATION comedy of a bawdy kind opens next week by Ringwood based Forest Forge Theatre Company, and the production will be touring visiting theatres, arts centres and village halls throughout Wiltshire, Dorset and Hampshire until the end of April. more...
WOULD you like the chance to find out how an arts organisation works, by choosing and promoting an event? more...
DORSET is preparing to be stimulated and entertained in March by the county's celebration of books, poetry, reading, writing and stories. more...
I'm married with a grown up family and work five days a week away from home as a site manager at a college. My problem is that I get lonely and can't resist having affairs with the young girls there. more...
CHIPPENHAM coasted into the semi-final of the Errea Cup on Tuesday thanks to a first half brace from Matt Rawlins. more...
CHIPPENHAM striker Alan Griffin is cursing his luck as he faces a long injury lay-off weeks after establishing himself in the team. more...
ROSS Adams was left bitterly disappointed after a highly controversial penalty awarded against him cost Chippenham the biggest game of the season. more...
THE future of Chippenham Town Football Club may soon be settled as the Stanley Park sports complex is named as a promising potential site. more...
A FAMOUS face will be standing on the touchline on Saturday for Chippenham's clash with Chesham. more...
GEORGE Clooney's second directorial effort salutes the courage of a group of journalists, who put their reputations on the line to uphold this human right, and to expose the truth. more...
THIS adventure, inspired by an MTV cartoon series, looks pretty good, as does a dark-haired Charlize Theron in the lead role, but that's as much as you can say for a messy and uninvolving story. more...
THIS adventure, inspired by an MTV cartoon series, looks pretty good, as does a dark-haired Charlize Theron in the lead role, but that's as much as you can say for a messy and uninvolving story. more...
THE real star of this stylish romp is Venice, against whose canals and glorious architecture (sometimes literally) Heath Ledger woos the female aristocracy as the famous lothario. more...
THE real star of this stylish romp is Venice, against whose canals and glorious architecture (sometimes literally) Heath Ledger woos the female aristocracy as the famous lothario. more...
Pudding lovers will swoon, dieters will groan. Delia Smith has completed the final and eighth book in her Delia Collection, aptly titled Puddings and celebrates all the family favourites. more...
MOTORING: CHAIRMAN of Castle Combe race circuit Howard Strawford has said he is thrilled they have been given the green light to host their first ever World Championship event. more...
GOLF: SWINDON ace David Howell is aiming to fire himself into top form at the upcoming WGC Accenture Matchplay Championship. more...
Shelley Rudman delivered Great Britain's first medal of the Winter Olympics with silver in Turin today. more...
Just hours after taking a silver medal at the Winter Olympics in Torino Pewsey's Shelley Rudman was still in a state of shock. more...
THESE are exciting times at Chippenham Town and this summer could provide a real treat for everyone. more...
I'VE always supported being part of Europe, or at least ever since the school exchange trip when a handsome garon called Stefan showed me how to French kiss properly. more...
SWINDON Town striker Christian Roberts believes his life has been saved by the support of the club and the clinic who guided him through his alcohol rehabilitation. more...
WAKING up with his family on Friday morning was the moment Christian Roberts realised his life was finally back on track. more...
TOWN boss Iffy Onuora witnessed an alternative Valentine's night of drama and theatre before accepting the applause for another victory. more...
SEAN O'Hanlon revealed his scoring salvo at Valley Parade was fuelled by a desire to make amends for Dean Windass's disappointing opener. more...
UNTIL FEBRUARY 25 2006, SALISBURY: Christopher Luscombe's production of Shaw's Arms and the Man, at Salisbury Playhouse until February 25, prompted one playgoer to comment, "How lovely to be leaving the theatre with a smile on one's face." more...
FORMER Salisbury Rugby Club colt Mike Brown continued his 100 per cent record in an England shirt as the under 21 side overwhelmed Italy 48-3 on Thursday. more...
AS a lifelong resident of Devizes for the past 50 years, I have seen many changes in the town. This is the reason I am starting the Devizes and District Heritage Society, for people to discuss the town, present and past. more...
GUARDIAN councillor Jeff Ody's critique of the draft consultation paper Planning Policy Statement 3 Housing (PPS3) is both highly selective and misleading (letters, February 9). more...
I WRITE with reference to Alan Chapman's letter in which he expressed concerns about the practicalities and costs associated with Kennet's July 2006 introduction of wheelie bins and alternate weekly collections of recyclable waste and residual landfill waste. more...
I MUST respond to Brian Twigger's letter on the proposed AWC collection of rubbish by Kennet District Council. more...
I RECENTLY attended a planning appeal hearing and was alarmed to observe the frequency (and undisguised hostility) with which the Kennet District Council representative used the term windfall profit. more...
I READ with some concern your report in the Gazette (February 9) of changes to and possible withdrawal of subsidy to the excellent RUH Hopperbus. more...
THE excess population of Mexico has been spilling out into the USA at such a rate that there is now talk of building a mind-blowing wall between the two countries. more...
I WOULD like to respond on behalf of the Chippenham Royal Mail workforce regarding the recent adverse criticism in the national press and subsequent proposed fine that Postcomm are set to impose on our business. more...
MALMESBURY Town Council has rejected a request by mobile phone company Orange to install a mast on the roof of the town hall. more...
Aspiring artist Phillip Kingsbury is causing a stir with a weird and wacky off-the-wall exhibition at Malmesbury Library. more...
A Valentine's Day thief helped himself to silver jewellery decorated with hearts as a present for a loved one, police believe. more...
BURGLARS stole £2,210 worth of equipment from a storage shed at Charlton Camp after they cut through the padlock. more...
Dog walkers and parents have welcomed a potential move to ban dogs from the White Lion Park playing fields in Malmesbury. more...
Scottish born, belly-dancing, 22-year-old Eleanor Thomas has become the latest and youngest councillor to join Malmesbury Town Council. more...
Malmesbury police say the cars of 15 motorists have now been confirmed as being hit by airgun pellets in the Eastcourt area but believe there may be more. more...
Dauntsey greyhound trainer Alan McDowell says uncertain times in the racing world have forced him to make contingency plans. more...
Malmesbury Mayor Jacky Martin will be hobbling to her own ball after breaking her toe in the dark. more...
ANOTHER Marlborough fireman has resigned over the continuing suspension of two colleagues and one other experienced firefighter is taking a six month sabbatical. more...
RESTAURANT owners Mark and Maddy Coles have spoken of their horror after being confronted on the M4 by a car hurtling towards them on their side of the road. more...
RESIDENTS at a Marlborough care home had an impressive array of visitors including an archbishop for its official opening. more...
FORMER tennis courts that were left to go derelict in Marlborough could become an all-weather multi-sports area. more...
PARKING charges came in at Savernake Hospital this week with not even a murmur of objection from those having to pay. more...
SAVERNAKE Hospital nursing sister Eleanor Wilkins is in training for the London Marathon on St George's Day, April 23. more...
VILLAGERS opposed to the removal of pews from All Saints Church in Burbage hope to be given the opportunity to voice their views at a rare consistory court. more...
VALENTINE'S Day bride Angela Patterson is never sure what stunt husband Nick is planning as each anniversary approaches. more...
STUART Painter has taken the stand to deny he helped cover up a double murder. The 22-year-old psychology student denies helping Michael Clarke dispose of a knife and other incriminating evidence after the murder of his parents. more...
STUART Painter has taken the stand to deny he helped cover up a double murder. The 22-year-old psychology student denies helping Michael Clarke dispose of a knife and other incriminating evidence after the murder of his parents. more...
STUART Painter has taken the stand to deny he helped cover up a double murder. more...
OLYMPIC gold medallist Sally Gunnell paid a flying visit to a Melksham nursery to help parents overcome a major hurdle. Sally joined children and parents at Tumble Tots, based in Bowerhill Village Hall, on Thursday, to give free apples aimed at encouraging kids to eat more fruit and vegetables. more...
OLYMPIC gold medallist Sally Gunnell paid a flying visit to a Melksham nursery to help parents overcome a major hurdle. more...
The Castle Combe Circuit is to hold its first World Championship event in its 56-year history when the British Round of the FIM Superside World Sidecar Championship headlines its two-day meeting on Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11. more...
Yvan Muller and the Kia Rio snapped up sufficient points in the final competitive round of the Andros Trophy in the French Alps to make it three out of three championship wins in successive years. more...
The 76th Geneva Motor Show sets the stage for the world debut of the Mitsubishi Colt CZC cabriolet, the third and arguably most striking member of the award-winning Colt line-up. more...
AS I read your Running on empty' front-page story last week, I wondered if the acres of water in the dozens of gravel pits lining the Fordingbridge-Ringwood road are used to feed the areas water supplies? more...
I FEEL I have to respond to your articles concerning the proposed closure of Edmondsham Road, in Verwood (Forest Journal, February 2). more...
SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury's opened its doors to shoppers for the first time in Ringwood today, marking a new chapter in the town's retail history. more...
A MOTHER and daughter landlady partnership is promising to bring a real "hubbub" to a New Forest village pub. more...
DURRINGTON'S reigning European motorcycle Enduro champion Daryl Bolter got his first victory of the 2006 season last weekend, writes Jonathan Reeve. more...
PARISH councillors in Pewsey are hoping district councillors will ignore their officers' recommendation today and turn down plans for six houses in the centre of the village. more...
SHELLEY Rudman's parents were planning to fly out to Italy yesterday to be in Turin when their daughter makes her Olympic bid later today. more...
PARISH councillors in Pewsey have been debating the age old question of whether size is important or not. The parish has 21 councillors compared with 13 at Burbage and 16 on Marlborough Town Council. more...
FATHER and son Martin and Tom Preston from Pewsey have both taken part in a walk over glowing embers. more...
ECOLOGICAL and environmental company Naturally Wild Consultants has been so successful since moving to south Wiltshire last year, that it has attracted top scientist Sue Walker to join its team of experts. more...
BUILDING company Castleway Construction, of Salisbury, has appointed Richard Wood to the board. more...
A CONFERENCE in Tidworth next week will hear from three women about their experiences of starting a business. more...
Hi, everyone. The waiting is over. The new Journal Gang is here, and now everyone will have the chance to join the great new club. more...
SALISBURY City took a giant step towards their goal of automatic promotion on Saturday as they opened up a three-point gap at the top of the Southern League Premier Division. more...
SALISBURY City have made it through to the final of the Salisbury Hospital Cup thanks to a 4-0 victory over Amesbury Town last night. more...
I HAVE wondered for many years why some driving schools' cars are parked on a yellow line behind the bus station and will wait there for a considerable time until the learner driver arrives, then another five minutes before leaving, only to return at the end of a lesson and park again on the yellow line for five to ten minutes. more...
ON Tuesday, January 10, my husband had an appointment at Salisbury District Hospital. more...
BEING very keen to support local and national initiatives that encourage our children (and adults) to take more exercise and reduce road congestion, I find it very frustrating when walking to school down the public footpath at the top of Devizes Road to Stratford sub Castle. more...
THE Salisbury City football team has brought a great deal of credit to the city, with its outstanding performances this season. more...
A SALISBURY firefighter invited to meet the Queen, in recognition of his heroic work after last October's Pakistan earthquake, has turned her down because he is busy helping to save more lives. more...
EVERY now and again, all of us find an unusual insect inside our home, which has made its way through an open window or door. more...
LEE PEACOCK is happy to assist' but feels it's high time his own name began booming out from the County Ground public address system. more...
JAMIE Cureton is rapidly seeing his cellar stocked up with sponsors' champagne as man-of-the-match awards start to flow like buses. more...
TOWN'S push for League One survival will take a colourful yet global turn when Rotherham United visit the County Ground on Saturday. more...
FIRMS in Swindon are being urged to make next Tuesday "One Bin Day." more...
SUPERMARKET chain Sainsbury's opens a new store in Wootton Bassett today. more...
SWINDON'S O'Briens Sandwich Bar has won top honours in the company's awards. more...
MOTOR racing financial consultant Peter Britain has joined accountancy firm Haines Watts. more...
A FRIDAY night curry is always a great way to kick off the weekend, so when I heard whispers about Chippenham's latest Indian venture it seemed the perfect excuse. more...
A FRIDAY night curry is always a great way to kick off the weekend, so when I heard whispers about Chippenham's latest Indian venture it seemed the perfect excuse. more...
SUPERMARINE boss Mark Collier has called for his side to stay positive despite watching them crash to their seventh defeat in their last nine games at Solihull last night. more...
FENCING: Andy Cryer meets the Elver brothers, Callum and Rob, who compete at the British Junior Fencing Championship on Saturday. more...
BOWLS: WESTLECOT men face an important weekend on three fronts in national and regional competitions. more...
VOLLEYBALL: Wootton Bassett travel to Calne on Sunday aiming to extend their lead at the top of the Wiltshire League. more...
MOTOR SPORT: The Castle Combe Circuit is to hold its first World Championship event in its 56-year history when the British Round of the FIM Superside World Sidecar Championship headlines it's two day meeting on Saturday 10 and Sunday, June 11. more...
GOLF: ALEX Ballard achieved every golfer's dream at the weekend with a hole-in-one at the age of 12. more...
EMMA HINDMARCH struck five times to help Swindon TopCats to a 12-6 win over Basingstoke Lady Bisons and to extend their unbeaten league run to seven games. more...
THIS is the year we celebrate the birth of that great little man with the big hat Isambard Kingdom Brunel. more...
I SUPPORT R J Anning's letter regarding the profligate expenses' increases to councillors, also that of J Davies highlighting the difference in treatment between Swindon councillors and Swindon residents in general. more...
JUST a suggestion from a proud Swindonian who now happens to live among the blow-ins from West Swindon. more...
IF I may be permitted to reply to Phil Beaven's letter "No need for vivisection" SA, Sat, Feb 11. more...
I SEE, although it is still some time until the next council elections, that the letters are now coming in, and the recent one from J Davies is an example. more...
SWINDON Council's lack of support so far for the re-development of the County Ground is disappointing, but hardly surprising. more...
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2006, SWINDON: THE new landlady of a Swindon pub is hoping to make it one of the town's leading music venues. more...
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2006, SWINDON: Swindon DJ Jeryl, is getting down and funky as part of a new drum n' bass venture this weekend. more...
BREAST cancer sufferer Ann Marie Rogers, a mother of three, has lost her High Court battle to get the drug Herceptin. more...
CONCERNS have been expressed that staff and users are at risk following the sudden closure of a secure mental health unit in Swindon. more...
A MAJOR arts festival in Swindon is in jeopardy after the main sponsor withdrew from this year's event. more...
SWINDON'S MPs have added their voices to the growing pressure for a lifeline for rape victims to be saved. more...
SHOPPERS in Swindon could make an appointment to see a doctor at the same time as picking up the weekly groceries. more...
A NURSE who pocketed more than £4,000 for shifts she did not work has been ordered to do 240 hours of community service. more...
SCHOOL uniforms were abandoned for the day as St Catherine's Catholic Primary School celebrated its book fair. more...
A HEROIN addict who stole thousands of pounds worth of electrical goods in a series of raids on houses across Swindon has walked free from court. more...
"It would have cost Swindon PCT £600,000 - that's 130 hip replacements..." more...
"It would have cost Swindon PCT £600,000 - that's 130 hip replacements." more...
"It would have cost Swindon PCT £600,000, that's 130 hip replacements." more...
"It would have cost Swindon PCT £600,000, that's 130 hip replacements." more...
A GANG of joyriding youths are believed to be behind a spate of moped thefts in West Swindon. more...
ARKELL'S Brewery has criticised the Government's vote to ban smoking in all pubs, clubs and restaurants in England from the summer of 2007. more...
AGE Concern Swindon is asking residents to put a message in a bottle. more...
WOMEN drivers in Swindon annoy men because they talk on their mobile phones, it has been revealed. more...
Victim makes plea for rape support clinic more...
A PURTON anti-war campaigner who withheld 10 per cent of his income tax in protest over the Iraq war said he thinks the Inland Revenue know they are in the wrong. more...
SWINDON residents have been reminded to add their names to the electoral register if they wish to vote in May's local elections. more...
THE secret of a long life is to surround yourself with young people. more...
AN OLD Town mum has called for Swindon Council to introduce some flexibility into its parking permits policy after being told she has to pay an extra £500 to allow her nanny to park outside her house. more...
ASTRONOMERS at the world-famous Jodrell Bank observatory near Manchester have spotted a new type of star. more...
PEOPLE from across Swindon will be donning their swimming costumes to take part in the 2006 Swimathon. more...
THE loss of the Swindon Mela arts festival could cost the town up to £150,000. more...
THE days of scratchy signatures passed into obscurity with barely a whimper as the new chip and pin system of payment was officially introduced to the high street. more...
THE people of Swindon are divided on whether the council should look at allowing sex shops to stock explicit material. more...
A HUSBAND whose wife urgently needs a heart transplant has finally been given a carer, thanks to intervention from the Adver. more...
IN the past 20 years the Railway Village has become a scar on the landscape of central Swindon. more...
IN the past 20 years the Railway Village has become a scar on the landscape of central Swindon. more...
IN the past 20 years the Railway Village has become a scar on the landscape of central Swindon. more...
PART of Swindon history will come crashing to the ground next week when the bulldozers roll in to knock down one of the town's landmarks. more...
ALMOST one in 10 trials at Wiltshire courts are abandoned at the last minute due to failings by prosecutors or police, according to an independent report. more...
Satellite navigation systems have become one of the latest must-have gadgets and thieves are just as eager to get their hands on them. more...
A PENSIONER is stepping up his campaign against a speed hump at the end of his garden. more...
Yachtsman Sir Chay Blyth has been appointed head of the new board of directors at Swindon-based train company First Great Western when it starts operating the new Greater Western franchise Sir Chay, who won international fame for his pioneering sailing ventures and is now a successful businessman, is to be non-executive chairman of the new company, formed to run the new and enlarged franchise from April 1. more...
STAFF at Oxfam are in double O heaven after a mystery benefactor donated two rare James Bond books. more...
RESIDENTS in Pinehurst and Moredon are being asked to give their views on ambitious plans to turn Headlands School into an academy. more...
STAFF who work at the Eldene Centre say that new CCTV has made a dramatic difference to the area. more...
CHILDREN at Moredon Pre-school have said a big thank you to a generous pub landlord after his fundraising helped buy three new bikes. more...
TROWBRIDGE Town manager Neil Kirkpatrick says it's time for his players to "stand up and be counted" as the Hellenic League season builds towards a pulsating climax. more...
TROWBRIDGE Town manager Neil Kirkpatrick says it's time for his players to "stand up and be counted" as the Hellenic League season builds towards a pulsating climax. more...
TROWBRIDGE Town manager Neil Kirkpatrick says it's time for his players to "stand up and be counted" as the Hellenic League season builds towards a pulsating climax. more...
FORMER Chippenham Ladies' hockey captain Lesley Bennett has brushed aside competition from 11,000 hopefuls to be named the top club umpire in the country by England Hockey. more...
FORMER Chippenham Ladies' hockey captain Lesley Bennett has brushed aside competition from 11,000 hopefuls to be named the top club umpire in the country by England Hockey. more...
DEE Dee Wilde moved to the village of Rood Ashton three years ago to live with her partner Henry Marsh, guitarist with 70s band Sailor. Dee Dee, 59, was a member of Pan's People, the dance troupe who appeared on Top of the Pops from 1968 to 1976. more...
DEE Dee Wilde moved to the village of Rood Ashton three years ago to live with her partner Henry Marsh, guitarist with 70s band Sailor. Dee Dee, 59, was a member of Pan's People, the dance troupe who appeared on Top of the Pops from 1968 to 1976. more...
DEE Dee Wilde moved to the village of Rood Ashton three years ago to live with her partner Henry Marsh, guitarist with 70s band Sailor. Dee Dee, 59, was a member of Pan's People, the dance troupe who appeared on Top of the Pops from 1968 to 1976. She has two children from her marriage to Andrew Corbet Burcher Alex, 29, a second lieutenant with the Welsh Guards and 21-year-old Poppy, who is at university in Padua, Italy, studying history of the Italian language. more...
DEE Dee Wilde moved to the village of Rood Ashton three years ago to live with her partner Henry Marsh, guitarist with 70s band Sailor. Dee Dee, 59, was a member of Pan's People, the dance troupe who appeared on Top of the Pops from 1968 to 1976. more...
The Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News are giving you, the readers, another fantastic offer. This week is a free car wash to the value of £3 at Trowbridge Lodge Service Station on West Ashton road. more...
The Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News are giving you, the readers, another fantastic offer. This week is a free car wash to the value of £3 at Trowbridge Lodge Service Station on West Ashton road. more...
The Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News are giving you, the readers, another fantastic offer. This week is a free car wash to the value of £3 at Trowbridge Lodge Service Station on West Ashton road. more...
The Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News are giving you, the readers, another fantastic offer. more...
The Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News are giving you, the readers, another fantastic offer. more...
A TEENAGER who had never known what it was like to live without pain has raised more than £2,000 for the hospital that helped her. Catherine Woodman, 18, was born with a genetic condition affecting a bone at the base of her skull, which put extra pressure on her brain and spinal cord. She said: "I was in pain every day and I didn't know what it was like not to have a headache." more...
A TEENAGER who had never known what it was like to live without pain has raised more than £2,000 for the hospital that helped her. Catherine Woodman, 18, was born with a genetic condition affecting a bone at the base of her skull, which put extra pressure on her brain and spinal cord. She said: "I was in pain every day and I didn't know what it was like not to have a headache." more...
A TEENAGER who had never known what it was like to live without pain has raised more than £2,000 for the hospital that helped her. Catherine Woodman, 18, was born with a genetic condition affecting a bone at the base of her skull, which put extra pressure on her brain and spinal cord. She said: "I was in pain every day and I didn't know what it was like not to have a headache." more...
A TEENAGER who had never known what it was like to live without pain has raised more than £2,000 for the hospital that helped her. more...
FOSTER carers who look after teenagers in Wiltshire have spoken of the rewarding nature of their work as a new campaign is launched to recruit more carers. more...
SMOKING is to be stubbed out in all pubs, clubs and restaurants after an overwhelming number of MPs controversially voted in favour of a total ban. more...
VETERANS protested this week as the Ministry of Defence reached a settlement over an inquest verdict with the family of an RAF serviceman who underwent lethal nerve gas tests more than 50 years ago. more...
THE first chaplain for Wiltshire police says he has got the best job in the force. more...
MANY disabled people are exempt from the new regulations on the use of credit and debit cards that came into force this week, says the chief executive of a Wiltshire charity. more...
HUNDREDS of friends and family turned out to bid farewell to Wootton Bassett butcher Keith Crump. His funeral took place at St Bartholomew's Church on Monday following his death from cancer on January 29. more...
PLANS for a £2million extension to Wootton Bassett School have been put on hold after the project failed to receive capital funding from Wiltshire County Council for the second year running. more...
WOOTTON Bassett is set for a boost today as Sainsbury's newly refurbished £2.2 million store opens its doors. more...
Manager Christine Coates and her staff at the Churchill House pub in Wootton Bassett have been celebrating after winning the Get Ahead Training Pub of the Year. more...
Tycoon Eddy Shah says his proposed £12 million expansion of the Wiltshire Golf and Country Club will bolster tourism in Wootton Bassett and save the town from the sprawl of Swindon. more...
Sergeant Andy Fortune is urging traders in Wootton Bassett to be more vigilant of shoplifting. more...
Great grandfather Percy Miles has been nominated as Wootton Bassett town mayor for the forthcoming civic year. more...
Wootton Bassett's High Street Festival will go ahead as planned after Wessex Water dispelled fears that the event would clash with works on the High Street. more...
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