Wiltshire | Archive | 2007 | January
Alfie the Alligator by Emily Baker (Age 8) more...
Charlie & Lola picture by Georgia Heard (Age 5) more...
Lola from Charlie & Lola by Lucy Heard (Age 8 ) more...
Picture sent in by Amy Stratton more...
"Ziggy" by Luke Long (Age 10) more...
THE NFA South west amd South Wales regional junior championships will once again be fished at Bathampton Angling Association's Hunstrete Lake complex. more...
A CHAP called Dave Wood has assembled a squad of paranormal investigators to probe apparent ghostly activity at the Jolly Tar Pub in Hannington. more...
A burst water main caused traffic chaos in Calne this morning. more...
Maria Taylor left the band Azure Ray to release 2005's 11:11, where her sweet, grown-up voice added a lovely lilt to what was a promising set of songs. more...
The spaces between the notes can be over-emphasised in the name of earnest art, or they can add real echo space for contemplation. more...
A band that has built on buzz and iTunes downloads, The Fray are a Denver 4-piece whose single How To Save A Life was streamed more than 38 million times on MySpace, and then played all over Radio 1 in the UK. more...
The wife of Tory MP James Gray, who tomorrow will find out if he still has a political future, has spoken of her upset at the way he played down her fight against cancer. more...
A youth radio station based in Chippenham is celebrating its achievements with an evening of music and awards. more...
A NEW youth shelter in Chippenham has helped to curb vandalism in the area. more...
SEVEN NCOs from 84 Medical Supply Squadron, Hullavington, near Chippenham are to cycle from John O'Groats to Land's End to raise £4,000 to send twin boys to the World Transplant Games. more...
THIRD Division leaders The Southgate Inn were unable to join First Division Coyote in the draw for the semi-finals of the Wiltshire Sunday Cup after their lost 2-1 to top Swindon League side Greyhound on Sunday. more...
AFTER a number of false starts in recent weeks it finally looks as if the second half of the Auto Business Solutions Ltd Chippenham Sunday League is at underway at last following a rain and frost free weekend which saw all but one of the planned 28 matches completed. more...
AFTER a number of false starts in recent weeks it finally looks as if the second half of the Auto Business Solutions Ltd Chippenham Sunday League is at underway at last following a rain and frost free weekend which saw all but one of the planned 28 matches completed. more...
AFTER a number of false starts in recent weeks it finally looks as if the second half of the Auto Business Solutions Ltd Chippenham Sunday League is at underway at last following a rain and frost free weekend which saw all but one of the planned 28 matches completed. more...
AFTER a number of false starts in recent weeks it finally looks as if the second half of the Auto Business Solutions Ltd Chippenham Sunday League is at underway at last following a rain and frost free weekend which saw all but one of the planned 28 matches completed. more...
AFTER a number of false starts in recent weeks it finally looks as if the second half of the Auto Business Solutions Ltd Chippenham Sunday League is at underway at last following a rain and frost free weekend which saw all but one of the planned 28 matches completed. more...
AFTER a number of false starts in recent weeks it finally looks as if the second half of the Auto Business Solutions Ltd Chippenham Sunday League is at underway at last following a rain and frost free weekend which saw all but one of the planned 28 matches completed. more...
AFTER a number of false starts in recent weeks it finally looks as if the second half of the Auto Business Solutions Ltd Chippenham Sunday League is at underway at last following a rain and frost free weekend which saw all but one of the planned 28 matches completed. more...
AFTER a number of false starts in recent weeks it finally looks as if the second half of the Auto Business Solutions Ltd Chippenham Sunday League is at underway at last following a rain and frost free weekend which saw all but one of the planned 28 matches completed. more...
WINSLEY remain top of the Premier Division, but they were unable to extend their 10 match winning run as Westbury Rangers A held them to a 3-3 draw. more...
DASH2, the action group fighting to retain hospital services in Devizes, have criticised the proposals to close the town's hospital. more...
Eric Hughes Memorial Knockout Cup The quarter-final line up of the presstoprint-sponsored cup is now complete after Spencer Sports and Biddestone White Horse emerged victorious from their games with The Ship FC and Cooper Avon. more...
Chipenham Sunday League Premier Division Winsley remain top of the Premier Division, however they were unable to extend their ten-match winning run as Westbury Rangers A held them to a 3-3 draw, but things could have been a lot more severe, had Rangers not thrown away a two goal advantage to let Winsley back into the game to earn their point. more...
Chipenham Sunday League Division One Semington Rovers increased their own winning sequence to six matches with 3-1 success over Potterne FC which denied the visitors to Steeple Ashton a sixth straight win of their own, Rovers victory also saw them open up a two point gap over their opponents at the top. more...
Chipenham Sunday League Division Three With the top four clubs in Division Three missing out on a league fixture for various reasons AFC Pilot leapfrogged three teams to moved up to second spot from fifth place after they beat Blue Circle (Sunday) 4-2. more...
Chipenham Sunday League Division Four With leaders Bromham (Sunday) without a game, AFC Bell collected maximum points from their 6-0 victory away at Wanderers to close Bromham's advantage at the summit to just one point, Karl Mackness put though his own net to start the ball rolling for the Bell before Jonathan Couch doubled their lead prior to half time. more...
Wiltshire SundayCup Third division leaders The Southgate Inn were unable to join first division Coyote FC in the draw for the semi-finals of the Wiltshire Sunday Cup after their lost 2-1 to top Swindon League side Greyhound FC. more...
Chipenham Sunday League results, January 28 Auto Business Solutions Ltd, Chippenham Sunday League: Premier Division, Box Rovers 9, Trowbridge Harriers 2; Dog & Fox Ashley 10, Sherston Town 0; Holt 0, Corsham Centre 8; Maud Heath Sports 1, Biddestone Social 3; Spencer Sports v Bradford News pp; Winsley 3, Westbury Rangers A 3; Division One, Atworth United 0, Christian Malford 3; FC Colerne 2, North Star A 3; Foresters Arms 2, Chippenham Police 3; Kings Arms (Trowbridge) 0, Kingfisher 4; North Bradley 2, Hullavington 0; Semington Rovers 3, Potterne 1; Division Two, Biddestone Arms 3, FC Bradford 2; British Lion OC 4, Sutton Benger 1; Southwick Sports 0, AFC Calne 4; The Crown Devizes 1, White Horse 2; The Ship v Rowde pp; Division Three, Blue Circle (Sunday) 2, AFC Pilot 4; Chippenham United RAOB 4, Somerford 4; Pack Horse Rangers v Cooper Avon pp; Pack Horse Rangers v Westbury Rangers B pp; Westbury Rangers B v The Southgate Inn pp; Wheatsheaf v Corsham Park Rangers pp; White Hart Combe v Biddestone White Horse pp; White Hart Combe 4, Corsham Park Rangers 3; Division Four, AFC Bell v Corsham United pp; AFC Melksham 3, Churchill Arms 3; Old Road Tavern 0, The Crown 6; The Rising Sun 2, North Star B 1; Trowbridge Town Supporters Club 0, Chippenham West End Club 3; Wanderers v Little George pp; Wanderers 0, AFC Bell 6; Knockout Cup (sponsored by presstoprint) Third Round, North Star A v Corsham Centre walkover to Corsham Centre; Cooper Avon 0, Biddestone White Horse 3; Spencer Sports 5, The Ship 1; WG Parr Trophy (sponsored by Westernsport Trophies, Chippenham) Second Round, Wheatsheaf 0, Little George 1. (All Matches Kick-Off at 10.45) Chipenham Sunday League fixtures, February 4 Auto Business Solutions Ltd, Chippenham Sunday League: Premier Division, Biddestone Social v Box Rovers ; Dog & Fox Ashley v Winsley ; Sherston Town v Maud Heath Sports ; Trowbridge Harriers v Bradford News ; Westbury Rangers A v Holt ; Division One, Chippenham Sports & Social Club v Foresters Arms ; Chippenham Police v Atworth United ; Christian Malford v Coyote FC ; Hullavington v North Star A ; Potterne v North Bradley ; Division Two, AFC Calne v Biddestone Arms ; British Lion OC v The Horse & Groom pp; Pig & Whistle United v The Crown Devizes ; Rowde v Southwick Sports ; The Ship v FC Bradford ; White Horse v Sutton Benger ; Division Three, AFC Pilot v Corsham Park Rangers ; Biddestone White Horse v Blue Circle (Sunday) pp; Blue Circle (Sunday) v Cooper Avon ; Sir Audley's Arms v Westbury Rangers B ; Somerford v Pack Horse Rangers ; White Hart Combe v Wheatsheaf ; Division Four, Bromham (Sunday) v The Crown ; Chippenham West End Club v AFC Melksham ; Churchill Arms v Old Road Tavern ; Little George v Corsham United ; North Star B v Trowbridge Town Supporters Club ; Eric Hughes Memorial Knockout Cup (sponsored by presstoprint) Fourth Round, Corsham Centre v Spencer Sports ; Biddestone White Horse v Kingfisher ; FC Colerne v The Southgate Inn ; Semington Rovers v British Lion OC. (All Matches Kick-Off at 10.45) more...
U10 Blue Melksham Town Youth Saints climb to third in the table following their 3-0 home win against Devizes Town Youth. Tommy Foley (2) and Ben Winn scored for Melksham. more...
BUDDING young chef Brendon Ford has won a place at a top cookery school and will be working at the Ritz Hotel in London as part of his course. more...
BUDDING young chef Brendon Ford has won a place at a top cookery school and will be working at the Ritz Hotel in London as part of his course. more...
NORTH Bradley steamrollered their way through to the third round of the Chantry Digital of Trowbridge-sponsored Knockout Cup with a 5-0 demolition of The Deverills. more...
Fraser Drummond from Calne took this atmospheric shot of Cherhill Monument in the early morning more...
SOME seats remain available for a second Salisbury City supporters' coach for Saturday's FA Trophy third round tie at kettering Town. more...
SOME seats remain available for a second Salisbury City supporters' coach for Saturday's FA Trophy third round tie at Kettering Town. more...
A NUMBER of media outlets are still wrongly reporting that Salisbury City are at home to Hayes tomorrow (Tuesday)in a Conference South fixture. more...
I AM puzzled by letters to the Journal saying that customer care in our local shops is inadequate. more...
I WOULD like to thank Mr Sedgwick-Jell of Harnham for his letter to Postbag about Old Sarum Flying Club "missing the mark". more...
SALISBURY - and its unique position - brings us the good fortune of living in one of the finest cities in the south west. more...
A CLEAR framework appears to be emerging as to the future of healthcare in Wiltshire, one which looks totally unfair and iniquitous. more...
WITH the large increase in heavy goods vehicles travelling through Wilton to Dinton, is it not time the police had a proper contingency plan in place to cope with the serious type of incident that occurred one Monday before Christmas at the traffic lights in the town centre? more...
GOMELDON Primary School has started the new term positively after being declared outstanding in a recent Ofsted report. more...
FOR the third time in six years, Amesbury town councillors have agreed to support residents in their fight to stop 20 new homes being built in their midst. more...
IT was business as usual on Friday evening at the Curry & Fish Bar take-away and fish and chip shop in Harnham despite a fire during the morning. more...
LAUGHTER definitely seems to be the best way to start off a Monday morning judging by the reactions I've had since I started Joke of the Week. more...
PAUL Sturrock says his team is still miles' away' from the finished article as he battles the clock to complete a permanent deal. more...
I'm very pleased, especially as we were playing the form team of the league. We felt we had to do certain things in the game, match up to their honesty, hard work and endeavour. more...
MACCLESFIELD assistant boss Ray Mathias felt the Silkmen had paid the price for failing to convert their opportunities at the County Ground. more...
RICKY Shakes was thrilled to bag a collector's item against the Silkmen as the left peg thumped home his second goal of the campaign. more...
MICHAEL Timlin has heeded the old adage about less haste and more speed but says no-one in the dressing room is about to get ahead of themselves. more...
ANDY Nicholas was left to clutch his head in disbelief as a superb stop from Macclesfield keeper Tommy Lee prevented the defender from opening his League Two account for the campaign. more...
All the scheduled Wiltshire League fixtures got the go ahead at the weekend much to the delight of fixture secretary Philip Cook and Westside boss Joe O'Rourke, whose side played their first game since early November, writes RAY BURROUGHS. more...
KYLE Lapham insists he is not thinking any further ahead than Supermarine's next game, after being the subject of an approach from Conference outfit Cambridge United. more...
Substitute Steve Shaw made all the difference as his second-half brace was enough for a sluggish Wootton Bassett Town to see off struggling Clanfield. more...
SCOTT Griffin quit Cirencester Town on Saturday after a furious boss Neil Hards put his players through their paces following their 3-0 home defeat to lowly Wealdstone. more...
CHRIS Pethick admits he can not understand how his struggling Purton side were dumped out of the Supplementary Cup on Saturday but has now urged his players to concentrate on league survival. more...
JURAJ RUSIC grabbed the winner with only a minute of overtime remaining to give Swindon npower Wildcats a dramatic 3-2 victory over league leaders Guildford Flames on Saturday. more...
WILDCATS failed to complete back-to-back victories at the weekend over the top two English Premier League sides. more...
In reply to R W Selway (January 9) UKIP is not a one-policy party. A full manifesto is produced for every election. more...
IT seems many months ago the then Minister of Defence announced to Parliament that the Royal Navy were to have two new aircraft carriers. Since then little has been heard of this project. more...
I AM writing to ask your readers to have a heart this Valentine's Day and support a vital cause by treating a loved one and helping to save lives at the same time. more...
A few weeks ago I suggested that promises made by Mr Blair to Britain's Armed Forces were worthless, platitudinous sound bites. more...
In Wednesday's Swindon Advertiser there was an article saying the town could be the key to the next General Election. Very true! more...
MAY I thank the shoppers who were so kind and attentive to my husband when he fell in Regent Street on Wednesday, January 24. more...
I have just stumbled across a letter from me which the Advertiser published in 1996 about the Tory attitude to public transport. more...
THERE have been Polo GTIs before of course, but take one look at the latest version and there can be no doubt that it is trying to emulate the style and cache of its bigger sibling, the Golf GTI. more...
The new Mitsubishi dealership in Melksham is celebrating the new year by officially opening the site tomorrow between 10am-5pm. more...
Honda S2000 WHAT IS IT? more...
THE order books have opened for Chevrolet's new SUV, the Captiva, and it builds on the brand's reputation for incredible value for money. more...
No major change in the sales activity of used cars is predicted by influential market analysts. more...
Peugeot's popular 107 range entry-model is, from February, to be available in a new 3-door Sport XS' trim level for young-minded individuals who like a more racy and personalised vehicle. more...
URO NCAP, the body responsible for testing the safety of new cars, has confirmed that the new Toyota Auris has been awarded a maximum five-star rating for adult occupant protection in its safety crash test evaluation. more...
A WOMAN was attacked while trying to video a dispute on her mobile phone. more...
A "CHAUVINISTIC" husband who beat and strangled to death his pregnant wife after he started an affair with another woman will serve at least 15 years in jail for the murder. more...
LITTLE Chelsea Jones may only be seven, but she was a star at the football on Saturday. more...
LITTLE Chelsea Jones may only be seven, but she was a star at the football on Saturday. more...
LITTLE Chelsea Jones may only be seven, but she was a star at the football on Saturday. more...
A PAIR of children's entertainers are giving a popular adventure playground a second chance. more...
A PAIR of children's entertainers are giving a popular adventure playground a second chance. more...
A MUM is urging pet owners to stop a school route from becoming Poo Alley'. more...
POLICE around the country have lost track of 322 convicted sex offenders - three in Wiltshire. more...
WHEN little Leo Walford was born, there were four generations waiting for him. more...
PUTTING a canal through Faringdon Road and Westcott Place has won the overwhelming support of Adver readers. more...
THE Richard Jefferies Society has been given a lottery grant to let more people know about the life and times of the author. more...
OLD Town motorists are set for more misery with the council announcing it is to resurface Newport Street at the same time Thames Water dig up Bath Road. more...
THE town's first Doll's House and Miniatures Fair has delighted visitors. more...
SWINDON has marked Holocaust Memorial Day with a wreath-laying ceremony at the town's war memorial. more...
SWINDON Council is looking to join a £10,000 bid to be linked with the home of the iPod. more...
SAVING the area around Cricklade from climate change flooding is part of a plan released for comment by the Environment Agency. more...
COUNCIL houses look set to meet new Government quality standards two years ahead of the deadline. more...
IT WAS a terrible weekend for Swindon's main sides as all four lost their league matches. more...
SWINDON'S second string ambushed Dorset & Wilts Division One North leaders Corsham to come from behind and snatch a 19-18 win in Saturday's top-of-the-table encounter at Greenbridge Road. more...
Merthyr Tydfil 0, Chippenham Town 1. CHIPPENHAM survived a scare on the Merthyr minefield to record their first ever Southern League victory at Penydarren Park. more...
THE future of Chippenham Town manager Darren Perrin will not be decided for at least another nine days. more...
Bishop Sutton 2, Frome Town 3. THE score line of Saturday’s Toolstation League Premier Division game suggests a tight affair but it was anything but that at Lakeview on Saturday as Frome missed numerous missed chances, which fortunately did not cost the Robins a deserved win. more...
Portishead 1, Westbury United 0. PORTISHEAD completed the double over Westbury and in the process gave themselves some ground in the push for promotion from Toolstation League Division One. more...
FROME Town look set to lose goalkeeper Ray Johnson for the second time. more...
HALLEN defender Mark Reid, whose spinal injury caused Saturday's Les Philiips Cup match at Calne to be abandoned, has been released from hospital. more...
COMPETITION has been red hot as finalists compete for the top prize in the inaugural Trowbridge Business Excellence Awards 2007. more...
COMPETITION has been red hot as finalists compete for the top prize in the inaugural Trowbridge Business Excellence Awards 2007. more...
A YOUTH radio station is celebrating its achievements with an evening of music and awards. more...
A YOUTH radio station is celebrating its achievements with an evening of music and awards. more...
AN INNOVATIVE approach to child protection is set to be unveiled on Wednesday as a new website goes live. more...
AN INNOVATIVE approach to child protection is set to be unveiled on Wednesday as a new website goes live. more...
AN INNOVATIVE approach to child protection is set to be unveiled on Wednesday as a new website goes live. more...
AN INNOVATIVE approach to child protection is set to be unveiled on Wednesday as a new website goes live. more...
A MURDERER from Wiltshire who absconded from a Derbyshire open prison nearly three weeks ago has given himself up to police. more...
AN online petition about the state of services on the Westbury to Swindon railway line has been supported by nearly 1,400 people. more...
AN 85-YEAR-OLD man fell victim to a distraction burglar at his home in Trowbridge this afternoon. more...
AN 85-YEAR-OLD man fell victim to distraction burglars at his home in Trowbridge this afternoon. more...
AN 85-YEAR-OLD man fell victim to distraction burglars at his home in Trowbridge this afternoon. more...
AN 85-YEAR-OLD man fell victim to distraction burglars at his home in Trowbridge this afternoon. more...
Kenzie begins her quest to get a date with Barney, the First Dog. more...
Kenzie begins her quest to get a date with Barney, the First Dog. more...
A mad compilation of dog antics that will have you 'howling' with laughter! more...
A guide on how to make the most of your trip to the lovely town on Braford-on-Avon in the South West of England. more...
A guide on how to make the most of your trip to the lovely town on Braford-on-Avon in the South West of England. more...
A WARMINSTER GPs' surgery has become the first practice in Wiltshire to implement a revolutionary computer system. more...
PLANS for a new village hall in Heytesbury, near Warminster, have been submitted to West Wiltshire District Council. more...
A thief who stole a car from outside a pub got more than he bargained for as a dog was in the back. more...
The much loved Wigglybus that travels through the Pewsey Vale and Calne is to lose its distinctive name and face cutbacks. more...
You might think I'm crazy for mentioning Christmas at this time of year but if you are responsible for selling on-line via the web, then now is the time to start thinking about it. more...
Are you plagued by Spam, I know I am. Late last year I was getting up to 3,000 emails every day! more...
TROWBRIDGE Town Youth under 13s booked their place in the county cup semi-finals with a 7-0 win over Swindon side Greenmeadow. more...
TROWBRIDGE Wanderers ran out 2-0 winners over neighbours Trowbridge Town Youth in their derby match in the Under 14s Blue Division of the Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News Mid-Wilts Youth and Minor League. more...
TWO goals from Kyle Smith earned Bromham a hard fought 2-0 lead at the break against visitors Chippenham Town Youth Blue in the under 10s Green Division of the Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News Mid-Wilts Youth and Minor League. more...
AFC CORSHAM maintained their challenge for the Under 15s Red Division title in the Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News Mid-Wilts Youth and Minor League with a comfortable away win over Worton and Cheverell. more...
A CLEAR framework appears to be emerging as to the future of healthcare in Wiltshire, one which looks totally unfair and iniquitous. more...
IT was business as usual on Friday evening at the Curry & Fish Bar take-away and fish and chip shop in Harnham despite a fire during the morning. more...
SOME seats remain available for a second Salisbury City supporters' coach for Saturday's FA Trophy third round tie at Kettering Town. more...
A NUMBER of media outlets are still wrongly reporting that Salisbury City are at home to Hayes tomorrow (Tuesday)in a Conference South fixture. more...
A WOMAN was attacked while trying to video a dispute on her mobile phone. more...
A "CHAUVINISTIC" husband who beat and strangled to death his pregnant wife after he started an affair with another woman will serve at least 15 years in jail for the murder. more...
CHELSEA Jones may share her name with the Premiership giants, but she is a Swindon Town fan through-and-through - just like her mum. more...
A PAIR of children's entertainers are giving a popular adventure playground a second chance. more...
A MUM is urging pet owners to stop a school route from becoming Poo Alley'. more...
POLICE around the country have lost track of 322 convicted sex offenders - three in Wiltshire. more...
WHEN little Leo Walford was born, there were four generations waiting for him. more...
PUTTING a canal through Faringdon Road and Westcott Place has won the overwhelming support of Adver readers. more...
A LOTTERY grant is set to breathe new life into an old museum. more...
OLD Town motorists are set for more misery with the council announcing it is to resurface Newport Street at the same time Thames Water dig up Bath Road. more...
VISITORS to a Swindon exhibition have been fascinated by a world in miniature. more...
SWINDON has marked Holocaust Memorial Day with a wreath-laying ceremony at the town's war memorial. more...
SAVING the area around Cricklade from climate change flooding is part of a plan released for comment by the Environment Agency. more...
SWINDON Council is looking to join a £10,000 bid to be linked with the home of the iPod. more...
COUNCIL houses look set to meet new Government quality standards two years ahead of the deadline. more...
I'm very pleased, especially as we were playing the form team of the league. We felt we had to do certain things in the game, match up to their honesty, hard work and endeavour. more...
MACCLESFIELD assistant boss Ray Mathias felt the Silkmen had paid the price for failing to convert their opportunities at the County Ground. more...
RICKY Shakes was thrilled to bag a collector's item against the Silkmen as the left peg thumped home his second goal of the campaign. more...
MICHAEL Timlin has heeded the old adage about less haste and more speed but says no-one in the dressing room is about to get ahead of themselves. more...
ANDY Nicholas was left to clutch his head in disbelief as a superb stop from Macclesfield keeper Tommy Lee prevented the defender from opening his League Two account for the campaign. more...
All the scheduled Wiltshire League fixtures got the go ahead at the weekend much to the delight of fixture secretary Philip Cook and Westside boss Joe O'Rourke, whose side played their first game since early November, writes RAY BURROUGHS. more...
KYLE Lapham insists he is not thinking any further ahead than Supermarine's next game, after being the subject of an approach from Conference outfit Cambridge United. more...
Substitute Steve Shaw made all the difference as his second-half brace was enough for a sluggish Wootton Bassett Town to see off struggling Clanfield. more...
SCOTT Griffin quit Cirencester Town on Saturday after a furious boss Neil Hards put his players through their paces following their 3-0 home defeat to lowly Wealdstone. more...
CHRIS Pethick admits he can not understand how his struggling Purton side were dumped out of the Supplementary Cup on Saturday but has now urged his players to concentrate on league survival. more...
IT WAS a terrible weekend for Swindon's main sides as all four lost their league matches. more...
SWINDON'S second string ambushed Dorset & Wilts Division One North leaders Corsham to come from behind and snatch a 19-18 win in Saturday's top-of-the-table encounter at Greenbridge Road. more...
JURAJ RUSIC grabbed the winner with only a minute of overtime remaining to give Swindon npower Wildcats a dramatic 3-2 victory over league leaders Guildford Flames on Saturday. more...
WILDCATS failed to complete back-to-back victories at the weekend over the top two English Premier League sides. more...
PAUL Sturrock says his team is still miles' away' from the finished article as he battles the clock to complete a permanent deal. more...
The wife of Tory MP James Gray, who tomorrow will find out if he still has a political future, has spoken of her upset at the way he played down her fight against cancer. more...
The much loved Wigglybus that travels through the Pewsey Vale and Calne is to lose its distinctive name and face cutbacks. more...
DASH2, the action group fighting to retain hospital services in Devizes, have criticised the proposals to close the town's hospital. more...
A thief who stole a car from outside a pub got more than he bargained for as a dog was in the back. more...
A burst water main caused traffic chaos in Calne this morning. more...
A youth radio station based in Chippenham is celebrating its achievements with an evening of music and awards. more...
Eric Hughes Memorial Knockout Cup more...
Chipenham Sunday League Premier Division more...
Chipenham Sunday League results, January 28 more...
AN online petition about the state of services on the Westbury to Swindon railway line has been supported by nearly 1,400 people. more...
HEALTH chiefs will deliver their vision for the future of health care in west and north Wiltshire later this morning. more...
POLICE are making a renewed appeal for witnesses to an arson attack in the lead up to its one-year anniversary. more...
A NEW youth shelter in Chippenham has helped to curb vandalism in the area. more...
PLANS for a new village hall in Heytesbury, near Warminster, have been submitted to West Wiltshire District Council. more...
SEVEN NCOs from 84 Medical Supply Squadron, Hullavington, near Chippenham are to cycle from John O'Groats to Land's End to raise £4,000 to send twin boys to the World Transplant Games. more...
A WARMINSTER GPs' surgery has become the first practice in Wiltshire to implement a revolutionary computer system. more...
AN INNOVATIVE approach to child protection is set to be unveiled on Wednesday as a new website goes live. more...
BUDDING young chef Brendon Ford has won a place at a top cookery school and will be working at the Ritz Hotel in London as part of his course. more...
COMPETITION has been red hot as finalists compete for the top prize in the inaugural Trowbridge Business Excellence Awards 2007. more...
AN 85-YEAR-OLD man fell victim to distraction burglars at his home in Trowbridge this afternoon. more...
A MURDERER from Wiltshire who absconded from a Derbyshire open prison nearly three weeks ago has given himself up to police. more...
A YOUTH radio station is celebrating its achievements with an evening of music and awards. more...
CHIPPENHAM survived a scare on the Merthyr minefield to record their first more...
THE score line of Saturday's Toolstation League Premier Division game more...
PORTISHEAD completed the double over Westbury and in the process gave more...
THE future of Chippenham Town manager Darren Perrin will not be decided for more...
FROME Town look set to lose goalkeeper Ray Johnson for the second time. more...
HALLEN defender Mark Reid, whose spinal injury caused Saturday's Les more...
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