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Alfie Art Gallery

Alfie the Alligator by Emily Baker (Age 8)

Alfie the Alligator by Emily Baker (Age 8)  more...

Charlie & Lola picture by Georgia Heard (Age 5)

Charlie & Lola picture by Georgia Heard (Age 5)  more...

Lola from Charlie & Lola by Lucy Heard (Age 8 )

Lola from Charlie & Lola by Lucy Heard (Age 8 )  more...

Picture sent in by Amy Stratton

Picture sent in by Amy Stratton  more...

"Ziggy" by Luke Long (Age 10)

"Ziggy" by Luke Long (Age 10)  more...

Angling

Junior championships date set

THE NFA South west amd South Wales regional junior championships will once again be fished at Bathampton Angling Association's Hunstrete Lake complex.  more...

Barrie Hudson

Mediums must ham it up

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...

Calne News

Water main burst causes chaos

A burst water main caused traffic chaos in Calne this morning.  more...

Cd Reviews

Maria Taylor - Lynn Teeter Flower

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...

Steve Adey - All Things Real

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...

The Fray - How To Save A Life

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...

Chippenham News

MP belittles wife's cancer fight

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...

Music awards at youth radio station

A youth radio station based in Chippenham is celebrating its achievements with an evening of music and awards.  more...

Youth shelter curbs vandalism

A NEW youth shelter in Chippenham has helped to curb vandalism in the area.  more...

The magnificent seven!

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...

Chippenham Sunday League News

Last minute agony for Southgate

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...

Eatough strikes as weather rlents

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...

Eatough strikes as weather relents

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...

Eatough strikes as weather relents

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...

Eatough strikes as weather relents

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...

Eatough strikes as weather relents

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...

Eatough strikes as weather relents

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...

Eatough strikes as weather relents

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...

Eatough seals cup win as weather relents

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...

Leaders have to settle for a point

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...

Devizes News

Action group's anger over closure plans

DASH2, the action group fighting to retain hospital services in Devizes, have criticised the proposals to close the town's hospital.  more...

Gazette Football

Spencer and White Horse through

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...

Gazette General Sport

Winsley stay top of premier

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...

Semington's six on the trot

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...

Pilot fly up to second

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...

Bell close in on leaders

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...

Greyhound sneak through

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...

Chippenham Sunday League results and fixtures

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...

Mid-Wilts Youth League, January 28

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...

Melksham News

Brendon wins place at top chef school

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...

Brendon wins place at top chef school

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...

News

North Bradley cruise to cup triumph

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...

Readerspics

Cherhill in the morning

Fraser Drummond from Calne took this atmospheric shot of Cherhill Monument in the early morning  more...

Salisbury City Fc News

First come, first served

SOME seats remain available for a second Salisbury City supporters' coach for Saturday's FA Trophy third round tie at kettering Town.  more...

First come, first served

SOME seats remain available for a second Salisbury City supporters' coach for Saturday's FA Trophy third round tie at Kettering Town.  more...

Tuesday free - a reminder

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...

Salisbury Letters

Inadequate service? Try smiling

I AM puzzled by letters to the Journal saying that customer care in our local shops is inadequate.  more...

Proud to be a member

I WOULD like to thank Mr Sedgwick-Jell of Harnham for his letter to Postbag about Old Sarum Flying Club "missing the mark".  more...

Tyrants, not ambassadors

SALISBURY - and its unique position - brings us the good fortune of living in one of the finest cities in the south west.  more...

Unfair healthcare

A CLEAR framework appears to be emerging as to the future of healthcare in Wiltshire, one which looks totally unfair and iniquitous.  more...

Contingency plan needed

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...

Salisbury News

School given highest marks

GOMELDON Primary School has started the new term positively after being declared outstanding in a recent Ofsted report.  more...

Residents are backed in bid to block homes

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...

Business continues despite fire

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...

Stephanietye

You need a joker on Mondays

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...

Stfc Headlines

SWINDON TOWN: Countdown

PAUL Sturrock says his team is still miles' away' from the finished article as he battles the clock to complete a permanent deal.  more...

SWINDON TOWN: From the dugout...Paul Sturrock

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...

SWINDON TOWN: It’s not smooth as Silk as visitors blow their chance

MACCLESFIELD assistant boss Ray Mathias felt the Silkmen had paid the price for failing to convert their opportunities at the County Ground.  more...

SWINDON TOWN: Shake a leg! Ricky’s delight at goal

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...

SWINDON TOWN: Timlin slows it all down

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...

SWINDON TOWN: Nicho left to curse brilliance of Lee

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...

Swindon Football

FOOTBALL: O’Rourke gets a game and a fine victory

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...

FOOTBALL: Cambridge in for Lapham

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...

FOOTBALL: Steve makes Shaw for Bassett

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...

FOOTBALL: Griffin quits as Hards gives side extra work

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...

FOOTBALL: Pethick concentrates on survival after exit

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...

Swindon Ice Hockey

ICE HOCKEY: Flaming great!

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...

ICE HOCKEY: Shannon’s first is not enough

WILDCATS failed to complete back-to-back victories at the weekend over the top two English Premier League sides.  more...

Swindon Letters

UKIP is not one-policy party

In reply to R W Selway (January 9) UKIP is not a one-policy party. A full manifesto is produced for every election.  more...

Where are these two new aircraft carriers?

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...

Wear your heart on your sleeve

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...

Promises are proved worthless

A few weeks ago I suggested that promises made by Mr Blair to Britain's Armed Forces were worthless, platitudinous sound bites.  more...

We hold key to future of our country

In Wednesday's Swindon Advertiser there was an article saying the town could be the key to the next General Election. Very true!  more...

Thanks for help

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...

Park and rides work elsewhere

I have just stumbled across a letter from me which the Advertiser published in 1996 about the Tory attitude to public transport.  more...

Swindon Motors News

Mint condition

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...

Mitsubishi show

The new Mitsubishi dealership in Melksham is celebrating the new year by officially opening the site tomorrow between 10am-5pm.  more...

Ten second road test...

Honda S2000 WHAT IS IT?  more...

Chevy captivates UK

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...

Used car news...

No major change in the sales activity of used cars is predicted by influential market analysts.  more...

Peugeot 107 gets racy

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...

Safety news...

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...

Swindon News

Phone video woman attacked by thugs

A WOMAN was attacked while trying to video a dispute on her mobile phone.  more...

Chauvinistic wife killer jailed for 15 years

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 proves lucky for Swindon Town

LITTLE Chelsea Jones may only be seven, but she was a star at the football on Saturday.  more...

Chelsea proves lucky for Swindon Town

LITTLE Chelsea Jones may only be seven, but she was a star at the football on Saturday.  more...

Chelsea proves lucky for Town

LITTLE Chelsea Jones may only be seven, but she was a star at the football on Saturday.  more...

Space Adventure

A PAIR of children's entertainers are giving a popular adventure playground a second chance.  more...

Space Adventure saved from closure

A PAIR of children's entertainers are giving a popular adventure playground a second chance.  more...

Clean up our alley

A MUM is urging pet owners to stop a school route from becoming Poo Alley'.  more...

Three sex offenders 'lost' in county

POLICE around the country have lost track of 322 convicted sex offenders - three in Wiltshire.  more...

And baby Leo makes it five generations

WHEN little Leo Walford was born, there were four generations waiting for him.  more...

Canal will bring back town's soul

PUTTING a canal through Faringdon Road and Westcott Place has won the overwhelming support of Adver readers.  more...

Literary museum gets £9.2k boost

THE Richard Jefferies Society has been given a lottery grant to let more people know about the life and times of the author.  more...

There are more traffic problems ahead

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 see world in miniature

THE town's first Doll's House and Miniatures Fair has delighted visitors.  more...

Remembering the Holocaust

SWINDON has marked Holocaust Memorial Day with a wreath-laying ceremony at the town's war memorial.  more...

Swindon looks to partnership with China

SWINDON Council is looking to join a £10,000 bid to be linked with the home of the iPod.  more...

Environment Agency creates Cricklade flood plan

SAVING the area around Cricklade from climate change flooding is part of a plan released for comment by the Environment Agency.  more...

We're on target to meet housing pledge

COUNCIL houses look set to meet new Government quality standards two years ahead of the deadline.  more...

Swindon Rugby

RUGBY: League agony for big four

IT WAS a terrible weekend for Swindon's main sides as all four lost their league matches.  more...

RUGBY: Despair for the leaders as McKee score lifts seconds

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...

Times Chippenhem Town Fc

Bluebirds find all the right answers

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...

Perrin decision delayed again

THE future of Chippenham Town manager Darren Perrin will not be decided for at least another nine days.  more...

Times Football

Frome gain deserved victory

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...

Westbury crash to third defeat

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...

City move for Frome Town goalkeeper

FROME Town look set to lose goalkeeper Ray Johnson for the second time.  more...

Spine injury defender released from hospital

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...

Times Wiltshire News

Business finalists impress judges

COMPETITION has been red hot as finalists compete for the top prize in the inaugural Trowbridge Business Excellence Awards 2007.  more...

Business finalists impress judges

COMPETITION has been red hot as finalists compete for the top prize in the inaugural Trowbridge Business Excellence Awards 2007.  more...

Awards for radio volunteers

A YOUTH radio station is celebrating its achievements with an evening of music and awards.   more...

Awards for radio volunteers

A YOUTH radio station is celebrating its achievements with an evening of music and awards.   more...

New child safety website to go live

AN INNOVATIVE approach to child protection is set to be unveiled on Wednesday as a new website goes live.  more...

New child safety website to go live

AN INNOVATIVE approach to child protection is set to be unveiled on Wednesday as a new website goes live.  more...

New child safety website to go live

AN INNOVATIVE approach to child protection is set to be unveiled on Wednesday as a new website goes live.  more...

New child safety website to go live

AN INNOVATIVE approach to child protection is set to be unveiled on Wednesday as a new website goes live.  more...

On the run killer gives himself up

A MURDERER from Wiltshire who absconded from a Derbyshire open prison nearly three weeks ago has given himself up to police.  more...

Trowbridge News

1,400 support rail petition

AN online petition about the state of services on the Westbury to Swindon railway line has been supported by nearly 1,400 people.  more...

Conmen strike at home of OAP, 85

AN 85-YEAR-OLD man fell victim to a distraction burglar at his home in Trowbridge this afternoon.  more...

Conmen strike at home of OAP, 85

AN 85-YEAR-OLD man fell victim to distraction burglars at his home in Trowbridge this afternoon.  more...

Conmen strike at home of OAP, 85

AN 85-YEAR-OLD man fell victim to distraction burglars at his home in Trowbridge this afternoon.  more...

Conmen strike at home of OAP, 85

AN 85-YEAR-OLD man fell victim to distraction burglars at his home in Trowbridge this afternoon.  more...

Video Vault

Scottie Tails: My date with Barney, the First Dog

Kenzie begins her quest to get a date with Barney, the First Dog.  more...

Scottie Tails: My date with Barney, the First Dog

Kenzie begins her quest to get a date with Barney, the First Dog.  more...

Comedy Dogs

A mad compilation of dog antics that will have you 'howling' with laughter!   more...

Travel guide to Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire

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...

Travel guide to Bradford on Avon

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...

Warminster News

Computer first for doctors

A WARMINSTER GPs' surgery has become the first practice in Wiltshire to implement a revolutionary computer system.  more...

Village hall plans submitted

PLANS for a new village hall in Heytesbury, near Warminster, have been submitted to West Wiltshire District Council.  more...

Wiltshire News

Dog goes missing with car

A thief who stole a car from outside a pub got more than he bargained for as a dog was in the back.  more...

End of the Wigglybus

The much loved Wigglybus that travels through the Pewsey Vale and Calne is to lose its distinctive name and face cutbacks.  more...

Your Computer

Thoughts of Christmas

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...

Unknown users

Are you plagued by Spam, I know I am. Late last year I was getting up to 3,000 emails every day!  more...

Youth Minor League News

Trowbridge Town Youth through to semi-finals

TROWBRIDGE Town Youth under 13s booked their place in the county cup semi-finals with a 7-0 win over Swindon side Greenmeadow.  more...

Wanderers take local derby spoils

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...

Kyle’s double boosts Bromham

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 step up title challenge

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...

Salisbury Journal News

Unfair healthcare

A CLEAR framework appears to be emerging as to the future of healthcare in Wiltshire, one which looks totally unfair and iniquitous.   more...

Business continues despite fire

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...

Salisbury Journal Sport

First come, first served

SOME seats remain available for a second Salisbury City supporters' coach for Saturday's FA Trophy third round tie at Kettering Town.   more...

Tuesday free - a reminder

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...

Swindon Advertiser News

Phone video woman attacked by thugs

A WOMAN was attacked while trying to video a dispute on her mobile phone.   more...

Chauvinistic wife killer jailed for 15 years

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 proves lucky for Town

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...

Space Adventure saved from closure

A PAIR of children's entertainers are giving a popular adventure playground a second chance.   more...

Clean up our alley

A MUM is urging pet owners to stop a school route from becoming Poo Alley'.   more...

Three sex offenders 'lost' in county

POLICE around the country have lost track of 322 convicted sex offenders - three in Wiltshire.   more...

And baby Leo makes it five generations

WHEN little Leo Walford was born, there were four generations waiting for him.   more...

Canal will bring back town's soul

PUTTING a canal through Faringdon Road and Westcott Place has won the overwhelming support of Adver readers.   more...

Literary museum gets £9.2k boost

A LOTTERY grant is set to breathe new life into an old museum.   more...

There are more traffic problems ahead

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 see world in miniature

VISITORS to a Swindon exhibition have been fascinated by a world in miniature.   more...

Remembering the Holocaust

SWINDON has marked Holocaust Memorial Day with a wreath-laying ceremony at the town's war memorial.   more...

Environment Agency creates Cricklade flood plan

SAVING the area around Cricklade from climate change flooding is part of a plan released for comment by the Environment Agency.   more...

Swindon looks to partnership with China

SWINDON Council is looking to join a £10,000 bid to be linked with the home of the iPod.   more...

We're on target to meet housing pledge

COUNCIL houses look set to meet new Government quality standards two years ahead of the deadline.   more...

Swindon Advertiser Sport

SWINDON TOWN: From the dugout...Paul Sturrock

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...

SWINDON TOWN: It’s not smooth as Silk as visitors blow their chance

MACCLESFIELD assistant boss Ray Mathias felt the Silkmen had paid the price for failing to convert their opportunities at the County Ground.   more...

SWINDON TOWN: Shake a leg! Ricky’s delight at goal

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...

SWINDON TOWN: Timlin slows it all down

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...

SWINDON TOWN: Nicho left to curse brilliance of Lee

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...

FOOTBALL: O’Rourke gets a game and a fine victory

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...

FOOTBALL: Cambridge in for Lapham

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...

FOOTBALL: Steve makes Shaw for Bassett

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...

FOOTBALL: Griffin quits as Hards gives side extra work

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...

FOOTBALL: Pethick concentrates on survival after exit

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...

RUGBY: League agony for big four

IT WAS a terrible weekend for Swindon's main sides as all four lost their league matches.   more...

RUGBY: Despair for the leaders as McKee score lifts seconds

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...

ICE HOCKEY: Flaming great!

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...

ICE HOCKEY: Shannon’s first is not enough

WILDCATS failed to complete back-to-back victories at the weekend over the top two English Premier League sides.   more...

SWINDON TOWN: Countdown

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 Wiltshire Gazette And Herald News

MP belittles wife's cancer fight

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...

End of the Wigglybus

The much loved Wigglybus that travels through the Pewsey Vale and Calne is to lose its distinctive name and face cutbacks.   more...

Action group's anger over closure plans

DASH2, the action group fighting to retain hospital services in Devizes, have criticised the proposals to close the town's hospital.   more...

Dog goes missing with car

A thief who stole a car from outside a pub got more than he bargained for as a dog was in the back.   more...

Water main burst causes chaos

A burst water main caused traffic chaos in Calne this morning.   more...

Music awards at youth radio station

A youth radio station based in Chippenham is celebrating its achievements with an evening of music and awards.   more...

The Wiltshire Gazette And Herald Sport

Spencer and White Horse through

Eric Hughes Memorial Knockout Cup   more...

Winsley stay top of premier

Chipenham Sunday League Premier Division   more...

Semington's six on the trot

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Mid-Wilts Youth League, January 28

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Pilot fly up to second

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Bell close in on leaders

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Greyhound sneak through

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Chippenham Sunday League results and fixtures

Chipenham Sunday League results, January 28   more...

Wiltshire Times News

1,400 support rail petition

AN online petition about the state of services on the Westbury to Swindon railway line has been supported by nearly 1,400 people.   more...

Protesters due at health meeting

HEALTH chiefs will deliver their vision for the future of health care in west and north Wiltshire later this morning.   more...

New appeal over arson attack

POLICE are making a renewed appeal for witnesses to an arson attack in the lead up to its one-year anniversary.   more...

Youth shelter curbs vandalism

A NEW youth shelter in Chippenham has helped to curb vandalism in the area.   more...

Village hall plans submitted

PLANS for a new village hall in Heytesbury, near Warminster, have been submitted to West Wiltshire District Council.   more...

The magnificent seven!

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...

Computer first for doctors

A WARMINSTER GPs' surgery has become the first practice in Wiltshire to implement a revolutionary computer system.   more...

New child safety website to go live

AN INNOVATIVE approach to child protection is set to be unveiled on Wednesday as a new website goes live.   more...

Brendon wins place at top chef school

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...

Business finalists impress judges

COMPETITION has been red hot as finalists compete for the top prize in the inaugural Trowbridge Business Excellence Awards 2007.   more...

Conmen strike at home of OAP, 85

AN 85-YEAR-OLD man fell victim to distraction burglars at his home in Trowbridge this afternoon.   more...

On the run killer gives himself up

A MURDERER from Wiltshire who absconded from a Derbyshire open prison nearly three weeks ago has given himself up to police.   more...

Awards for radio volunteers

A YOUTH radio station is celebrating its achievements with an evening of music and awards.   more...

Wiltshire Times Sport

Bluebirds find all the right answers

CHIPPENHAM survived a scare on the Merthyr minefield to record their first   more...

Frome gain deserved victory

THE score line of Saturday's Toolstation League Premier Division game   more...

Westbury crash to third defeat

PORTISHEAD completed the double over Westbury and in the process gave   more...

Perrin decision delayed again

THE future of Chippenham Town manager Darren Perrin will not be decided for   more...

City move for Frome Town goalkeeper

FROME Town look set to lose goalkeeper Ray Johnson for the second time.   more...

Spine injury defender released from hospital

HALLEN defender Mark Reid, whose spinal injury caused Saturday's Les   more...

  
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