Wiltshire | Archive | 2007 | October
October 1981: Entertainer Rod Hull and his Emu were mobbed by crowds as they open the new Great Mills store in Canal Road, Trowbridge more...
In his exclusive weekly column, the club captain reveals the upbeat players can't wait to get stuck into high-flying Tranmere. more...
THE Wednesday open match at Viaduct Fishery again produced top class sport with carp feeding well. more...
SEVENTEEN stone builder decorator Peter Balcombe told police in an interview he did not intend to kill his wife but wanted to make her say sorry for telling him he was sexually inadequate. more...
PRIMARY school children in Holt have been learning about life in the war-torn country of Sudan as part of an overseas link with a school there. more...
A teenager had to be airlifted to hospital and his dad was left with a broken nose after more than 100 teenagers gatecrashed a 16th birthday party on Saturday night. more...
DAD Hamid Saeed says his family are too scared to go out because a gang of teenagers have been hurling racial abuse at them and throwing eggs at their front door. more...
A MUM was airlifted to hospital with head injuries after being in collision with a bus. more...
A MOTORBIKE was destroyed by fire in an incident in Chippenham last night. more...
FIRE crews from Chippenham and Corsham were called to Katherine Park at midday today after a wall collapsed on a workman. more...
GARY Higdon, who played over 40 games and scored nearly 30 goals for Winsley over the past three seasons, has joined Melksham-based Miller Sports. more...
AFC LYNEHAM might be rock bottom of Division Four and odds-on to pick up the wooden spoon next May, but their manager Jason Raven is doing everything he can to turn around the fortunes of his struggling side. more...
In this no-hold- barred re-telling of the 1994 cult film, award-winning Hollywood actor Christian Slater returns to the London stage to get under the skin of the charismatic and sharp-talking Buddy Ackerman in the world premiere of fast-moving, bitingly funny, thriller Swimming With Sharks. more...
Lying, cheating and stealing is all in a day's work in David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross. more...
Diana Rigg and Lesley Manville star in the world premiere of Samuel Adamson's new play, based on Pedro Almodóvar's Oscar-winning film All About My Mother. more...
FIRE crews have been called to Katherine Park in Corsham to rescue a man from scaffolding. more...
THE inquest into the death of Corsham School pupil Sam O'Dell will be held next week and has brought into focus, once again, calls for road safety. more...
CAR owners in Corsham were left with graffiti on their vehicles after an attack on Saturday night. more...
ANGRY residents living in Katherine Park in Corsham have spoken out against plans to open up links between two main roads amid fears it will create a dangerous rat run. more...
DIY store staff carried out their own fire fighting job after a burger van called Flaming Waynes caught alight. more...
BUSINESSES in Devizes are being warned to be on their guard against a bogus window cleaner. more...
POSTMAN Dave Toogood had an emotional send off from youngsters at St Barnabas Primary School in Market Lavington. more...
KENNET District Council is in negotiations with Wiltshire Primary Care Trust over buying the health clinic site in Devizes and could develop it for car parking. more...
Dynamic jazz bassist, Pete Maxfield, brings his quartet to Salisbury's Huntsman Tavern next Saturday (October 20). more...
IF you haven't followed any of Salisbury city art trail yet, don't worry as there is still time, with exhibitions and studios open up to and including Sunday (October 14). more...
INTERNATIONALLY renowned euphonium soloist, David Childs, special guests at a charity military band concert being held in Salisbury Cathedral on Saturday. more...
EVERYONE loves Lucy, the disorganised but intelligent cuttings library queen. more...
MUSIC-making in Salisbury is getting an exciting boost, thanks to the creative thinking of Fiona Clarke, musical director of Salisbury Community Choir. more...
IN DEMAND Tom Etheridge says he is happy to stay at Chippenham Town despite Swindon Supermarine's interest. more...
Devizes Badgers 1, Chippenham Badgers 2. CHIPPENHAM Badgers opened their season with a narrow away win over their neighbours. more...
LESLEY Bates meets a couple who enjoy an icy reception when they travel abroad more...
THIS is our family home and we will be heartbroken if we are forced to move - that is the message from Startley gypsies Rosemary and Jim MacDonald. more...
CHILDREN from Sherston Primary School have been helping staff at Tracklements make their annual batch of crab-apple jelly. more...
STAFF at a garden store have made a dream come true for Sherston toddlers - by helping them create a new garden. more...
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new house in Gloucester Street, Malmesbury, were in line to be given the green light last night. more...
MARLBOROUGH GP Dr Jonathan Glover has defended comments he made about the Clover Unit primary care centre in Swindon. more...
MARLBOROUGH'S new theatre company has appealed for the loan of two iron bedsteads and a 1950s gas stove for their upcoming production of a play by Harold Pinter. more...
AN Aldbourne woman has been found guilty of cheating Kennet District Council of more than £2,000 of benefit. more...
WESTWiltshire Housing Society has opened the first new homes in its £3m development at Lewington Close in Melksham. more...
THE annual fireworks display in Broughton Gifford promises to be the biggest and best yet as organiser celebrates 30th years of making sparks fly in the village. more...
"MICHELLE Tompkins... Makes sure her kids come first." That's the proud boast that heads up these weekly ramblings and, on the whole, it's true. more...
A PETITION campaigning for unmarked police cars to patrol the Forest has been launched by a Frogham man desperate to end the "carnage" of animal deaths on the roads. more...
A MAN was crushed to death at a landfill site near Ringwood yesterday. more...
A sunflower taken in his garden. more...
BT is hosting an event for businesses at Salisbury & South Wilts Golf Club in Netherhampton, near Salisbury, next month. more...
THE Holiday Inn Salisbury-Stonehenge is gearing up for a very special day tomorrow, thanks to the drivers of the British Touring Car Championships. more...
Hi everyone and welcome to the Gang Page. Salisbury City Art Trail is now under way and there are lots of wonderful pictures, sculptures and works of art to see. more...
"I don't think I even lost four games in a row as a player. more...
SUPPORTERS are reminded that Saturday's Blue Square Premier match between Salisbury City and Altrincham kicks off at 1pm and not the more familiar 3pm. more...
WITH reference to your excellent article about the increased volume, speed and size of traffic using the A338 through the Bourne Valley, Robert Key MP is also looking into the severe problem with traffic we have to put up with in the once lovely market town of Wilton. more...
I SYMPATHISE with the frustrations of bus users in the area detailed in the article titled "We are being taken for a ride" which appeared in the Journal on September 27. more...
A DOWNTON cartoonist and his wife have set up a new charity to support Britain’s wounded servicemen and women. more...
THE partner of a hospital patient who contracted MRSA has described how the infection turned a routine hip operation into a nightmare. more...
SHARON Foxton at the East Harnham Deli indulged her two passions at the weekend - food and art. more...
THE NFU is advising farmers to consider carefully how they respond to the European Commission's decision to reduce set-aside to zero for 2008. more...
SIXTY-one-year old Muriel Open has raised £1,100 for breast cancer services and the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal after a daredevil flight strapped to the top of a biplane. more...
THE PLANE crash in which three Swindon town bosses were seriously injured was caused by too little fuel in the aircraft. more...
JIM Little has urged Town fans to give all parties concerned time to get things sorted, insisting the club's best interests is everyone's priority. more...
A TASTE of Thailand is now on offer in Westbury following the opening of a new restaurant. more...
A RECENT television programme, Immigrants - the Inconvenient Truth, failed to address the concerns of the UK indigenous population. more...
I, for one, will not be writing to Swansea City in support of Nikqui Davis (SA, October 8). No football club stewards are perfect, but I think on one issue they have every right to be forceful - that of insisting that fans sit in the seats provided. more...
After reading the adverse reports in the Swindon Advertiser, it was with great dread that I entered the GWH for a knee replacement. more...
YOUR article Three-quarters of us affected by ID fraud' (SA, October 8) should send a chill warning. more...
REGARDING the item (SA, October 9) about the lady frightened by rats in her house, I would like to mention that I have seen a family of rats scampering around the bushes by the wall of the Old Post Office and also running across the steps leading up to the bushes on Fleming Way. more...
I would not need a crystal ball to predict the words and phrases that would appear after trying to deal with today's youth as responsible and able to do things legally, words like taggers, illegal, be punished not rewarded, send in the police, etc, etc - it's like a tape recording played over and over which you see time and time again in the paper. more...
HAVING read your report on the Contribution of Disabled People, and their suspicion that the 2012 Olympics was interfering with funding from the Big Lottery, with some concern I turned the page and was horrified by what I found. more...
A plane which crashed and seriously injured some officials of Swindon Town FC ran out of fuel, an Air Accidents Investigation Branch report concluded. more...
PARKING signs, charges and meters across Swindon may have to be changed after a motorist got an early morning ticket quashed. more...
A NIGHTCLUB owner says that he is working with police to improve the reputation of his venue, which has been linked to 111 emergency calls in the first nine months of this year. more...
A WEDDING shop is offering a £1,000 reward to catch a tagger who has vandalised its premises. more...
TAXPAYERS in Swindon will not be asked to cough up an extra penny for a canal through the centre of town. more...
PARKING signs, charges and meters across Swindon may have to be changed after a motorist got an early morning ticket quashed. more...
A NIGHTCLUB owner says that he is working with police to improve the reputation of his venue, which has been linked to 111 emergency calls in the first nine months of this year. more...
SHOP workers, cleaners and security guards have faced the threat of a terrorist attack at a Swindon shopping centre. more...
CRAFTY crooks are using Bluetooth technology to work out which cars have valuable devices inside. more...
REFINED Marlborough has been buzzing since renowned wild man Pete Doherty rolled into town. more...
OAK Lodge crisis house marked its first birthday by welcoming visitors to an open day at the unit in Stratton. more...
SHARON Perry said she had become a shoulder to cry on for her friend Peter Balcombe when his marriage was in trouble. more...
SCHOOLS across the town are set to share more than £52.7m in the next three years. more...
THE PLANE crash in which three Swindon town bosses were seriously injured was caused by too little fuel in the aircraft. more...
THE Goddard Arms, in Old Town, could be in the hands of a new owner soon. more...
DAVID Struve is trying to work out why his bikes are so popular with thieves. more...
TWO friends from Swindon have set up their own independent record label to promote local bands. more...
A WELL-known DJ fears someone is targeting him after a brick was thrown through his window. more...
A TAXI driver is angry that he was kept off the road by thieves who broke into his cab. more...
FORMER Swindon Town chief executive Mark Devlin says he will sue over the plane crash that almost left his son disabled. more...
After going in to Trowbridge hospital at midnight on October 6, Tracey Curtis was delighted when Nyah was born at 2.37am. more...
A honeymoon in the Maldives followed the wedding of Miss Claire Phelps and Mr Paul Irons at the Mendip House Hotel, Frome, on August 4. more...
A COUPLE who grew up in Warminster and attended Kingdown School were married at Islington Town Hall, London, on September 8. more...
ANNE Prosser, a retired Trowbridge hotelier, died aged 70 at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, on October 5, after a short illness. more...
Betty Palmer, the former owner of Betty's Wool Shop in Melksham, died at Staverton House on September 28 at the age of 87. more...
BETTY Hancock, who had lived on Scotland Road, Melksham, for almost all her life, died at home on October 7, aged 86. more...
We move back to Portway after taking a look at Warminster Hospital in last week's Then and Now. more...
Thanks to Gill Cooper, of Trowbridge, for this photo, taken in the late 1940s/early 1950s of a gang of men employed by A Mortimer and Sons, Builders of Broughton Gifford. more...
Wellington 0, Bradford Town 1. BRADFORD Town went out of the Les Phillips Cup after losing 1-0 away to a classy Wellington outfit last night. more...
A HALF-TIME dressing down from boss Kelvin Highmore inspired Melksham Town to an impressive 2-1 win against Bournemouth Poppies in the FA Vase. more...
BADMINTON: Mid-Wilts prevented Swindon from completing a clean sweep at the Wiltshire Veterans Inter-District County Tournament at Cricklade Leisure Centre. more...
MELKSHAM racer Simon Norris narrowly escaped with his life after colliding with a backmarker in an 80mph horror smash at Castle Combe on Saturday. more...
THAT uniquely comic, yet tuneful dueting combination of Swany Whistle and Copper Kettle, under the guidance of John Hillary and Andrew Bazeley, meant Barrelhouse Blues had made a welcome return to The Arc, albeit with a tinge of sadness and regret as they progress along the route of their farewell tour as John Hillary prepares to leave for France. more...
FRIDAY OCTOBER 12 more...
Tim Trounson is well known in Warminster having previously served as president on the local chamber of commerce group as well as his current role as chairman of the Warminster and Villages Community Partnership. more...
TWO fathers' rights campaigners will appear in court today charged with climbing on to Stonehenge. more...
THIS week's Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News is packed with news, sport and features, plus there's a fantastic 28-page nostalgia guide to life in 1980s Wiltshire. more...
EDUCATION ain't Everything is the title of a teen soap produced by the Media Production students at Wiltshire College Trowbridge. more...
A WRITER from Trowbridge has beaten off rivals to win a competition set by a national newspaper to compose the best introduction to a novel. more...
FITNESS fanatics from the town have raised thousands of pounds for charity after a lengthy endurance test. more...
AMID the closures of post offices across the country there is good news for one post-mistress who has been awarded for twenty years of service. more...
THE leader of West Wiltshire District Council has called for a full report in to the policy of naming streets after people following an article in the Wiltshire Times. more...
A WITNESS to a brutal attack on a cyclist in Warminster has expressed his anger after the injured man was made to wait two hours for the emergency services to arrive. more...
VITAL CCTV evidence is being examined after a vicious attack in which police had to use a trail of blood to find the victim. more...
THOUSANDS of pounds worth of perfume has been stolen from a shop in Warminster yesterday morning. more...
ARMED units, police helicopters, dog units and more than 20 officers from Warminster and Salisbury were involved in a car pursuit through Wiltshire yesterday. more...
TONS of teddies were brought along to a toddlers group in Westbury on Wednesday to raise money for the neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU) in Bath. more...
CONGRATULATIONS to our Junior of the Week, Paige McSorley, of Westbury, who wins a £5 voucher from The Toy Shop, plus two Happy Meals from McDonald's in Trowbridge, Melksham or Chippenham. more...
Brave Lydia Cross, who was taken to the hearts of Gazette readers, has won a prestigious Pride of Britain award for her determination to help others despite her battle against the killer disease meningitis. more...
LIVESTOCK farmers in Kennet will be restricted on moving their animals following the extension of the Bluetongue protection zone. more...
Olympic hero Shelley Rudman has given birth to a baby girl. more...
PARENTS in Wiltshire are being urged to apply for school places for their children for 2008/9 before the deadline. more...
WOOTTON Bassett Post Office has been voted the number one for customer service in a national competition. more...
Westbury Youth FC has established a Girl's Section during the past year and has a number of girls of varying ages who are keen to play in proper' matches. more...
BT is hosting an event for businesses at Salisbury & South Wilts Golf Club in Netherhampton, near Salisbury, next month. more...
THE Holiday Inn Salisbury-Stonehenge is gearing up for a very special day tomorrow, thanks to the drivers of the British Touring Car Championships. more...
A PETITION campaigning for more...
A MAN was crushed to death at a landfill site near Ringwood yesterday. more...
SHARON Foxton at the East Harnham Deli indulged her two passions at the weekend - food and art. more...
By Nigel Gillies more...
THE partner of a hospital patient who more...
SUPPORTERS are reminded that Saturday's Blue Square Premier match between Salisbury City and Altrincham kicks off at 1pm and not the more familiar 3pm. more...
FORMER Swindon Town chief executive Mark Devlin says he will sue over the plane crash that almost left his son disabled. more...
A HUSHED courtroom heard Peter Balcombe tell police officers how he squeezed his wife's neck and left her lifeless on the floor. more...
A FAMILY got more than they bargained for at their local fish and chip shop. more...
A WELL-known DJ fears someone is targeting him after a brick was thrown through his window. more...
THE Beatles had just released Sergeant Pepper, Harold Wilson was the Prime Minister, the Torrey Canyon ran aground and the Vietnam War was raging. more...
THE PLANE crash in which three Swindon town bosses were seriously injured was caused by too little fuel in the aircraft. more...
THE Goddard Arms, in Old Town, could be in the hands of a new owner soon. more...
DAVID Struve is trying to work out why his bikes are so popular with thieves. more...
A TAGGER who was caught red-handed by a member of the public walked free when police told him there was no-one available to deal with him. more...
TWO friends from Swindon have set up their own independent record label to promote local bands. more...
A TAXI driver is angry that he was kept off the road by thieves who broke into his cab. more...
PENHILL Primary School could be set to join the ranks of Swindon's new academy in a bid to improve standards. more...
CRAFTY crooks are using Bluetooth technology to work out which cars have valuable devices inside. more...
SUPERMARINE boss Mark Collier is refusing to change his team's style in the face of long-ball tactics which dominate the BGB Premier Division. more...
HIGHWORTH Town boss John Fisher is backing his in-form side to take their cup heroics back into league action tomorrow. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town captain Iain Harvey insists the prospect of a big FA Cup draw will be all the motivation his players need to sweep Bashley aside at Hardenhuish Park tomorrow. more...
CHRIS Pethick might need to pack some extra shin pads tomorrow when his Purton side travel to Westbury United in the Wilts Senior Cup. more...
Wiltshire League clubs have a chance to take on sides from the higher divisions in the first round of the Wilts Senior Cup, writes RAY BURROUGHS. more...
Olympic hero Shelley Rudman has given birth to a baby girl. more...
A teenager had to be airlifted to hospital and his dad was left with a broken nose after more than 100 teenagers gatecrashed a 16th birthday party on Saturday night. more...
PARKING signs, charges and meters across Swindon may have to be changed after a motorist got an early morning ticket quashed. more...
THE inquest into the death of Corsham School pupil Sam O'Dell will be held next week and has brought into focus, once again, calls for road safety. more...
DIY store staff carried out their own fire fighting job after a burger van called Flaming Waynes caught alight. more...
BUSINESSES in Devizes are being warned to be on their guard against a bogus window cleaner. more...
THIS is our family home and we will be heartbroken if we are forced to move - that is the message from Startley gypsies Rosemary and Jim MacDonald. more...
CHILDREN from Sherston Primary School have been helping staff at Tracklements make their annual batch of crab-apple jelly. more...
POSTMAN Dave Toogood had an emotional send off from youngsters at St Barnabas Primary School in Market Lavington. more...
KENNET District Council is in negotiations with Wiltshire Primary Care Trust over buying the health clinic site in Devizes and could develop it for car parking. more...
DAD Hamid Saeed says his family are too scared to go out because a gang of teenagers have been hurling racial abuse at them and throwing eggs at their front door. more...
A MUM was airlifted to hospital with head injuries after being in collision with a bus. more...
A NIGHTCLUB owner says that he is working with police to improve the reputation of his venue, which has been linked to 111 emergency calls in the first nine months of this year. more...
MARLBOROUGH'S new theatre company has appealed for the loan of two iron bedsteads and a 1950s gas stove for their upcoming production of a play by Harold Pinter. more...
AN Aldbourne woman has been found guilty of cheating Kennet District Council of more than ÂŁ2,000 of benefit. more...
WOOTTON Bassett Post Office has been voted the number one for customer service in a national competition. more...
STAFF at a garden store have made a dream come true for Sherston toddlers - by helping them create a new garden. more...
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new house in Gloucester Street, Malmesbury, were in line to be given the green light last night. more...
LIVESTOCK farmers in Kennet will be restricted on moving their animals following the extension of the Bluetongue protection zone. more...
FIRE crews have been called to Katherine Park in Corsham to rescue a man from scaffolding. more...
A plane which crashed and seriously injured some officials of Swindon Town FC ran out of fuel, an Air Accidents Investigation Branch report concluded. more...
PARENTS in Wiltshire are being urged to apply for school places for their children for 2008/9 before the deadline. more...
MARLBOROUGH GP Dr Jonathan Glover has defended comments he made about the Clover Unit primary care centre in Swindon. more...
Brave Lydia Cross, who was taken to the hearts of Gazette readers, has won a prestigious Pride of Britain award for her determination to help others despite her battle against the killer disease meningitis. more...
IN DEMAND Tom Etheridge says he is happy to stay at Chippenham Town despite Swindon Supermarine's interest. more...
THE Wiltshire Racial Equality Council has been labelled unfit for purpose after it was investigated by an independent consultant. more...
THE Royal United Hospital in Bath is one of the first trusts in the south west set to roll out a new programme to improve patient care. more...
A NEW survey reveals that 13 per cent of primary school pupils in Wiltshire have experienced bullying in the playground. more...
THOUSANDS of pounds worth of perfume has been stolen from a shop in Warminster yesterday morning. more...
PEOPLE in Westbury are being invited to comment tomorrow on Lafarge Cement's plans to use additional alternative fuels at its Westbury Works. more...
THE death knell may have been sounded for West Wiltshire District Council's fight against the unitary authority for Wiltshire. more...
THE inquiry office at the police station in Trowbridge has closed its doors to the public. more...
BIRD watchers are to be given "virtual" access to an out-of-bounds area of a Wiltshire nature reserve. more...
THIS week's Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News is packed with news, sport and features, plus there's a fantastic 28-page nostalgia guide to life in 1980s Wiltshire. more...
A ROCKET landed at a school in Trowbridge this week to launch its Family Learning Week. more...
RESIDENTS' fears that someone could be killed on a dangerous road junction in Warminster, after a serious accident there in July, have won the support of town councillors who have backed the bid for safety measures. more...
LITTLE William Flindall was rushed into an emergency operation just minutes after he was born. more...
ANGRY residents living in Katherine Park in Corsham have spoken out against plans to open up links between two main roads amid fears it will create a dangerous rat run. more...
A DANGEROUS paedophile is behind bars after being found guilty of molesting two young girls who had been left alone in his care. more...
ARMED units, police helicopters, dog units and more than 20 officers from Warminster and Salisbury were involved in a car pursuit through Wiltshire yesterday. more...
TWO fathers' rights campaigners will appear in court today charged with climbing on to Stonehenge. more...
A MAN who has had 69 operations since he was diagnosed with kidney failure days after he was born is getting on his bike to raise money for charity. more...
A MOTORBIKE was destroyed by fire in an incident in Chippenham last night. more...
FIRE crews from Chippenham and Corsham were called to Katherine Park at midday today after a wall collapsed on a workman. more...
CORSHAM Rugby club is playing its part in the RFU's Go Play Rugby campaign, more...
TROWBRIDGE Town manager Paul Shanley will warn his players about more...
WARMINSTER Town boss Paul Newman says today's home game against Fawley will more...
A HALF-TIME dressing down from boss Kelvin Highmore inspired Melksham Town more...
Wellington 0, Bradford Town 1 more...
MELKSHAM racer Simon Norris narrowly escaped with his life after colliding more...
FORMER England and Bath captain Phil de Glanville has challenged more...
FROME Town Ladies lost their Combination League game at Badgers Hill 5-1 more...
The final event of this season's Celtic Pro Tour is being held next more...
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