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Chippenham News

Protest march over health cuts

Health workers and members of the public marched in Chippenham this morning in protest at closures of community hospitals, minor injury units, maternity units and beds, announced by Wiltshire Primary Care Trust.  more...

Camilla to have operation on Monday

The Duchess of Cornwall is likely to have her hysterectomy operation on Monday.  more...

Chippenham Sunday League News

Sett faces fitness battle

FOURTH Division promotion hopefuls and WG Parr Trophy semi-finalists Little George FC have been hit by an injury crisis ahead of the most important few weeks of their season.  more...

Gazette Chippenham Town Fc

Halesowen Town 2 Chippenham Town 1

Southern League Premier Division  more...

Gazette Football

Full time Saturday March 3rd

Match report from Stockport County Coca Cola League Two Stockport County 3 Swindon Town 0 Stockport's long-term defensive absentees Keith Briggs, Michael Bowler and Michael Raynes were still not available, while for Swindon, defender Sofiane Zaaboub was suspended and Aidy Williams' ongoing knee problems look likely to keep the defender sidelined for the rest of the season.  more...

Gazette General Sport

Ogbourne marks 100 years of golf

Being centenary captain at Ogbourne Downs will be a family affair this year.  more...

Malmesbury News

Lorry crashes into bridge

The A429 at Corston was blocked this afternoon after a lorry crashed into the bridge.  more...

New Forest News

Show society sees planning bid fail

CONTROVERSIAL plans submitted by the New Forest Agricultural Show Society to develop an interpretation centre and build a new access road to the New Park showground have been refused planning permission.  more...

Salisbury City Fc News

Holmes ready for the final run-in/Fisher directions

SALISBURY City return to league action today aiming to put the disappointment of last weekend's FA Trophy quarter-final defeat behind them and continue their push for promotion to the Conference.  more...

Odds on a City win

SALISBURY City are slight underdogs to pick up all three points in today's Conference South match at fellow promotion hopefuls Fisher Athletic according to Independent Bookmakers.  more...

Today's line-up

Nick Holmes has been forced to make a couple of changes from the side that was defeated at Stevenage Borough.  more...

City 2-0 up at Fisher

Salisbury have dominated proceedings so far at Fisher Athletic, creating the lion's share of the chances in the first half.  more...

Tubbs makes it three

A Matt Tubbs penalty in the 62nd minute has put Salisbury City 3-0 up at Fisher Athletic.  more...

Turk at the double at Fisher

Wayne Turk has just made it 4-0 to Salisbury City with a volley from the edge of the box.  more...

Full-time at Fisher

It ended 4-1 at Fisher, the hosts netting a late consolation.  more...

Salisbury News

HSA incubator helps little lives

MEDICAL insurer HSA has donated £5,000 to purchase a state-of-the-art incubator for the Salisbury District Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit.  more...

Stonehenge secrets may lie by side of the road

AN archaeological expert has claimed that two innocuous-looking stones at the side of a road in Berwick St James could hold clues to the secrets of Stonehenge.  more...

Stfc Headlines

SWINDON TOWN: Westwood vows to make some noise

ASHLEY Westwood is aiming to provide a noisy soundtrack as part of his mission to help Town's big promotion push.  more...

SWINDON TOWN: Chester chance for Royce

ROYCE Brownlie sees his loan switch to Chester City as a massive' opportunity to delay his flight back to Australia.  more...

SWINDON TOWN: Smith is ready to do the Blizz

BATTLING through a Blizzard holds no fears for Jack Smith today with the right-back confident we've got our defensive act together'.  more...

SWINDON TOWN: Timlin prepared for boggy battle

EDGELEY Park has not always been the most pristine of surfaces and if it proves to be another boggy struggle for supremacy today then Michael Timlin says Town are perfectly prepared, writes JON RITSON.  more...

SWINDON TOWN: Ifil off as Town slip up

TOWN dropped out of League Two's automatic promotion places after a miserable 3-0 defeat at Stockport County.  more...

Swindon Cricket

CRICKET: Jon in full flight

JON Lewis insists England have every reason to be confident after jetting off for "the biggest tournament of his life" yesterday, writes ANDY CRYER.  more...

Swindon Football

Ladies face big cup test

SWINDON Town Ladies host Chesham United tomorrow in the quarter-final of the Ambassador South West Combination League Cup.  more...

NON LEAGUE: Draycott bags six in Marine romp

MARK Draycott scored all six goals in Swindon Supermarine's 6-3 win at Southern League Division One strugglers Hanwell Town.  more...

Swindon General Sport

GOLF: Ogbourne reaches 100 milestone

BEING centenary captain at Ogbourne Downs will be a family affair this year.  more...

GOLF: Skipper signals start of centenary

CENTENARY skipper Dave Haydon will get Ogbourne Downs' special year into full swing tomorrow by driving himself into office using an old hickory-shafted 3-wood.  more...

GOLF: News from around the clubs

Frank Nicholls, a retired company director from Burbage, will be the new club captain at Marlborough, writes ERNIE NEWELL.  more...

RACING: Turnell At The Double

Broad Hinton trainer Andy Turnell, in his second season at the impressive Elmcross House Stables, sent out two winners in two days last week.  more...

RACING: Local horses to the fore

Barbury Castle trainer Alan King had winners under both racing codes on Thursday with Old Benny and Rustarix winning over the jumps at Taunton, both ridden by stable jockey Robert Thornton, and on the all-weather at Lingfield.  more...

RACING: It's a Festival call to Arms

Jump racing fans looking for pointers to the Cheltenham Festival could do worse than join trainer Alan King, jockey Robert "Choc" Thornton, racing journalist Jonathan Powell and Ladbrokes representative Nick Clarke for a Festival preview evening at the Calley Arms at Hodson next Wednesday, March 7, at 7.30pm.  more...

RACING: No problem for Salaman

Baydon trainer Taffy Salaman saddled his first winner for a couple of years when Pocket Too won a juvenile hurdle race at Uttoxeter recently.  more...

RACING: Don't Miss Out

Huntingdon and Bangor keep the betting office busy tomorrow with the first race at Huntingdon scheduled for 2.10pm.  more...

DARTS: Tony's the top teen

TONY CLARK was the star of the show as Wiltshire Youths recorded their second win of the current campaign.  more...

MOTOR SPORT: Flood hits team Taunt

Rally driver Shelly Taunt from Highworth last weekend finished the Rallye Sunseeker in a creditable 46th place overall out of an entry of 91 - despite taking a stage maximum time at the seventh when her Subaru Impreza's engine flooded with water and came to a stop.  more...

NETBALL: Lawn bid for glory

LAWN are calling for some vocal backing as they prepare for a crunch fixture at the Link Centre tomorrow.  more...

RALLYING: Flood hits team Taunt

Rally driver Shelly Taunt from Highworth last weekend finished the Rallye Sunseeker in a creditable 46th place overall out of an entry of 91 - despite taking a stage maximum time at the seventh when her Subaru Impreza's engine flooded with water and came to a stop.  more...

DARTS: Tony's the top Teen

TONY CLARK was the star of the show as Wiltshire Youths recorded their second win of the current campaign, writes DAVE EATON.  more...

NETBALL: Lawn bid for glory

LAWN are calling for some vocal backing as they prepare for a crunch fixture at the Link Centre tomorrow.  more...

Swindon News

Fair with a green message

All are welcome to visit the Ashton Keynes Greener Village Fair.  more...

Pool pervert avoids jail

Swimming pool pevert Stephen Reynolds, who was caught pointing a camera at children under the cubicle of a changing room, has avoided a jail sentence.  more...

Man arrested after car attacks

Police in Swindon are appealing for information after numerous cars were broken into overnight on Friday and Saturday in Abbey Meads.  more...

Times Chippenhem Town Fc

Around the Southern League

HALESOWEN TOWN have signed Paul Devlin from Sutton Coldfield Town.  more...

Times Football

Toolstation League preview

Melksham Town v Frome Town  more...

Around the Sport Italia Hellenic League

HOUNSLOW BOROUGH founder Stefan Poulos has been reinstated as club chairman at an emergency general meeting of the club.  more...

Times Wiltshire News

Website and paper score big successes

EVEN though February is the shortest month of the year, it has been a big one for our website.  more...

Trowbridge News

MP investigates hospital options

WEST Wilts MP Dr Andrew Murrison is on a mission on Monday to investigate whether local community hospitals could reopen in the future.  more...

Wiltshire News

Theatre on schedule for re-opening

Wiltshire's biggest theatre will provide its audience with the comfiest of seats when it re-opens.  more...

Two killed in lorry smash

Two people were killed following a horrific crash on the A303 in south Wiltshire yesterday.  more...

Protesters block canal

Supporters of the Kennet and Avon Canal turned out in large numbers to protest against cuts in funding to the country's waterways maintenance budget.  more...

Young Voices Section

Skinny models are brainwashing us

Everyone has seen a catwalk; everyone knows who walks up and down that catwalk. Models.  more...

Salisbury Journal Sport

Today's line-up

Nick Holmes has been forced to make a couple of changes from the side that was defeated at Stevenage Borough.   more...

City 2-0 up at Fisher

Salisbury have dominated proceedings so far at Fisher Athletic, creating the lion's share of the chances in the first half.   more...

Tubbs makes it three

A Matt Tubbs penalty in the 62nd minute has put Salisbury City 3-0 up at Fisher Athletic.   more...

Turk at the double at Fisher

Wayne Turk has just made it 4-0 to Salisbury City with a volley from the edge of the box.   more...

Full-time at Fisher

It ended 4-1 at Fisher, the hosts netting a late consolation.   more...

Holmes ready for the final run-in/Fisher directions

SALISBURY City return to league action today aiming to put the disappointment of last weekend's FA Trophy quarter-final defeat behind them and continue their push for promotion to the Conference.   more...

Odds on a City win

SALISBURY City are slight underdogs to pick up all three points in today's Conference South match at fellow promotion hopefuls Fisher Athletic according to Independent Bookmakers.   more...

Swindon Advertiser Sport

SWINDON TOWN: Ifil off as Town slip up

TOWN dropped out of League Two's automatic promotion places after a miserable 3-0 defeat at Stockport County.   more...

NON LEAGUE: Draycott bags six in Marine romp

MARK Draycott scored all six goals in Swindon Supermarine's 6-3 win at Southern League Division One strugglers Hanwell Town.   more...

The Wiltshire Gazette And Herald News

Two killed in lorry smash

Two people were killed following a horrific crash on the A303 in south Wiltshire yesterday.   more...

Protest march over health cuts

Health workers and members of the public marched in Chippenham this morning in protest at closures of community hospitals, minor injury units, maternity units and beds, announced by Wiltshire Primary Care Trust.   more...

Protesters block canal

Supporters of the Kennet and Avon Canal turned out in large numbers to protest against cuts in funding to the country's waterways maintenance budget.   more...

Man arrested after car attacks

Police in Swindon are appealing for information after numerous cars were broken into overnight on Friday and Saturday in Abbey Meads.   more...

Lorry crashes into bridge

The A429 at Corston was blocked this afternoon after a lorry crashed into the bridge.   more...

Camilla to have operation on Monday

The Duchess of Cornwall is likely to have her hysterectomy operation on Monday.   more...

Pool pervert avoids jail

Swimming pool pevert Stephen Reynolds, who was caught pointing a camera at children under the cubicle of a changing room, has avoided a jail sentence.   more...

Theatre on schedule for re-opening

Wiltshire's biggest theatre will provide its audience with the comfiest of seats when it re-opens.   more...

The Wiltshire Gazette And Herald Sport

Ogbourne marks 100 years of golf

Being centenary captain at Ogbourne Downs will be a family affair this year.   more...

Full time Saturday March 3rd

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Halesowen Town 2 Chippenham Town 1

Southern League Premier Division   more...

  
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