Wiltshire | Archive | 2007 | July
Alfie at Lethbridge Fun Run more...
Alfie gets ready to start the Lethbridge Fun Run. more...
Alfie starts the Lethbridge Fun Run more...
Alfie at the Lethbridge Fun Run more...
ONE of the biggest brown trouts ever taken from Blagdon was caught last week be Clive Feddery of Bristol. more...
TO coincide with the launch of our petition to save the 400 jobs under threat at Bowyers, the Wiltshire Times has produced an exclusive video report putting the issue under the microscope. more...
THE weather was kind to revellers at a street party in Bradford on Avon over the weekend. more...
POLICE are hunting an armed robber who struck at a petrol station in Bradford on Avon this afternoon. more...
A missing man from Calne has turned up safe and well almost five weeks after vanishing from the home he shared with his mother. more...
The Corsham Running Club team prior to the race (20345/1) more...
Left, Charlotte Watkins, of Chippenham Harriers, and Sarah Jane Morris, from sponsors Sportzform, with the Harriers promotion team (20345/2) more...
Young entrants before the prize giving (20345/3) more...
Adam Lloyd, aged 13, from George Ward School, Melksham, winner of the 1.5 kilometre fun run (20345/4) more...
The start of the race as 272 runners take to the course along the River Avon at Monkton Park, Chippenham, (20345/5) more...
Race winner Daniel Woolford, from the Wessex and Bath club (20345/9) more...
Second placed Phil Kibble, of Wiltshire Police. (20345/10) more...
Alex Fisher, of Swindon Harriers, who finished third (20345/11) more...
Brian Gardiner, of Swindon Harriers, who finished fourth overall and second veteran (20345/12) more...
Top Corsham Running Club entrant Tim Hoare, who finished seventh overall and third male veteran (20345/13) more...
Devizes Running Club duo Nathan Smith and Nigel Lumber, who finished neck and neck (20345/14) more...
First lady home, Suzanne Clare (20345/15) more...
A 49-YEAR old man who disappeared from his home near Calne has been found. more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. By Helen Browne more...
Commonweal School Art Awards more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Winners: L-R Luke Spooner (Norgrove Award Progress Prize), Naomi Afouneh (Obey Play Stencil Award), Eloise Harding (Editors Choice) and Sam Lee (Best in Show). more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Pictured is work by Sam Lee. more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Naomi Afouneh who won the Obey Play Stencil Award more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Piece by Luke Spooner who won the Norgrove Award Progress Prize. more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Stencil piece by resident artist Andy Stott which he is giving to the school. more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Stencil piece by Sophie Lawrence more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Stencil piece by Helen Browne. more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Collective piece by students in a stencil workshop group ran by resident artist Andy Stott. more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Piece by resident artist Andy Stott. more...
Commonweal School Art Awards more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Sam Lee's Boy in Box which won Best In Show. more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Pictured is work by Sam Lee more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Swindon Advertiser Editors Choice by Eloise Harding (pictured). more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Piece by Simon Foster more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Piece by Elise Simmons. more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Piece by Helen Browne more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Piece by Sian Bishop more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Piece by Billie McVeigh more...
Commonweal School Art Awards more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Piece by Carra Bawn more...
Commonweal School Art Awards more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Stencil piece by Lee Horsell more...
Commonweal School Art Awards. Stencil piece by Tom Hitchcock more...
The jury in the case of a man accused of plotting a number of raids on post offices is due to retire to consider its verdicts today. more...
Two men from Corsham have been remanded in custody accused of robbing cash from an antique shop owner. more...
TWO men from Corsham have been remanded in custody accused of robbing the owner of an antique shop of cash. more...
Timothy Crook will appear in court today charged with the murder of his parents. more...
Returning to Marlborough for another year, the ever-popular Bob Hall Trio wowed the crowds once again with their foot-tapping mix of blues and boogie-woogie. more...
A broken A-string early on in Friday's performance did not deter 60s legend Julie Felix. more...
One of the more unusually compiled groups of the festival, SSOON, featuring the reed music of double bassoons accompanying crystal-clear vocals, provided light lunchtime entertainment at the Royal Oak on Saturday. more...
Apollo Big Band The Apollo Big Band brought traditional swing to Marlborough, with a two-hour set in the Priory Marquee. more...
This year's festivities were brought to a close by legendary clarinettist Acker Bilk, who had travelled across the border from his native Somerset to play a two-hour set in the Priory Marquee. more...
NEW Supermarine striker Toby Colbourne is relishing the prospect of leading the line against Swindon Town tonight after finally putting pen to paper at Hunts Copse. more...
WILTSHIRE performed an escape act Harry Houdini would have been proud of in registering their first point of the season in the Daily Telegraph Channel League with a 71/2-71/2 tie with champions Somerset at Hamptworth. more...
A VICTORIOUS Jamie Cox admits the fights can not come fast enough after revealing he will be an undercard fight to possibly the greatest European boxing showdown in history. more...
SWINDON are one of three sides within half a point of each other at the top of the Glos/Wilts table after a nail-biting victory over Goatacre at the County Ground. more...
The vineyards of the Loire valley follow France's longest river for around 400km from Sancerre to Nantes on the Atlantic coast. more...
The Loire Valley is home to a selection of grape varieties, particularly sauvignon blanc that makes wonderfully refreshing wines with delightful minerality that comes from the chalky soils of the region. more...
JAMIE Cox believes witnessing the "warrior" like qualities of rival Johnny Greaves and idol Amir Khan at first hand on Saturday night will help him in his bid to "bring titles back to Swindon". more...
RICHIE Woodhall believes Saturday night's debut victory was the "perfect start" to protege Jamie Cox's professional career, insisting boxing is not all about knockouts. more...
A VICTORIOUS Jamie Cox admits the fights can not come fast enough after revealing he will be an undercard fight to possibly the greatest European boxing showdown in history. more...
Police are searching for a 74 year old man missing from his home in Charlton. more...
Malmesbury wingwalker Danielle Hughes lit up the skies at the Royal International Air Tattoo at the weekend. more...
Firefighters were called to deal with a cleaning fluid leak in the River Kennett over the weekend. more...
RINGWOOD library was used by a convicted paedophile to view child pornography, Southampton Crown Court heard. more...
The witching hour would seem to be the best time to buy a book about a school of wizardry and once again Devizes bookshops will be opening at midnight to sell the latest Harry Potter book. more...
Fans of Harry Potter in the Devizes area were not disappointed with the latest film adventure of the student wizard as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix opened at the Palace Cinema in the Market Place. more...
SALISBURY City manager Nick Holmes said he was satisfied with Salisbury City's 5-1 friendly success at Weston-super-Mare on Saturday. more...
SALISBURY City's trip to Forest Green Rovers in September is one of the games being proposed for live coverage on Setanta TV. more...
SALISBURY City will be sending a side full of first team regulars to Gloucester City for tomorrow evening's friendly against the Southern League club. more...
THE total renovation of a thatched cottage in the village of Stapleford has earned Shabs Kay and Matt Fry an appearance in a television documentary. more...
THERE has been an increase in domestic violence and sexual assaults in the Amesbury area, according to details released by police. more...
OBJECTORS have won their fight to stop a block of flats, offices and shops being built on a corner site in the centre of Amesbury. more...
INJURY-haunted Steve Adams has a County Ground contract firmly in his sights after revealing his troublesome Achilles feels "brilliant" despite being tested to the limit over the past week. more...
CHRISTIAN Roberts is confident there is no County Ground striker crisis and insists even if there was he would not be the answer to the problem. more...
THE banter has been flying around the County Ground over the past few days as one of their own prepares to line up against them at Hunts Copse tonight, writes ANDY CRYER. more...
HANDS up who knows the identity, or even nationality, of the new consortium supposedly in the process of taking over at Swindon Town? more...
Swindon Cares Golf Day - Marlborough Golf Club. more...
Swindon Cares Golf Day - KC Clubs Golf Team more...
Swindon Cares Golf Day - The Bear Golf Team more...
Swindon Cares Golf Day - The Bear Golf Team more...
Swindon Cares Golf Day - Newsquest Golf Team more...
Swindon Cares Golf Day - The 4 Stars Golf Team more...
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Swindon Cares Golf Day more...
Swindon Cares Golf Day more...
SWINDON are one of three sides within half a point of each other at the top of the Glos/Wilts table after a nail-biting victory over Goatacre at the County Ground, writes GARETH MOORHOUSE. more...
AS Edwards, it was wholeheartedly a dancing and drinking centre, with a big open space in the middle of the bar. more...
ROB Warensjo produced his best performance of the season with a personal best of 4.45m in the senior boys' pole vault at the Sainsbury's English Schools' Track and Field Championships. more...
On the medal front the Wiltshire squad picked up two golds and two silvers, writes KEVIN FAHEY. more...
A woman was treated for burns at the scene of a lounge fire in Swindon. more...
Men brandishing handguns have robbed cash from a William Hill betting shop. more...
A heroin addict burglar who threatened to stab a householder who confronted him has walked free from court. more...
A 38-year-old Old Town man is to face trial by jury accused of glassing a drinker in a town pub. more...
A Gorse Hill man is face trial by jury after pleading not guilty to a charge of dangerous driving. more...
The organisers of this year's Royal International Air Tattoo promised it would be the biggest and best yet. more...
A drug dealer caught peddling heroin and crack cocaine on the streets of Swindon has been jailed for 21 months. more...
A man has admitted having more than 380,000 indecent images of children, some as young as four. more...
As the planes zoomed overhead, the crowd of thousands looked on in awe. more...
A man has been remanded in custody accused of possessing a false passport and driving licence. more...
The Swindon Shuffle festival is putting the town's music scene on the map with more than 40 bands playing over four days, across six venues with over 100 hours of live music. more...
A 43-year-old man has been remanded in custody on suspicion of murdering his elderly parents. more...
A HEROIN addict burglar who threatened to stab a householder who confronted him has walked free from court. more...
THE NEW minister for the south west has said Swin-don's town centre is headed in the right direction in spite of mistakes being made in the past. more...
A SWINDON centenarian has died six months after her landmark birthday. more...
NEXT year's Royal International Air Tattoo may see day-specific tickets brought in to help ease congestion - after a bumper turn-out this year. more...
Marlborough Road in Old Town has been closed while the emergency services deal with an accident. more...
HIGHWORTH is set to host a concert extravaganza to raise funds to buy a prosthetic leg for PC Martin Miles. more...
THERE may have been dark clouds overhead, but it did not stop families in Pinehurst from having fun. more...
EXCLUDED pupils who come back to linger outside school gates could land their parents with a £50 fine from September. more...
UNIVERSITY students from Swindon have made a short film about bowling featuring a glamour model, which they hope to show at movie festivals. more...
IS IT heavy-handed to charge parents £50 if their children are caught in public places during the first five days of a school exclusion? more...
SWINDON Town FC are raising money for the Prospect@Home appeal by inviting children to become mascots at their match of legends. more...
YOUNGSTERS from across Swindon are being given the chance to lead some of the town's footballing legends onto the pitch. more...
COUNCILLORS have won a battle to stop a phone mast being built. more...
A MAN has appeared in court charged with murdering his elderly parents. more...
GREAT BRITAIN will be looking to make home advantage pay at Coventry when they compete in Event Two of the 2007 Speedway World Cup tonight. more...
Australia captain Leigh Adams insists Thursday race-off host Leszno will be better suited to his team than Saturday's first round venue Vojens. more...
EVEN though she has no formal training, it's not surprising that Milla Mackley has ended up in the food trade. more...
STEVE Hale is holding a two-day goalkeeping course during the school summer holidays. more...
NEW Supermarine striker Toby Colbourne is relishing the prospect of leading the line against Swindon Town tonight after finally putting pen to paper at Hunts Copse. more...
FC BRADFORD are back to winning ways in the Proleagues five-a-side league at Trowbridge Sports Centre thanks to a 9-1 win over The Hoops. more...
GOLF: Adam Carson, the newly crowned English under 16s champion, will attempt to make it a double with the under 18s title in the Carris Trophy to be held at Saunton Golf Club in north Devon from July 24 to 26. more...
MOTOR RACING: Trowbridge’s Mark Funnell was the star of the Castle Combe Circuit’s Summer Racing Festival at the weekend, taking two superb wins but being cruelly denied a third stunning victory in the savesometax.co.uk Special GT Championship race. more...
THE Rugby World Cup trophy is coming to a Trowbridge school on Wednesday. more...
A TRADING standards officer with Wiltshire County Council has appeared in court charged with stealing from his employer. more...
AFTER learning all about fire safety, Tanith Hedges was concerned her Brownie Hall did not have any smoke alarms. more...
THE jury in the trial of Vivian Gilling have been sent home for the night after spending 59 minutes considering their verdicts. more...
A BLOOMING marvellous day was had by more than 1,000 horticultural fans at the 40th anniversary of the Sutton Veny Flower Show. more...
PROPOSALS have been put forward to close and divert sections of a public rights of way as part of Lafarge Cement's Westbury Works chalk quarry extension scheme. more...
GOVERNORS have backed plans to move a west Wiltshire secondary school to a new site. more...
ALMOST 1,000 people passed through the doors of the Westbury bypass exhibition last month, it was revealed today. more...
WESTBURY Rotary Club has handed out £2,300 to 16 local organisations. more...
PLANS for a £1.3m revamp of Westbury town centre are about to enter a second phase. more...
MONSTERS made of vegetables were spotted at the Westbury Junior School fete on Saturday. more...
This year's national Mobility Roadshow will give disabled people in Wiltshire the chance to learn hot to fly. more...
Almost 1,000 people passed through the doors of the Westbury bypass exhibition last month, it was revealed today. more...
Divers from Calne have discovered the remains of cottages at the bottom of Bowood Lake after plunging into its depths for a weekend dive. more...
Cornwall's Joe Crane leaps for an attempted catch off James Golding (20340/2) more...
James Golding batting in Wiltshire's first innings (20340/ 5) more...
James Hibberd and James Golding hold a midwicket conference during their first innings partnership (20340/6) more...
Wiltshire captain James Hibberd hits a boundary during his first innings century (20340/7) more...
Wiltshire captain James Hibberd leg glances for more runs (20340/8) more...
Wiltshire's James Golding plays it one-handed (20340/9) more...
James Hibberd hits a six clean out of the Corsham ground on his way to his first innings century (20340/11) more...
Not quite so elegant from Wiltshire captain James Hibberd (20340/12) more...
James Hibberd acknowledges the applause after reaching his century (20340/13) more...
Wiltshire bowler Alex Senneck in action (20340/14) more...
Wiltshire's close catchers wait for a chance from Cornwall batsman Joe Crane (20340/15) more...
Wiltshire wicketkeeper Tom Morton celebrates a catch (20340/16) more...
The Wiltshire slip cordon waits for a chance (20340/18) more...
James Hayward takes the catch to dismiss Cornwall's Joe Crane (20340/19) more...
James Hayward is congratulated by his Wiltshire team-mates after catching Cornwall's Joe Crane (20340/20) more...
SALISBURY City manager Nick Holmes said he was satisfied with Salisbury City's 5-1 friendly success at Weston-super-Mare on Saturday. more...
SALISBURY City's trip to Forest Green Rovers in September is one of the games being proposed for live coverage on Setanta TV. more...
SALISBURY City will be sending a side full of first team regulars to Gloucester City for tomorrow evening's friendly against the Southern League club. more...
A DISGRACED soldier who launched an unprovoked attack on a man in the town centre has been fined £350. more...
A MAN has appeared in court charged with murdering his elderly parents. more...
A HEROIN addict burglar who threatened to stab a householder who confronted him has walked free from court. more...
THE NEW minister for the south west has said Swin-don's town centre is headed in the right direction in spite of mistakes being made in the past. more...
A SWINDON centenarian has died six months after her landmark birthday. more...
NEXT year's Royal International Air Tattoo may see day-specific tickets brought in to help ease congestion - after a bumper turn-out this year. more...
Marlborough Road in Old Town has been closed while the emergency services deal with an accident. more...
HIGHWORTH is set to host a concert extravaganza to raise funds to buy a prosthetic leg for PC Martin Miles. more...
THERE may have been dark clouds overhead, but it did not stop families in Pinehurst from having fun. more...
EXCLUDED pupils who come back to linger outside school gates could land their parents with a £50 fine from September. more...
UNIVERSITY students from Swindon have made a short film about bowling featuring a glamour model, which they hope to show at movie festivals. more...
IS IT heavy-handed to charge parents £50 if their children are caught in public places during the first five days of a school exclusion? more...
SWINDON Town FC are raising money for the Prospect@Home appeal by inviting children to become mascots at their match of legends. more...
YOUNGSTERS from across Swindon are being given the chance to lead some of the town's footballing legends onto the pitch. more...
COUNCILLORS have won a battle to stop a phone mast being built. more...
Men brandishing handguns have robbed cash from a William Hill betting shop. more...
The organisers of this year's Royal International Air Tattoo promised it would be the biggest and best yet. more...
A housing developer has agreed to help fund a community centre in Calne in return for permission to build in the town. more...
This year's national Mobility Roadshow will give disabled people in Wiltshire the chance to learn hot to fly. more...
A drug dealer caught peddling heroin and crack cocaine on the streets of Swindon has been jailed for 21 months. more...
A man has admitted having more than 380,000 indecent images of children, some as young as four. more...
Firefighters were called to deal with a cleaning fluid leak in the River Kennett over the weekend. more...
Almost 1,000 people passed through the doors of the Westbury bypass exhibition last month, it was revealed today. more...
As the planes zoomed overhead, the crowd of thousands looked on in awe. more...
A man has been remanded in custody accused of possessing a false passport and driving licence. more...
Divers from Calne have discovered the remains of cottages at the bottom of Bowood Lake after plunging into its depths for a weekend dive. more...
Two men from Corsham have been remanded in custody accused of robbing cash from an antique shop owner. more...
A missing man from Calne has turned up safe and well almost five weeks after vanishing from the home he shared with his mother. more...
Malmesbury wingwalker Danielle Hughes lit up the skies at the Royal International Air Tattoo at the weekend. more...
Police are searching for a 74 year old man missing from his home in Charlton. more...
The Swindon Shuffle festival is putting the town's music scene on the map with more than 40 bands playing over four days, across six venues with over 100 hours of live music. more...
A heroin addict burglar who threatened to stab a householder who confronted him has walked free from court. more...
A 38-year-old Old Town man is to face trial by jury accused of glassing a drinker in a town pub. more...
A 43-year-old man has been remanded in custody on suspicion of murdering his elderly parents. more...
A Gorse Hill man is face trial by jury after pleading not guilty to a charge of dangerous driving. more...
The jury in the case of a man accused of plotting a number of raids on post offices is due to retire to consider its verdicts today. more...
A woman was treated for burns at the scene of a lounge fire in Swindon. more...
WILTSHIRE performed an escape act Harry Houdini would have been proud of in registering their first point of the season in the Daily Telegraph Channel League with a 71/2-71/2 tie with champions Somerset at Hamptworth. more...
A VICTORIOUS Jamie Cox admits the fights can not come fast enough after revealing he will be an undercard fight to possibly the greatest European boxing showdown in history. more...
SWINDON are one of three sides within half a point of each other at the top of the Glos/Wilts table after a nail-biting victory over Goatacre at the County Ground. more...
NEW Supermarine striker Toby Colbourne is relishing the prospect of leading the line against Swindon Town tonight after finally putting pen to paper at Hunts Copse. more...
THE weather was kind to revellers at a street party in Bradford on Avon over the weekend. more...
TWO men from Corsham have been remanded in custody accused of robbing the owner of an antique shop of cash. more...
GOVERNORS have backed plans to move a west Wiltshire secondary school to a new site. more...
A BLOOMING marvellous day was had by more than 1,000 horticultural fans at the 40th anniversary of the Sutton Veny Flower Show. more...
THE jury in the trial of Vivian Gilling have been sent home for the night after spending 59 minutes considering their verdicts. more...
A 49-YEAR old man who disappeared from his home near Calne has been found. more...
ALMOST 1,000 people passed through the doors of the Westbury bypass exhibition last month, it was revealed today. more...
A TRADING standards officer with Wiltshire County Council has appeared in court charged with stealing from his employer. more...
WESTBURY Rotary Club has handed out £2,300 to 16 local organisations. more...
AFTER learning all about fire safety, Tanith Hedges was concerned her Brownie Hall did not have any smoke alarms. more...
PROPOSALS have been put forward to close and divert sections of a public rights of way as part of Lafarge Cement's Westbury Works chalk quarry extension scheme. more...
POLICE are hunting an armed robber who struck at a petrol station in Bradford on Avon this afternoon. more...
MONSTERS made of vegetables were spotted at the Westbury Junior School fete on Saturday. more...
PLANS for a £1.3m revamp of Westbury town centre are about to enter a second phase. more...
THE Rugby World Cup trophy is coming to a Trowbridge school on Wednesday. more...
STEVE Hale is holding a two-day goalkeeping course during the school summer more...
Trowbridge's Mark Funnell was the star of the Castle Combe more...
FC BRADFORD are back to winning ways in the Proleagues five-a-side league at more...
NEW Supermarine striker Toby Colbourne is relishing the prospect of leading more...
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