Wiltshire | Archive | 2007 | August
THE Bradfordian Dramatic Society is celebrating three nominations for the coveted Rose Bowl awards. more...
A man who brandished a shotgun and threatened to kill his stepson during a drunken row has escaped jail. more...
Chippenham toddler Charlie Weeks had to be air lifted to hospital after hurting his neck on a trampoline. more...
AFTER what seems a very short break, the teams from the Robson Taylor, Chippenham Sunday League are just a few days away from kicking-off the league's 42nd season. more...
PREMIER DIVISION: Reigning champions Corsham Centre will be bidding for a century and a hat-trick when the new league season opens on Sunday September 2. more...
DIVISION ONE: For the second year in succession the race for silverware in Division One promises to be a close one, with at least three of the five newly promoted teams in with a realistic chance of claiming promotion to the premiership. more...
DIVISION THREE: Eight new teams will be battling it out for honours in a new-look Division Three. more...
DIVISION FOUR: Five new teams are joining the league for the coming season and they will all kick-off in Division Four as unknown qualities. more...
DIVISION TWO: Despite there being seven new sides in the division, only 12 teams will compete for honours following the late withdrawal of Southwick Sports. more...
KNOCKOUT CUP: Defending press to print sponsored Eric Hughes Memorial Knockout Cup holders, Corsham Centre, will take some stopping as they bid to lift the trophy for a third time in four years. more...
WG PARR TROPHY: Premier Division outfit FC Colerne will be odds-on to hold onto the Westernsport-sponsored WG Parr Trophy, which they won last season by beating Pig and Whistle United 2-1 in the final. more...
PREMIER Division side Holt will be overjoyed if they can maintain their pre-season form when the 2007/08 season gets underway on Sunday. more...
LITTLE GEORGE V BROMHAM (SUNDAY) Little George and Bromham (Sunday) renew old rivalries and although it was the George who claimed three of the four points that were on offer last season when the sides clashed, Bromham will be determined to chalk up their first success over Matt Scoble's side, which has seen Steve Healy return to Biddestone Social. more...
WHITE HORSE FC V PACK HORSE RANGERS Relegated White Horse FC have home advantage against Pack Horse Rangers for their opener and the game is hard to call as both teams are going through a rebuilding stage having lost players during the summer break. more...
STEEPLE ASHTON RANGERS V TOWBRIDGE TOWN SUPPORTERS CLUB Steeple Ashton Rangers who begin life in the league with a home clash against Trowbridge Town Supporters Club may well be the side to watch. more...
CHIPPENHAM UNITED V OLD ROAD TAVERN Chippenham United's manager Richard Thorne will know how important it is for his team to start with a win when they travel to Sutton Benger where they will be entertained by Old Road Tavern, who have shocked a few of their opponents with their pre-season displays. more...
Defender Ross Adams believes Chippenham Town must take a step into the unknown if they are going to mount a promotion challenge. more...
Attempt at breaking world record for pillow fighting more...
Attempt at breaking world record for pillow fighting more...
Attempt at breaking world record for pillow fighting more...
Attempt at breaking world record for pillow fighting more...
Attempt at breaking world record for pillow fighting more...
Attempt at breaking world record for pillow fighting more...
BACK to school means for many parents buying their children mountains of new uniforms and sports kit. more...
ONE of the victims of knife-wielding heroin addict David Sturgess has slammed the leniency of his prison sentence. more...
£6,000 theft of baby goods POLICE are appealing for information after £6,000 worth of baby items were stolen from an industrial unit in Old Brickyard Road in Sandleheath. more...
TICKETS for Salisbury City's Blue Square Premier match away at Oxford United on Tuesday, September 25 are now on sale. more...
CHILDREN from poorer families in Salisbury are missing out on the excitement of school trips because they are too pricey for their parents to afford. more...
WEIGHING in at an amazing 64 lbs, Clive Williams' prize-winning marrow proved far too heavy to lift for the photo-call. more...
SIX teenagers are being questioned by police over the death of popular retired builder William Roy McGrath, who was found unconscious in an empty house nextdoor to his bungalow home in Tisbury on Sunday. more...
A POST MORTEM on retired Tisbury builder, Roy McGrath, has revealed he died from severe head injuries. more...
ENOUGH is enough. The time for Town's new owners/prospective new owners (delete as applicable), be they American/Portuguese (again, delete as applicable) to cast off the veil of secrecy and lack of information that hangs over the club is way overdue. more...
JIM Little believes the involvement of football agents at Swindon Town like the Castro brothers could provide a valuable "scouting system" at Paul Sturrock's disposal. more...
PAUL Sturrock admits he is experiencing his most frustrating season in football management as his hunt for new blood continues to hit problems and dead-ends. more...
"WE don't want the season to end," was the message from Neil Twine after his Wootton Bassett side clinched the West of England Wiltshire Division title on the penultimate Saturday of the summer. more...
WOOTTON Bassett 3rds' push for Wiltshire League Division Six honours was dealt a further blow with a five-wicket home defeat on Sunday by Corsham 4ths, following Saturday's defeat at Bath Civil Service 2nds. more...
A large crowd saw some fine racing at the A Plant LUX Traffic Sportscar Raceday at Castle Combe, writes CHRIS JAMES. more...
SHEFFIELD STORMERS won the inaugural Swindon Junior Ice Hockey Club's Under 14 Tournament. more...
Protesters were due to gather at North Wiltshire District Council last night to fight plans to build on land at Morstone Road in Wootton Bassett. more...
Pop phenomenon and railway enthusiast Pete Waterman will be returning to take part in Swindon's biggest railway festival. more...
More than 100 jobs will be lost at Swindon's Tyco plants as the American firm moves operations to the Czech Republic. more...
SWINDON'S own royal personage will travel to London to fix her own tribute to Princess Diana on the gates of Kensington Palace. more...
PEOPLE across Swindon are being asked to sit back, have a cup of coffee and relax while they help raise money for charity. more...
DURING all hours of the day and night it goes bing bong bing bong', and has left South Marston residents scratching their heads. more...
THE green shoots will not begin to appear for at least a week, but when they do Swindon youngsters will be proud of what they learned at summer school. more...
BECKY WHITE will set a shining example of sporting perseverance for pupils at St Joseph's Catholic College when she joins the school as head of girls' PE. more...
PEOPLE are being urged to use pedal power to raise money for charity. more...
WITH more than 1,000 untaxed vehicles in the county, Wiltshire Police have been out in force this month clamping down on car tax evaders. more...
A POLISH man who lashed out at a teenager after being teased for the way he spoke has been fined by a judge. more...
A CARER has been shortlisted for a chance to feature in a national award ceremony. more...
GRAPHIC images, which are set to appear on cigarette packets, have received the backing of Swindon Primary Care Trust (PCT). more...
WHEN young visitors gaze at the gleaming locomotive Caerphilly Castle during a visit to Swindon's Steam Museum, they are looking at the handiwork of Cyril Godwin. more...
A THERAPY centre manager has hit out at thieves who stole lead from the organisation's roof. more...
AS THE town's newest Army recruits took their oath of allegiance to the Queen, it was a proud moment for their families. more...
TELEVISION cameras will descend on the Ashton Keynes Flowers and Produce Show next month. more...
A SCOUT troop is reforming 10 years after it closed. more...
THE absence of Charlie Gjedde has again left Robins chief Alun Rossiter frustrated tonight - but at least he can make one young rider's dream come true at Poole (7.30pm), writes OWEN HOULIHAN. more...
BIDDESTONE beat Wootton Bassett by 55 runs in their Wiltshire Youth Cricket League Under 13s Division One match. more...
On the heels of 2005's The 40-Year-Old Virgin, writer/director Judd Apatow again mines hilarity from the relatively human in a comedy about a one-night stand with unexpected consequences. more...
Nick Hume (Kevin Bacon) has a stable, comfortable life. But one night when Nick is driving his son Brendan home from a hockey game, he stops for gas. more...
MORE than 550 children from across Wiltshire will take part in a football festival organised by The Wiltshire FA and supported by McDonald's, The FA's Community Partner on Sunday. more...
THE West Wiltshire Referees' Society will be holding a course for new football referees commencing September 20 at Wesley Road Methodist Church Hall, Trowbridge. more...
ICE HOCKEY: Following a successful inaugural season in the English National League's Southern Conference, the Swindon ENL Wildcats Development squad are back together. more...
Monday, September 3 until Saturday, September 8, Theatre Royal Bath. The Carl Rosa Company makes a welcome return to the Theatre Royal Bath to perform Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Yeoman of the Guard and Iolanthe next week. more...
Saturday, September 8, Rondo Theatre, Bath. In a flawless characterisation, Gary Barber guides us through the complexities of the theory of relativity in An Audience With Albert Einstein. more...
Until Saturday September 1, Theatre Royal Bath. COLOURFUL stage performance added to the magic and vigour expected of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s and Tim Rice’s family musical of Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Theatre Royal this week. more...
Prior Park College, Bath. For the tenth year, Theatre Royal Bath’s summer school project has worked its three-week miracle, producing a stunning theatrical work from scratch. more...
Civic Hall, Trowbridge. SETTLING into the jam-packed Civic Hall on Friday night I have to admit I was slightly nervous, having been involved with preparations for High School Musical. more...
TEENAGE mums wanting to get back to work have been proving themselves on Wiltshire College's Entry to Employment (E2E) scheme. more...
STARS from this year's Big Brother dropped into Virgin Mobile in Trowbridge today. more...
A TEENAGER is giving up her Sunday afternoon to raise money for a charity nature centre which was attacked by arsonists. more...
TROWBRIDGE Town Council has failed to win a grant towards plans to redevelop the Town Hall. more...
IT wasn't only the temperatures that soared at this year's summer show and falconry display at Maiden Bradley. more...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was thrown off his bike in a hit and run incident near Warminster on Sunday morning. more...
PARENTS of youths convicted for imitation firearms offences could also be prosecuted, according to a police inspector. more...
THE wife of Westbury mayor Charlie Finbow is setting up a self-help group for people affected by Multiple Sclerosis. more...
A WESTBURY-based garden designer is rooting for success at the National Garden Show. more...
Police have arrested a sixth person in connection with events that led to the sudden death of a 95-year-old man. more...
A 95-year-old man who died after being found unconscious in a disused building had suffered severe head injuries. more...
Stars from this year's Big Brother dropped into Virgin Mobile in Trowbridge today. more...
A man has died in hospital following a massive heart attack while out walking in Wootton Bassett. more...
SIX teenagers are being questioned by police over the death of popular retired builder William Roy McGrath, who was found unconscious in an empty house nextdoor to his bungalow home in Tisbury on Sunday. more...
A POST MORTEM on retired Tisbury builder, Roy McGrath, has revealed he died from severe head injuries. more...
TICKETS for Salisbury City's Blue Square Premier match away at Oxford United on Tuesday, September 25 are now on sale. more...
DURING all hours of the day and night it goes bing bong bing bong', and has left South Marston residents scratching their heads. more...
WITH more than 1,000 untaxed vehicles in the county, Wiltshire Police have been out in force this month clamping down on car tax evaders. more...
SWINDON'S own royal personage will travel to London to fix her own tribute to Princess Diana on the gates of Kensington Palace. more...
THE green shoots will not begin to appear for at least a week, but when they do Swindon youngsters will be proud of what they learned at summer school. more...
A POLISH man who lashed out at a teenager after being teased for the way he spoke has been fined by a judge. more...
A CARER has been shortlisted for a chance to feature in a national award ceremony. more...
GRAPHIC images, which are set to appear on cigarette packets, have received the backing of Swindon Primary Care Trust (PCT). more...
WHEN young visitors gaze at the gleaming locomotive Caerphilly Castle during a visit to Swindon's Steam Museum, they are looking at the handiwork of Cyril Godwin. more...
BECKY WHITE will set a shining example of sporting perseverance for pupils at St Joseph's Catholic College when she joins the school as head of girls' PE. more...
A THERAPY centre manager has hit out at thieves who stole lead from the organisation's roof. more...
AS THE town's newest Army recruits took their oath of allegiance to the Queen, it was a proud moment for their families. more...
TELEVISION cameras will descend on the Ashton Keynes Flowers and Produce Show next month. more...
A SCOUT troop is reforming 10 years after it closed. more...
PEOPLE across Swindon are being asked to sit back, have a cup of coffee and relax while they help raise money for charity. more...
IT is disturbing indeed that kerb crawlers have taken to abandoning their cars in order to avoid police attention during their squalid activities in Broadgreen. more...
IT'S a hard job, but somebody's got to do it. more...
A SCHOOL governor who drove his car while over the drink drive limit has been given a 16-month ban. more...
RESIDENTS in Broadgreen say kerb crawlers are abandoning their cars in an effort to avoid capture by the police. more...
PEOPLE are being urged to use pedal power to raise money for charity. more...
Police have arrested a sixth person in connection with events that led to the sudden death of a 95-year-old man. more...
Police and bomb squad officers were called to the Hathaway Retail Park in Chippenham this evening. more...
A 95-year-old man who died after being found unconscious in a disused building had suffered severe head injuries. more...
A man who brandished a shotgun and threatened to kill his stepson during a drunken row has escaped jail. more...
Stars from this year's Big Brother dropped into Virgin Mobile in Trowbridge today. more...
Chippenham toddler Charlie Weeks had to be air lifted to hospital after hurting his neck on a trampoline. more...
A man has died in hospital following a massive heart attack while out walking in Wootton Bassett. more...
Protesters were due to gather at North Wiltshire District Council last night to fight plans to build on land at Morstone Road in Wootton Bassett. more...
Pop phenomenon and railway enthusiast Pete Waterman will be returning to take part in Swindon's biggest railway festival. more...
More than 100 jobs will be lost at Swindon's Tyco plants as the American firm moves operations to the Czech Republic. more...
Defender Ross Adams believes Chippenham Town must take a step into the unknown if they are going to mount a promotion challenge. more...
THE wife of Westbury mayor Charlie Finbow is setting up a self-help group for people affected by Multiple Sclerosis. more...
TEENAGE mums wanting to get back to work have been proving themselves on Wiltshire College's Entry to Employment (E2E) scheme. more...
PARENTS of youths convicted for imitation firearms offences could also be prosecuted, according to a police inspector. more...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was thrown off his bike in a hit and run incident near Warminster on Sunday morning. more...
A WESTBURY-based garden designer is rooting for success at the National Garden Show. more...
STARS from this year's Big Brother dropped into Virgin Mobile in Trowbridge today. more...
ONE of the victims of knife-wielding heroin addict David Sturgess has slammed the leniency of his prison sentence. more...
IT wasn't only the temperatures that soared at this year's summer show and falconry display at Maiden Bradley. more...
BRITISH Waterways is holding a heritage awareness day at Bradford on Avon Wharf on the Kennet & Avon Canal next week. more...
MELKSHAM suffered a spate of alcohol-fuelled violence over the Bank Holiday weekend. more...
TROWBRIDGE Town Council has failed to win a grant towards plans to redevelop the Town Hall. more...
STUDENTS at a Westbury school are calling on local businesses to help them raise £15,000 so they can launch their own radio station. more...
BLOOD, sweat and tears literally went in to making this year's village fete in Rudge another success with more than 1,500 people turning out for the event. more...
A SHOP assistant has told of how she was threatened with a hammer during a robbery on a store in Bradford on Avon. more...
BUDGET supermarket chain Lidl has submitted plans to build a store in Melksham. more...
A TEENAGER is giving up her Sunday afternoon to raise money for a charity nature centre which was attacked by arsonists. more...
MOST people would agree this summer's weather has been unpredictable but in one Westbury garden things have literally gone bananas. more...
PLANS to transform the derelict Peter Black factory in Trowbridge into a new development will be unveiled to the public next week. more...
THE Bradfordian Dramatic Society is celebrating three nominations for the coveted Rose Bowl awards. more...
Following a successful inaugural season in the English National more...
BIDDESTONE beat Wootton Bassett by 55 runs in their Wiltshire Youth Cricket more...
MORE than 550 children from across Wiltshire will take part in a football more...
THE West Wiltshire Referees' Society will be holding a course for new more...
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