Wiltshire | Archive | 2007 | September
WEIGHTS fell below their best in the Lavington match on Sunday at Ellis Lake. more...
CALNE members enjoyed outstanding sport in their club match at Bowood on Sunday, with bream feeding ravenously. more...
PURTON romped to a comprehensive victory in the last Swindon and District Men's Bowling Association final of 2007. more...
STUDENTS from St Laurence School have had their artwork displayed in Bradford on Avon library. more...
Ambitious plans to develop Chippenham Golf Club into a multi-million pound hotel and golf complex have been given the thumbs up by local people. more...
POLICE are calling for new powers to curb drinking in public places in Chippenham. more...
DOTING dad Tom Pearce turned down the chance to receive an award because he wanted to attend his daughter's photography exhibition. more...
DIVISION TWO: Pacesetters White Hart Combe return to league action after missing a week due to cup commitments. more...
WESTBURY Rangers B have signed former Virgin Mobile striker Ian Standing, who is in line to make his debut in Sunday's Third Division game away to Bromham. more...
STRIKER Tamlyn Goodrich is in line to make a surprise return to the Biddestone White Horse side for Sunday's Third Division game with Churchill Arms. more...
KNOCKOUT CUP: Fourth Division stable mates Wanderers and Corsham United lock horns at Southwick on Sunday in the only match in the preliminary round of the press to print-sponsored Eric Hughes Memorial Knockout Cup. more...
PREMIER DIVISION: Four teams put their unbeaten starts to the season on the line in this Sunday’s Premier Division programme. more...
DIVISION ONE: The top match in Division One is undoubtedly the one at Sands Lane, Rowde, where Kevin Whitbread’s side welcome leaders The Ship FC, who won the last encounter between the teams 6-2 with Dave and Shaun Percival scoring two goals each. more...
DIVISION THREE: Biddestone White Horse are the surprise front runners in Division Three and Matt Unwin’s side have a good chance of making it four victories out of four games when they take on Churchill Arms on Sunday. more...
DIVISION FOUR: There might be only three matches in Division Four and only one of the six teams who are in action have won a game this season. more...
The new £1.2m Pound Arts Centre in Corsham will be officially opened to the public this Friday (September 28). more...
A FRUSTRATED David Howell slammed his halfway stage exit from the British Masters as a "disaster" as he missed the cut at the Belfry yesterday in spectacular fashion, writes Andy Cryer. more...
Wroughton, looking to halt a slide after two successive defeats, entertain Bradford Town in the Wilts Premier Division this weekend. more...
Wootton Bassett manager Paul Burke will take a trip to the seaside to blow the cobwebs out following his side's FA Cup exit. more...
Saturday's game at Halesowen represents the biggest test for us so far this season. more...
Hasney Aljofree is facing a minimum of four to six weeks on the sidelines but admits during a "rollercoaster" few days he was fearing the news would be much more serious. more...
Town chairman designate Jim Little has again urged patience as the takeover saga at the County Ground continues. more...
The Swindon squad were put through a rigorous training session in front of goal yesterday as boss Paul Sturrock tried to rid the unwanted tag of draw specialists. more...
On Tuesday Paul Sturrock was yet again due to meet with the people who are still being referred to as the new owners' of Swindon Town in one sentence, while the phrase impeding takeover' can still be found in the next. more...
Jack Smith is already resigned to a spell on the substitutes bench after his bid to play through the pain barrier ended in disappointment. more...
DAVID Howell has certainly endured more downs than ups in a tumultuous 2007 to date, so an even par opening round of 72 at the Belfry yesterday came as something of a relief to the Swindon star. more...
A PUBLICAN believes her business will suffer if a roundabout is installed outside her award-winning restaurant. more...
TWO teenagers from west Wiltshire died in a road accident in Dorset yesterday. more...
A PENSIONER who moved to Wiltshire after being forced to flee the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe has died at the age of 84. more...
MELKSHAM Assembly Hall will be the venue for the sixth annual Autumn Crafts Fair next weekend. more...
BUZZ Lightyear saved the day, pirates terrorised the shipping lanes and King Kong scaled the Empire State building - all in Ringwood at the weekend. more...
Nathan Craze is determined to repay the career lifeline thrown to him by Peter Russell, claiming with him in charge the future can only be bright for the Wildcats. more...
We had a great result at the weekend when we beat Bracknell 8-1 on their own ice but I am not letting anyone get carried away. more...
It gets better every yearthat's how Pewsey Carnival Wheelbeero race organised Tony Kimber summed up Thursday's event. more...
John Parsons from Swindon sent in this picture from the recent open day at Wroughton Airfield more...
The big news this week is as obvious as the hair on Lee Peacock's head - and it is, in fact, the hair on Lee Peacock's head. more...
NORTHWICH Victoria go into tomorrow's Blue Square Premier game with Salisbury City under new management following the resignation of Neil Redfearn earlier this week. more...
SALISBURY City manager Nick Holmes is able to choose from a fully fit squad for tomorrow's Blue Square Premier match at home to bottom-of-the-table Northwich Victoria. more...
INDEPENDENT Bookmakers have again made Salisbury City firm favourites to bank all three points when they host Northwich Victoria in their latest Blue Square Premier match. more...
A GRIEVING nurse has launched a scathing attack on Salisbury District Hospital over the way she claims she and her family were treated following her brother's death at the hospital earlier this month. more...
THE Army Air Corp celebrated its 50th year last weekend with a royal visit from HRH Prince Charles, who is the AAC’s Colonel-in-Chief. more...
MERIDIAN television, the Southampton-based regional newsroom covering Hampshire and south Wiltshire, is set to be axed as part of a national shake-up of ITV's regional programmes. more...
FORMER Town defender Luc Nijholt insists the European style management set-up is "the best in the world" and has rubbished fears too many cooks could spoil the broth at the County Ground. more...
FORMER Town defender Luc Nijholt insists the European style management set-up is "the best in the world" and has rubbished fears too many cooks could spoil the broth at the County Ground. more...
HASNEY Aljofree is facing a minimum of four to six weeks on the sidelines but admits during a "rollercoaster" few days he was fearing the news would be much more serious. more...
THE entire Swindon squad were put through a rigorous training session in front of goal yesterday as boss Paul Sturrock tried to rid the unwanted tag of draw specialists', writes ANDY CRYER. more...
BILLY Paynter believes former Hull teammate Sam Collins could become a firm County Ground favourite as Town boss Paul Sturrock looks set to move in the loan market. more...
THEY say good things come to those who wait so Town's Chris Blackburn must have a lot to look forward to after enduring a frustrating absence from league football. more...
HAVING lived in the shadows of his little brother for all of their sporting lives, Ian Howell is finally enjoying some of the headlines himself after being snapped up by European giants Chelsea, writes ANDY CRYER. more...
SWINDON Town Ladies play home to Southampton Saints in the South West Combination League tomorrow. more...
PAUL Burke will take a trip to the seaside to "blow the cobwebs out" following Wootton Bassett's FA Cup exit. more...
JP MILLS is determined to add a killer instinct to Supermarine's Southern League cause while boss Mark Collier battles against the budget to bring in some older heads. more...
CIRENCESTER Town boss Adie Viveash is busy plotting Merthyr Tydfil's downfall after masterminding a long-awaited first win of the season in the FA Cup replay at Cinderford. more...
HIGHWORTH Town boss John Fisher is preparing for a mini "European adventure" tomorrow in the second qualifying round of the FA Vase. more...
WROUGHTON, looking to halt a slide after two successive defeats, entertain Bradford Town in the Wilts Premier Division this weekend, writes RAY BURROUGHS. more...
THE UK's premier rally day takes place at Castle Combe Circuit near Chippenham tomorrow, an annual event that, in the past, has attracted upwards of 10,000 spectators. more...
WILTSHIRE began life in Division Four of the inter-county championship with a morale-boosting win over Isle of Wight, writes DAVE EATON. more...
NATHAN Craze is determined to repay the career lifeline thrown to him by Peter Russell, claiming with him in charge the future can only be bright for the Wildcats. more...
REGARDING the article demonising the GWH, normally I would turn the page and ignore such drivel (my opinion). more...
YOU ask us to help you catch the crying boy again. I met this man a few years ago behind Lloyds Bank in Old Town - he asked me for money, told me his story but offered to give me his jacket for money. I gave him the contents of my parking money purse. more...
WHEN you consider that we now have a weekly collection for items that do not rot (paper and glass) and a fortnightly collection for rubbish that does rot and smell and encourages vermin, one wonders about the intelligence of this Tory council. more...
FOR thousands of adults and children in the UK living with Dyspraxia, everyday activities can be problematic. more...
IT would seem Swindon council just does not learn from their past mistakes with protecting our historic buildings. more...
I AM prompted to write after reading your coverage (SA, September 18) of the plan to rebuild the frontage of the old Baptist Tabernacle. more...
I am usually delighted to read Shirley Mathias's weekly column, but this week I think she has got her teeth into somebody else's Sunday roast (SA, September 19). more...
A vomiting and diarrhoea outbreak has closed two schools in Swindon. more...
A union has criticised redundancy packages being offered to staff at Swindon Borough Council. more...
Drugs police have issued a warning to users and dealers after two raids in Swindon. more...
Another company has unveiled plans to build a hotel close to the centre of Swindon. more...
Swindon residents have not had their fears about ID cards dispelled by the Government minister in charge of them. more...
Dole cheat Sadete Myrtozai has been warned she could jailed after admitting claiming tens of thousands of pounds in benefit while working. more...
The heroin addict son of a senior probation officer has walked free from court after admitting robbing a woman of her handbag. more...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a Robbery that happened in Whitehouse Road, Swindon on Tuesday evening. more...
A VOMITING and diarrhoea outbreak has closed two schools in the town. more...
NEW laws restricting the sale of BB guns will not come a moment too soon. more...
PLAYING with BB guns can have fatal consequences - that's the message from Swindon police. more...
THEY say the show must go on - and a year after closing its doors, the Wyvern Theatre is finally ready to open to the public. more...
EMPLOYEES from Intel are taking part in the Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for the Meningitis Trust. more...
PHOTOGRAPHY student Deanna Barwell will see her work published after getting through to the semi final of an international competition. more...
WORLD Peace Day was marked with a 14-hour vigil at a Swindon church. more...
IT BEGINS with a canine constitutional and will end with bands, banter and a jam session. more...
TWO months after yobs destroyed Crowdys Hill School's animal sanctuary, youngsters are holding a fun day to see the site fully restored. more...
RISING numbers of Catholic immigrants mean schools in Swindon town centre are full to capacity. more...
A COUPLE who admitted cashing thousands of pounds in stolen Post Office savings stamps have been handed community penalties. more...
ZIPPOS Circus has been wowing children and adults alike since it opened in Swindon. more...
BROADGREEN residents are determined that they will not have to find a home for wheelie bins. more...
STUDENTS from courses across the board at Swindon College have been celebrating their achievements for the past year. more...
Gjedde plotting payback for earlier hammering by Bees more...
LUKE Gullick's season is beginning to fall into place after he scored his first goal for Chippenham Town in Tuesday's FA Cup victory against Beaconsfield SYCOB. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town take on Halesowen at the Grove tomorrow in a bid to close the gap on Premier Division leaders Hemel Hempstead. more...
WINGER Ross Plain has rejoined Toolstation League Premier Division side Frome Town. more...
TROWBRIDGE Town players will finally receive their medals for finishing runners-up in the Hellenic League Division One West last season. more...
BRADFORD Town manager Paul Ranger has an extra personal incentive to win tomorrow's Toolstation League First Division game against Larkhall Athletic. more...
CALNE Town will take a weakened squad to Witney Town for their FA Vase second qualifying round match tomorrow. more...
FROME Town manager Andy Crabtree has sprung to the defence of his underfire goalkeeper Richard Fey. more...
GOLF: Members of West Wilts Golf Club turned out in force to remember their late president, Colin Coward. more...
CANOEING: BRADFORD Canoe Club paddlers sped through the water to finish 11th out of 41 clubs at the national inter-club sprint regatta at Nottingham. more...
ATHLETICS: Melksham athlete Joe Hutchinson scored a major success at the weekend with a win in the Junior Boys’ Pentathlon at the ESAA Sainsbury’s combined events and race walk championships in Exeter. more...
RALLYING: The first new Aston Martin rally car for over half a century will be unveiled to the public for the first time at Castle Combe tomorrow. more...
RUGBY: Wimborne 32, Westbury 12. A WESTBURY second half comeback was not enough to salvage a result after they gave the home side an 18-point head start in the opening period. more...
RUGBY: Bradford 50, Calne 0. PHIL Heale was the star man as Bradford dealt Calne their second hammering in two games on Saturday. more...
RUGBY: Cricklade 14, Cooper-Avon Tyres 29. A RORY Sloan hat-trick helped Cooper-Avon take their second win in two weeks despite a second half slump at Cricklade. more...
RUGBY: Chippenham under 14s 46, Whitehall under 14s 0. CHIPPENHAM launched their Bristol Combination Cup campaign with a comfortable victory. more...
RUGBY: Walcot 3, Chippenham 35. CHIPPENHAM maintained their winning start to the South West One season with victory at local rivals Walcot. more...
A TAG rugby coaching course is being held at Dorchester rugby club from 10am to 1pm on Saturday September 29. more...
SMOKERS in the south west are being urged to quit for good by NHS campaign The Big Quit. more...
THE county's new super council will start life in April 2009 with a new name, councillors decided today. more...
APART from being a bit unlucky with falling apples, Isaac Newton was pretty hot on the laws of motion. more...
A PUB in Wingfield has won a competition for beautiful pub gardens and floral displays. more...
THE future is bright for troubled Trowbridge company Airsprung, which has started making a profit after years of trading losses. more...
A TRADING standards officer with Wiltshire County Council has appeared in court again charged with stealing from his employer. more...
BYTHESEA Road in Trowbridge is likely to be disrupted further when workmen dig up the road to repair the gas mains. more...
FEARS have been raised that the closure of Trowbridge's police inquiry office will leave the town without an adequate police service. more...
TWO thieves tricked their way into a house in Warminster yesterday and made off with a quantity of cash. more...
BURGLARS entered a property in Westbury yesterday and stole a sum of cash. more...
Two Wiltshire teenagers were killed in a horrific road crash in Dorset on Thursday . more...
Thousands of fans will pay tribute to rally legend Colin McRae at Castle Combe's Rallyday tomorrow. more...
THE new single council for the whole of Wiltshire outside Swindon is to be called Wiltshire Council despite fears that it will be abbreviated to WC. more...
Wherever British soldiers are deployed there is a well-organised and highly trained military support unit supplying them with everything they need to survive, from food, clothes and medicines to fuel and ammunition. more...
GOVERNMENT vets descended on an abattoir near Wootton Bassett yesterday after a trail led their from a Surrey farm infected with foot and mouth disease. more...
BROMHAM Youth remain at the top of the Under 10s Yellow Division table following their 6-1 home win against Castle Combe Colts. more...
BIDDESTONE FC romped into an 8-0 half-time lead against local rivals Chippenham Town Youth Blue in the Under 11s Purple Division. more...
CASTLE Combe started brightly against Trowbridge Wanderers 2nds in their Under 13s Red Division match and led 3-0 at the break, with goals from Rory McTeage, Hayden Bethal and Sam Haywood. more...
FOR the second successive week Westbury Youth recorded a draw that could so easily have been a victory as they drew 1-1 with Amesbury Juniors in the Under 16s Red Division. more...
DESPITE putting up a spirited defence, Westbury Youth Tigers narrowly lost 3-1 to AFC Corsham Leopards in the Under 10s Red Division. more...
WESTBURY Youth Lions registered their first win of the season in the Under 10s Green Division with an emphatic 7-1 win over Trowbridge Town Youth. more...
WESTBURY Youth Lions ran out 3-1 home winners over Trowbridge Town Youth in the Under Nines Green Division. more...
WESTBURY hit back three times from a goal down before finally losing 4-3 to Chippenham Town Youth in their first away game of the season in the Under 13s Green Division. more...
SAM Cocks scored both goals as Westbury Youth Tigers hit back from a goal down to beat visitors Devizes Town Youth B 2-1 in the Under Nines Red Division. more...
BRADFORD Town Youth shared the spoils with Trowbridge Town Youth A in a 3-3 draw in the Under 10s Blue Division. more...
AMESBURY Town Youth made it six points from two games in the Under 13s Blue Division as they won 4-2 for the second week running. more...
SALISBURY City manager Nick Holmes is able to choose from a fully fit squad for tomorrow's Blue Square Premier match at home to bottom-of-the-table Northwich Victoria. more...
NORTHWICH Victoria go into tomorrow's Blue Square Premier game with Salisbury City under new management following the resignation of Neil Redfearn earlier this week. more...
INDEPENDENT Bookmakers have again made Salisbury City firm favourites to bank all three points when they host Northwich Victoria in their latest Blue Square Premier match. more...
STUDENTS and teachers at Swindon's newest school have shown it off to an MP. more...
A COUPLE who admitted cashing thousands of pounds in stolen Post Office savings stamps have been handed community penalties. more...
RAM raiders made off with thousands of pounds of equipment, including chainsaws, when a garden centre was broken into for the second time in a month. more...
ZIPPOS Circus has been wowing children and adults alike since it opened in Swindon. more...
A ONE-MAN crime wave who burgled 47 houses across the town has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. more...
BROADGREEN residents are determined that they will not have to find a home for wheelie bins. more...
PEOPLE who spray graffiti tend to be young, and people who spray swastikas tend to be ignorant. more...
MICHAEL Challoner, who has been jailed for three and a half years after burgling 47 Swindon homes, has only himself to blame. more...
EMPLOYEES from Intel are taking part in the Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for the Meningitis Trust. more...
STUDENTS from courses across the board at Swindon College have been celebrating their achievements for the past year. more...
DOING something for charity is supposed to be a bit of a chore, but at Swindon Designer Outlet coffee drinkers only need sit down. more...
PHOTOGRAPHY student Deanna Barwell will see her work published after getting through to the semi final of an international competition. more...
WORLD Peace Day was marked with a 14-hour vigil at a Swindon church. more...
RATS as big as cats' have driven one Old Town retailer out of his shop. more...
IT BEGINS with a canine constitutional and will end with bands, banter and a jam session. more...
TWO months after yobs destroyed Crowdys Hill School's animal sanctuary, youngsters are holding a fun day to see the site fully restored. more...
SWINDON has shown how much it cares by raising more than £16,000 for three local charities. more...
THEY say the show must go on - and a year after closing its doors, the Wyvern Theatre is finally ready to open to the public. more...
A SERIES of swastikas have been daubed on the walls of Swindon College. more...
RISING numbers of Catholic immigrants mean schools in Swindon town centre are full to capacity. more...
WILTSHIRE began life in Division Four of the inter-county championship with a morale-boosting win over Isle of Wight, writes DAVE EATON. more...
SKY Sports Kelvin Tatum believes Coventry Bees fear a Blunsdon battering from the Robins in Monday's Elite League Grand Final first leg showdown (Sky Sports One, 7.30pm). more...
HAVING lived in the shadows of his little brother for all of their sporting lives, Ian Howell is finally enjoying some of the headlines himself after being snapped up by European giants Chelsea, writes ANDY CRYER. more...
JP MILLS is determined to add a killer instinct to Supermarine's Southern League cause while boss Mark Collier battles against the budget to bring in some older heads. more...
CIRENCESTER Town boss Adie Viveash is busy plotting Merthyr Tydfil's downfall after masterminding a long-awaited first win of the season in the FA Cup replay at Cinderford. more...
PAUL Burke will take a trip to the seaside to "blow the cobwebs out" following Wootton Bassett's FA Cup exit. more...
HIGHWORTH Town boss John Fisher is preparing for a mini "European adventure" tomorrow in the second qualifying round of the FA Vase. more...
WROUGHTON, looking to halt a slide after two successive defeats, entertain Bradford Town in the Wilts Premier Division this weekend, writes RAY BURROUGHS. more...
ROBINS' Charlie Gjedde is targeting Grand Final revenge after admitting his team were "caught with their pants down'' the last time they met the Coventry Bees. more...
THE UK's premier rally day takes place at Castle Combe Circuit near Chippenham tomorrow, an annual event that, in the past, has attracted upwards of 10,000 spectators. more...
NATHAN Craze is determined to repay the career lifeline thrown to him by Peter Russell, claiming with him in charge the future can only be bright for the Wildcats. more...
A vomiting and diarrhoea outbreak has closed two schools in Swindon. more...
A union has criticised redundancy packages being offered to staff at Swindon Borough Council. more...
THE new single council for the whole of Wiltshire outside Swindon is to be called Wiltshire Council despite fears that it will be abbreviated to WC. more...
Drugs police have issued a warning to users and dealers after two raids in Swindon. more...
Another company has unveiled plans to build a hotel close to the centre of Swindon. more...
Swindon residents have not had their fears about ID cards dispelled by the Government minister in charge of them. more...
Ambitious plans to develop Chippenham Golf Club into a multi-million pound hotel and golf complex have been given the thumbs up by local people. more...
It gets better every yearthat's how Pewsey Carnival Wheelbeero race organised Tony Kimber summed up Thursday's event. more...
The heroin addict son of a senior probation officer has walked free from court after admitting robbing a woman of her handbag. more...
Two Wiltshire teenagers were killed in a horrific road crash in Dorset on Thursday . more...
GOVERNMENT vets descended on an abattoir near Wootton Bassett yesterday after a trail led their from a Surrey farm infected with foot and mouth disease. more...
Thousands of fans will pay tribute to rally legend Colin McRae at Castle Combe's Rallyday tomorrow. more...
A one man crime wave who burgled 47 houses across town has been jailed for three and a half years. more...
The Department of Health has today launched an outdoor advertising campaign in advance of raising the age of sale for tobacco products from 16 to 18 on 1 October. From this date, retailers will be required by law not to sell tobacco products to under 18s and will need to display a statutory notice stating the new legal age restriction. more...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a Robbery that happened in Whitehouse Road, Swindon on Tuesday evening. more...
A judge has ordered a teenage sex offender should be banned from working with children more than a year after sending him to youth custody. more...
The new £1.2m Pound Arts Centre in Corsham will be officially opened to the public this Friday (September 28). more...
Wherever British soldiers are deployed there is a well-organised and highly trained military support unit supplying them with everything they need to survive, from food, clothes and medicines to fuel and ammunition. more...
Wootton Bassett manager Paul Burke will take a trip to the seaside to blow the cobwebs out following his side's FA Cup exit. more...
Hasney Aljofree is facing a minimum of four to six weeks on the sidelines but admits during a "rollercoaster" few days he was fearing the news would be much more serious. more...
Town chairman designate Jim Little has again urged patience as the takeover saga at the County Ground continues. more...
The Swindon squad were put through a rigorous training session in front of goal yesterday as boss Paul Sturrock tried to rid the unwanted tag of draw specialists. more...
On Tuesday Paul Sturrock was yet again due to meet with the people who are still being referred to as the new owners' of Swindon Town in one sentence, while the phrase impeding takeover' can still be found in the next. more...
Jack Smith is already resigned to a spell on the substitutes bench after his bid to play through the pain barrier ended in disappointment. more...
Wroughton, looking to halt a slide after two successive defeats, entertain Bradford Town in the Wilts Premier Division this weekend. more...
THE Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust is celebrating 40 years of conservation work in the county. more...
FEARS have been raised that the closure of Trowbridge's police inquiry office will leave the town without an adequate police service. more...
A DECISION by the district council to let developers off the hook when it comes to affordable housing contributions has been voted through by the council. more...
TWO teenagers from west Wiltshire died in a road accident in Dorset yesterday. more...
THE future is bright for troubled Trowbridge company Airsprung, which has started making a profit after years of trading losses. more...
A PENSIONER who moved to Wiltshire after being forced to flee the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe has died at the age of 84. more...
BURGLARS entered a property in Westbury yesterday and stole a sum of cash. more...
A TRADING standards officer with Wiltshire County Council has appeared in court again charged with stealing from his employer. more...
SMOKERS in the south west are being urged to quit for good by NHS campaign The Big Quit. more...
BYTHESEA Road in Trowbridge is likely to be disrupted further when workmen dig up the road to repair the gas mains. more...
PEOPLE living in the south west eat more fruit and vegetables than any other region in Britain, a survey has revealed. more...
FAMILY and friends of Gurkha soldiers made their way to Hullavington yesterday to watch their loved ones praised for their successful tour of Iraq. more...
GLORIOUS dahlias and beautiful chrysanthemums will be on show at a flower show in Trowbridge on Saturday. more...
MELKSHAM Assembly Hall will be the venue for the sixth annual Autumn Crafts Fair next weekend. more...
POLICE are calling for new powers to curb drinking in public places in Chippenham. more...
DOTING dad Tom Pearce turned down the chance to receive an award because he wanted to attend his daughter's photography exhibition. more...
Bradford on Avon Arts Festival finishes off today with a sunflower river glow and a feast fit for a king. more...
STUDENTS from St Laurence School have had their artwork displayed in Bradford on Avon library. more...
FIREFIGHTERS spent two hours tearing through the walls of a derelict building on Tuesday to rescue a missing cat. more...
A PUBLICAN believes her business will suffer if a roundabout is installed more...
WILTSHIRE County Council is seeking opinions on plans to install a pedestrian crossing at the site of a fatal accident. more...
TWO thieves tricked their way into a house in Warminster yesterday and made off with a quantity of cash. more...
THE county's super council will start life in April 2009 with a new name, councillors decided today. more...
The English Golf Union has launched a new world class coach education more...
Colin Edwards will be seeking a second national title of the summer more...
The first new Aston Martin rally car for over half a century will more...
BRADFORD Town have signed former Melksham Town and Larkhall Athletic player more...
BRADFORD Town manager Paul Ranger has an extra personal incentive to win more...
CORSHAM Town manager Mel Gingell sees a bright future for his young team, more...
MELKSHAM Town welcome back Greg Tindle and Rob Dumphy from suspension for more...
CALNE Town will take a weakened squad to Witney Town for their FA Vase more...
WESTBURY UNITED head into today's FA Vase second qualifying round home match more...
TROWBRIDGE Town manager Paul Shanley will wait for the outcome of a late more...
WARMINSTER Town boss Paul Newman is hoping to welcome back two key players more...
Extra car parking has been arranged to cope with the large number more...
Melksham athlete Joe Hutchinson scored a major success at the more...
CHIPPENHAM launched their Bristol Combination Cup campaign with a more...
CHIPPENHAM maintained their winning start to the South West One season with more...
Winsley dirt bike rider Dave Nuttall moved up to second place more...
FROME Town manager Andy Crabtree has sprung to the defence of his underfire more...
FROME Town striker Dean Griffiths, who was knocked unconscious during the more...
BRADFORD Canoe Club paddlers sped through the water to finish 11th out of 41 clubs at the national inter-club sprint regatta at Nottingham. more...
A WESTBURY second half comeback was not enough to salvage a result after they gave the home side an 18-point head start in the opening period. more...
PHIL Heale was the star man as Bradford dealt Calne their second hammering in two games on Saturday. more...
A RORY Sloan hat-trick helped Cooper-Avon take their second win in two weeks despite a second half slump at Cricklade. more...
ATHLETICS: Warminster runner Judith Wilson won her female veteran class at the 85 mile UK Ultra-Distance Trail Running Championships, which took place as a continuous run over two days and included running through the night. more...
LUKE Gullick's season is beginning to fall into place after he scored his first goal for Chippenham Town in Tuesday's FA Cup victory against Beaconsfield SYCOB. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town take on Halesowen at the Grove tomorrow in a bid to close the gap on Premier Division leaders Hemel Hempstead. more...
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