Wiltshire | Archive | 2007 | September
THE midweek open match at Landsend Fishery produced fairly even catches. more...
THOUSANDS of people packed into Bradford on Avon for the St Laurence School Street Party on Saturday. more...
A CHURCH in Bradford on Avon is launching a quarter of a million pound campaign to build a new function room, kitchen and toilets. more...
AN actor from Bradford on Avon has landed a West End role, starring alongside Hollywood pin-up Christian Slater. more...
Following a successful trial, Morrison's Pharmacy will for the first time be offering shoppers at their Chippenham store a flu vaccination service during October and November. more...
FLU vaccinations will be available to shoppers at Morrisons during October and November for anyone ineligible to visit their GP. more...
THE Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News-sponsored Team of the Week award for September 23, 2007, has been awarded to Premier Division side Westbury Rangers A. more...
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Josh Jackson said he was thrilled to be showing a homemade movie at a prestigious film festival for the second year running. more...
ARTISTS Merlyn Chesterman and Rod Nelson have been busy installing six new pieces of work at the newly-rennovated Pound Arts Centre today. more...
AN appeal for money to improve St James's Church in Southbroom has had a bumper response. more...
THE funeral of Matthew Baggott, who was stabbed to death in Devizes on Thursday September 6 is to take place in the town a week on Friday. more...
The Wiltshire League representative side are in action at Chippenham Town tonight, kick-off 7.30pm. more...
Swindon Robins speedway rider Charlie Gjedde says has never experienced anything like Monday night's Grand Final first leg and now he wants the Robins fans to replicate it at Coventry next week. more...
Paul Sturrock says Peter Brezovan is going nowhere for the moment and is confident a future Everton move would only be sanctioned at the right price. more...
Injured Swindon Town striker Barry Corr says watching his rivals for first team places scoring has only increased his hunger for a return to action. more...
Swindon Town are set to win the race to secure Hull defender Sam Collins on loan. more...
Premier Division Two A weakened Swindon side made a good start to the new league season. more...
HOCKEY: Westbury UB 3rds 1, West Wilts 2nds 0. WEST Wilts 2nds opened their league campaign on Saturday with a narrow defeat at newly promoted Westbury UB. more...
HOCKEY: West Wilts Ladies 0, Old Bristolians Ladies 4. A WELL-DRILLED OBs side inflicted a first defeat of the season on West Wilts. more...
HOCKEY: West Wilts Mixed 3, Salisbury Mixed 0. A GOOD team display netted West Wilts a deserved win in their first mixed match of the season. more...
HOCKEY: Chippenham 2, Robinsons B 3. CHIPPENHAM opened their league season with a narrow defeat to the team who were promoted with them last season. more...
HOCKEY: Chippenham Ladies 1, ISCA Ladies 1. CHIPPENHAM shared the points in their opening league fixture against their visitors from Exeter. more...
A VICTORIAN school in the heart of the New Forest is to receive a £500,000 state-of-the-art extension. more...
SALISBURY City remain in sixth place in the Blue Square Premier table despite their 2-1 defeat away at Oxford United. more...
HISTORY was made in Salisbury when Jews, Muslims, Christians and Buddhists gathered in the city to inaugurate an Inter-Faith Group for South Wiltshire. more...
SALISBURY District Council is to appoint a new chief executive on a 12-month contract to steer it through many changes that lie ahead with local government re-organisation. more...
ALL right, I own up. I'm one of the idiots who have fallen for Crying Boy beggar Wayne Rose's pathetic hard luck tale. more...
PAUL Sturrock insists Peter Brezovan is going nowhere for the moment and is confident a future Everton move would only be sanctioned at the right price. more...
SITTING in the stands watching the County Ground faithful adopt a couple of new striking heroes has only increased Barry Corr's enthusiasm for a playing return. more...
LAST week saw the Swindon Tribe, along with nearly 50 other Swindon anglers, descend on Cornwall's big fishing mecca White Acres. more...
The opening round of the Wessex League Cyclocross was held at Lydiard Park, Swindon. more...
A BUMPER crowd turned out for the annual rally day at Castle Combe Circuit near Chippenham, writes CHRIS JAMES. more...
A WEAKENED Swindon side made a good start to the new league season with a 3-0 win against Torbay. more...
The new league season started with a bang for Wootton Bassett men's 1st. more...
When the green recycling bags for garden waste were introduced into the Swindon area they had to be purchased from a local council-run outlet. more...
MAY I through the Advertiser, on behalf of the residents in Goddard Avenue, say thank you to the organisers of the Goddard Avenue street party on Saturday. Also thank you to Coun Bluh for opening the grand event. more...
Here we go again - Puppetry of the Penis is at the Wyvern. How many times is this now? I find the idea of the show very degrading to man. more...
JIM ENNIS (SA, September 21) is in error when he said the council demolished the Baptist Tabernacle. more...
NOW that the annual Link Centre Fair has taken place, with Swindon Council's blessing and the owner Steven Hill singing the praises of Swindon residents (SA, September 19), will the council now ask him to return with his advertising team to remove all the advertising boards which are now left on lampposts and other various sites around Swindon and district, or will they be a permanent fixture for future fairs? more...
I am writing after attending the listening panel hosted by MP for South Swindon Ann Snelgrove, with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office, Meg Hillier representing the Government in attendance. I would like to extend my thanks to Mrs Snelgrove for presenting the opportunity to air our views. more...
Police, schools, council staff and sports clubs will be joining forces to drive bullying out of Swindon. more...
People are being invited to participate in the rebirth of Cavendish Square in Swindon - by choosing a new name for the area. more...
Thamesdown Transport says it is reconsidering cutting bus services after a public backlash. more...
A Vietnamese man has been jailed for nine months after he was found minding a house being used for growing cannabis. more...
Police have released cctv pictures of two men wanted in connection with a knife raid at Domino's Pizza in Old Town, Swindon, on Sunday. more...
THAMESDOWN Transport has agreed to rethink schedule changes after some 200 members of the public raised concerns. more...
SIXTY assaults were recorded against staff at the Great Western Hospital during the last year. more...
THE new Central Library has won a building award - 12 months before it opens its doors. more...
THE Commonhead flyover has now reopened after a road accident. more...
RAILWAY commuters faced delays and disruptions on Tuesday morning following storms overnight. more...
THE organisers behind a project to create a green corridor between Swindon and Cricklade are waiting to hear whether it has been shortlisted for a lottery grant. more...
POLICE are warning people to watch out for a gang of conmen after 10 distraction burglaries across Wilshire in one day. more...
STUDENTS from every secondary school in the town will be visiting the Science Museum in Wroughton to back the museum's Inspired project. more...
PEOPLE are being invited to participate in the rebirth of Cavendish Square - by choosing a new name for the area. more...
FRUSTRATING waits for council tradesmen who never arrive are becoming a thing of the past for Swindon Council tenants. more...
CHILDREN were rewarded with a hearty breakfast after getting out of their parents' cars and onto two wheels. more...
DEREK Elston has been supporting Swindon Town for 40 years and each home game means a 150-mile round trip. more...
A TEENAGER accused of robbing a youngster has admitted assaulting him and stealing his wallet and mobile phone. more...
A WATCHDOG which probes complaints about Swindon Council has given the authority the thumbs-up. more...
POLICE say the combination of a high-pitched alarm to scare off youths and extra patrols are helping drive away yobs from a busy row of shops. more...
PEOPLE with loved ones interred at Whitworth Road Cemetery are being given clear notice of stones that need repair. more...
ADVENTUROUS Swindon store manager Darren Jesson will test his pedal power by staging a 15-hour stationary cycle marathon for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. more...
A GROUP of zombies has had to make a last-minute change of location. more...
HAD a car accident not caused Bob Miller to come back home early from Italy, he would never have met the love of his life. more...
HUNDREDS of gravestones in the town's cemeteries could soon be toppled - because relatives of those buried there have ignored safety warnings. more...
A BID to drive boy racers out of the town centre is working, according to the police. more...
BEING lifted like a rag doll by a fully-grown man in a warehouse on an industrial estate might not be a usual day at work for most people. more...
POLICE have seized thousands of pounds worth of cocaine, heroin amphetamines and cannabis and arrested four people for drugs offences in the past two days. more...
SWINDON College Old Boys narrowly missed out on a shock away win at Oxford, eventually going down 8-7. more...
SWINDON Under 15 maintained their 100 per cent record this season with a 36-12 Wiltshire Cup victory away at Bradford-on-Avon. more...
TERRY Russell has challenged his Robins side to prove their worth as the bookies' favourites in ending their 40-year wait for an Elite League title. more...
CHARLIE Gjedde has never experienced anything like Monday night's Grand Final first leg in his Swindon career - now he wants the Robins fans to replicate it at Coventry next week, writes OWEN HOULIHAN. more...
COVENTRY boss Peter Oakes has rubbished any suggestion his side already deserve the Elite League title and insists whoever comes out on top Monday night will be "worthy champions", writes ANDY CRYER. more...
For Erica Bain (Jodie Foster), the streets of New York are both her home and her livelihood. more...
For students at Forest Meadow Middle School, PE class is not playtime, but rather an exercise in mental and physical humiliation administered by the tough as gristle Mr Woodcock (Billy Bob Thornton). more...
Bradford Town 3, Larkhall Athletic 1. BRADFORD Town extended their unbeaten run to five games after wrapping up an important home win against Larkhall Athletic in the Toolstation League First Division. more...
Devizes Town 0, Brockenhurst 1. DEVIZES Town were cruelly dumped out of the FA Vase after 115 minutes of play. more...
Westbury United 4, Cadbury Heath 0. WESTBURY brushed aside their top of the table opponents with a brilliant first half performance that was backed up by a solid second half in last night’s Toolstation League First Division game at Meadow Lane. more...
RUGBY: Chippenham 21, Bletchley 19. CHIPPENHAM continued their winning start to the South West East Division season with a third victory on the bounce at Allington Field on Saturday. more...
RUGBY: Devizes Under 15s 0, Chippenham Under 15s 46. CHIPPENHAM began their Wiltshire Cup campaign with a comfortable win over their local neighbours and rivals in their first pool game. more...
Tuesday, October 2 until Saturday, October 6 Theatre Royal, Bath. THE History Boys, Alan Bennett’s multi-award-winning play, visits Bath next week before returning to the West End. more...
Tuesday, October 2 until Saturday, October 13, Bristol Hippodrome. Winner of the 1980 Tony Award for Best New Musical and the 2001 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, 42nd Street, the timeless, inspiring tale of small town Peggy Sawyer’s rise from chorus line to Broadway star, continues its national tour. more...
Tuesday, October 2, Arc Theatre, Trowbridge. Jaleo return to Britain with a compelling new insight into their flamboyant and magical flamenco world of Andalusian dance, song and guitar. more...
Until Saturday September 29, Wyvern Theatre, Swindon. Psychological thriller The Business of Murder, by acclaimed playwright Richard Harris, and starring Todd Carty, is appearing at the Wyvern Theatre until tomorrow. more...
Until Saturday September 29, Theatre Royal Bath. ROMANTIC Comedy, starring undisputed housewives’ favourite Tom Conti, plays its last night tomorrow. more...
RESIDENTS in Wiltshire will have a chance to find out more about flood defences in the county at a meeting organised by the Environment Agency. more...
IF you suspect your house is haunted then a paranormal investigation could be the way to get help. more...
NHS leaders and county councillors have pledged to work together more closely to bring better services to Wiltshire. more...
THE waste collection and recycling system in west Wiltshire is working well, district councillors will be told next week. more...
FIREARM units, police patrol cars and officers from Warminster and Westbury were involved in a high-speed pursuit through Wiltshire at the weekend. more...
NEVER go into a pub and do not let anyone see you eating in public. more...
ONE of the finest examples of a church organ in the county is to be restored by experts at a cost of up to £50,000. more...
MONEY and equipment have been stolen from a Trowbridge salon that opened just three months ago. more...
Police are hunting a gang of youths who carried out an assault in Trowbridge town centre on Thursday. more...
WESTBURY couple Les and Eileen Alley will be celebrating 60 years of wedded bliss next week. more...
A temporary control zone on the Hampshire-Wiltshire border has been lifted after tests for foot-and-mouth disease came back negative. more...
Hundreds of Scouts will be sleeping out under the stars to celebrate 100 years of Scouting. more...
Police are warning people to watch out for a gang of conmen after ten distraction burglaries across Wilshire in one day. more...
The bodies of three servicemen based in Afghanistan will be flown back home to RAF Lyneham today. more...
A security specialist has been called in to advise staff at the Great Western Hospital after 60 assaults were recorded against workers there during the last year. more...
Bath Festival of Childrenís Literature 2007 Thousands of young readers are descending on Bath this week for the very first Bath Festival of Childrenís Literature ñ already the largest and best of its kind in the country. more...
Kennet District Council has been awarded sixth place in the prestigious Times Best Council competition. Kennet also won an award for the best Council demonstrating the best balance between work and life for employees. more...
JOE McNally scored his first goal of the season as Melksham Park B beat FC Chippenham Youth C 2-0 in the Under 10s Red Division. more...
SALISBURY City remain in sixth place in the Blue Square Premier table despite their 2-1 defeat away at Oxford United. more...
Kick off approaches more...
ADVENTUROUS Swindon store manager Darren Jesson will test his pedal power by staging a 15-hour stationary cycle marathon for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. more...
A TEENAGER accused of robbing a youngster has admitted assaulting him and stealing his wallet and mobile phone. more...
THE green-fingered skill and attention to detail of Cricklade gardeners has been recognised at a national awards ceremony. more...
WHENEVER the telephone rings or there is a knock at the door Karen Love hopes it will be a breakthrough in the investigation of her husband's murder. more...
A GROUP of zombies has had to make a last-minute change of location. more...
HAD a car accident not caused Bob Miller to come back home early from Italy, he would never have met the love of his life. more...
FRUSTRATING waits for council tradesmen who never arrive are becoming a thing of the past for Swindon Council tenants. more...
A WATCHDOG which probes complaints about Swindon Council has given the authority the thumbs-up. more...
CHILDREN were rewarded with a hearty breakfast after getting out of their parents' cars and onto two wheels. more...
DEREK Elston has been supporting Swindon Town for 40 years and each home game means a 150-mile round trip. more...
HUNDREDS of gravestones in the town's cemeteries could soon be toppled - because relatives of those buried there have ignored safety warnings. more...
A GENERATION of pupils will miss out on new sports facilities after Swindon Council decided not to stump up the cash. more...
A BID to drive boy racers out of the town centre is working, according to the police. more...
A REWARD of £1,000 has been offered for anyone who can identify these two masked raiders who held a knife to a woman's throat in a robbery at Domino's Pizza takeaway. more...
BEING lifted like a rag doll by a fully-grown man in a warehouse on an industrial estate might not be a usual day at work for most people. more...
RAILWAY commuters faced delays and disruptions on Tuesday morning following storms overnight. more...
THE organisers behind a project to create a green corridor between Swindon and Cricklade are waiting to hear whether it has been shortlisted for a lottery grant. more...
POLICE are warning people to watch out for a gang of conmen after 10 distraction burglaries across Wilshire in one day. more...
STUDENTS from every secondary school in the town will be visiting the Science Museum in Wroughton to back the museum's Inspired project. more...
POLICE have seized thousands of pounds worth of cocaine, heroin amphetamines and cannabis and arrested four people for drugs offences in the past two days. more...
PEOPLE are being invited to participate in the rebirth of Cavendish Square - by choosing a new name for the area. more...
A HUNDRED zombies will be taking over the Link Centre tomorrow. more...
View the latest travel news in Swindon more...
A GUTTER-cleaning con man has cheated more than 30 people out of money. more...
POLICE say the combination of a high-pitched alarm to scare off youths and extra patrols are helping drive away yobs from a busy row of shops. more...
WHAT has happened to Highworth Warneford School is nothing short of a disgrace. more...
PEOPLE with loved ones interred at Whitworth Road Cemetery are being given clear notice of stones that need repair. more...
A Vietnamese man has been jailed for nine months after he was found minding a house being used for growing cannabis. more...
Police have released cctv pictures of two men wanted in connection with a knife raid at Domino's Pizza in Old Town, Swindon, on Sunday. more...
Kennet District Council has been awarded sixth place in the prestigious Times Best Council competition. Kennet also won an award for the best Council demonstrating the best balance between work and life for employees. more...
Following a successful trial, Morrison's Pharmacy will for the first time be offering shoppers at their Chippenham store a flu vaccination service during October and November. more...
THE funeral of Matthew Baggott, who was stabbed to death in Devizes on Thursday September 6 is to take place in the town a week on Friday. more...
A temporary control zone on the Hampshire-Wiltshire border has been lifted after tests for foot-and-mouth disease came back negative. more...
AN appeal for money to improve St James's Church in Southbroom has had a bumper response. more...
Police, schools, council staff and sports clubs will be joining forces to drive bullying out of Swindon. more...
Hundreds of Scouts will be sleeping out under the stars to celebrate 100 years of Scouting. more...
People are being invited to participate in the rebirth of Cavendish Square in Swindon - by choosing a new name for the area. more...
Police are warning people to watch out for a gang of conmen after ten distraction burglaries across Wilshire in one day. more...
Thamesdown Transport says it is reconsidering cutting bus services after a public backlash. more...
Bath Festival of ChildrenÃs Literature 2007 more...
The bodies of three servicemen based in Afghanistan will be flown back home to RAF Lyneham today. more...
A security specialist has been called in to advise staff at the Great Western Hospital after 60 assaults were recorded against workers there during the last year. more...
Paul Sturrock says Peter Brezovan is going nowhere for the moment and is confident a future Everton move would only be sanctioned at the right price. more...
Injured Swindon Town striker Barry Corr says watching his rivals for first team places scoring has only increased his hunger for a return to action. more...
The Wiltshire League representative side are in action at Chippenham Town tonight, kick-off 7.30pm. more...
Swindon Robins speedway rider Charlie Gjedde says has never experienced anything like Monday night's Grand Final first leg and now he wants the Robins fans to replicate it at Coventry next week. more...
Swindon Town are set to win the race to secure Hull defender Sam Collins on loan. more...
ONE of the finest examples of a church organ in the county is to be restored by experts at a cost of up to £50,000. more...
NEVER go into a pub and do not let anyone see you eating in public. more...
WESTBURY couple Les and Eileen Alley will be celebrating 60 years of wedded bliss next week. more...
A CHURCH in Bradford on Avon is launching a quarter of a million pound campaign to build a new function room, kitchen and toilets. more...
AN actor from Bradford on Avon has landed a West End role, starring more...
MONEY and equipment have been stolen from a Trowbridge salon that opened just three months ago. more...
ARTISTS Merlyn Chesterman and Rod Nelson have been busy installing six new pieces of work at the newly-rennovated Pound Arts Centre today. more...
IF you suspect your house is haunted then a paranormal investigation could be the way to get help. more...
Police are hunting a gang of youths who carried out an assault in Trowbridge town centre on Thursday. more...
AN animal welfare group is calling for a housing developer to be prosecuted over a breach of laws designed to protect badgers and their natural habitats. more...
DEVELOPERS have held a public exhibition detailing plans to build houses on land in Paxcroft Mead. more...
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Josh Jackson said he was thrilled to be showing a homemade movie at a prestigious film festival for the second year running. more...
NHS leaders and county councillors have pledged to work together more closely to bring better services to Wiltshire. more...
FLU vaccinations will be available to shoppers at Morrisons during October and November for anyone ineligible to visit their GP. more...
THOUSANDS of people packed into Bradford on Avon for the St Laurence School Street Party on Saturday. more...
FIREARM units, police patrol cars and officers from Warminster and Westbury were involved in a high-speed pursuit through Wiltshire at the weekend. more...
THE waste collection and recycling system in west Wiltshire is working well, district councillors will be told next week. more...
CHIPPENHAM continued their winning start to the South West East Division more...
CHIPPENHAM began their Wiltshire Cup campaign with a comfortable win over more...
BRADFORD Town extended their unbeaten run to five games after wrapping up an more...
DEVIZES Town were cruelly dumped out of the FA Vase after 115 minutes of more...
WESTBURY brushed aside their top of the table opponents with a brilliant more...
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