Wiltshire | Archive | 2008 | March
THE A36 at Limpley Stoke will be closed for 12 weeks for major roadworks from tomorrow. more...
The scarecrow trail may have a wolfman to contend with this year. more...
A CHIPPENHAM jewellery company is holding a special valuation day for local people next month. more...
SALISBURY Rugby Club's 10-3 win away at Marlow yesterday keeps them second in the South West League Two (East) table. more...
HAMPSHIRE is at the centre of a new outbreak on the animal disease bluetongue. more...
WESSEX League Premier Division strugglers Downton will finish bottom of the pile after yesterday's 4-1 defeat at Hayling United. more...
SALISBURY City reserves secured the Suburban League southern section title yesterday by beating Chipstead 4-0. more...
PURTON Reserves took the honours in their Premier Division clash with local rivals Westside running out 3-1 winners at the Red House. more...
After being out-witted by Cambridge cox Rebecca Dowbiggin last year, Nick Brodie had to pull out all the stops to get one over on his rival. Dowbiggin was looking for a place in the record books and a second consecutive victory but Brodie was being driven on by four years of heartbreak. ANDY CRYER gives his stroke-by-stroke account of the race. more...
SWINDON-born swim sensation Hannah Miley insists her favourite' tag will count for nothing when she attempts to book her Beijing Olympics berth at the British Championships this week. more...
Petkoff strike seals crucial Cats win more...
THE starting gun has been fired in this year's electoral race in Swindon. more...
THE Western Players will be performing their latest play at Swindon Arts Centre. more...
ANXIOUS pensioners are being assured they will get new bus passes - amid concerns that the April 1 launch date is looming. more...
A WOMAN who forgot to mention £12,000 in her bank account when claiming benefits, was planning a holiday in Barbados. more...
A WOMAN died after being struck by a car on the M4 last night. more...
A SOLICITOR who has battled to overturn a House of Lords' ruling, which prevents people with pleural plaques from claiming compensation, is hopeful of winning her fight. more...
THERE'S a real buzz about a new course that will share the secrets of beekeeping. more...
SWINDON Academy opened its doors for a family fun day on Saturday. more...
A FATHER and son are preparing to drive a battered classic car 2,000km across southern India to raise money for a much-needed hospital in the area. more...
FLY-TIPPING has led to the drowning of 28 hens. more...
A MAN was punched to the ground and mugged as he was walking along a cyclepath close to the Oasis. more...
SWINDON has welcomed its fourth Government minister in less than a month. more...
WESTBURY United manager Paul Brickley is worried about an imminent player exodus at Meadow Lane. more...
FROME Town manager Andy Crabtree has failed to bring in a new striker ahead of the transfer deadline - and now he is pleased the deal fell through. more...
FORMER Chippenham Town and Melksham Town manager Darren Perrin is hoping to return to football next season. more...
ATHLETICS: Avon Valley Runners will be commencing training sessions in Melksham from Wednesday April 9. more...
BADMINTON: Wiltshire under 17s gained their first win over Devon for several years with a 23-13 win in Exeter in the final game of the season. more...
LEVELS of fines dished out to motorists flouting off-street parking restrictions from June will be set on Wednesday. more...
A NEW designated public place order comes into effect in Trowbridge tomorrow. more...
TONIGHT is the final night of The Forever Friends Appeal's QUIZ 4 LIFE month. more...
THE Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal has launched a Caring 4 Kids campaign to raise £1 million to help fund state-of-the-art facilities and equipment in a new children's centre. more...
WI members from Wiltshire received training from Aggie MacKenzie, from TV's How Clean is your house at the Women's Institute HQ in Oxfordshire. more...
People living in the South West now spend so much on health insurance that a street could feasibly afford to hire their own GP. more...
A woman in her 50s has died after being struck by a car on the M4 eastbound carriageway between the Swindon east junction 15 and the Membury Services. more...
Under 14's Tim Kerr Memorial Trophy more...
WESSEX League Premier Division strugglers Downton will finish bottom of the pile after yesterday's 4-1 defeat at Hayling United. more...
SALISBURY Rugby Club's 10-3 win away at Marlow yesterday keeps them second in the South West League Two (East) table. more...
SALISBURY City reserves secured the Suburban League southern section title yesterday by beating Chipstead 4-0. more...
A WOMAN died after being struck by a car on the M4 last night. more...
OLD Town residents have had their say over the future of one of Swindon's oldest hotels. more...
A SOLICITOR who has battled to overturn a House of Lords' ruling, which prevents people with pleural plaques from claiming compensation, is hopeful of winning her fight. more...
THERE'S a real buzz about a new course that will share the secrets of beekeeping. more...
SWINDON Academy opened its doors for a family fun day on Saturday. more...
A LANDMARK Swindon museum is facing an uncertain future after being told it is being kicked out of its current home. more...
NOT even driving rain could stop children and adults from enjoying an eco-friendly day at their school. more...
A FATHER and son are preparing to drive a battered classic car 2,000km across southern India to raise money for a much-needed hospital in the area. more...
CRICKLADE'S on-going struggle to keep its leisure centre open is all going swimmingly, thanks to the hard work of a caring community. more...
FLY-TIPPING has led to the drowning of 28 hens. more...
A MAN was punched to the ground and mugged as he was walking along a cyclepath close to the Oasis. more...
SWINDON has welcomed its fourth Government minister in less than a month. more...
MYSTERY surrounds the circumstances that led a woman to walk across a motorway carriageway to her death. more...
WOOTTON Bassett are on the brink of the Southern Counties South play-offs after a comprehensive 41-8 victory over bottom club Dorchester. more...
JOEL Petkoff's long-range effort with just 34 seconds of overtime remaining clinched a sudden-death English Premier League play-off win for Swindon Wildcats over Milton Keynes Lightning tonight. more...
SWINDON travelled to Southern Counties North league leaders Olney full of confidence after winning their last six league games and came away with a creditable 7-7 draw. more...
SWINDON College felt the full force of leaders Chipping Norton, going down 67-5 at home as the visitors clinched the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Premier title. more...
MINETY surrendered the lead in Dorset and Wilts Division One North after losing just their third match of the season away at Marlborough. more...
PURTON Reserves took the honours in their Premier Division clash with local rivals Westside running out 3-1 winners at the Red House. more...
MICHAEL Barnes hammered what could be the final nail in Cirencester Town's Southern League Premier Division coffin with a superbly-taken hat-trick for fellow strugglers Hitchin. more...
SHRIVENHAM'S battle of the brothers' contest gathered pace in Saturday's 2-0 win over Bicester as they continued to close the gap on the top six. more...
THE first game of the post-Paul Burke era for Wootton Bassett saw them comfortably see off bottom side Cirencester United, thanks to a goal in each half from John Magani and Richie Saunders. more...
BEING thrown head first into a few feet of dirty River Thames water would not be everyone's idea of perfection but for Nick Brodie it was the dream end to four years of Boat Race heartbreak. more...
The all-important toss is lost by Brodie, with Cambridge opting for Surrey station. An early psychological blow landed against the Oxford cox. more...
The all-important toss is lost by Brodie, with Cambridge opting for Surrey station. An early psychological blow landed against the Oxford cox. more...
A JUBILANT Nick Brodie insists it is time to hang up his lifejacket after finally sealing Boat Race glory - but has left the door slightly ajar for a future Olympic medal. more...
SWINDON-born swim sensation Hannah Miley insists her favourite' tag will count for nothing when she attempts to book her Beijing Olympics berth at the British Championships this week. more...
JOEL Petkoff's sudden-death over-time strike saw Wildcats beat Milton Keynes Lightning 2-1 at the Link Centre last night and banished the horror show of the previous evening's action. more...
A woman in her 50s has died after being struck by a car on the M4 more...
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