Wiltshire | Archive | 2008 | May
Wiltshire County Council is looking at an option of locating youth and social care services on the same site in Chippenham. more...
WILTSHIRE County Council is looking at an option of locating youth and social care services on the same site in Chippenham. more...
DIVISION FOUR: Having had pole position wrestled from from their grasp on Thursday night, long time leaders Steeple Ashton Rangers regained the number one spot yesterday when they beat Chippenham-based Three Crowns United 2-1. more...
DIVISION THREE: The automatic promotion places in Division Three have finally been decided, but the wait goes on to see if it will be AFC Bell or Pheasant who will be wearing the winners' crown in a week's time. more...
DIVISION TWO: Cooper-Avon have at last booked their place in Division One for next season, but they are going to have to wait until the final day of the season to see if they will be going up as champions or runners-up. more...
DIVISION ONE: After two victories in the space of four days Trowbridge-based The Ship have enough points on the board to be declared Division One champions, but they must now wait for a decision of the future of North Bradley before they can be declared 2007/08 champions. more...
PREMIER DIVISION: Whoever wins this season's Premier Division title will have done it the hard way and whether it is defending champions Corsham Centre A or Biddestone Social who pick up the trophy, they will be deserving champions from what has been one of the closest title races for many seasons. more...
DIVISION FOUR: Just 24 hours after they failed to raise a team to face Chippenham United RAOB, North Star B finally got the game played today, which will be a great relief to champions-elect Steeple Ashton Rangers, whose title celebrations can now begin. more...
DIVISION TWO: Cooper Avon have at last booked their place in Division One for next season but they are going to have to wait until the final day of the season to see if they will be going up as Division Two champions or runners up. more...
PREMIER DIVISION: Whoever wins this season's Robson Taylor, Chippenham League, Premier Division title will have done it the hard way. more...
A man who robbed a newsagent of two charity boxes at knifepoint to fund his drug addiction has been jailed for three years. more...
Cricket: Calne CC won their first game of the season against the newly promoted KC club. more...
Last week over 200 children at St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Devizes were seemingly transported to outer space when one of the UK's most advanced mobile planetaria came to their school. more...
Campaigners will be holding a public meeting in Devizes to discuss the threat of new housing developments around the town. more...
A motorist died in a crash on the A361 between Devizes and Seend on Sunday night . more...
The Seend Beer Festival attracted more visitors than last year. more...
Chippenham Town chairman Derek Hooper has resigned after just four months, the Gazette understands. more...
Hot on the heels of her victory at the County Championships, 13 year old Hannah Turland, from Tidworth Garrison Golf Club, has added another trophy to her growing collection. With another impressive performance, she beat Tidworth club-mate, Di Gritt, in the final of the Winter Scratch Knock-Out competition at Chippenham on Saturday to become the first player to have her name engraved on this brand new trophy. more...
For the second successive year, Wiltshire and Surrey based coaches Daniel Tunstall and Peter Willcox will go head-to-head in today's Men's Singles final at the 2008 National Deaf Tennis Championships. more...
Rugby: Ian Davies has been appointed the new head coach at Devizes RFC. more...
Judo: Devizes Budo Club senior British squad members Jason Parsons and Tom Reed competed in the senior British Open Championships held at K2 in Crawley. more...
Rugby: Ian Davies has been appointed the new head coach at Devizes RFC. more...
Wootton Bassett 5 Swindon 0 Bassett Colts rounded off their Colts season with a well deserved victory over local rivals Swindon on Sunday. The victory avenged two defeats at the hands of the visitors earlier this season in the Dorset and Wilts Merit Table competition. more...
THE annual meeting of the West Wilts Hockey Club will be held at Warminster Cricket Club, Sambourne Road, Warminster on Tuesday May 20. more...
A gruesome murder shook the quiet village of Hook in the 19th Century. Fran Bevan looks back at the newspaper reports of the time more...
A SCHEME to improve the raised high pavements in Melksham has hit a hurdle. more...
A MOTORIST died last night after a crash on the A361 near Seend. more...
DIVISION THREE: Broughton Gifford moved to within a point of leaders Great Western with a 7-2 win away to Bratton Reserves. more...
DIVISION TWO: Bratton's chances of finishing second took a knock as they lost 5-1 away to midtable Anchor and Hope. more...
DIVISION ONE: Steeple Ashton missed out on the chance to finish third in the table when they lost 5-3 away to Frome Town Sports. more...
SALISBURY Racecourse's 2008 campaign got under way yesterday with a thrilling eight-race card in front of a packed Netherhampton crowd. more...
Love can only stretch so far... more...
Life contains moments, always looking forward, missing time... more...
Love is like a river with ups and downs... more...
THIS pretty bluebell was snapped by Steward Greenwood and shows that spring is definitely in the air around Swindon. more...
ALL sorts of treasures can be found in all sorts of places and people in Salisbury are being invited to bring along their finds to Salisbury Museum. more...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a group of youths were seen riding a stolen motorbike around Hudson's Field in Salisbury in a reckless manner at about 2.15pm yesterday. more...
THE electoral divisions proposed for Salisbury city when the new Wiltshire Council takes office next year have been announced. more...
A NEW interim principal has taken over the reins at Sarum College. more...
A SPRING arts and crafts fair is to raise money for charity while giving visitors the chance to appreciate the work of local artists. more...
THREE new non-executive directors have been appointed to the board of the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NSH Trust. more...
VOLUNTEERS will be taking to the catwalk in a fashion show to raise funds for Red Cross Appeal Week. more...
THE staggering decade-long rise in house prices now shows every sign of going into reverse but Wiltshire is holding up comparatively well, according to new figures. more...
Nottingham Forest midfielder Lewis McGugan scored the decisive goal in a 3-2 victory over Yeovil which ensured his side clinched promotion to the Coca-Cola Championship. more...
WHILE poignant farewells were being said by some County Ground favourites on Saturday, one youngster was emphatically announcing his arrival as the new kid on the block. more...
MICHAEL Timlin has urged Town fans to stop living in the past - insisting they should instead be relishing an exciting future. more...
MICHAEL Timlin already has his eyes on climbing back up the Football League ladder after committing himself to the Town revolution for the next two years. more...
AFTER a nomadic footballing career, Town vice skipper Jamie Vincent admits he is finally back at a club where he feels at home. more...
MIGUEL Comminges has a big future in English football according to one of the players he looks set to leave behind. more...
Minety lifted the Wilts Junior Cup in a hard-fought final at Hunts Copse, beating fellow Wilts Division One side Stratton Juniors, 2-0, writes RAY BURROUGHS. more...
FAIRFORD Town must wait another week to discover whether they will saved from relegation. more...
A 23-year-old drug dealer who made £17,000 over a five month period selling crack cocaine has been jailed for five years. more...
A 67-year-old man who systematically abused a young girl in the 1970s has been jailed for eight years. more...
PUBLICIST to the stars Max Clifford has questioned Melinda Messenger's decision to reveal the details of her marriage break-up in a magazine article. more...
WHEN Adam Twine came up with the idea of creating a wind farm on his land, many people may have thought he was tilting at windmills. more...
IT resulted in some of Swindon's streets being turned into rubbish dumps and caused a political row in the council chamber. more...
HUNDREDS of young fans packed into the Premier Club to watch top wrestlers in spectacular action. more...
EAGLE-EYED neighbours have been praised by police for helping to uncover a cannabis factory in Rodbourne. more...
A CLIMATE change bill by a Swindon MP that aims to turn public buildings green is being supported by councils up and down the country - but not in Swindon. more...
A FARM'S long-awaited arrival has finally been born - and his name is Bobby. more...
THE trial of four men accused of kidnapping a Swindon woman who allegedly dealt drugs for them is expected to start today. more...
FLOWER lovers in Swindon are getting the chance to thank a loved one by naming an orchid after them. more...
A MAN accused of illegally obtaining more than £4,300 has had the case against him dropped because prosecutors did not have the right paperwork ready. more...
VICTORY tastes good at the best of times, but a win tonight will be even sweeter for Robins boss Alun Rossiter. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town forward Luke Gullick says he has no intention of leaving Hardenhuish Park following the Southern League play-off defeat, and has urged his team-mates to stay at the club. more...
WILTSHIRE crumbled to a seven wicket defeat in their second MCCA Trophy match against Devon at Exmouth yesterday. more...
Willand Rovers 1, Frome Town 0 more...
Ilfracombe Town 1, Frome Town 4 more...
HORSE RACING: Wincanton racecourse hosts its last raceday of the season on Thursday May 8. more...
WEST Wiltshire District Council has released the new 2008/9 Arts Directory, listing information on hundreds of artists and arts organisations based or working in the area. more...
GREAT western Ambulance Service has hit back at the police, fire and trade union officials who claim poor ambulance provisions are affecting their services. more...
THREE young animators from Wiltshire College have been asked to help create drawings to support a television campaign for ITV. more...
DOES Southwick need affordable village housing for local people? That's the question being raised at talks tomorrow. more...
A CRACKDOWN by MOD Police on fly-tipping on Salisbury Plain has resulted in two more successful prosecutions. more...
A SERIES of paintings, collages, and drawings by people with learning disabilities will go on show at Warminster library between May 27 and June 14. more...
A DRUGS cultivator who dug out two rooms under his garage to set up a hidden skunk cannabis factory has been ordered to pay £22,500 or face a further year in jail. more...
BLUES fans can catch international artists at Wiltshire's only Blues festival in July. more...
Spring is in full bloom at Westonbirt Arboretum. Traditionally May is the month for cherry blossom, azaleas and rhododendrons at the National Arboretum, but take a walk on the wilder side and uncover its best-kept spring secret - carpets of bluebells. more...
Thanks to a grant from Wiltshire Crimebeat, students from Year 8 at St John's School in Marlborough were lucky enough to watch a dance production of 'Dyin 2 b Drunk' last week, a show that is currently on tour across England. Dyin 2 b Drunk is a dance theatre production for teenagers, designed and written with one purpose: to highlight the dangerous consequences of drinking too much alcohol. Through hip hop and contemporary dance the 12 & 13-year olds were shown the dangers and consequences of binge drinking. The show was performed by dance company Pretty Good Girl and directed by Lou Barrett. more...
WILTSHIRE County Council is helping parents who want to go back to work or undertake training to find relevant childcare for their needs. more...
A bus driver who sexually assaulted two 15-year-olds after telling them he could help them get into the world of modelling has been jailed. more...
Pensioners who campaigned to save a vital village bus have breathed a sigh of relief after a Chippenham company stepped in and saved the rural route. more...
Staff at Wiltshire County Council have signed up to a web based fitness buddy' scheme to help them keep fit. more...
Echoes of the Second World War rang through Ramsbury and Aldbourne today as the villages went back in time. more...
UNDER NINES: FC Chippenham took the lead against Trowbridge Town Youth in their Under Nines Division One game with a headed goal from Tadgh Feerick. more...
UNDER 10s: Melksham Town Saints clinched the Under 10s Blue Division title and warmed up for the cup final with a 3-0 away win at Trowbridge Wanderers. more...
UNDER 11s: Ryan Fry scored his first ever goal for Trowbridge Town Youth to give his side the lead after 20 minutes at Melksham Town Youth in Under 11s Division One. more...
UNDER 12s: Larkhall Athletic finished their Under 12s Green Division season with a 100 per cent record with an emphatic 9-0 victory against a battling Trowbridge Town side. more...
UNDER 13s: Bradford Town Youth ran out 3-2 winners at AFC Calne in the Under 13s Blue Division. more...
UNDER 14s: Castle Combe Colts and Chippenham Town Rangers played a re-run of last week's match in the Under 14s Red Division, but unfortunately for Combe there was no a repeat of their dominance last week. more...
UNDER 15s: Trowbridge Wanderers remain at the top of the Under 15s Blue Division table following their 2-0 away win against Amesbury Juniors. more...
UNDER 16s: Trowbridge Town Youth dropped points for only the second time this season but remain on course for this season's Under 16s Blue Division title after drawing 1-1 with visitors Bradford Town Youth. more...
UNDER 17s-18s: Castle Combe Colts and Castle Combe 1 played out an entertaining goal-less draw. more...
UNDER NINES: A local derby in the under nines fair play awards saw the winners of the award, Trowbridge Town Youth C, play runners-up Trowbridge Wanderers B in an evenly matched display of football. more...
U9 FAIR PLAY MATCH A local derby in the U9's fair play awards saw winners of the award Trowbridge Town Youth C play runners up Trowbridge Wanderers B in an evenly matched display of football. more...
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