Wiltshire | Archive | 2008 | July
CYCLISTS got on their bikes to help raise money for the NSPCC in Bradford on Avon on Sunday. more...
An archive for the future has been created by Hardenhuish School in Chippenham to show future generations what life was like in 2008. more...
WHILE most teams are enjoying a mid-season break, last season' Fourth Division runners-up Riverside Renegades travelled to Alan Powell Lane, Dilton Marsh, to face Frome Sunday League outfit Dilton Rovers in a friendly. more...
A 16 year-old male has been arrested, interviewed and bailed pending further police inquiries, following a serious sexual assault in Devizes. more...
THE lives of hundreds of air passengers were saved by a group of friends on a stag weekend. more...
Karl Anthony Quincey, 35, has appeared before Chippenham Magistrates this morning charged with the murder of Barry Cooper. more...
Wiltshire Police have issued this photo of a bicycle that they wish to identify the owner of, in connection with the death of Barry Cooper. more...
Football: Leisure Leagues who are affiliated to UKIFF (United Kingdom Independent Football Federation) held its inaugural National Tournament at Birmingham University where the winners and runners up from leagues all over the country battled it out for the title of National Champions. more...
MEMBERS of Ogbourne Downs Golf Club were treated to a wee dram' after two hole in ones were recorded at the Wiltshire course on the same day. more...
DAVID Howell may not be the only Wiltshireman teeing off at Royal Birkdale in a fortnight after four local golfers took a giant step towards the Open in today's regional qualifiers. more...
Explorer Scouting is for young people aged from 14 to 18. more...
The ongoing fuel crisis has hit the headlines as well as people's pockets, as price hikes, panic buying, strikes, and petrol shortages have become widespread across the UK. more...
Tracklements, of Malmesbury, has been chosen as a finalist in the Federation of Small Businesses British Small Business Champions Awards 2008. more...
The Federation of Small businesses has urged ministers to maintain and improve a scheme that rewards local authorities for supporting entrepreneurs and businesses. more...
AGAINST a national success rate of 50 per cent, Cirencester-based Moore Allen & Innocent sold 75 per cent of its land and property at a recent auction. more...
SO Consulting, the PR & Sponsorship Agency in Old Town, has been appointed as the official PR and Sponsorship partner for Virtual Group of Shrivenham. more...
Employees are set to enjoy an extra four days holiday as new laws come into force next year. more...
Zurich Insurance have sold their national training centre King Edward's Place at Foxhill near Wanborough, to The Petersham Hotel Group. more...
A fairytale and a musical powerpoint presentation featured at a comedy gig. Really? more...
A CLOSE knit group of school leavers bid a final farewell to their school years at Grittleton House last week. more...
Rocker Pete Doherty stunned organisers of an art exhibition when he submitted a picture - drawn in his own blood. more...
STUDENTS who have finished their A levels exams at St John's in Marlborough ended their school careers with a formal ball on Friday night. more...
WHILE many of our European Tour rivals are scrambling around links courses this week trying desperately to qualify for The Open, David and I have a slightly more relaxing week ahead of us. more...
DIDN'T they do wellthe senior boys and girls at Pewsey Vale School were transformed into belles of the ball and dashing young men for their proms night on Friday. more...
My little cottage in the country, well it’s the place I live the most... more...
SALISBURY City will kick off their Blue Square Premier campaign at home to Burton Albion on Saturday, August 9. more...
SALISBURY City's youth team have been drawn away to AFC Totton in the first qualifying round of the 2008/09 FA Youth Cup. more...
AMESBURY police are mounting a new operation in the town centre this month in a bid to tackle violence and antisocial behaviour. more...
A WALKING map project for Salisbury has been praised in a new Government publication. more...
THE fire brigade was called to a fire in a disused house on Wilton Road early this morning. more...
A SOCIAL film drama depicting the traumatic issues surrounding domestic abuse is to be launched on July 7 with the full backing of Wiltshire Police and other statutory and voluntary organisations. more...
STAFF at Salisbury District Hospital are asking people who received an Accident and Emergency Department (A&E) patient survey questionnaire to complete and return them by the end of the month. All hospitals carry out patient surveys as part of the national initiative to use the views of local people to improve health services, and around 850 people who recently attended the A&E Department at Salisbury District Hospital have been asked their views. more...
SALISBURY'S Lib Dem spokesman Nick Radford will be putting on his running shoes at the weekend when he competes in the British 10k London Run to raise funds for Salisbury Hospicecare. more...
WILTSHIRE Police are reassuring the public the force will not be reducing the number of officers in the force or cutting down the number of patrols in light of spiralling fuel costs. more...
THE Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) is hoping to recruit a top-team of Salisbury residents for fundraising. more...
MYSTERY surrounds the sudden resignation of seven of the ten governors at Bemerton St John Primary School. more...
AFTER 11 years of argument and more than £37 million already spent, yet another major public consultation is about to be launched into the future of Stonehenge. more...
A WINDOW will be opened on Wiltshire's Roman past at two events being held at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre to mark National Archaeology Day on July 19. more...
RESERVIST Lloyd Farrington has been chosen to attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace to commemorate 100 years of the Territorial Army. more...
Katie, Rachel and Vicky Bowden at identical twins' Katie and Vicky Bowden's 18th birthday do at Rush nightclub more...
Kirsty Perks, Rachel Bowden and Sascha Carr at identical twins' Katie and Vicky Bowden's 18th birthday do at Rush nightclub more...
Jenny Acott and Amy Francis at identical twins' Katie and Vicky Bowden's 18th birthday do at Rush nightclub more...
Katie Bowden, Nicky James, Vicky Bowden and Lindsey Watson at identical twins' Katie and Vicky Bowden's 18th birthday do at Rush nightclub more...
SWINDON Town legend John Trollope has returned home' after being lured back to the County Ground to help develop the next generation of stars. more...
MAURICE Malpas admits it will soon be decision time' for some of his Town transfer targets after officially joining the hunt to sign Peterborough United winger Josh Low. more...
SWINDON Town's North Stand will continue to be called the Arkell's Stand for at least the next three years following a new sponsorship deal worth a five-figure sum. more...
TOWN fear they have lost out in the race for Manchester United youngster Ritchie Jones - although are still awaiting a final decision from his agent. more...
SWINDON Town's home League One clash with Millwall has been put back a day on police advice. more...
BRUCE Martin admits he is "shocked" at how well he is bowling this season after another five-wicket haul steered Swindon to a vital win over title rivals Biddestone. more...
LEAGUE leaders Lechlade were invited to bat at Westinghouse on a softer wicket than normal. more...
FOURTEEN-year-old Jack Haines scored a magnificent 90 on his first team debut as Goatacre hauled themselves off the foot of the Glos/Wilts table with victory at Lydney. more...
HIGHWORTH travelled to Calne knowing that victory could lift them to second. more...
SWINDON angler Sharon Selby made a welcome return to her club Ashton Keynes, winning the second round of the Tench Cup at Cokes Pit. more...
GREENDOWN School held the inaugural bursary awards presentation last week, with grants of up to £500 being handed out to Swindon's stars of the future, writes AARON LEIGHFIELD. more...
CONCERNING the Mechanics' Institute featured on pages 1, 2 and 3 of the Swindon Advertiser, June 28. more...
The scale of MPs abusing the benefits system increases on a daily basis, I believe in the hundreds now, with no charges, dismissals or any action being taken against them. more...
WE had an exhilarating Euro 2008 without England. Rest assured. England would not have beaten any of the European Championship semi-finalists. However, other detractors may be interested to learn that England's 2008 qualifying group yielded a quarter-finalist and a semi-finalist. Croatia, minus Eduardo da Silva, beat runners-up Germany and Russia were defeated by champions Spain. England were effectively knocked out of the group of death. more...
THE National Institute for Clinical Excellence, NICE, has been heavily criticised by a number of charities for the time it takes to recommend treatment for NHS use. more...
IN reply to the article concerning the picture and report of the soldiers bodies that are driven through Wootton Bassett, with a correction. more...
I WELCOME the comments of A King in support of the link between politics and economics. Of course there is a link, supported by the fact that one of the most popular university degrees is that which embraces politics, philosophy and economics. more...
TODAY (June 23) I attended the repatriation ceremony at RAF Lyneham, for one of my soldiers. Along with her three colleagues, Cpl Sarah Bryant was killed in action last week in southern Afghanistan. more...
I READ your report on the veterans march on Sunday, yes it was a very good turn-out, as an 89-year-old ex-Army man I completed the whole march to St Mark's Church and was more than pleased with the reception along the route. more...
I AM fed up of opening the paper, not only yours but national ones as well, to find every day there is a stabbing, a death, another murder. Please tell me what they get out of having and using a knife? more...
THE RAF St Eval Friends Reunited Association is trying to contact all ex-RAF St Eval personnel, and invite them to its next reunion to be held at the Trebarwith Hotel, Newquay, Cornwall in October this year. All members receive two newsletters, one in January and one in July, we can also do a search for your ex-RAF St Eval pals. more...
FIRST of all let me make it clear I am not a smoker and never have been, even when I could have got Senior Service at 25d for 50 in the Merchant Navy and free issue in Aden while in the Army. But I do believe in freedom of choice. more...
AFTER several days of total exhaustion, I cancelled a very important meeting in London, in order to recharge my batteries and give myself a restful day. more...
A headteacher is retiring after working at the same Swindon school for 40 years. more...
SIR Richard Branson's plan to introduce a network of Virgin polyclinics across the UK will start in Swindon. more...
A headteacher is retiring after working at the same Swindon school for 40 years. more...
A YOUNG boy who lost his bike has been reunited with it thanks to the kindness of a stranger. more...
MOTORISTS cruised down the Blunsdon bypass for the first time yesterday, after a stretch of the multi-million pound new road was formally opened. more...
A MAN convicted of conspiring to assault hammer attack victim Henry Webster has been given one last chance after he failed to turn up for his community service. more...
TEN miles from Swindon is a small community that has no permanent residents, employs about 220 people and welcomes some eight million visitors a year. more...
SIR Richard Branson's plan to introduce a network of Virgin polyclinics across the UK will start in Swindon. more...
A CROSSBOW, a Webley air pistol and jewellery have been stolen from a home in north Swindon. more...
BRAVE cop Neil Sampson, who was stabbed in the line of duty, was recognised by the Queen for his dedication to the job. more...
IN the third of our NHS history features, we look at the work of the GWR doctors, who used chloroform and brandy as anaesthetics. more...
WE have teamed up with the Richard Jefferies Society to bring readers Richard Jefferies' monthly nature notes. For July, here is an extract from an 1885 piece called The Open Air BLUE veronica was identified, sometimes called germander speedwell, sometimes bird's-eye, whose leaves are so plain and petals so blue. more...
ALMOST 50 children toddled for half a mile to raise money for charity. more...
ANYONE who is interested in learning about ancient Chinese exercises can do so at Milton Road this month. more...
WILTSHIRE lorry drivers joined a fuel protest in the capital. more...
OUTLAW Robin Hood popped up in Swindon this week. more...
East meets west as kung-fu legends Jackie Chan and Jet Li face off in this family friendly adventure. more...
Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile), serves as director, writer, and producer of The Mist, an adaptation of Stephen King's classic novella. more...
Po the Panda (Jack Black), a lowly waiter, is a kung-fu fanatic but whose shape prevents him from mastering the art. more...
In repertory until Saturday, August 9, Theatre Royal Bath. Henry James’s The Portrait of a Lady, receives its world premiere in a new stage adaptation by Nicola Frei as the curtain rises on this summer’s Peter Hall Company season at the Theatre Royal Bath. more...
Monday, July 7 until Saturday, July 12, Hazelbury Manor, Box. Now in their 19th year, the well-loved and highly respected amateur group Shakespeare Live are tackling All’s Well That Ends Well for the very first time, directed by Christine Partington. more...
Saturday July 5, 2pm, Wyvern Theatre, Swindon. Fresh from entertaining the Queen at The Royal Variety Performance Perrier nominated comedian Howard Read and his animated six-year-old sidekick Little Howard are bringing their new family comedy show to the Wyvern Theatre on Saturday. more...
Wednesday, July 9 until Saturday, July 12, Rondo Theatre, Bath. In a mysterious institution, a secret project takes place. Four women are set a bizarre challenge: to improve the national standards of torture. more...
Friday July 4 until Sunday, July 13, Various venues. Music, comedy and the arts are among the scores of attractions on offer at this year’s Frome Festival, which opens on Friday July 4. more...
WEST Wiltshire branch of the National Autistic Society (NAS) is celebrating its second birthday on Sunday (July 6). more...
DANCING sessions and improvements to a BMX track are among projects in north Wiltshire set to receive funding. more...
THE coolest temperatures since 1999 and below average rainfall were recorded during June by a west Wiltshire weatherman. more...
ELECTORAL arrangements for when the new Wiltshire unitary authority comes into force next year will be the subject of a public consultation. more...
A TROWBRIDGE charity is searching for a new administrator for its minibus service which supports elderly and vulnerable members of the community. more...
A SCHOOLGIRL performed in front of hundreds of people this weekend at the national finals of a competition for budding pop stars. more...
ARTWORK by school children will be displayed on the hoarding surrounding a major leisure development in Trowbridge. more...
A SEA LION colony at a safari park near Warminster has grown by two to the delight of keepers. more...
A CLASSIC display of vintage cars, roses and women's clothing was held in west Wiltshire on Sunday to raise money for charity. more...
ORGANISERS of controversial music festival Moonfest will have to wait until the end of the month before they find out if the Westbury-based event will go ahead. more...
A WESTBURY woman celebrated her 100th birthday on Wednesday surrounded by her friends and family. more...
MORE than 500 people crammed into St Mary's Church in Marshfield on Monday for the funeral of popular Hardenhuish sixth former Daniel England. more...
ONE of the country's most senior druids has set up a permanent camp close to Stonehenge - to fight for it to be fully opened. more...
Angry lorry drivers arrived in London today for a major protest, grimly determined to get the Government to cut the price of fuel. more...
Electoral arrangements for the new Wiltshire council are taking shape with the draft recommendations report being published by the Boundary Committee today. more...
Transport minister Tom Harris is backing plans to double a railway track between Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. more...
A teenage yob who escaped a jail term for robbing a foreign exchange student and trying to rob another is finally behind bars. more...
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