Is that not one of the most iconic quotes from 1970s British telly? Makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. The Sweeney broke the mould: the coppers were not paragons of virtue and, on occasion, crime did pay. Without The Sweeney, we couldn't
People travelling to the south of the county could face disruption to their journeys after hundreds of bus workers announced a series of strikes. The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said 350 of its members at the Wilts & Dorset bus company
Morrisons supermarket in Chippenham has been prosecuted after a screw was found in a sandwich. Following an investigation by North Wiltshire District Council's Environmental Health team the store was fined £4,515 and ordered to pay £1,880 costs.
A lorry driver who crashed after falling asleep at the wheel leaving a father of two dead has failed to get his licence back a year early. Ian Lawrence was driving a 17 tonne lorry when it smashed into the rear of a parked truck on the A350 killing
Hotly tipped 22-year-old singer/songwriter/guitarist Newton Faulkner has been supporting Paolo Nutini and James Morrison on their recent nationwide tours before embarking on his own national headlining tour, which rolls around to Swindon on Sunday.
When rain delayed the start of a Lord's Taverners Six-A-Side tournament at Sir Paul Getty's Ground last Friday, the organisers summoned Mike Gatting, Barry Norman and your cricket correspondent to form a Question and Answer panel to bore a marquee-load
A significant reverse 'sandwich' of music - that is to say contemporary works around classical rather than the reverse in case audience figures are adversely affected - saw a comfortably-sized audience show by their appreciation that, surprise, surprise
From the moment they bounded on stage and plunged into a feverish section of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, you knew this evening was going to be something extraordinary. Three brothers and a cousin of the Broadbent family make up Stringfever on two violins
Meet the man with 42 hands, Richard Durrant, known as The Guitar Whisperer. His lunchtime concert in St Bartholomew's Church was an hour of pure delight. He is not only an extraordinarily versatile and talented guitar player - any kind of guitar, plus
If contemporary music means to you plink, plonk, weird timing, and atonal sounds, Sunday's workshop and performance with CoMA (Contemporary Music for Amateurs) was an ear and eye opener. About a dozen musicians from the CoMA London Ensemble, who travel
Why bother to go and listen to music in a concert hall? The answer is that reproduced music, however expensive, perfect and sophisticated the system, can never be the same as the real thing. A good live performance is a fantastic, exciting, personal
The county council has achieved a Platinum Award from Education Business Plus for making a positive difference to work related learning for young people in Wiltshire. Education Business Plus is a public-funded body seeking to enable young people to
Villagers in Milton Lilbourne are celebrating the news they have been awarded £9,800 of Lottery funding to improve disabled facilities at the village hall. The work will create two disabled parking places, an access ramp and a disabled toilet.
A new service connecting people from Wootton Bassett and surrounding rural villages to the Great Western Hospital in Swindon will go live next month. The taxi service, which starts on Monday, July 2, will offer door-to-door transport to the hospital
Newly-qualified teacher Daniel Brooking died when he lost control of his car and crashed into a tree, an inquest heard today. Mr Brooking, of Ebor Paddocks, Calne, was driving home from Kingdown School, Warminster, where he worked as a science teacher
Quentin Tarantino lends his name, as executive producer, to Eli Roth's stomach-churning torture fantasy, which follows the entrail-slathered template of the first film, but with three girls as the unsuspecting victims. The bloodletting is so graphic
Douglas Mackinnon's biopic of sporting triumph against adversity opens with a cyclist striding purposefully through the woods, carrying his bike and a length of rope. Whispered voices echo through the trees as the man throws one end of the rope over
The annual epidemic of sequelitis continues to sweep multiplexes. No sooner have we recovered from nasty bouts of Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End and Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer then along comes the third computer animated adventure
Wiltshire's deputy fire chief Eugene Johnson is to retire this week more than a year after he was suspended amid concerns about his management style. The 50-year-old, who has been second in command of the county's brigade for two years and based at
The man who took on Fleet Street with a new full colour newspaper will be the guest speaker at this year's West Wilts Show opener. Eddie Shah has carved out a career in radio, television, films and publishing, and is now owner of the Wiltshire Golf
On Wimbledon's finals weekend there is only one place to be for strawberry lovers - but it is not the palatial surroundings of SW19. Instead, it is the peaceful village of Crudwell, which is holding its 20th annual Strawberry Fayre on July 7 and 8.
The owner of the company that hired out the skip 16-year-old Alex Grayson fatally crashed into last year is set to face a trial. Reino Kahkanon was charged with depositing a skip on the highway without cones and a separate charge of depositing a skip
Families over a wide area of Marlborough were awoken by the Wiltshire police helicopter in the early hours of this morning. The helicopter with two massive searchlights shining on the ground flew over the St Margarets Mead area of the town from 1.15
Glastonbury revellers were snarled up in lengthy traffic jams yesterday after a coach collided with a large goods vehicle on the A303. The accident happened at around 2.55pm at Winterbourne Stoke as thousands of festival-goers were flooding the area
DAVID Howell will make his latest comeback from injury at the K-Club next week after recovering from a sprained wrist which ruled him out of the US Open. Howell has fond memories of the Dublin club, having helped Europe to a record-equalling Ryder
Swindon's Steam Museum can be an eerie place at the best of times, with models of passengers and workers and the sounds of station life playing. But that did not deter the South West Paranormal Group from setting up shop in the museum to look for spooky
BARRY Corr is bidding to make his comeback from injury in front of the Sky Sports cameras after Swindon were handed a televised clash with rivals Yeovil Town. The Glovers play live at the County Ground on Sunday, September 9, when burly frontman Corr
ROBINS' scheduled Elite League meeting at Coventry last night failed to beat the appaling weather that had swept the country. Plenty of rain had fallen overnight and during the morning but brighter weather in the afternoon gave hope that the top-of-the-table
CORSHAM have appointed Nick Cavill as new head coach as they prepare for a return to Southern Counties rugby. Corsham, having been relegated from Southern Counties South at the end of the 2005/06 season, booked an immediate return last season when
TV builder Tommy Walsh will be sharing his house building experience in Swindon this weekend. The Ground Force star will be at the National Self-Build and Renovation centre on Saturday and Sunday talking about his latest project - building an eco-home
Drivers in Wiltshire are some of the worst speeders in the country. The county is paying an average £4.61 per person every year in fines for driving too fast. And Wiltshire's drivers are the fourth worst in the country for getting caught on Gatso
Elderly residents have been moved out of their care home and the manager arrested ahead of a court request for its immediate closure. Twenty people were moved out to other care homes after the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) applied for
Builder Tony Lockey was crushed against a wall while directing a colleague reversing a mechanical digger. Wiltshire Coroner David Masters yesterday opened an inquest into the death of Mr Lockey, 48, of Pinehurst Road. Mr Masters heard that the father-of-four
A prestigious independent school in Berkshire has secured funding to help provide a state academy in Wiltshire. Wellington College will be one of the first independent schools in the UK to co-fund an academy school, thanks to a £2m donation from a
An authentic Viking is visiting Chippenham to teach local people about the history they have in common. Bjorn Styrbjornsson is descended from the marauding Danish force that invaded Britain in AD 865 and went on to attack King Alfred the Great at his
A businessman has been ordered to pay £13,925 in fines and costs for illegally pouring gallons of dirty water into ditches throughout Wiltshire. John Edmunds is the managing director of Horse Laundry Ltd, which specialises in cleaning horse blankets
Olympic medallist Sharron Davies is to visit Chippenham on Friday as guest of honour at Sheldon School. The silver medal winner, who competed in international level swimming competitions during her career, will kick off the school's Olympic Day Fun
The female motorcyclist involved in an accident on the A342 at Bromham last week has had her leg amputated. The 37-year-old Bristol woman suffered serious injuries to her left leg in the collision with a VW Golf, driven by a 68-year-old local man,
