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Has Devizes suddenly been moved a few degrees south? I've never seen so many of the little beggars. Climate change, the bad summer or just one of those things? Tell you what, though, it never happened on my watch!

For the second time in three weeks an injury has led to the games between Devizes and Corsham being abandoned. This evening's match at Nursteed Road was stopped with around 20 minutes left to play after Devizes goal keeper Owen Dunn received a blow to

Southern League Premier Division A CLINICAL display from Chippenham Town got Adie Mings' side back to winning way as they survived a physical encounter. Aaron Cornwall, Jake Reid, Kevin Halliday and late brace from Kye Holly made it a happy return

UNDER 16 CHIPPENHAM Town Ladies looked to take advantage of leaders Devizes' week off, but wereheld to a 1-1 draw at Stanley Park by Swindon Town Ladies. Trowbridge Town Youth, last season's champions, got their first win of the season at Woodmarsh

PETER Balcombe told one of his family he was planning to kill his wife, Bristol Crown Court heard today. Balcombe, 46, from Pewsey, is charged with murdering his wife Eunice on Dec 21 last year. Balcombe had two children by his wife Eunice, who also

ANOTHER victim in Chippenham has fallen prey to a distraction burglary when thieves stole £400 after posing as water board inspectors. The man, who lives on Wessex Road, was waiting for a council worker to come to his home to fix a boiler when a man

A young thug who subjected his former girlfriend to a vicious beating while on licence from prison is back inside. Daniel Crewe's partner had stood by him while he was locked up for an unprovoked attack on a terminally ill man. But he launched a

Fifteen-year-old Mumbai Romony sobbed as she told Bristol Crown Court today how she and her sister, Maddison, nine, and brother Mitchell, six, kissed their mother, Eunice Balcombe, for the last time shortly before she was strangled to death. Peter

Chippenham's third team travelled away to Frome to try and keep up their winning ways. Striving for promotion after narrowly missing out last season, Chippenham continue to play some determined hockey. After winning numerous short corners, which unfortunately

Chippenham weathered an early storm from the visitors. The defence were constantly put under pressure, against the quick paced forwards of the visitors. But Chippenham's defence stood up to the challenge and kept them at bay with some excellent

Premier One Marlborough went into Sunday's game in confident mood despite the previous day's result but much like Saturday, Marlborough were unable to convert this into crucial goals. German International Max Smit, alongside Rupert Nylor, making their

Fifteen-year-old Mumbai Romony sobbed as she told Bristol Crown Court today how she and her sister, Maddison, nine, and brother Mitchell, six, kissed their mother, Eunice Balcombe, for the last time shortly before she was strangled to death. Peter Balcombe

Premier One It was always going to be a tough game playing away to one of the top sides so early into the league and so it proved. The 9-0 scoreline was made worse than the balance of play would have suggested by Cardiff's clinical short corner routine

Chippenham started the game firmly on the front foot, providing dominance over City of Bath for the entire first half. From the pushback, Guy Barrett and Rich Borman, worked very hard in the centre of the pitch providing the whole team the foundation

Premier Two Chippenham twice came from behind to pick up their first point of the season. The home side started off the game looked good on the break with the pace of Cameron Main playing up front, and causing a lot of problems for the visitors'

CONKERS were wielded in fierce competition in the tranquil village of Seagry on Saturday. Seagry School held its annual conker championships at The Chestnuts. The 55 participants had a cracking day, along with the rest of the spectators. The event

A 27-year-old man has been charged with causing arson with intent to endanger life following a fire in Milton Lilbourne on Thursday which destroyed his parents' wooden bungalow. Laurie Osborne appeared before North Wiltshire magistrates in Chippenham

Wiltshire Police are good at tackling crime but only fair when it comes to all other areas including combating serious crime and public protection according to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. Details of the performance framework report

Dorset & Wilts One North Marlborough travelled to Cricklade on Saturday hoping to improve on their previous two games and get a win. With a strong team being available there was much belief within the team that they could finally get the league

South West two East Chippenham demonstrated their title credentials with victory over the team tipped to be among the championship favourites this season. It was Chippenham's fifth win out of five. Their starting lineup saw a couple of changes noteably

The Bishop of Ramsbury, Stephen Conway, will today visit Travellers in Westbury and Melksham in order to find out more about the issues facing Travellers in the region. Bishop Stephen has been meeting many different people and groups since he began

Dorset & Wilts Division Two North Corsham 2nd maintained top spot in with a comprehensive victory. After a close-run encounter the previous week at Colerne, Corsham's second string returned to form with a clinical team performance. Bath Saracens

Southern Counties South Oldfield came to the Chivers ground on Saturday having won only a single League game and the Saddlebacks had high hopes of breaking thier losing sequence of four games. But it was the visitors who led throughout the game,

Dorset & Wilts Division 3 North Minety seconds showed good form as they dominated. The home team sneaked a last minute try, but the rest of the game and result belonged to Minety. The Minety forwards played extremely well against a substantially

Dorset & Wilts Division Two North Corsham 2nd maintained top spot in with a comprehensive victory. After a close-run encounter the previous week at Colerne, Corsham's second string returned to form with a clinical team performance. Bath Saracens

Dorset & Wiltshire League Two North Saturday's game was held up wjile thr Wiltshire Air Ambulance flew Colerne Centre Paul Waldrown to hospital with a neck injury. But it made little difference to the score as Colerne eased to a comfortable win.

EHA Trophy Rampant Devizes scored 17 goals in two games to continue their impressive start to the season. An 8-0 thrashing of Yeovil & Swanage in Premier Two on Saturday was followed by a 9-0 EHA Trophy annihilation of Bournemouth on Sunday. They

After strangling his wife, Peter Balcombe made himself a cup of coffee, a court heard. Balcombe, 46, of Stratton Road, Pewsey, grabbed Rose Eunice Balcombe, known as Eunice, by the throat, pushing her to the floor, a jury at Bristol Crown Court heard

Bloodsucking bed-bugs are on the march in Swindon. Swindon Borough Council has been called in to deal with dealt with 30 cases of the vampiric mites since April. In 1999 there was just one case. The bugs feed by sinking their teeth into sleeping humans

Billie Piper will be returning to the Tardis for a sensational last-in-the-series showdown. The former Ridgeway School pupil, 25, will once again become Rose Tyler for the dramatic episode, joining join fellow former assistants to fight Dalek boss Davros

After strangling his wife, Peter Balcombe made himself a cup of coffee, a court heard. Balcombe, 46, of Stratton Road, Pewsey, grabbed Rose Eunice Balcombe, known as Eunice, by the throat, pushing her to the floor, a jury at Bristol Crown Court heard

A jealous husband who travelled to Britain to stab his RAF Lyneham love rival to death was suffering from a major depressive episode at the time. Francesco Matta, 56, a postal worker from Cagliari, Sardinia, has denied murdering Flight Lieutenant Stephen

Shop owner Abdur Rahim has been forced to pay thousands of pounds in fines after selling cigarettes to a 13-year-old girl. Rahim, owner of the Sonar Bangla Grocery store in Bridge Street, Swindon, pleaded guilty to selling cigarettes to the youngster

Department store Debenhams is moving across Swindon. The retail giant will leave its store on The Parade in 2010 for a new home at Regent Place development, which is planned for the site of the Granville Street car park. The 100,000sq ft department

Corsham took the honours in the Wootton Bassett Minis Festival at the weekend, coming away with three titles from different age groups. They were victorious in the under nines, under 10s and under 12s sections, narrowly seeing off the challenge of Chippenham

BOXING: Walcot ABC enjoyed a successful first outing of the season at the Assembly Hall in Melksham, where their team of eight recorded five victories. Topping the bill was former Junior ABA lightweight champion Danny Bharj, who encountered the highly-rated

Swindon Robins booked a place in their second final of the season last night - and team boss Alun Rossiter dedicated the display to close friend and fan Dave Cummings who died just hours before the Craven Shield meeting at Belle Vue. Cummings was a regular

Craven Shield Swindon Robins are through to the Craven Shield final - but only after a major scare at Belle Vue last night. The Robins went into the third and final leg of their semi with an 11-point lead over Eastbourne after winning the first two

Highworth boss John Fisher has promised to give Town's supporters value for money by picking a full-strength side for their Hellenic Floodlit Cup match against Banbury United tonight. Highworth have no injury worries or suspension for the first round

Michael Pook says there are three big reasons why Town will be going all out for a Johnstone's Paint Trophy second round win at home to Cheltenham this evening. While a rare opportunity to impress is enough of a motivating factor in itself, Pook admits

Christian Roberts says there is no chance of Town's promotion push derailing because of off-the-field issues, claiming there are too many strong characters to let the attention be diverted. Town's winger hailed the 5-0 drubbing of Gillingham on Saturday

Swindon Town director Bob Holt said the club is rapidly heading towards insolvency and admittedmajor shareholders will now be asked for funds to keep it afloat. Holt has also revealed Best Holdings' exclusivity over purchasing the County Ground club

Swindon Town director Mike Bowden has been suspended for a fortnight over allegations that he made inappropriate comments towards a female member of staff. The comments are alleged to have been made at Town's League One clash with Bournemouth on September

Swindon Town's deal could cost £18 million. A source close to the negotiations between club suitors Best Holdings and the current shareholders has disclosed the full extent of Town's financial precipice. Immediate debts total more than £4 million, far