Stories for 2 February 2006
Calne News
PART-TIME barman Adrian Elmer, who found himself one of the unwitting stars of Living TV's new series Ghost Towns when he came across the spirit of a murdered 18th century excise man, says he's been a clairvoyant since he was a child. more...
UNTIL eight years ago, Sarah Pinnegar was known by her middle name, Kathleen. But at the grand old age of 92, the determined pensioner decided she'd rather go by her birth name and is now called Sarah. more...
POLICE have said there has been a visible decrease in the number of problems of anti-social behaviour in Calne since a series of initiatives to combat it were introduced. more...
AN innovative nature trail has been opened at Calne's Castlefields Park. The one-kilometre trail, created by the Calne Watch Group, a junior branch of Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, takes people around the park, which is near to the town centre. more...
CCTV images have been released showing a brazen thief pushing a trolley load of goods out of Sainsbury's in Calne just minutes after telling a member of staff he didn't have the £1 deposit for the trolley. more...
POLICE are warning people to be extremely careful with their purses and handbags after a recent spate of thefts in Calne. more...
Chippenham News
REBELLIOUS sixth formers at Sheldon School have threatened to walk out en masse after parking problems escalated to crisis point this week. more...
Sarah Gray, wife of North Wiltshire MP James Gray, will be undergoing an operation tomorrow at Bath's Royal United Hospital, part of her on-going treatment for breast cancer. more...
Vandals broke windows, let off a fire extinguisher and daubed Satanic graffiti over the Ladyfield Evangelical Church in Chippenham in a series of attacks within ten days. more...
Security company South and West Securities Ltd is gearing up to take over Chippenham town centre's CCTV system and looks set to operate the cameras 12 hours a day, from 6pm to 6am. more...
The excavation of a vast medieval drain at Lacock Abbey has revealed a fascinating array of ancient debris, including bronze dress pins once worn by nuns, painted glass and a book clasp. more...
SPOOKY goings on at Quintessentially English in Lacock convinced owner Jacqui Sheard the building was haunted. more...
LOVING daughter Fiona Dargavel is travelling to India later this year on a charity trip in memory of the mum she lost when she was just four years old. more...
Primary school pupil Rea Hall burst into tears in humiliation after her headteacher revealed that her cousin had been sent to jail. more...
A man has been remanded in custody after being accused of robbing a Chippenham sub-post office in 2004. more...
Chippenham High Street is gleaming following a six-month effort to rid the pavements of the ubiquitous blight of chewing gum. more...
a Public meeting is to be held to gauge people's feelings about a transport scheme for Chippenham and its surrounding villages. more...
WOULD-BE TV presenters, rearchers and camera operators are being given the chance to build their skills in a one-day studio challenge. more...
Suspended North Wiltshire Leisure chiefs Bruce Ponting and Gary Milne have lost their jobs running the district's six leisure centres. more...
BBC television cameras descended were at the Gazette's Chippenham office on Monday to film reporter Sarah Singleton at work for a feature on her new novel, Heretic. more...
FORMER Hardenhuish schoolgirl Jasmin Hollingum is preparing to hit the big time as her band, Shady Bard, take to the stage on the first national tour. more...
STROKE victim Marilyn Court was left inconsolable after she received a letter telling her she needed to come for an interview about getting back to work. more...
LYNEHAM fell eerily silent on Monday as villagers marked the first anniversary of the day that changed the community forever. more...
A NEW equine course is being launched for teenagers at Wiltshire College at Lackham in April. more...
City Ladies
KARLENE Benham's late winner booked Salisbury City Ladies a place in the semi-finals of the Hampshire Cup at the expense of Southampton Saints. more...
Corsham News
CORSHAM businessman Clive Chapman died suddenly of a mystery illness during a dream trip to the Himalayas. more...
Youngsters at Calder House School in Colerne will be able to enjoy all sorts of sports in all kinds of weather now they have a brand new multi-purpose sports court. more...
CONTENTIOUS plans to build 24 homes near to the Park Lane Industrial Estate were due to be given the green light last night. more...
BUDDING businesses in Corsham are being urged to enter a competition for the chance of winning £3,000. Last year Chapel Etc, a wine bar on Newlands Road, won the North Wiltshire New Business contest. more...
Corsham is in danger of losing a centuries-old stone masonry industry if plans to build houses on a stone yard are approved, says North Wiltshire District Councillor Peter Davis. more...
POLICE are appealing for information following two arson attacks in Corsham over the past week. more...
Devizes News
A MOMENT of forgetfulness by a civilian worker at Erlestoke Prison led to locks on all the perimeter fences having to be changed at a cost of £20,000. more...
AN appeal has gone out for sponsors to help Daleks take over the world and raise money for a cancer charity. more...
CHIRTON'S former district councillor Dr John Kirkaldy is behind a new TV series that's been showing viewers how historians work. more...
TEENAGERS who have been excluded from school have been learning new skills by teaching primary school children. more...
FEARS that a pupil could have been abducted on his way to school sparked a major police alert in Devizes. Detectives and uniformed officers were involved and the police helicopter was called in to search the area. more...
A PETITION against the redevelopment of the central car park in Devizes has attracted more than 1,000 signatures as Kennet District Council officers draft a report into the recent consultation exercise about it. more...
RESIDENTS in Devizes have agreed to band together to oppose a scheme to build 230 houses and a new school beside Quakers Walk. more...
THE musical director of Devizes Samba band, Oi Sambistas!, is off to Rio de Janeiro to learn all there is to know about how the Brazilians celebrate carnival. more...
DESCENDANTS of the London plane trees that were controversially cut down in Devizes Market Place four years ago are living on. more...
DEVIZES Town Council has decided not to take on the management of public toilets. more...
PEOPLE can learn about living in an environmentally friendly way in Urchfont. The village is hosting the launch of a new initiative by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust called Climate Friendly Communities. more...
THE two Wiltshire firefighters who helped rescue people trapped in the Pakistan earthquake last October have just returned from another mercy mission to Kenya. more...
MICHELLE Miles, along with her boyfriend, Christopher Wilson, is facing a jail term after admitting to stealing from the bank accounts of her dead father and ill stepmother. more...
HOUSING developers have been refused detailed planning permission to build on the former Kverneland agricultural machinery site on the edge of Devizes. more...
CLARKE MURDER TRIAL: MICHAEL Clarke, 21, who is accused of killing his parents Milroy and Joan Clarke at their home in Berryfield Park, Melksham, described to police the moment he found their bodies, a jury at Bristol Crown Court heard on Tuesday. more...
POTTERNE runner Bruce Jones has recruited his father Brian to help him raise money for Oxfam by running the London Marathon with him on April 23. more...
ANOTHER post office is to close in Kennet. Councillors on Kennet District Council's regulatory committee narrowly agreed to allow the change of use for Erlestoke Post Office into residential. more...
DEVIZES MP Michael Ancram has been appointed to a committee that oversees the activities of MI5, MI6 and all Britain's other intelligence and security services. more...
THE family of Mark and Luke Wells, who died when their tractor fell into the Kennet and Avon Canal, said this week they were satisfied the jury had brought in a verdict of misadventure. more...
THE Avon Vale Hunt has been told it will not face any charges following an investigation by Devizes police. more...
Gazette Agony Column
I met my husband when I was just fifteen and he was sixteen - that was twenty years ago. We've been together ever since and have three children. more...
Gazette Chippenham Town Fc
CHIPPENHAM Town's new loan signing Darren Wheeler is ready boost the Bluebirds in the week that could make or break their season. more...
THE loyal Bluebirds supporters who travelled west on Saturday were kept warm by the red-hot feet of debutant Darren Wheeler. more...
CHIPPENHAM Town captain Gary Thorne is hoping to be back for Salisbury after picking up another injury on Saturday. more...
THE loyal Bluebirds supporters who travelled west on Saturday were kept warm by the red-hot feet of debutant Darren Wheeler. more...
KING'S Lynn come to Hardenhuish Park looking to overthrow Chippenham as Salisbury's main title challengers, according to their manager Tommy Taylor. more...
Gazette Events
FEBRUARY 28 2006, CHIPPENHAM: COMPANIES on the lookout for some flippin' good fun are being urged to join Chippenham's Shrove Tuesday activities. more...
FEBRUARY 19 2006, DEVIZES: WILTSHIRE Heritage Museum in Devizes is running activities for visitors to learn about two different eras. more...
Gazette Film Reviews
WHEN legendary country singer Johnny Cash died in September 2003, the music world lost one of its most glittering and enduring stars. more...
THIS is a psychological thriller, adapted from James Siegel's instantly forgettable bestseller, which commits the cardinal sin: signposting the twists to the audience well before the big reveal. more...
THIS is a psychological thriller, adapted from James Siegel's instantly forgettable bestseller, which commits the cardinal sin: signposting the twists to the audience well before the big reveal. more...
Gazette Food And Drink
Our mood can dictate the food we eat who hasn't reached for a cup of coffee to get them moving in the morning? more...
Our mood can dictate the food we eat who hasn't reached for a cup of coffee to get them moving in the morning? more...
This week I've got a superb red that highlights the quality of wines coming out of southern France. The wine is from the Languedoc-Roussillon area, Paul Mas Estate Syrah 2004 Vin de Pays d'Oc France. more...
Gazette Football
DEVIZES were soundly beaten in Tuesday's local derby by high-flying Calne, adding to their woes after Saturday's drubbing at Torrington. more...
DEVIZES boss Nathan Sheridan said he is disappointed at calls for him to step down after his side were hammered by bottom of the table Torrington. more...
DESPITE belittling the importance of the competition, Wootton Bassett boss Paul Burke saw his side earn a place in the second round of the Supplementary Cup with a shock 1-0 win at Premier Division Carterton. more...
MELKSHAM'S young players can use their thumping at the hands of Hallen to make themselves better players, according to manager Kelvin Highmore. more...
CORSHAM Town manager Colin Bush has said the end of their long unbeaten run will not affect the team. more...
PEWSEY Vale manager Dave Turner has said he is not bothered by his side's exit from the GLS Supplementary Cup, adding his delight at the performance of his team's young players. more...
CALNE boss Rob Lardner said his side had cleared another tough obstacle as an impressive win over Willand pushed them closer to the division's leading lights. more...
HAVING threatened for weeks to produce a goal rush, Biddestone finally found their scoring touch as they thumped struggling Clyst Rovers. more...
CHIPPENHAM SUNDAY LEAGUE: PREMIER Division top dogs Corsham Centre and Biddestone Social booked their places in the semi finals of the prestoprint sponsored Eric Hughes Memorial Knockout Cup on Sunday. more...
WILTSHIRE LEAGUE: WESTSIDE kept up their recent habit of scoring late in the game when they snatched an injury-time winner against AFC Trowbridge Youth. more...
MID WILTS YOUTH LEAGUE: SAM Smith scored a stunning second half hat-trick to land Devizes the points in dramatic fashion against Melksham Park in the U13 Red Division. more...
Gazette General Sport
SKELETON BOB: SHELLEY Rudman heads into the Turin Olympics ranked fifth in the world, although she refuses to discuss medal chances. more...
JUDO: DEVIZES Judo Club coach Richard Hopkins sees a bright year ahead for his youngsters after a fine display at the Bristol Open Junior Classic on Sunday. more...
HOCKEY: SWINDON were made to fight at home to lowly Weston-super-Mare, scoring twice in the last ten minutes to grab a 2-2 draw. more...
HOCKEY: CHIPPENHAM put a dismal performance last week behind them with a determined display against Yeovil. more...
HOCKEY: CHIPPENHAM'S Junior Ladies U13 team had an excellent afternoon of hockey in their final round of league matches. more...
HOCKEY: MARLBOROUGH'S B team escaped with their perfect record in tact after a late rally against Bath Buccs F. more...
HOCKEY: WOOTTON Bassett scored an important 3-2 victory at Shepton Mallet, the team two places below them, to remain on course for fourth place. more...
HOCKEY: CHIPPENHAM got back into winning ways with a good performance to beat a hard-working Buccs team who gave the home side a stern test. more...
HOCKEY: TABLE toppers Devizes swept aside their nearest challengers, Somerset Gryphons, with ease on Saturday. more...
ICE HOCKEY: WILDCATS just failed to complete a weekend double over reigning English Premier League champions Milton Keynes Lightning. more...
ICE HOCKEY: ALTHOUGH it was another excellent weekend for us on the ice, it was a sad time for the whole team as we mourned the loss of a great hockey man Dave Richardson. more...
VOLLEYBALL: DEVIZES cruised through to the semi-finals of the Wiltshire Dave Kinder Cup with a comfortable victory over Olympiad on Monday. more...
Gazette Music
REVIEW, CHIPPENHAM: It was quite a surprise nearly 50 seasoned Welsh male voices, few under 50, most over 60 and some over 80 and conducting them, inspiring even, a slip of a woman, auburn hair in a bun and a flowing dress non-existent at the back from the waist up (not at the front, of course). more...
Gazette Obituaries
Family, friends and work colleagues have paid tribute to Jack Brennen, a former editor of the Gazette's sister paper, the Wiltshire Times, who died on Thursday, aged 71. more...
WELL known and respected Burbage builder Brian Lay died in his sleep at his Burroughs Drove home on Friday. more...
MANY villagers in Pewsey are mourning the death last week of Edith Wootton, who had helped out in her son Chris's gardening and hardware shop for the past 17 years. more...
FORMER school secretary Rosemary Belben who died on Saturday will be remembered by generations of pupils at the former Marlborough Grammar School. more...
Gazette Rugby
SKIPPER Scott Chapman scored a hat-trick as Swindon bounced back from their top-of-the-table defeat to Redingensians to beat Grove. more...
SECTIONS of Chippenham's Mini Playing Section travelled the short distance to Corsham RFC to play in a tri-angular match with the hosts and Swindon on Sunday. more...
CHIPPENHAM U13s played one of their toughest matches of the season in the semi-final of the cupon Sunday. more...
THE spoils were shared in this close encounter between two teams after promotion. This was an excellent game to watch and there was never much between the two teams. more...
SUPERMARINE returned to the top of Dorset & Wilts One North and struck a blow to Minety's title aspirations with an 18-0 win at South Marston. more...
DESPITE the scoreline this was an even contest with little between the two sides. more...
IAN McNerlin made a try-scoring return to action for Corsham's second string as they wrapped up a 19-0 victory over Trowbridge 3rd in Saturday's Dorset & Wilts Division Three North encounter at Green Lane. more...
FIVE tries and two conversions saw off the challenge of local neighbours Clevedon at Allington Field on Saturday. more...
CHIPPENHAM set an unprecedented record by winning this year's Bristol Combination Cup Final at their age level, their fourth consecutive success in the competition. more...
FACES from the past and present turned up to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Devizes Rugby Club on Sunday. more...
Gazette Sport Darren Perrin Column
THIS week is our biggest of the season so far. I don't think myself or the players can try to play it down, because no one would believe us with King's Lynn and Salisbury coming up. more...
Gazette Sue Pycroft Column
THAT Cardiff professor who predicted that one day last week was going to be the bleakest day of the year was a bit premature, I can't help thinking, as I'm sitting in the passenger seat of the car on a Sunday heading down the M4 towards Ikea. more...
Gazette Swindon Town Fc
FORMER Bluebird JAMES Constable came within inches of scoring on his return to the County Ground on Tuesday night. more...
JAMIE Cureton is delighted to be firing in goals for Town only weeks after thinking he would never play for them again. more...
IFFY Onuora bemoaned Town's inability to banish the ragged five minutes from their game once again and was far from happy with the two goals conceded at Roots Hall on Friday. more...
JAMIE Cureton's screamer on the stroke half time was worthy of winning any game. He sent a dipping volley into the top corner to register three priceless points in the battle to avoid relegation. more...
IFFY Onuora believes 55 points would almost certainly be enough to beat the drop as he sets his sights on topping the division's survival mini-league'. more...
IT'S Doncaster Rovers at the County Ground on Saturday as Town face their second home match in five days. more...
Gazette Theatre & Arts
UNTIL FEBRUARY 4 2006, BATH: THE prolific Alan Ayckbourn has once again produced an original, quirky comedy, full of astute observations on the human condition. more...
SPRING 2006, SWINDON: The secrets of theatre and concert promotion will be shared with aspiring young arts professionals at Swindon Arts Centre, starting this Spring. more...
UNTIL MARCH 31 2006, DEVIZES: A RARE and fascinating glimpse of Devizes at the turn of the 20th century is on show at Wiltshire Heritage Museum from tomorrow. more...
UNTIL FEBRUARY 18 2006, BRISTOL: When My Fair Lady debuted on Broadway in 1956 it became Lerner and Loewe's most successful musical. more...
Journal Football
Sydenhams Wessex League round-up more...
Sydenhams Wessex League round-up more...
SHREWTON United have jumped two places in Toolstation League Division One, in spite of turning in one of their weakest displays of recent weeks. more...
Journal Rugby
FORMER Salisbury Rugby Club colt Mike Brown will line up for England in this year's Six Nations Championship, after earning a call-up to the under 21s squad. more...
SALISBURY made the most of home advantage at Castle Road to beat Henley Wander-ers and banish memories of an early season defeat at the hands of the Oxfordshire side. more...
Powergen South West Division Two (East): Salisbury 18 Henley Wanderers 12. more...
Letters
ON behalf of the management committee, staff, volunteers, parents and children of Springboard, I would like to say a huge thank you to all at the Gazette and Herald for their fabulous support and commitment during the 2005 Appeal. more...
BEING born and bred in Devizes I am amazed or is it deflated by future plans for the town and a lack of leadership shown by those who should know better. more...
THIS is not just any old town, this is Devizes. With last week's news that Marks and Spencer are to open a food store in town, this can only mean one thing. It has to be excellent news for Devizes and should provide a huge boost to the local economy. more...
I CAN understand Mr Rawlinson's disquiet concerning the actual cost of housing in Chopping Knife Lane, Malrborough, and the sum of £115,000 for affordable housing. more...
MONDAY'S news comes to give our communities in Wiltshire hope at last of a reprieve against the closure of our community hospitals. more...
JUST a quick note to say how much I enjoy reading the Gazette and Herald website. I am also delighted to note that Nigel Kerton is still penning local news items. more...
THE dreams of young people in Kennet have been shattered. The decision by the Regulatory Committee to allow the housing development at Chopping Knife Lane requires prospective local purchasers to find an extra £47,500. more...
I FOUND it amusing to read my departure from Marlborough to Froxfield. I came to Marlborough whilst still chairman of West Berkshire Council and have enjoyed the past three years (not two as reported). more...
THROUGH your newspaper, may I thank the lady and gentleman joggers and the gentleman who stopped his car to phone for an ambulance when I suddenly had a severe choking fit last Friday while walking in George Lane. more...
MAY I express my thanks to the Devizes Mixed Pairs Darts League for their donation of £102.82 towards this years Mayor's Appeal. more...
AS a regular crossword puzzler in the Gazette, I am becoming more and more confused by the date when we have to get our solutions to you. more...
LUCKINGTON village school is not at loggerheads with the parish council. We thought we had complete agreement and have valued the parish council's support. more...
FRIENDS of the B2040 due to great demand from avid readers, here is the latest news. more...
WE would like to thank the lady outside Calne police station who found our missing terrier Molly that she was trying to hand her in. We are very grateful as we would have been devastated if something had happened to Molly. more...
Malmesbury News
North Wiltshire MP James Gray believes Malmesbury Hospital can still be saved from closure after this week's dramatic U-turn by the Government. more...
North Wiltshire MP James Gray believes Malmesbury Hospital can still be saved from closure after this week's dramatic U-turn by the Government. more...
Grandfather Nobby Lewis will retire this year after 50 years of milking cows and yet he can't stand the white stuff. more...
PROPOSALS have been put forward to widen Malmesbury's conservation area to include three new areas. more...
Fashion fan Sophie Baldwin is in the running for the hotly contested More magazine's Most Stylish Girl Award. more...
Bookworms in Malmesbury are to be rewarded for their loyalty after the library yesterday launched a new loyalty card. more...
Police are warning shoppers in Malmesbury to be on their guard after two purses were taken from bags at the weekend. more...
Hundreds of pancakes are set to be gobbled up in Sherston this Easter with a re-run of last year's pancake eating competition. more...
THE Duchess of Cornwall was this week accused of "setting a terrible example" by animal rights campaigners after she wore a rabbit fur scarf during a visit to Westonbirt Arboretum. more...
Dave Hall's one man battle to build a Mosquito bomber could all be to no avail if a new home isn't found by the end of the year. more...
Marlborough News
HEADteacher Patrick Hazlewood has been left red-faced after he inadvertently sent an e-mail to a St John's School neighbour saying: "Tell her to get stuffed." more...
RESIDENTS of executive retirement homes in Marlborough have failed in their plea to stop a public path being built feet from the windows of their riverside homes. more...
EXTRA pedestrian crossings proposed for students at Marlborough College would cause rush hour traffic tailbacks, town councillors fear. more...
FORMER Marlborough College maths teacher Andrew Richards appeared in Kennet Magistrates Court on Tuesday where he faced ten charges of downloading child pornography. more...
MARLBOROUGH Mayor Hilary Cripps is still in hospital fighting a long mystery illness. Coun Cripps' last official engagement was turning on the town's Christmas lights at the Spirit of Christmas evening on December 1. more...
THE decision by district councillors to give the go-ahead for 174 homes on St John's School land in Marlborough has left Kennet's affordable homes policy in tatters. more...
Neighbours are being encouraged by police to be nosey as part of a bid to reduce the number of burglaries in villages in the Marlborough area. more...
THERE is only one possible career for a young person who has five horses, five cats, two dogs, chickens and one mouse... working with animals. more...
ARCHITECT Nigel Clark from Marlborough who died in hospital on January 16 was cremated on Monday in the Kingdown Crematorium at Swindon that he had designed himself. more...
POLICE have reiterated their warning to elderly residents not to allow any strangers into their homes after an elderly woman in Marlborough fell victim to bogus council workers. more...
Melksham News
A UNIVERSITY student accused of hiding evidence in connection with the murders of Melksham couple Roy and Joan Clarke was overheard in a pub talking about concealing a knife, a jury heard. more...
A UNIVERSITY student accused of hiding evidence in connection with the murders of Melksham couple Roy and Joan Clarke was overheard in a pub talking about concealing a knife, a jury heard. more...
A UNIVERSITY student accused of hiding evidence in connection with the murders of Melksham couple Roy and Joan Clarke was overheard in a pub talking about concealing a knife, a jury heard. more...
A CHOREOGRAPHER to the stars gave young dancers the chance to learn some moves in a two-day workshop at the weekend. more...
A CHOREOGRAPHER to the stars gave young dancers the chance to learn some moves in a two-day workshop at the weekend. more...
A CHOREOGRAPHER to the stars gave young dancers the chance to learn some moves in a two-day workshop at the weekend. more...
A CHOREOGRAPHER to the stars gave young dancers the chance to learn some moves in a two-day workshop at the weekend. more...
A CHOREOGRAPHER to the stars gave young dancers the chance to learn some moves in a two-day workshop at the weekend. more...
A CHOREOGRAPHER to the stars gave young dancers the chance to learn some moves in a two-day workshop at the weekend. more...
A CHOREOGRAPHER to the stars gave young dancers the chance to learn some moves in a two-day workshop at the weekend. more...
New Forest Letters
MY wife and I moved from London some four years ago. more...
FOREST Progress Project co-ordinator Keith Campbell's letter (Postbag, January 19) is helpful. It is good to know that dog-walkers continue to be welcome in the Forest. more...
Other Sport
THE Mike Slade Sports Scholarships celebrated their tenth anniversary by handing out another raft of grants to some of south Wiltshire's most promising young sportsmen and women. more...
Pewsey News
ONE of the fastest growing areas of Pewsey is to get its own community building. The old hospital site in Wilcot Road has been redeveloped with homes forming a satellite community on the north west side of the village. more...
LAWRIE Osborne bombarded a barmaid with hundreds of text messages because he was going through a psychotic episode brought on by taking cannabis, a court has been told. more...
Salisbury Business News
TELECOMMUNICATIONS company 4com, of Salis-bury, celebrated another record year at its annual company conference called Believe it. more...
THE first month of 2006 saw a crop of appointments in the business community. more...
Salisbury City Fc News
A LATE winner from Karlene Benham secured Salisbury City Ladies' progress to the semi-finals of the Hampshire Cup. more...
KARLENE Benham's late winner booked Salisbury City Ladies a place in the semi-finals of the Hampshire Cup at the expense of Southampton Saints. more...
SALISBURY City supporters can take advantage of a free bus service to and from the ground on Saturday for the FA Trophy tie with Stalybridge Celtic. more...
SALISBURY City boss Nick Holmes expressed his disappointment that Whites exited the Errea Cup at the fourth round stage on Tuesday at the hands of Cirencester Town. more...
SALISBURY City boss Nick Holmes expressed his disappointment that Whites exited the Errea Cup at the fourth round stage on Tuesday at the hands of Cirencester Town. more...
SALISBURY City boss Nick Holmes expressed his disappointment that Whites exited the Errea Cup at the fourth round stage on Tuesday at the hands of Cirencester Town. more...
SALISBURY City boss Nick Holmes expressed his disappointment that Whites exited the Errea Cup at the fourth round stage on Tuesday at the hands of Cirencester Town. more...
FA TROPHY success would be a dream come true for Salisbury City's players and fans alike but for the manager who has steered them to this momentous tie, it is no substitute for league progress. more...
FA TROPHY success would be a dream come true for Salisbury City's players and fans alike but for the manager who has steered them to their momentous tie against Stalybridge Celtic, it is no substitute for league progress. more...
FA TROPHY success would be a dream come true for Salisbury City's players and fans alike but for the manager who has steered them to their momentous tie against Stalybridge Celtic, it is no substitute for league progress. more...
SATURDAY'S FA Trophy clash with Stalybridge Celtic is expected to attract Salisbury City's first four-figure attendance of the campaign. more...
SATURDAY'S FA Trophy clash with Stalybridge Celtic is expected to attract Salisbury City's first four-figure attendance of the campaign. more...
Salisbury City Fc Reports
DESPITE many of the weekend's fixtures postponed due to frosty pitches, a few of the club's young teams managed to get their matches played. more...
TODAY'S Salisbury Journal features a special four-page colour pull-out previewing Saturday's Salisbury City v Stalybridge Celtic FA Trophy tie. more...
TODAY'S Salisbury Journal features a special four-page colour pull-out previewing Saturday's Salisbury City v Stalybridge Celtic FA Trophy tie. more...
SALISBURY City are slight favourites to cause another FA Trophy upset when they host Conference North outfit Stalybridge Celtic at the Raymond McEnhill Stadium on Saturday, according to Independent Bookmakers. more...
SALISBURY City are slight favourites to cause another FA Trophy upset when they host Conference North outfit Stalybridge Celtic at the Raymond McEnhill Stadium on Saturday, according to Independent Bookmakers. more...
Salisbury Letters
THOSE of us opposed to the slaughter of our native wildlife want to see thorough research, published factual conclusions and undeniable proof that badgers are responsible for bovine TB. more...
JANUARY 2, 2006, was the 90th anniversary of the execution by firing squad of Sergeant John Robins. more...
Salisbury News
SALISBURY city centre could become a haven for late-night drinkers after magistrates overruled the district council in a benchmark case on extended pub opening hours. more...
SALISBURY city centre could become a haven for late-night drinkers after magistrates overruled the district council in a benchmark case on extended pub opening hours. more...
A SELF-CONFESSED geek is about to star in the latest reality television programme, in a bid to transform himself from a table-football-loving boffin into a stylish heart-throb. more...
Scfc Juniors
DESPITE many of the weekend's fixtures postponed due to frosty pitches, a few of the club's young teams managed to get their matches played. more...
Stfc Headlines
RICKY Shakes is developing into one hell of a player' in the eyes of Jamie Cureton, who reckons the World Cup could be his oyster if the winger continues to terrorise Town's foes on a consistent basis. more...
FAR from being frustrated by Lee Peacock's arrival at the County Ground, young striker Ashan Holgate is happily cleaning the new man's boots! more...
IFFY Onuora hopes the next 12 months will see his young guns start shooting towards success with the seeds for a successful survival fight in the process of being sown. more...
STEFANI Miglioranzi and Shaun O'Hanlon are both winning their respective fitness battles prior to the visit of Doncaster on Saturday. more...
Swindon Business Headlines
Expansion plans are on the agenda for a Swindon-based company specialising in the provision of wireless communication solutions, following investment from the £25m South West Ventures Fund. more...
Swindon company Stronghold Leisure and Commercial Security, of Bath Road, is urging other south west businesses to follow its lead in doing business overseas. more...
Swindon Eating Out
TWENTY three years ago Connie left the former Bamboo House in Marlborough still acclaimed by some as the town's finest ever Chinese restaurant to open her own in Old Town in Swindon. more...
Swindon General Sport
GOLF: DAVID Howell was stuck on level par after 11 holes of his opening round at the Dubai Desert Classic this morning. more...
Swindon Jobs News
ELEVEN jobs at Kennet District Council could be axed as the council endeavours to keep its council tax rise below five per cent. more...
Swindon Letters
A LARGE sperm whale has been beached on the coast of Southern Australia and a fisherman found a very large piece of ambergris weighing 14.5kg. more...
I CAN never comprehend the tirades about Swindon that the likes of BR Logan (SA Jan 26) keep making. more...
DAVID Cameron has set up a panel to look into world poverty and the person he has chosen to lead it is Peter Lilley who, when he was Social Security Minister under the last Tory Administration, increased child poverty in this country from one in nine to one in three. more...
Recently, having had a bi-lateral knee replacement at the Brunel Treatment Centre, Great Western Hospital, I would like to make the following comments. more...
LOOKING at the photographs of vandalism around Swindon I was reminded of the words on the Kohima Memorial: "When you go home tell them of us and say for your tomorrow we gave our today." more...
Swindon Music
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2006, SWINDON: Go Ape is a new night of alternative music that will be held once a month at The Apartment in Havelock Square in Swindon. more...
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2006, SWINDON: Fairport Convention are returning to Swindon tonight as part of their 30-date UK Off The Desk tour which takes its name from the band's most recent album. more...
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2006, SWINDON: Fairport Convention are returning to Swindon tonight as part of their 30-date UK Off The Desk tour which takes its name from the band's most recent album. more...
Swindon News
THE parents of murdered Jacquie Kent say they will never fully come to terms with her death. more...
THE parents of murdered Jacquie Kent yesterday spoke of their satisfation that her killer had been jailed for life. more...
The judge at Bristol Crown Court heard that on the day after Jacquie Kent's death Michael Wyatt called the police from a phone box and said "It's urgent you pick me up. I've killed my girlfriend." more...
SWINDON Town midfielder Albert Jarrett could be available for selection against Doncaster Rovers on Saturday after walking away from a car crash just hours before a game on Tuesday night. more...
JOHN Wilson has been placed on the sex offender's register after police found more than 60 indecent images of children on his computer when they raided his Broad Town home. more...
IRONMAN Brian Hall has raised money to present life-saving medical kit to Swindon's Great Western Hospital. more...
POLICE believe a recent spate of commercial burglaries in Swindon town centre may be linked. more...
A NEW support group has launched in Swindon for people with phobias. Self-help group Triumph Over Phobia UK (TOP UK) will hold weekly sessions at Swindon New College. more...
Work is already underway to rebuild a vital ambulance stand-by point ruined by a hit-and-run driver. more...
STAFF at a West Swindon pre-school have hit out at vandals who caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage to play equipment. more...
A MARRIED schoolteacher has been jailed for four years after having a string of sexual affairs with girl pupils. more...
SCHOOLS across Swindon are in the grip of a major flu outbreak with hundreds of pupils affected. more...
COUNCIL tax looks set to rise by 4.8 per cent in Swindon this year. more...
COUNCIL tax looks set to rise by 4.8 per cent in Swindon this year. more...
POLICE say a spate of shop and office burglaries may be linked. more...
A NURSERY school can upgrade facilities thanks to a pub. more...
THIEVES broke into the University of Bath in Swindon and stole a locked safe containing an undisclosed amount of cash. more...
A WALCOT couple are living in fear after a hedge fire started by vandals threatened to burn their home. more...
FRAN Cosgrove, the star of TV reality hit Celebrity Love Island, is making an appearance in Swindon. more...
A MAN was slashed across the back of his hand with a knife when three men tried to rob him at a cash machine. more...
RESIDENTS in Swindon can expect to see a council tax rise of 4.8 per cent if the proposals are rubber-stamped by the council's cabinet next Wednesday. more...
POLICE are hunting a man who touched a child on a bus and took a photo of the youngster with his mobile phone. more...
AT the age of 14, Emma Lockey was walking the streets of Swindon as a prostitute to feed her heroin habit. more...
TRIBUTES have been pouring in for internationally renowned ballet dancer and actress Moira Shearer who died on Tuesday. more...
THE film career of Swindon's answer to Marilyn Monroe could have been over before it started thanks to an overzealous Labour politician. more...
PARAMEDICS are fuming after their building was wrecked by a hit-and-run motorist. more...
A WOOTTON Bassett teenager has been told he could face prison after a violent drink-fuelled rampage through the town on New Year's Day. more...
A DISUSED Swindon store that was taken over by vagrants is set to welcome new tenants months after it closed. more...
Anti-war protesters gathered at the cenotaph in Swindon to mark the death of the 100th British soldier in Iraq. more...
A GROUP of children have won a place in an international robot competition. more...
FRUIT, water and friendship have helped pupils and staff gain a healthy award for their school. more...
FRANK Mullane, the Swindon man whose sister and nephew were murdered, has won the right to bring a High Court challenge over how a groundbreaking review of the case should be conducted. more...
PEOPLE are being urged to make their views known tonight about the future shape of the NHS in their area. more...
A 21-year-old branded a "complete chump" by his own solicitor has been jailed for failing to do his community service. more...
THE deadline for nominations for this year's Community Champions Awards is fast approaching. more...
BUSINESSES in Swindon have been taking part in a loud tie campaign to raise awareness of bowel cancer. more...
A SWINDON dentist believes that all dental care should be on the NHS. more...
SOUTH Swindon MP Anne Snelgrove is confident that the forthcoming new dentists' contracts will tackle the shortage of dentists working in the NHS. more...
BROWNIES took control of Swindon Council last night as they were given a tour of the Civic Offices in Euclid Street by Swindon mayor Ray Fisher. more...
CAMPAIGNERS in Cricklade are celebrating after stopping highly toxic chemicals from being stored in the town. more...
SCIENCE is thriving at Ridgeway School and students there are proof that it is a fun subject. more...
BUSINESSES in Coleview, Covingham and Nythe are being invited to join a new forum to help them get their views across to the council. more...
A MAN accused of disposing of a murder weapon for a pal who allegedly stabbed to death his parents at their Melksham home was overheard in a pub telling drinkers he had hidden a knife, a court heard. more...
A SWINDON sex therapist believes people in the town are unaware of the help available for their bedroom problems. more...
A NEW alliance of doctors, church leaders and disability groups has been formed to fight a Swindon peer's controversial bid to allow doctors to help terminally-ill people to die. more...
PATIENTS in Swindon are having their complaints handled quicker than ever before, new figures show. more...
M&M Promotions has given a boost to Mencap's Gateway Club at the Premier Club in Stratton. more...
TWO Highworth Scouts flew halfway around the world to see in the New Year at the Asian Pacific Jamboree in Thailand. more...
Times Chippenhem Town Fc
Mid-Wilts Youth and Minor League
Under nines Blue Division
P W D L F A Pts
Trowbridge Tn Yth 11 11 0 0 46 4 33
Warm Highbury Yth 12 6 3 3 23 15 21
AFC Corsham Jags 11 5 2 4 21 14 17
Devizes Tn Yth 12 5 2 5 20 20 17
FC Chippenham Yth 10 5 2 3 8 11 17
Melksham Tn Yth 11 3 4 4 14 23 13
Chippenham Tn Yth 13 2 1 10 14 37 7
C Combe Colts White 12 1 2 9 13 35 5 more...
Times Wiltshire News
Family, friends and work colleagues have paid tribute to Jack Brennen, a former editor of the Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News who died on Thursday, aged 71. more...
Family, friends and work colleagues have paid tribute to Jack Brennen, a former editor of the Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News who died on Thursday, aged 71. more...
Trowbridge News
MARTIAL arts film stardom is beckoning for a Chicago Rock doorman. more...
MARTIAL arts film stardom is beckoning for a Chicago Rock doorman. more...
A TRIP to Auschwitz has inspired two teenagers to create a special holocaust memorial display. more...
A TRIP to Auschwitz has inspired two teenagers to create a special holocaust memorial display. more...
Wiltshire News
ELEVEN jobs at Kennet District Council could be axed as the council endeavours to keep its council tax rise below five per cent. more...
Dozens of new affordable homes have been built in North Wiltshire this year, beating the target by more than 50 per cent. more...
COMMUNITY hospitals in Kennet, North and West Wiltshire are unlikely to be saved from closure despite the Government's pledge this wreek that they should play a key role in future health care. more...
THE National Trust has been granted permission to undertake urgent safety work in early February on a number of trees in Lacock. more...
PEOPLE are being urged to make their views known about the future shape of the NHS in their area. more...
OPINION poll results published this week show that for the first time people living in the south west overwhelmingly back a new law to ban smoking in all workplaces and enclosed public spaces including pubs and restaurants. more...
AMONG emergency calls taken by ambulance staff in Wiltshire was one from a pensioner who could not reach his TV remote control. more...
LONG term users of home care are concerned that a change in the way it will be run in the future will result in the loss of continuity of care. more...
The charity Guide Dog for the Blind Association marks its 75th birthday this year. SARAH SINGLETON looks at the freedom these working dogs give to their visually impaired owners. more...
Woottonbassett News
BUSINESS leaders believe Wootton Bassett's new £2.2 million Sainsbury's will bring more people to the town, as well as creating 65 new jobs. more...
Residents in Wootton Bassett have flocked to the support of plans to build a £5million arts centre following criticism from town mayor Chris Wannell. more...
Tuneful toddlers at the Old Court Community Pre-School have been rehearsing their songs prior to next week's Chatterbox Challenge. more...
Nicky Millard has been told he could face a prison sentence after a violent drink-fuelled rampage through Wootton Bassett on New Year's Day. more...
Charmian Spickernell has vowed to continue the fight against the proposed tunnel under the M4 that she believes will see Wootton Bassett swamped in traffic. more...
Wootton Bassett Town Council ground staff had some new workers this week as local teenagers helped put up new signs around the town's play areas. more...
TRIBUTES have been pouring in to the family of well-known butcher Keith Crump who has died of cancer at his Wootton Bassett home. more...
