Stories for 21 February 2006
Chippenham News
A Chippenham man on his way to work in Melksham has died and several others have been injured in a crash on the A350 near Lacock. more...
A Chippenham man on his way to work in Melksham has died and several others have been injured in a crash on the A350 near Lacock. more...
Devizes News
FARMERS Judith and Bill Daw have come up with a novel idea to put people in touch with the meat they eat by allowing people to adopt a sheep. more...
The jury in the case of a man accused of killing his mother and father in a brutal knife attack has retired to consider its verdict. more...
Marlborough News
THE village hall at Froxfield has picked up a Lottery windfall of £5,000. more...
Melksham News
THE jury is expected to go out to consider a verdict in the double murder trial at Bristol Crown Court later today. more...
THE jury in the Melksham double murder trial have been sent home for the night. more...
Motoring News
THE Suzuki Grand Vitara 1.9 DDiS diesel five-door manual has arrived. At £16,999 on-the-road, it is as much as £2,750 less expensive than its similarly sized, Japanese four-wheel drive competitors. more...
Road Tests
THE Suzuki Grand Vitara 1.9 DDiS diesel five-door manual has arrived. At £16,999 on-the-road, it is as much as £2,750 less expensive than its similarly sized, Japanese four-wheel drive competitors. more...
Salisbury News
ARTS supporters gave a show of strength yesterday as they protested against a council decision to cut £50,000 off grants for Salisbury Playhouse, the arts centre and international festival. more...
Stfc Headlines
TREVOR Benjamin has resumed training with his colleagues raising cautious hopes that he could be in contention for the trip to Nottingham Forest on Saturday. more...
IFFY Onuora hopes Albert Jarrett can put a disrupted start to his loan spell behind him and grasp a second opportunity to flourish in Wiltshire. more...
AARON Brown is looking to add the one ingredient he still feels is missing from his game despite recent plaudits from his manager consistency. more...
AARON Brown is looking to add the one ingredient he still feels is missing from his game despite recent plaudits from his manager consistency. more...
Swindon And Proud Campaign
FOUR groups are saying a huge thank you after a cash boost from the Cricklade and Highworth Round Table. more...
Swindon Business Charity Ball
A SWINDON charity that helps people with Down's syndrome is set to receive a boost thanks to kind hearted people in the town. more...
Swindon Business Headlines
BUSINESSES should be making preparations against an avian flu epidemic. more...
SWINDON solicitors will be hot-footing it on burning coals for charity. more...
SWINDON-based Nationwide says MPs are backing their campaign to protect free cash machines. more...
WORKERS at supermarket giant Tesco are sharing a £111m payout after two staff savings schemes matured. more...
CARE training firm LJ Care Training has been presented with its Investors in People Award. more...
Swindon Eating Out
POPPING into the Cinnamon Bistro in Corsham is like slipping into a cosy warm glove, according to the boss. more...
FOR celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson, convincing the locals he is not forcing a posh London restaurant on them has proved the biggest obstacle since becoming executive head chef at a Heytesbury pub. more...
AFTER four years away from the pub industry, John Stratton and his wife Mich have returned to take over the Royal Oak at Hawkeridge. more...
Swindon Football
DARREN Perrin's mix of young hopefuls and league rejects will be enjoying their taste of the big time' tonight as they travel to promotion rivals King's Lynn, writes ANDY CRYER. more...
SWINDON SUNDAY LEAGUE: Greyhound swept past Penhill United 6-1 to retain top spot in Division One with Mark Belcher, Lee Stevens, Neil Dix, Dave Gee, Danny Hawkins and Paul Hunt all scoring. more...
HOT SHOT Kelvin Spencer scored all six goals for AFC Abbey Rodbourne as they cruised into the semi-finals of the Adver Cup at the weekend. more...
NORTH WILTS & DISTRICT YOUTH & MINOR LEAGUE: Under 12 Division 1 - Third-placed Greenmeadow had a shock at home against Stratton Juniors, going down 8-1 against a side three places below them in the table. more...
NORTH BERKS: A SECOND-HALF goal from Stuart Chapman was enough to give Bampton & Buckland Reserves a 1-0 victory over Coleshill A in the semi-final of the League Cup. more...
INTERMACH SUNDAY CONFERENCE: Eastside retained their position at the top of the Intermach Sunday League following a 5-1 victory away to Keypoint. more...
NORTH WILTS & DISTRICT YOUTH & MINOR LEAGUE: The message regarding postponed games is getting over to clubs as the weekend witnessed some tremendous co-operation to get a number of games played, with the games switched to opposition grounds to allow the matches to be staged. more...
WOMEN'S FOOTBALL: SWINDON Town Reds Under-14s missed out on a place in the 11-a-side League Cup Final after a hard fought 3-1 semi-final defeat to Clevedon Town at Hunts Copse. more...
WOMEN'S FOOTBALL: DOUBLES from Joey Clarkson and Luice Vickers helped Cirencester Town Ladies to a comprehensive 5-0 Gloucester County Cup win over Stoke Lane
Fifteen-year-old Libby Robinson, making her first start of the season, opened the scoring after 20 minutes, latching onto a through ball from Clarkson, and coolly slipping it past the advancing keeper. more...
WOMEN'S FOOTBALL: LAURA Morgan fired a brace on Sunday as Swindon Town Ladies hammered bottom of the table Launton 4-0. more...
YOUNGSTERS were taught every skill they need for the modern game at Wootton Bassett's latest community soccer fun days. more...
Swindon General Sport
SKELETON BOB: SHELLEY Rudman's most loyal supporter has warned her silver medal was just for starters after the Pewsey Ice Queen became the toast of Britain. more...
BOWLS: WESTLECOT men have won the East Region group of the Wessex League and qualified as one of the seeded sides for the last 16 and play-offs for the overall title. more...
BASKETBALL: Swindon Sonics at last produced a performance to be proud of when they won a hard-fought game 85-76 at home to Bognor Pirates on Sunday. more...
Swindon Ice Hockey
JUNIOR ICE HOCKEY: Swindon Cubs secured a point with a 3-3 draw against third-placed Milton Keynes in their Southern under 10s league match. more...
AFTER a first period nightmare in which they conceded five goals, the Swindon Cougars disappointingly went down to their biggest defeat of the season, 7-1 at Slough. more...
Swindon Letters
IT is that time of the year again, heralded by the arrival of the Labour Party's new man on the block Bob Wright. more...
ANNE Snelgrove said: "International terrorism does not respect civil liberties. What I want is the maximum protection and security of identity for residents of Swindon," (Adver, Feb 14). more...
THE harrowing picture painted by A Lubin (Swindon Advertiser, Feb 1) regarding the suicide of a woman who had watched her husband die in extreme pain made painful reading indeed. A Lubin's plea for the law to be changed to provide a legally assisted death seems to be a just and impartial objective. more...
SWINDON has managed to make news three times in a national newspaper (Thursday, Feb 16). more...
I HOPE Dr Roger Bullock of the Kingshill Research Centre obtains the volunteers to test the new drugs to help cure Alzheimer's disease. more...
YEARS ago I remember an architect telling me that the railway village was an architectural gem. more...
REGARDING Damon Ellis, who burgled 10 houses across Swindon, the victims are once again let down by our magistrates. more...
Swindon News
Wiltshire woman Marjorie Moore has been killed in a road accident while on safari in South Africa. more...
A HUSBAND has spoken about his wonderful wife after she was killed in an accident while they were on holiday in South Africa. more...
TWO London men have pleaded not guilty to drugs offences following a police raid at a house in Swindon. more...
A MAN accused of stealing make-up from a Swindon shop is yet to enter a plea to the charge. more...
TIME is running out for anyone interested in buying shares in the country's largest community wind turbine. more...
COUN Justin Tomlinson, (Con, Abbey Meads), who has recently moved house, has a new telephone number. more...
Thieves are targeting elderly people in Swindon and swooping on them as soon as they pick up their pensions. more...
Thieves are targeting elderly people in Swindon and swooping on them as soon as they pick up their pensions. more...
Thieves are targeting elderly people in Swindon and swooping on them as soon as they pick up their pensions. more...
YOUNGSTERS in Wootton Bassett no longer need to rely on their Playstations and computers to keep them amused. more...
STAFF managed to escape safely after a fire broke out in the kitchen of an Old Town pub. The blaze started on the second floor at The Spot, in Godwin Court, above the bar. more...
THE ethics of food will be a hot topic at a guest lecture at the University of Bath in Swindon tomorrow. more...
THIS summer's Corporate Games looks set to feature a number of Swindon councillors. more...
THE Wroughton Science Museum will go head-to-head with a plan to restore Swindon's railway heritage after clearing the first hurdle in the race for £50 million of lottery money. more...
WOOTTON Bassett residents are being invited to give their dinner suits and ball gowns an airing for the Mayor's Ball at the end of next month. more...
THE history of lacemaking is the subject of a talk in Highworth on Monday. more...
THE Swindon branch of the Wiltshire Family History Society will meet on Thursday, February 23, in Gorse Hill Community Centre at 7.15pm. more...
A WOOTTON Bassett mini supermarket is to close only days after Sainsbury's opened a new store nearby. more...
BRINKWORTH Heritage Society held a drinks reception for existing and potential sponsors to celebrate the £7,000 raised at last September's Brinkworth Country Show and Horse Show. more...
DRUNKEN thug Gareth Hoskins attacked a man who had asked him to stop making lewd comments to some women at a cashpoint. more...
FOUR groups are saying a huge thank you after a cash boost from the Cricklade and Highworth Round Table. more...
DARRYL Pearce smashed a bottle into the head of another pubgoer after the victim's friend was subject to racist abuse, a court heard. more...
A CROWD had one of the best vantage points in town to watch part of Swindon's history come tumbling down. more...
A THANKSGIVING service and open day with the Bishop of Swindon, The Right Reverend Lee Rayfield, is being held in Christ Church on Sunday to celebrate the success of the Skyline Appeal. more...
COUNCIL tax in Swindon is to rise by 4.8 per cent. more...
A WOMAN has been caught on camera just before she walked out of a Wootton Bassett shop with a large quantity of skin cream. more...
SWINDON Town should be building up instead of out if it wants to develop a new football stadium. more...
A SWINDON charity that helps people with Down's syndrome is set to receive a boost thanks to kind hearted people in the town. more...
An animal sanctuary owner in Wootton Bassett has called on the Government to dampen the furore over bird flu by releasing more information to the public. more...
MOTORISTS heading between Swindon and Gloucester face some of the worst traffic jams in England, according to the most detailed congestion study ever carried out. more...
RISING gas and electricity prices are a big problem for older people in Swindon. more...
Swindon Rugby
Swindon under 15s won 20-10 at Warminster to win their Wiltshire Cup group with a 100 per cent record and secure a semi-final spot. more...
Chippenham's third team maintained their second place in the league with a 20-3 win over Marlborough. more...
After two weeks of inactivity Wootton Bassett 2nds got back to winning ways with a hard-fought 24-0 victory at Swindon 2nds. more...
Swindon Theatre & Arts
(REVIEW) RUNS UNTIL APRIL 1, 2006, COWLEY, OXFORD: IT'S a stroke of genius to use a car factory to stage drama the location is on your side theatrically. more...
Times Film Reviews
Gwyneth Paltrow, who won an Oscar for her performance in director John Madden's Shakespeare In Love, teams up again with Madden in Proof, a poignant drama based on David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. more...
Gwyneth Paltrow, who won an Oscar for her performance in director John Madden's Shakespeare In Love, teams up again with Madden in Proof, a poignant drama based on David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. more...
The twisted minds of two of the six writers of Scary Movie Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg skewer the romantic comedy genre in Date Movie, a film for people who love date movies and people who hate them. more...
The twisted minds of two of the six writers of Scary Movie Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg skewer the romantic comedy genre in Date Movie, a film for people who love date movies and people who hate them. more...
A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) in the middle of a murder being plotted by one of New York's biggest crime bosses (Ben Kingsley). more...
A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) in the middle of a murder being plotted by one of New York's biggest crime bosses (Ben Kingsley). more...
Times Music
TIJUANA,
THE CASTLE, BRADFORD ON AVON,
SATURDAY 25 FEB, 8.30PM more...
LOCAL folk blues musician Will Davies has a 45-minute slot on BBC Radio Wiltshire on Sunday morning. more...
CARNABY STREET,
BLACK HORSE, TROWBRIDGE,
SATURDAY 25 FEB, 7.30pm more...
Times Theatre
FESTEN
THEATRE ROYAL, BATH
MONDAY UNTIL MARCH 4 more...
FESTEN
THEATRE ROYAL, BATH
MONDAY UNTIL MARCH 4 more...
FESTEN,
THEATRE ROYAL, BATH
MONDAY UNTIL MARCH 4 more...
MOTHER SAVAGE
Arc Theatre, Trowbridge
Tuesday 28 Feb, 1.30pm and 7.30pm
BRISTOL'S award-winning theatre company, Travelling Light, are bringing their new show Mother Savage to the Arc Theatre on Tuesday. more...
MOTHER SAVAGE,
Arc Theatre, Trowbridge
Tuesday 28 Feb, 1.30pm and 7.30pm more...
OF MICE AND MEN,
THE ARC THEATRE, TROWBRIDGE,
THURSDAY 2 MARCH, 7.30pm more...
OF MICE AND MEN,
THE ARC THEATRE, TROWBRIDGE,
THURSDAY 2 MARCH, 7.30pm more...
Times Wiltshire News
One person has died and more are injured after a three vehicle smash on the A350 between Melksham and Chippenham. more...
One person has died and more are injured after a three vehicle smash on the A350 between Melksham and Chippenham. more...
A CONTROLLED explosion has been carried out on a suspect package in Bradford on Avon. more...
A CONTROLLED explosion has been carried out on a suspect package in Bradford on Avon. more...
A CONTROLLED explosion has been carried out on a suspect package in Bradford on Avon. more...
Westwilts
One of the questions that crops up the most about recycling is "why can't you collect plastics from the kerbside?" more...
Almost half of all noise complaints received by the District Council relate to music being played too loudly. However, excessive noise can also be produced by televisions, home cinema systems, computers, musical instruments and dogs. more...
No applications have been made for 24-hour drinking in West Wiltshire since the new Licensing Act came into force. more...
The Council's acting housing needs manager, Adele Lodwig, has been named Employee of the Year. more...
A new planning enforcement policy has been adopted, which aims to give our customers clear guidance on how complaints will be prioritised and the timescales set for dealing with different types of issue. more...
The District Council has welcomed a new fund established by Community First to help independently owned businesses and community enterprises. more...
From 1 April 2006, anyone who is over 60 or disabled will be able to apply for free bus travel. Up until now, the passes have only allowed for half price fares, but this is changing. more...
West Wiltshire's public toilets have again been flushed with success following the 2005 Loo of the Year awards. more...
Improving the market towns is one of the District Council's main aims, and a great deal of work has already been achieved through the Five Towns Initiative (5Ti). more...
What we do and how well we do it is subject to quarterly monitoring, much of it against national standards. more...
A decision on whether West Wiltshire will receive Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funding for at least 400 affordable new homes is expected in March. more...
The new character assessment for the Trowbridge town centre conservation area has just been through public consultation. more...
The District Council has become the first local authority in Wiltshire to introduce an employee volunteering policy. more...
The West Wiltshire Community Wildlife Project runs a number of regular volunteering opportunities for local people to get involved in looking after important open spaces. more...
Homes 4 West Wilts, the bidding scheme that allows people on the housing register to apply for specific properties, is coming up for a year old. more...
The introduction of alternate weekly collections of recycling and non-recycling across West Wiltshire is nearly complete. more...
An interactive web-based version of the West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration is now available on-line, with full mapping facilities. more...
From April, customers of local shops, restaurants and businesses will be able to see for themselves how these organisations have been rated at meeting safety rules. more...
Air quality proposals for Bradford on Avon and Westbury have been accepted by the Government, paving the way for future funding applications to be made. more...
Houses in multiple occupation, or HMOs, are defined as properties occupied by more than one household where there is a degree of sharing facilities such as a bathroom or kitchen. more...
Play area grants to the value of £21,000 have been made during the last year, allowing a range of improvements to be made to facilities across West Wiltshire. more...
Fun in the Sun is a sports coaching programme specifically targeted at children living in West Wiltshire's rural communities. more...
By 2020, the Government wants at least half of the British population to be regularly physically active. more...
There's something for everyone at West Wiltshire's leisure centres this Spring! more...
Wiltshire News
AN AMBITIOUS bid to build more than 100 houses on the site of a former factory in Spanbourn Avenue, Chippenham looked set to get the green light tomorrow night. (Wednesday)
Last August developer Barratt Homes was sent back to the drawing board after the contentious proposals were turned down. more...
