Stories for 20 February 2004

Bath Leisure

Cinema - Dickie Roberts: Former child star (12A)

Fame is a drug ­ one taste and you're addicted. At the tender age of six, Dickie Roberts was adored by millions as one of America's favourite child stars.   more...

Bradford On Avon News

Talented teenagers fund Japan exchange

TWO Bradford on Avon schoolmates have turned to pop music in a bid to raise money for a choir trip to Japan next month.   more...

Romance for Don

PHONES have been ringing red hot for romance for a Bradford on Avon pensioner after he resorted to putting an advert in his car to find female companionship.   more...

Pub's acoustic nights raise £400

A SERIES of jamming sessions in a Bradford on Avon pub have raised more than £400 for a local charity.   more...

Business News

Building firm races ahead

BUILDING a wind tunnel for a Formula 1 racing company and providing shower facilities for the BBC are some of the projects tackled in the past year by construction company Bluestone.   more...

Games without frontiers for events company

Purton-based events company Planet Pursuits has just returned from Asia where it helped oversee the execution of a team development game called Oriental Challenge.   more...

Zurich back in the black

Zurich Financial Services, which employs more than 4,000 people at its head offices in Swindon, has reported a net income of $2.1 billion after a loss of $3.4 billion during 2002, in its results for 2003.   more...

Girl Friday

Dawn Preston, Age: 37, Employer: Sign Lingual Ltd, Swindon   more...

Millionaires go back to school

COMPUTER millionaire twins Philip and Andrew Oliver returned to their old Trowbridge school to help launch a new awards scheme for pupils.   more...

MEP asks for Euro complaints

BUSINESSES in Wiltshire are being asked to come up with specific complaints rather than just `whinging' about EU regulation and red tape.   more...

Discover how to keep staff

WARMINSTER is hosting a business conference aimed at improving training, efficiency and profit margins on Monday.   more...

Call for help

THE Wessex Military Band, the main organisers of the annual international massed military band spectacular to be held at Salisbury City Hall on September 26, is looking for sponsors.   more...

Search for a band

Businesses are invited to take part in a national battle of the bands contest to win £5,000 and a record label release.   more...

Calne News

Crash victim is found at depot

CHIPPENHAM NEWS EXCLUSIVE: AN investigation has been launched after 999 crews missed an unconscious crash victim found when the accident wreckage had been towed to a car compound.   more...

Night-time fun at the library

Ref. 14730CHIPPENHAM NEWS: YOUNGSTERS were given a helping hand to drift off to sleep at a pyjama party in Calne.   more...

Man told prison is looming

CHIPPENHAM NEWS: A Calne man has been warned he could face prison after he admitted indecently assaulting a woman.   more...

Chippenham News

Crafty youngsters put designs skills to test

CHIPPENHAM NEWS: Young architects put their design skills to good use at the Chippenham Museum and Heritage Centre this week.   more...

Soccer ace Shearer gets special invite

CHIPPENHAM NEWS: SOCCER star Alan Shearer is being lined up to open a new 50-acre playing field complex in Chippenham.   more...

Hygrade workers want union

CHIPPENHAM NEWS: FRUSTRATED factory workers are holding a show of strength in a bid to win better working conditions at their Chippenham meat plant.   more...

School's new bid to get specialist status

CHIPPENHAM NEWS: ABBEYFIELD School is making a second bid to achieve specialist status as a business and enterprise college.   more...

Drug dealer given `half' jail sentence

CHIPPENHAM NEWS: Drug dealer William Finch has been jailed for seven months after a court heard he supplied cannabis so friends would visit him.   more...

Corsham News

Pub is one of the safest places to hide

CHIPPENHAM NEWS: A radiation-proof pub in Corsham has been named one of the most secure places in the world.   more...

Skatepark set to open in August

CHIPPENHAM NEWS: SKATEBOARDERS in Corsham could have a new purpose-built facility in place by the end of the summer holidays.   more...

Ctfc Sport

How Clive keeps the kit on for the boys

WHEN the Chippenham Town players emerge from the tunnel tomorrow in their sparkling blue and white kit, spare a thought for the man who has spent the last five hours getting it ready.   more...

White sets target for play-offs

STEVE White believes 21 points from their last 12 games will guarantee his Chippenham Town side a place in the play-offs for the Conference League South Two next season.   more...

Drive News

Dirty law breaker!

Ref. 29157-5One in three motorists may be breaking the law by driving vehicles with dirty number plates.   more...

Stay alert

One in five road smashes are due to sleep-deprived drivers reports ANDY TATE.   more...

Malmesbury News

Protesters lose fight to save pub

CAMPAIGNERS have lost their fight to stop the Suffolk Arms in Malmesbury being flattened to make way for houses.   more...

Melksham News

Family's delight as baby returns home

A LITTLE girl from Melksham who has spent most of her short life in hospital was finally allowed home this week.   more...

Festival to bring new life to Avon

THE River Avon is to come under the spotlight at a Spring Festival in Melksham.   more...

Work begins on major projects

WORK on two major schemes which have brought nearly £2.5m in funding to Melksham started this week.   more...

Traditional tale is a great success for pupils

SLEEPING Beauty is a tale most people know mainly through pantomimes and the work of Walt Disney but at Stonar School pupils wanted to get back to basics and tell the original tale.   more...

Workshops help pupils make lifestyle choices

Workshops on healthy eating and the dangers of using alcohol and drugs are helping pupils at two Melksham schools make informed decisions about their future.   more...

A moving memory

A TERMINALLY ill woman who wanted to leave a lasting memory for her motor-enthusiast husband has had a lorry named after her.   more...

Salisbury Features

Moves to engage body and mind

Georgina Lock tries out the Swiss Ball, helped by Georgina Harris. DA4231P1WALKING into the Roundhill Pilates and Physiotherapy Centre, Fordingbridge, is like stepping into a relaxing retreat.   more...

Sport Angling

Payne wins open title with an all carp catch

CHIPPENHAM matchman Elick Payne turned in a great performance to take top honours in the Wednesday open match at Ivy House fishery.   more...

Sport Bowls

Moonrakers celebrate 90th year

WILTSHIRE men's Bowls Association celebrate their 90th anniversary this year.   more...

Sport Football

Chairman Lyus calls it quits

CHIPPENHAM TOWN have been left stunned be the shock departure of chairman Malcolm Lyus.   more...

Hitman Rawlins could haunt his former boss

TOMMY SAUNDERS fears a backlash from a man he regards as one of his greatest ever signings when his Supermarine side travel to Yate tomorrow.   more...

Ciren bid to tame Tigers

CIRENCESTER entertain neighbours Gloucester City in a potential Western Division title eliminator.   more...

Pethick's `Nomads' ready for Chiseldon encounter

The bottom half of the table could provide the local match of the day in the Premier Division with Wroughton entertaining Chiseldon Castrol at Hunts Copse, writes RAY BURROUGHS.   more...

Webb Hits Back

FAIRFORD boss Mark Webb has hit back at Highworth manager John Fisher following the abandoned derby between the clubs on Wednesday.   more...

Perkins goes but Coles fills Devizes void

DEVIZES have finally lost the fight to hold on to Nathan Perkins ahead of the Premier Division visit of Bishop Sutton tomorrow.   more...

Football fixtures this weekend

SATURDAY   more...

Taylor quits in selection battle

CHRIS Taylor has resigned as manager of Warminster Town after being ordered to select the chairman's son.   more...

Why Dan has both eyes on a first team place

AFTER catching a boot in the face, Dan Lardner spent most of Saturday's match with one eye closed, but the Melksham Town striker now has his sights firmly set on establishing himself in the first team.   more...

Scoring rivals are the best of friends

SCREWFIX DIRECT LEAGUE: THE race is on to finish the season top of the Corsham Town goal scoring charts, but striker Dave Kilmurray insists it is only healthy competition.   more...

United bid for back-to-back home wins

WESTBURY United assistant manager George Dowd is hoping for back-to-back home wins this week to put their title challenge back on track.   more...

We need to be consistent, says Jones

SCREWFIX DIRECT LEAGUE: CALNE Town defender Chris Jones has urged his side to start showing the consistency he believes they are capable of.   more...

Smart move by Paulton

DARREN Smart is rapidly becoming a wanted man after Paulton Rovers have become the second club in the last three weeks to make an approach for the Calne Town defender.   more...

Minehead 0, Westbury United 0

WESTBURY United were left to rue a host of missed chances on Saturday as their title hopes suffered a blow.   more...

Mel says I'm the man to revive county fortunes

COUNTY FOOTBALL: MEL Gingell, who has been put in charge of the Wiltshire senior team, believes he is the ideal man to resurrect the county's flagging fortunes.   more...

Trowbridge Town 2, Bradford Town 0

PLAISTER AUTOS WILTSHIRE LEAGUE: A GAVIN Eyre double eased Trowbridge Town into the Wiltshire Senior Cup semi-final for the second successive year on Saturday.   more...

We're back to our best says happy Skidmore

BIDDESTONE Town returned to winning ways on Saturday with a 4-0 win at home to Melksham Town Reserves in the Premier Division.   more...

Fans asked for a helping hand

TROWBRIDGE Town are appealing for supporters to give them a helping hand on Sunday in a bid to get their Woodmarsh ground up to Screwfix Direct League standards.   more...

Sport Rugby

Danielli: We've Nothing to Lose

Scotland winger Simon Danielli insists he will have no sense of inferiority when he takes on England at Murrayfield tomorrow.   more...

Centre Stage - That's Spencer

SPENCER Davey admits his eight-month injury nightmare has reassessed his attitude towards his professional rugby career.   more...

Westbury 7, Tadley 46

A DEPLETED Westbury side dropped to the bottom of the Southern Counties South division on Saturday but even if they don't win another game this season it looks as though they will be safe from relegation.   more...

Bradford on Avon 2nds 12, Trowbridge 3rds 10

TROWBRIDGE 3rds travelled to Bradford for this local encounter, their first at Bradford's impressive new ground.   more...

Blandford 27, Cooper-Avon Tyres 7

MARK Simmons accused his players of complacency on Saturday as their promotion hopes were dealt a blow at Blandford.   more...

Popowicz is forced into action

Swindon, after a strong performance at Chipping Norton last week, will look to continue their winning ways at home to struggling Milton Keynes in tomorrow's Berks, Bucks & Oxon Division One encounter.   more...

On-the-up Marlborough facing crunch time

MARLBOROUGH skipper Nick Dobson has paid tribute to club coach Steve Ralph-Bowman as his second-placed side prepare for the two most critical games of their season.   more...

Devizes in need of lift

DEVIZES will be hoping to make home advantage count when they take on higher-placed Dorchester in Southern Counties South action tomorrow.   more...

Weekend Teams

Devizes RFC 1st XV v Dorchester (home): James Plank, Ian Carter, Charlie Rudler, Mike Walsh, Jason Giddings, Mike McCrum, Mosese Navunisaravi, Michael Bayliss, David O'Sullivan, Sean O'Sullivan, Jona Manu, Darren Burbidge, Tom Collins, Richard Casselden, Ed Smith. Subs: Steve Rose, Chris Maundrell, Alex Bennett.   more...

Swindon News

Second rate service for the householder

For years the Royal Mail has been the sole provider of mail for the UK households. And I, like most people, was under the impression that the mail had to be delivered at a certain time.   more...

A bumpy ride, but worth it!

I HAVE just become the owner, at the ripe old age of 80, of an electric chair. After years of walking with sticks, I am now as free as a bird. Yippee!   more...

What is there for children?

I WAS very interested in your spread on children reading the Adver, featuring my two grandchildren, Hanna and Fiona Griffin.   more...

An honest pair

On Friday the 13th, at about 5.45pm, our son got off the number 17 bus in Gorse Hill and realised that he had lost his wallet on the bus, which had £90 in it.   more...

Man burgled to feed habit

Burglar Russell Bastow has walked free from court after he broke into a number of houses across town to support his heroin addiction.   more...

They're having fun down on the farm

Ref. 29144-21YOUNGSTERS got a breath of fresh air during the half-term break, as Lower Shaw Farm opened its gates for an action-packed fun day.   more...

Fairtrade to be the subject of a seminar

A COFFEE farmer from Guatemala is to travel to Swindon next month to address businesses as part of Fairtrade Fortnight.   more...

Going down for charity

Money for charity will be raised by people abseiling off a Swindon building.   more...

Get your ticket for Ruddigore

SWINDON Gilbert and Sullivan Society presents Ruddigore at the Wyvern Theatre from Wednesday, March 10 to Saturday, March 13 at 7.30pm each night.   more...

Swindon to celebrate the big day for women

A VARIETY of stalls and workshops have been organised by the Swindon Women's Coalition in celebration of International Women's Day on Saturday, March 6.   more...

Teamwork wins the day at Walcot

Ref. 29138-14A SWINDON community centre has been transformed through the power of teamwork.   more...

Priority goes to Swindon

SICK people in rural areas will have to wait longer for ambulances following Wiltshire Ambulance Trust's decision to prioritise crews in and around Swindon it is claimed.   more...

Rise to the challenge for charity trust

TEAMS are being invited to take part in the third Mitchemp Trust Three Peaks Challenge in July.   more...

Tales of the Great War

Ref.29162-03AN AMATEUR historian is appealing for information, pictures and memories from any of the town's surviving First World War veterans.   more...

You've seen EastEnders. Now comes the latest soap, South SwinDon ...

LITCHFIELD ON FRIDAY: THE fallen Swindon Tory idol falls further. His partner, a Swindon Tory councillor, claims she has been assaulted by one of her own party's officers.   more...

Was Mike taking the Michael?

LITCHFIELD ON FRIDAY: THANKS to Labour and the Liberal Democrats, Swindon's Tory councillors find themselves in the position of the happy harlot ­ enjoying power without responsibility.   more...

Tales keep youngsters happy

Ref. 29141-50CHILDREN got in the mood for Pancake Day at a half-term holiday club.   more...

Thousands rush to visit job fair

Ref. 29159-33MORE than 3,500 people flocked to the Evening Advertiser's job fair to make it a storming success.   more...

TV licence dodgers put the town on list of shame

SWINDON has been named and shamed in a top ten list of TV licence evasion.   more...

Shape up and help children

THE Wiltshire branch of the British Institute For Brain Injured Children is appealing for people to join the charity's fundraising slimming appeal.   more...

Clock set to chime again

AN historic clock which has kept time in Coleshill, near Highworth, for more than 150 years looks set to be working again by March.   more...

Vitamin C is to be studied

Swindon commuters are being asked to join a national clinical trial on vitamin C.   more...

Adults encourage the child hunters

Ref. 29160-96ABOUT 70 children aged three upwards have been out hunting foxes.   more...

Go for it

Artists impression of how the building could lookCouncil is advised to approve controversial plans to develop historic Mechanics' Institute.   more...

Thousands hit by cold and damp houses

A DICKENSIAN dark and damp age continues to grip Swindon in a scandal that would have shocked past generations.   more...

Drugs hotline spreads net

THE Evening Advertiser-backed Swindon Drugs Hotline has been so successful in catching dealers that it has been extended to Wootton Bassett.   more...

Drugsman pays price

DRUGS conspirator Reginald Tottman has been jailed for five and a half years after admitting conspiring to import cannabis into the UK.   more...

Anti-war protesters win High Court battle

POLICE breached the human rights of protesters heading for RAF Fairford in the summer, the High Court has ruled.   more...

When home is not so sweet

Ref. 29166-54Almost 10,000 people in Swindon are freezing in damp and unhealthy homes. MICHAEL LITCHFIELD looks at the problem and talks to one family suffering in their house.   more...

Most vulnerable are missing out

SWINDON'S Age Concern director Jo Osorio believes that his organisation's fears that money from the Warm Front scheme "isn't getting to those who need it" have been confirmed.   more...

Say hello to robot Asimo!

Dave Heads (righth with motor-racing driver Jensen ButtonASIMO the robot is the stuff that children's dreams are of made of.   more...

Boost for the sporty pupils

CHILDREN at Drove Primary School are enjoying weekly squash tuition thanks to grant from the Local Network Fund.   more...

Trowbridge News

Secondary school set for move to estate

WILTSHIRE TIMES EXCLUSIVE: ONE of Trowbridge's three secondary schools could be on the move as education chiefs try to tackle travel problems for hundreds of students.   more...

Pigeon cull plan may be back on

A PIGEON cull could be back on the agenda after council officers said they were against turning elderly feeders into martyrs by prosecuting them.   more...

Family prepares to say a final goodbye

FUNERAL plans for little Jackie-Danielle Velvick are being made after her family were told they could finally prepare for their last farewell.   more...

Big names will draw in crowds

Carly Hillman who played Nicky Di Marco in EastEndersSOAP stars and chart bands are coming to Trowbridge this summer to help boost the popularity of a bi-annual show.   more...

Pancakes are order of the day

TRAVEL agent Julie Randall tasted the life of luxury after winning a slave for a day in a national competition.   more...

Guides strut their stuff for challenge

BOLLYWOOD and street were just two of the dance styles featured in a performance by Steeple Ashton Guides on Tuesday.   more...

Pupils' amazed by Blue Peter sale success

THREE classmates at a Trowbridge primary school helped raise hundreds of pounds for a TV appeal after organising and hosting a bring and buy sale.   more...

Bid to keep post office

PEOPLE living in Semington have given their support to a campaign to keep the village post office open, despite a planning application to demolish the building that houses it.   more...

Search for driver

POLICE are searching for a driver who may have vital information about a crash that claimed the life of a Trowbridge man.   more...

Penguin antics delight nursery children

AN author and illustrator visited a nursery school in Trowbridge to encourage children to read.   more...

Police hunt after fight at hospital

CASUALTY staff called in police to deal with a fight outside Trowbridge Hospital after receiving reports of a man armed with a handgun.   more...

Woman took her own life

TROWBRIDGE businessman Thomas Rothschild told an inquest a failed relationship and a 12-year battle with council planners had ruined his sister's life.   more...

Businessman tracks down website hacker

POLICE in Wiltshire are investigating a series of bids to hack into a military website owned by a Trowbridge entrepreneur.   more...

Music school may move

A MUSIC school in Trowbridge could have to shell out another £5,000 to resolve a long-running row over noise.   more...

Soldier tells children about Roman times

HUNDREDS of children flocked to Trowbridge Museum as a fully kitted-out Roman soldier gave a taste of what life was like years ago.   more...

Garden funding doubled

FUNDING for a sensory garden located behind the former Trowbridge Magistrates' Court has topped £50,000.   more...

Public meeting

A DEVELOPER'S bid to rejuvenate the former Tesco site in Trowbridge will be debated in public next month after council chiefs ruled a decision should not be made behind closed doors.   more...

Event promises a flipping good time

PANCAKE fever will hit Trowbridge on Tuesday as the town's fourth annual race fiesta gets under way.   more...

Vida's recipe for retirement

DINNERLADY Vida Hudd has hung up her oven mitts and apron for the last time after 33 years at a Trowbridge secondary school.   more...

Young mums learn value of new skills

SIX young Mums have been awarded NVQs after taking part in a pilot project to give pregnant teenagers new life skills.   more...

New York prize for top employee

SIX finalists have been named in this year's Trowbridge Employee of the Year competition to face a live interview on stage in the Civic Hall on March 10.   more...

Council tax bills up by nearly £90 a year

TAXPAYERS in Wiltshire are to be faced with another increase in their bills from April, with rises of nearly £90 a year in some areas.   more...

Pensioners protest over rise

An army of old age pensioners demanded an end to spiralling council tax on Friday.   more...

Charities to benefit from new 150 Fund

MODELS will take to the catwalk for the first major event to kick-start fundraising for a new charitable fund being set up by the Wiltshire Times.   more...

Advice service saved from axe

THE short-term future of a crucial advice lifeline in west Wiltshire looks to have been secured after a £16,000 funding shortfall threatened to force cutbacks.   more...

Train firm deal

South West Trains is due to confirm a new deal with the Strategic Rail Authority to take on a popular train service from west Wiltshire to London Waterloo at the end of this month.   more...

Girl's body to be exhumed

WILTSHIRE police have promised an examination of drug addict Rachel Whitear's remains would be thorough after announcing plans to exhume her body.   more...

14 shops break the `age' law

ALCOHOL, tobacco and fire works were sold to underage youngsters by 14 shopkeepers in Wiltshire, according to a report this week.   more...

Chip pan safety warning

WITH restaurants across the county taking part in National Chip Week, Wiltshire's firefighters have issued a fresh safety plea to residents.   more...

Canalside walk

PEOPLE in Wiltshire are being asked to put on their walking shoes in aid of their local canal.   more...

Petition for halls

THE Wiltshire Village Halls Association has started a petition to call for more lottery funding to be made available to fund community buildings.   more...

Housing plans go on display

THOUSANDS of families waiting for permanent accommodation will find out how housing bosses plan to solve the crisis next week.   more...

Behind the thin blue line

TO celebrate the 165th year of policing in Wiltshire the county constabulary has produced an updated book giving its history as the oldest police force in the country.   more...

Benefits advice pays off

ELDERLY and disabled people in Wiltshire have received hundreds of thousands of pounds in benefits since a new advisory service was launched six months ago.   more...

Broadband bid

VILLAGERS are being mobilised in an attempt to bring Broadband internet connection to rural parts of west Wiltshire.   more...

Getting together

TWO local health care trusts have announced plans to merge their leadership.   more...

Trowbridge,Bradford On Avon,Melksham,Warminster,Westbury News

Learn from a mistake

In 1999 Devon County Council decided to replace the existing Record Office at Castle Street in the county town of Exeter.   more...

76-mile trip to records

Many readers will have seen, that despite losing over £5.2m in Heritage Lottery Funding, by going for an inaccessible site, and despite being told the bid had been rejected because of the site's location within the county, the county council is pressing on with the white elephant Chippenham site for the Record Office.   more...

Government policy ignored

Wiltshire County Council has lost the Heritage Lottery Funding for a proposed Record Office at Chippenham, but, despite this, has voted to continue with the Chippenham site at all costs. People are asking, what happens next?   more...

Will we ever see the henge again?

Why do we hear so much about Stonehenge as our heritage and not the A344?   more...

Policing for the future

READING of proposals from the Home Secretary to implement elements of police working practices in the Wiltshire Times, they throw up a similar concept whereby my late father was in regular contact with the then Home Secretary in the mid-1950s.   more...

Generous folk

I WOULD like to thank the members of the public who joined with the parents, friends and Cubs from 6th Trowbridge Cub Scouts on February 3 in Westbury for the ghost walk.   more...

Good Samaritans

MY grateful thanks to everyone who stopped to ask if they could help when my mother had a fall outside Westbury Cemetery on January 20.   more...

It's time for the axe for the council tax

The hottest issue in my postbag at the moment is certainly the dreaded council tax .   more...

Councill Tax

Having attended the recent conference at Warminster regarding OAPs and the council tax, it appeared to me that the officials more or less made it a political meeting.   more...

Bring the snooker back again in 2005

Following our conversation yesterday, I just wanted to convey a big thank you to the Wiltshire Times for all you did in getting the snooker tournament held at Trowbridge, and also to the staff at the Civic Hall who were so supportive and helpful to me.   more...

Well done!

OVer the last two days I have attended the Wiltshire Times sponsored snooker event.   more...

Warminster News

Two killed in horror crash

TWO drivers were killed and four cars wrecked in a high-speed pile up on the Warminster bypass on Thursday.   more...

Nine-year-old's anxious wait for cancer all-clear

A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl being treated for cancer has been told doctors face a long search for medical equipment before she can finally be given the all-clear.   more...

Man says `eviction' breaks promise

Ref. 14727THE last resident in a block of bungalows due for renovation is being evicted despite a promise by housing bosses that no-one will be kicked out.   more...

Pupils bring The Listeners to life

Ref. 27911CHILDREN at Horningsham Primary School have proved to be well-versed in classic poetry by using music and artwork to bring words to life.   more...

Pensioners protest over rise

An army of old age pensioners demanded an end to spiralling council tax on Friday.   more...

£150,000 antiques stolen

A COLLECTION of rare antiques has been stolen from the Warminster area in what police believe is the largest ever theft of its kind in the county.   more...

TV tracks harpist'sroute to stardom

A CHILD prodigy musician from Warminster is to star in a fly-on-the-wall documentary cataloguing her rise to the top.   more...

Advice service saved from axe

THE short-term future of a crucial advice lifeline in west Wiltshire looks to have been secured after a £16,000 funding shortfall threatened to force cutbacks.   more...

It's 100 up for snooker fanatic Ivy

SNOOKER fan Ivy Bryant celebrated her 100th birthday on Friday, with her letter from the Queen arriving right on cue.   more...

£1m work starts

WORK on building Wiltshire's first centre of excellence for children begins in Warminster next week.   more...

Store's facelift

Shoppers can take advantage of a £200,000 refurbishment of a high street supermarket opening today.   more...

Care staff working together

HEALTH care in Warminster is at the centre of a major shake-up in a bid to bring all specialists together under one roof.   more...

Shops' plea for cctv cameras

TRADERS are calling for an end to graffiti and vandalism plaguing a shopping precinct in Warminster.   more...

Kitten needs funds to cure knobbly knees

CAT lovers are being urged to help a kitten walk again by paying to fix his knobbly knees.   more...

Westbury News

Car spins off road into shop front

A MOTORIST walked away unscathed after her car ended up in a shop window on Sunday afternoon.   more...

Burglars take bikes and tools

BURGLARS escaped with £6,000 of DIY equipment and bikes after striking at two homes only yards apart in Westbury.   more...

Man guilty of benefit tax fraud

FRAUDULENT benefits claims totalling £3,600 have led to a 60-hour community punishment order for a Westbury man.   more...

Owner caused dog unnecessary suffering

Westbury pensioner Ken Durey has spoken of his anger after he was convicted of causing unnecessary suffering to his elderly Jack Russell.   more...

Cleaners back in action after blaze

STAFF at a Westbury dry cleaners have thanked their customers for sticking by them after a fire decimated its usual service.   more...

Workers caught out by boss

TWO workers from a Westbury- based home delivery firm were caught red-handed stealing stock after their manager trailed them through the town.   more...

Share and share alike

CHURCH leaders in Westbury are calling on Wiltshire Times readers to back their bid to build a combined nursery and community centre in the town.   more...

£14,000 bill for play area

PLANS are under way to revamp a children's play area which was vandalised by drunken youths over Christmas.   more...

Wiltshire News

Two killed in horror crash

TWO drivers were killed and four cars wrecked in a high-speed pile up on the Warminster bypass on Thursday.   more...

Wiltshire Sport

O'Hanlon Wait

SEAN O'Hanlon's move from Everton is still expected to go through despite a mystery hitch which has so far thwarted the deal from being completed.   more...

Wootton Bassett News

Drugs hotline spreads net

THE Evening Advertiser-backed Swindon Drugs Hotline has been so successful in catching dealers that it has been extended to Wootton Bassett.   more...

  
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