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Stories for 1 September 2005

Business News

All's well says floated oil firm

A SWINDON firm prospecting for black gold in the Falkland Islands have floated the company. more...

All go at new stationery store

A STATIONERY firm is opening a second superstore in Swindon. more...

Want a franchise?

A SANDWICH chain announced plans to move into Swindon. more...

Calne News

Train buff helps artist with historic painting

Train historian Donald Lovelock with Eileen Gough of the Court Gallery, which will be selling prints of the painting (17106/2)GAZETTE & HERALD: Calne's railway heritage will celebrated this month with a glorious oil painting depicting Calne Station in its heyday. more...

Travellers ordered off land by council officers

Caravans at the site in Beaversbrook (17115/2)GAZETTE & HERALD: TRAVELLERS who have set up camp in Calne have been told they must have vacated their campsite in Beaversbrook by today or the council will take action against them. more...

Widow pays tribute to man who was her rock

Paul McGuire's coffin is carried into Kingsdown crematoriumGAZETTE & HERALD: WIDOW Sophie McGuire paid a moving tribute to her husband the rock during an emotional funeral to the former soldier. more...

Hard work pays off for this year's high achieving teens

Louise Gandolfi, Ashley Greggory, Chloe Anning and Vicki Lodge at Abbeyfield School (17095/02)GCSE RESULTS: WHOOPS of joy rang round Wiltshire schools last Thursday as thousands of students picked up their GCSE results. more...

Fresh start for busy firm

GAZETTE & HERALD: CALNE Mayor Cathy Bowyer visited the new Westcode factory to perform its formal opening ceremony. more...

Church is locked after vandals' attack

GAZETTE & HERALD: BURGLARS have forced the Rev Derek Frost to lock Derry Hill Church after they vandalised a vestry door and stole cash. more...

Show's tribute to hall saviours

GAZETTE & HERALD: GREEN-FINGERED gardeners have been showing off their skills at this year's Cherhill Flower and Vegetable Show. more...

Paddock site future mapped

GAZETTE & HERALD: A controversial design appraisal and development brief mapping out the future of the Paddock at Quemerford House in Calne has been approved by North Wiltshire District Council's public spaces and local plans panel, and will now proceed to the Executive for a final decision. more...

Chippenham News

Speedy racers show off their ingenuity

Patrick Thomas leading Chris Hamblet in his aerodynamic recumbant design (17122/5)GAZETTE & HERALD: CHIPPENHAM'S first ever gravity race wasn't the huge success organisers had expected but they hope it will be a good warm-up for next year's event. more...

Town council's website is 12 months out of date

GAZETTE & HERALD: VISITORS to Chippenham's premier website might be forgiven for thinking the town was stuck in the past. more...

Patient is suing health bosses

GAZETTE & HERALD: PATIENT Laura Quainton is suing an NHS trust for more than £300,000 after accusing it of negligence. more...

Struck off dentist's list after complaint

GAZETTE & HERALD: FURIOUS Sandra Jeffreys has been kicked off Caledonia Dental Practice's waiting list a week after complaining to the Gazette that her disabled son's buggy was barred from the building. more...

Free party to bridge generation difference

GAZETTE & HERALD: YOUNG and old will be bridging the generation gap at a party in Chippenham thanks to a grant secured by Coun Maureen Lloyd. more...

Show to go on for Eddie as normal

GAZETTE & HERALD: ROCK and roll fans from all over the country are getting ready to party at this year's Celebration of Eddie Cochran's Life in two weeks time. more...

Support group for teen mums and dads

GAZETTE & HERALD: TEENAGE parents will be able to get help and support and meet other young parents at a new group being launched in Chippenham. more...

Festival of folk for all-comers

GAZETTE & HERALD: A DAY of singing workshops followed by an evening concert is being held at The Cause in Chippenham on September 3. more...

Youth appeals after break-in

GAZETTE & HERALD: TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Tom Edwards is appealing for help from the public after his car was broken into outside his home in Hungerdown Lane, Chippenham. more...

EU defence ministers to meet at Lyneham

GAZETTE & HERALD: REHEARSALS are underway at RAF Lyneham for a special meeting of defence ministers from the European Union countries next month. more...

The beach is the favourite

GAZETTE & HERALD: ACCOMPLISHED water colour artist Bob Rudd has won a prestigious prize at the Bath Society of Artists' 100th annual exhibition. more...

Development may bring jobs

GAZETTE & HERALD: A new 11-acre industrial development off Salterford Lane could bring hundreds of new jobs to Chippenham. more...

Arboretum walk to help sufferers

North Wiltshire Alzheimer's Society will hold its first-ever sponsored walk at Westonbirt Arboretum, to raise awareness and to acknowledge and remember those who have, or have had, the disease. more...

Coping better with illness

NEARLY one in three people in the country is living with a chronic (long-term) medical condition and now Kennet and North Wiltshire PCT is encouraging these patients to join a programme aimed at helping them to help themselves. more...

Ballet rookies step up

Emmajane Bramwell-Chivers, left, Katie Thomas, Emma Jeremy, Sophie Wicks and Nia Cooper busy rehearsing yesterday for the role in Sleeping Beauty at the Wyvern Theatre later this month (17148/2)FIVE young dancers have joined the English Youth Ballet to take part in a performance of Sleeping Beauty. more...

Conservative wins by one vote in by-election

CONSERVATIVE Jim Elford emerged triumphant in Thursday's critical Lyneham by-election, but only by a single vote. more...

Landlord waxes lyrical to raise cash for appeal

Kingfisher landlord Steve Cole is at the mercy of his punters as they queue up to strip his chest on Sunday (17125/3/MP)LANDLORD Steve Cole's yelps of pain were drowned out by his punters' shrieks of delight as they watched him endure the sting of having his chest waxed on Sunday afternoon to help raise money for the Gazette's Springboard appeal. more...

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Obsessed driver is jailed 22 times

GAZETTE & HERALD: ANGRY mum Linda Bramwell-Chivers says her 22-year-old son has been let down by the system after he was jailed for the 22nd time. more...

Water firm says sorry over fatal accident

Joseph BryanGAZETTE & HERALD: THAMES Water has apologised to the father of DJ Travis Bryan who died in a car crash after the company failed to repair a leak. more...

Landlord waxes lyrical to raise cash for appeal

Kingfisher landlord Steve Cole is at the mercy of his punters as they queue up to strip his chest on Sunday (17125/3/MP)GAZETTE & HERALD: LANDLORD Steve Cole's yelps of pain were drowned out by his punters' shrieks of delight as they watched him endure the sting of having his chest waxed on Sunday afternoon to help raise money for the Gazette's Springboard appeal. more...

Railway buffs steamed up

Station master Keith Wareham keeps tabs on operations (17129/1/MP)GAZETTE & HERALD: It was full steam ahead at Wiltshire College Lackham over the weekend when hundreds of model train enthusiasts turned out for the Westinghouse Model Railway Show. more...

Flat dwellers furious as screen of trees is felled

The conifers by Allington Flats (17117/2)GAZETTE & HERALD: FUMING Allington residents say a blunder could leave them peering into their neighbours' bedrooms after half a row of 30ft conifers was chopped down last week. more...

They're spellbound

Magician Jack Stephens entertains children at Chippenham library (17142/1)GAZETTE & HERALD: Magician Jack Stephens enchanted children at two amazing magic shows at Chippenham and Calne libraries on Tuesday. more...

Tesco snaps up garage stores

GAZETTE & HERALD: Supermarket giant Tesco has bought up the Safeway store at the BP garage in Hungerdown Lane, Chippenham, as part of a deal for 30 petrol station sites operated by Safeway owner Morrisons. more...

Air ambulance saved life of BBC danger man

Cameraman Sandy York, front, cycled 100km to raise more than £2,000 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance along with girlfriend Ros Gibson, back left; Neeld Arms landlord Charlie West; Fred Harrison; Ken Rawlings; and Darren Rawlings (17126/1)GAZETTE & HERALD: A man who says he owes his life to the Wiltshire Air Ambulance has raised thousands of pounds from a 100km sponsored bike ride on Sunday. more...

Ballet rookies step up

Emmajane Bramwell-Chivers, left, Katie Thomas, Emma Jeremy, Sophie Wicks and Nia Cooper busy rehearsing yesterday for the role in Sleeping Beauty at the Wyvern Theatre later this month (17148/2)GAZETTE & HERALD: FIVE young dancers have joined the English Youth Ballet to take part in a performance of Sleeping Beauty. more...

Man who sold stolen cleaner escapes jail

GAZETTE & HERALD: A 23-year-old man who handled a stolen vacuum cleaner within minutes of it being stolen from a Chippenham home has escaped a jail term. more...

Church's 150 years in town

GAZETTE & HERALD: St Mary's Roman Catholic Church will be celebrating 150 years in Chippenham on Sunday its Sesquicentennial with a special Mass and reception. more...

Corsham News

Anniversary couple fall in love

Mike and Sue Canham after their plungeGAZETTE & HERALD: GRANDPARENTS Mike and Sue Canham were on cloud nine when they did a parachute jump for their 37th wedding anniversary. more...

Lydia's family thrilled at huge boost to fund

GAZETTE & HERALD: Lydia Cross, the little girl that Gazette readers took to their hearts when both her legs had to be amputated after she was struck down by meninigitis, made a special visit to Joint Services Unit Corsham where she received a cheque for more than £10,000. more...

Up to 30 jobs could be axed at rubber firm

GAZETTE & HERALD: FACTORY boss Stuart Scarborough has paid tribute to his workers after it was revealed up to 30 of them would get laid off from Corsham firm Precision Cut Rubber. more...

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Chefs have right recipe for success in contests

GAZETTE & HERALD: TWO chefs at Lucknam Park Hotel in Colerne will be hot under the collar as they compete in two prestigious competitions next month. more...

Quality award for council

GAZETTE & HERALD: CORSHAM Town Council has scooped an award securing it quality status for four years. Chairman Jock Fraser said he was proud to accept the honour, after they passed a number of tests. more...

Sports clinic is meeting a need

GAZETTE & HERALD: DOCTOR Dawn Spruce-Sewell is opening the Corsham Chiropractor Clinic on Monday. The mum-of-one from Chippenham will treat sports injuries, the lower back, neck pain, and carry out massage therapies at her clinic in Pickwick Road. more...

Devizes News

Takeaway told to employ bouncers

THE Kebab House takeaway restaurant in Northgate Street has been granted a new licence to stay open until 3am on Friday and Saturday nights, but only if it employs two bouncers. more...

Putting fun back into neighbourhood play

Ian Diddams of Devizes Rugby Club passes on tips to Nick Godwin, Stefan Jones, Connor and Rossi Sprules Right, Mia Millward jumps hurdles 17085/8A DEVIZES mum who organised a fun day at a local play area last week has thanked all those who helped make it such a great success. more...

Just having a ball

The large crowds cheer on the entertainers in the Market Place 17133/13DEVIZES vibrated to the rhythm of drums during the carnival street festival on August bank holiday Monday. more...

Hard work pays off for this

Lavington School students Gemma Drew and Kirsty McQueen (17098/04)GCSE RESULTS: PUPILS at schools in the Devizes area achieved impressive results and refuted suggestions that GCSEs are getting easier. more...

Judges praise quality of entries for show

Worton and Marston show judges Heather Walker, left, Ena Harris and June Keable inspect entries in one of the floral categories on Saturday. (17116/1)A QUALITY selection of flowers, home produce and wine were among the entries for this year's Worton and Marston Gardening Club flower show. more...

Crumbling courts will have to stay derelict

THE owner of the Assize Courts building in Devizes says it is likely to remain derelict until the property market recovers enough for him to realise his investment. more...

That winning smile

Hannah Dight gets royal approval from Carnival Butterfly Queen Jennifer Gumm (17135/12)A BLEND of Devizes friendliness and Irish charm won the carnival baby show title for little Hannah Dight on Tuesday. more...

TV team hunts highwaymen

A FILM company was in Devizes last week on the trail of the perpetrators of a highway robbery that took place over 160 years ago. more...

Youth disco will return on Saturday nights

POPULAR youth discos are to return to Devizes Corn Exchange but on Saturday night. more...

Devizes to fight on as hospitals are axed

DASH2 (Devizes Action to Save Our Hospital) has promised to continue fighting to keep a hospital in the town. more...

Council against car share signs

DEVIZES Town Council is objecting to signs advertising for motorists to join a car sharing scheme. more...

Protesters' warning on traffic jams from estate

RESIDENTS in London Road, Devizes, have joined forces with those in Roundway Park to fight the plans for 230 houses and new primary school on land next to Quakers Walk. more...

Feast of a festival for foodies

IF you have ever wondered if it is true that you must have white wine with fish and red wine with meat, then one of the events at the upcoming Devizes Food and Drink Festival will help you. more...

Barratt Homes subsidiary to build hundreds of homes

THE site of the former Kverneland agricultural machinery factory at Folly Road, Devizes, has been sold to a subsidiary of house building giant Barratt Homes. more...

Resident worried as 999 call is diverted

DEVIZES resident Mary Skippen who lives across the road from the county's joint emergency control centre was astonished to be answered by a 999 operator in Nottingham. more...

Toilets needed, council is told

DEVIZES Town Council is objecting to Kennet District Council's plan to demolish toilets at The Wharf and Station Road. more...

Help to claim your benefits

PENSIONERS living in villages around Devizes are to be targeted by Age Concern which believes some may not be claiming benefits to which they are entitled. more...

Final dig in allotment saga

DEVIZES Town Council has agreed in principle to take over the running of controversial new allotments in Windsor Drive. more...

999 in Devizes where's that?

DEVIZES resident Mary Skippen who lives across the road from the county's joint emergency control centre was astonished to be answered by a 999 operator in Nottingham. more...

Council's fury at cutsin Government support

KENNET District Council is likely to have to dig into its reserves again next year to ward off the spectre of the Government capping its council tax rise. more...

Capital gains warning on loos

KENNET District Council will attempt to claw back any capital gains made by parish councils who decide to redevelop their public toilets for housing. more...

Detention for ASBO breach

A 17-YEAR-OLD Wiltshire teenager has been given four months detention for breaching an anti-social behaviour order imposed last October. more...

Concern over extension plan

A PLAN for extensions to a listed building within the Aldbourne conservation area are due to be debated by Kennet Council planners today. more...

Coping better with illness

Challenge to be strong man

A RUNNER who finished third from last during the Kennet Kanter has completed the UK Ironman Challenge. more...

Drivers can view speed camera evidence online

Speed cameraMOTORISTS in Wiltshire who receive penalty notices for speeding can now view evidence of their offence online. Using a personal identification number, people can access photographs of their vehicle, site maps and camera calibration certificates free of charge. more...

Young caught in Second World War timewarp

Gerry George (Churchill) with Martin McCulloch, Paul Brewer, Andy Horton, Lisa Lort and Emma Porter as wartime comrades during the exercise at Oxenwood 17141/6TODAY'S affluent society of easy come and easy go was replaced with a taste of the austere days of the Second World War for groups of Wiltshire youngsters this week. more...

Mum in bid to find her Legoland stranger

Mother-of-two Christina Ackil is desperately seeking a mysterious man from Swindon who she encountered during a family visit to Legoland more...

Quiz chance on trust merger

WILTSHIRE residents are being given the opportunity to question plans for a so-called ambulance super-trust for Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire at a public meeting in Chippenham. more...

Catholics dig deep for the starving in Niger

Catholics in the Clifton Diocese, which covers Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Bristol, have so far raised £30,000 for Catholic relief agency, CAFOD, to help ease the food crisis affecting the people of Niger. more...

Year's high achieving teens

Rachael Startin celebrates her 11 A* grades (17143/07)GCSE RESULTS: STUDENTS at Pewsey Vale School and St John's School and Community College excelled in their GCSE examinations. more...

Hard work pays off for this year's high achieving teens

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Prevent this happening again

I am deeply saddened by the unnecessary death of DJ Travis Bryan as reported in the Gazette last week but of course it could so easily have been any one of us driving along on that cold night. more...

Thanks to all who made fun day such a success

I write to express my thanks for your support and participation in the Forty Acres fun day on August 23. more...

Pay parking wrong

I wish to register my objection to car parking charges at Savernake Hospital, as proposed by Kennet District Council. more...

Park at Browfort

It seems that Devizes is set to suffer yet another reduction in parking spaces when the new toilets are built in West Central car park. more...

Use funds elsewhere

I should like to congratulate councillor Margaret Taylor on her letter about the proposed Devizes cycleways (Gazette, August 25), and for her opposition to them at the consultation stage. more...

Art building worse

In reply to the letters complaining of the hideous structure outside Marlborough library, am I the only person to think that the new art building at Marlborough College is in a far worse league than the little structure that has appeared outside the library? more...

Brits will get it right

C Gayle (letters, August 18) expresses precisely what it is about us Brits that makes us so amusing to the rest of the world. The two subjects that are most likely to get us to pick up our pens are matters of social status (class) and animals, or so it would seem. more...

Staff did great job

After 63 years of being fit and healthy and never having seen the inside of any hospital as a resident, I very recently found myself a `guest' of the Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon. more...

Thanks for prize

I recently won the champagne balloon flight competition which you ran in conjunction with Triumph International. more...

Any link has ceased

I read with interest your report on the British National Party summer ball held at The Angel Hotel in Chippenham and thought the piece to be very fair. more...

Event was disturbing

I was deeply disturbed to read in the Gazette that the British National Party had held an event in Chippenham. Just recently we marked the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the victory over fascism. more...

It's scaremongering

How ironic is it that a Ukrainian will dictate who can or cannot have a party in his hotel on the grounds of their political beliefs. (BNP's `secret party'). more...

Thanks for support

The Committee of Calne Community Transport would like to thank Jeannie & Clem, the organisers of Country & Western held in Calne over several years for their support once again to our charity of £2,500. more...

Education News

Hard work pays off for this year's high achieving teens

Year's high achieving teens

Rachael Startin celebrates her 11 A* grades (17143/07)GCSE RESULTS: STUDENTS at Pewsey Vale School and St John's School and Community College excelled in their GCSE examinations. more...

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Brave student's double triumph

Brave Malmesbury school student Shaima Begom has bounced back from a life-threatening illness to get three A grades in her A-Levels. more...

Health News

Devizes to fight on as hospitals are axed

DASH2 (Devizes Action to Save Our Hospital) has promised to continue fighting to keep a hospital in the town. more...

Coping better with illness

Malmesbury News

A rip-roaring success

David Shelley turns Grace into a butterfly 17124/8MALMESBURY will be bursting with carnival fever this weekend with highlight of the final procession. About 3,500 visitors are expected to flock to the event, which is the jewel in the crown of Malmesbury Carnival. more...

Brave student's double triumph

Brave Malmesbury school student Shaima Begom has bounced back from a life-threatening illness to get three A grades in her A-Levels. more...

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Produce show proves a blooming success

One of the entries, a vegetable alien 17130/03A village show in Sherston to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War has proved so popular another may be held next year. more...

Boycott parking fees, urges rebel councillor

DRIVERS should refuse to pay new car parking charges at the Station Yard Car Park in Malmesbury says county and district councillor John Thomson. more...

Unwelcome alarm call for mayor's neighbour

Jacky Martin and Chris Thomas with the troublesome alarm (17146/2)Firefighter Chris Thomas broke into Malmesbury mayor Jacky Martin's house while she was on holiday but he asked permission first. more...

Mini Dyson cleans up in Japanese market

The DC12Mini Dyson vacuum cleaners designed in Malmesbury have become a number one seller in Japan proving that size is everything. more...

Show is set to beat all records for entrants

SUNDAY'S Brinkworth Country Show is expected to beat last year's record for entrants and spectators. more...

Attack by paint vandals

A 44-year-old Malmesbury man says he is living on his nerves and barely sleeps at night after his house was pelted with paint and eggs. more...

Queen of a sweet life

Ceri Collingborn with her trophy (17139/10)Life is sweet for Brinkworth beekeeper Ceri Collingborn since she was crowned world honey queen. more...

Plea to stop speedy drivers drivers

Corston resident Joanna Watchman has demanded local representatives take action to stop motorists speeding through the village. more...

Clerk stays on to help council

Outgoing Malmesbury town clerk Phil Rice says his new job as deputy town clerk will give the town council continuity at a time of change. more...

Meltdown for chocolate fans

ABOUT £600 of chocolate melted at the Co-op store in Malmesbury when the shop's air-conditioning system broke down on Monday night. more...

Marlborough News

Devoted dad dies rescuing his son

Hugo Rutland with his wife, Claire, and children Eliza, Henry and Archie pictured after he completed the London MarathonTHE funeral takes places today of Chilton Foliat father-of-three Hugo Rutland who died after helping to save his 13-year-old son from huge waves off a Portuguese beach. more...

Teen dies after biking fall

Max GutmannTEENAGER Max Gutmann whose father works at a Marlborough investment brokers has died while doing what he loved best in life, mountain biking. more...

Water firm says sorry to dad for ice on road

THAMES Water has apologised to the father of Travis Bryan, 32, the disc jockey who died in a car crash after hitting ice on the Marlborough to Swindon road. more...

Year's high achieving teens

Rachael Startin celebrates her 11 A* grades (17143/07)GCSE RESULTS: STUDENTS at Pewsey Vale School and St John's School and Community College excelled in their GCSE examinations. more...

Artists' work on display at 20th exhibition

Marlborough mayor Hilary Cripps and exhibition secretary Bill Williams at the Guild of Wiltshire Artists show at St Peter's Church 17107/1SOME of Wiltshire's finest artists have put their work on show at St Peter's Church in Marlborough. more...

It's not such a Common place after all

It's not such a Common place after all (17109/1)ONE of the early air pioneers landed safely on Marlborough Common and was greeted by the town's mayor. more...

Dessie is mane event at centre

Desert Orchid meets his fans, with handler Janice Coyle, at Greatwood racehorse rehabilitation centre (17121/1)RACING legend Desert Orchid brought in 3,000 visitors to the Greatwood racehorse rehabilitation centre's open day on Sunday. more...

High Street fire averted by fast 999 response

A SPEEDY response by firefighters prevented a smouldering display light causing any major damage at a Marlborough travel agents. more...

Race for Life reaches target

THE target sum for the Race For Life held in Marlborough in May to raise funds for Cancer Research UK has finally been exceeded as sponsorship money continues to arrive. more...

Concern over extension plan

A PLAN for extensions to a listed building within the Aldbourne conservation area are due to be debated by Kennet Council planners today. more...

Pewsey News

Walkers limber up for 50-mile charity bid across the downs

Ailsa Hayes, Keith, Elizabeth and Andrew James at the start 17108/1MORE than 100 walkers stepped out from St Francis School in Pewsey to help raise funds for research into multiple sclerosis. more...

Year's high achieving teens

Rachael Startin celebrates her 11 A* grades (17143/07)GCSE RESULTS: STUDENTS at Pewsey Vale School and St John's School and Community College excelled in their GCSE examinations. more...

Objectors fail to stop pub extending hours

Jerry KunklerOBJECTIONS by neighbouring residents to the variation of hours at Pewsey's pole dancing pub The Moonrakers Inn did not prevent them being granted as asked for. more...

Stores fined for selling booze to 14-year-olds

TWO Pewsey traders have been fined for selling alcohol to a person under the age of 18. more...

Police search after attack

THE Wiltshire police helicopter hovered over the centre of Pewsey shortly after midnight on Saturday after a man received serious head injuries. more...

11-man carnival bike ride

BANK holiday drivers between Pewsey and the South Coast were amused to see 11 riders ambling along on one giant bicycle. more...

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Friday night is football night!

BECAUSE it clashed with England's televised World Cup qualifier against Wales on Saturday, Salisbury City's home match with Yate Town has been switched to Friday evening (7.45pm kick off). more...

Whites are sitting pretty at the top after weekend of joy

TWO impressive victories over the Bank Holiday weekend against the league's early pacesetters - Bath City and Merthyr Tydfil - rocketed Salisbury City to the top of the table, fuelling belief that this could indeed be the season that the Old Sarum club pro-gress to the next level of the non-league game. more...

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Scrapyard heroes save visitor's life

A TEAM of car breakers turned lifesavers when they rescued a man who was almost crushed to death by his own car. more...

Scrapyard heroes save visitor's life

A TEAM of car breakers turned lifesavers when they rescued a man who was almost crushed to death by his own car. more...

Salisbury Sport

City's Olympic role - MP to chair meeting

LONDON'S successful bid to stage the 2012 Olympic Games can provide major benefits for Salisbury. more...

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Sport Cricket

Wiltshire fail to show in finale

WILTSHIRE'S crestfallen players pointed to a lack of application after being trounced in the final of the Minor Counties Knockout Cup. more...

Peters leads Chippenham club up to new heights

A CHIPPENHAM club which could become homeless in a year has gained promotion to the West of England Premier League. more...

Devizes 81, Goatacre 85-4

DEVIZES face the possibility of their second relegation in a row after a home defeat to local rivals Goatacre on Saturday. more...

Dumbleton 223-7, Biddestone 182-9

BIDDESTONE enter the final game of the season with promotion sewn up and a chance of winning the Glos/Wilts Two title. more...

Hinton Charterhouse 206-8, Malmesbury 144

A YOUNG Malmesbury side battled against Hinton Charterhouse but came out on the wrong side losing by 62 runs. more...

Corsham 216-7, Glastonbury 123

CORSHAM captain Neil Shardlow called for his players to grab Premier One's runners-up spot. more...

Chippenham 225-8, Lansdown 159

AN all-round performance by Kiwi Hayden Smith boosted Chippenham's hopes of survival in Premier Two. more...

Ravi can't keep champs in a spin

WILTSHIRE YOUTH LEAGUE: U13 Play Off Final - CHIPPENHAM played host as South Wilts defeated Bassett in the play-off final. more...

Malmesbury skipper is reported to league chiefs

MALMESBURY Cricket Club have been reported to the West of England Premier League after comments made in the Gazette. more...

Goatacre legend Iles still unbeaten after half a century at the crease

GOATACRE stalwart Graham Iles recorded 50 years not out on Saturday when he completed his final seconds match of the season against Biddestone. more...

Wiltshire 134, Norfolk 135-4

WILTSHIRE failed to pick up their first piece of silverware in over a century after they capitulated at Slough to a talented Norfolk side. more...

Blonde stunners fool around in the dark

DEVIZES SIX-A-SIDE: ANYTHING but traditional cricket was on show in the sixth annual Devizes six-a-side cricket tournament on Sunday. more...

Sport Football

Viveash awaits fate after fan altercation

FORMER Swindon Town defender Adi Viveash could face an FA charge following an angry post-match exchange on Monday. more...

Town stars from past and present start journey

A TEAM packed with former and current Devizes Town players are set to play their opening game this weekend in the Chippenham and District Sunday Football League. more...

Can anyone stop Malford ace retaining golden boot?

CHIPPENHAM SUNDAY LEAGUE: THE Gazette Golden Boot is back up for grabs as the Auto Business Solutions Chippenham Sunday League kicks off it's 40th season this weekend. more...

Start off how we finished demands boss Bush

CORSHAM manager Colin Bush is looking for a return to winning ways on Saturday after an 11-day break. Corsham's last game was their 0-0 draw at Bitton and Bush wants his team to realise their potential by beating Radstock Town at Southbank. more...

Casey expects to land first victory

CALNE Town defender Steve Casey is hoping that his team's break will help his side pick up their first win at rock-bottom Torrington on Saturday. more...

Skidmore looks to bolster squad

BIDDESTONE boss Gary Skidmore is set to make approaches to two Toolstation players as he looks to bolster his squad. more...

Childs forces the winner as New College keep rolling

NEW College continued their good start to the season with a 2-1 win at Devizes Reserves. Honours were even in the first 45 minutes but after the break the College broke the deadlock when Mark Chatwin followed up a shot from Tom Caddon to put the Swindon side in the lead. more...

Oram delights bumper crowd

A HEALTHY crowd of 263 were at the Recreation Ground to see Pewsey Vale defeat Wootton Bassett 2-1 on Sunday. more...

Devizes Town 0, Fairford Town 3

DEVIZES Town crashed out of the FA Cup at the preliminary round stage on Tuesday night despite a gutsy performance in their replay with Fairford at Nursteed Road. more...

Westbury United 2, Melksham Town 3

MELKSHAM started their FA Cup run with a bit of a twist on Saturday before winning Tuesday night's replay at Westbury. more...

Highworth power through

HIGHWORTH went through to the next round with a 1-0 win over Welton at the Elms. The margin of victory should have been greater, but visiting keeper Chris Allard was in inspired form. more...

Sport Rugby

Added spice to season opener

EXTRA spice has been added to Saturday's season-opening Southern Counties South derby between Wootton Bassett and Devizes following Dave Sullivan's move between the two sides. more...

We will win the league insists captain Reed

DEVIZES Rugby Club captain Tom Reed believes his side possess all the ability to challenge for the Southern Counties South league title this year. more...

Alford not changing his `high-risk' strategy

HEAD coach Rob Alford has vowed that Chippenham will not alter their `high-risk' rugby strategy in the cut-throat world of South West One. more...

Corsham aim to make big impression at new level

CORSHAM are hoping to take the first steps towards a prolonged stay at Southern Counties level this season. more...

Attack the best form of defence

NON-stop attack was Calne's most potent weapon last season and coach John Crozier has ordered more of the same this term. more...

Swindon News

Some `hoodies' may pose risk

RE: The article on "hoodies . more...

Council's spending exposed

WELL said Shirley, Mathias I loved your article (SA, August 24) exposing a council whose only interest is self-survival at the expense of the old and disadvantaged of this town. more...

Cash pick-up is not so easy

AS the Government has no intention of giving its senior citizens a decent pension in line with France, Germany, Italy etc, I decided to accept the Government's TV invitation to "pick it up, it's yours." more...

Make yobs do cleaning

IT is scandalous to think foreigners are telling Britain how to keep hospitals clean. more...

Lights danger was ignored

I THINK there have been many calls about the lights at the White House corner by lots of people who I thank for caring, but which were too late for Mr Gibbs. more...

Old soldiers turn out to pay their respects to a proud war veteran

Burma war veteran Ivor Hunt's coffin is taken to his funeral in Wootton Bassett Picture Ref: 99163-31A WAR veteran was determined to live to see the 60th anniversary of the end of hostilities, according to his wife. more...

Taking the time to listen

Youth worker Vikkie Harvey and operational manager Kev Leaning Picture Ref: 78889-13THE GREAT DEBATE: SPENDING an hour a week for up to a year with a young offender is not everyone's cup of tea. more...

Church group gives youngsters a focus

Church youth pastor Lucy Edwards (left) with Laura Coates Picture ref: 78907-14THE GREAT DEBATE: GIVING young people a focus will keep them out of trouble according to a Christian youth pastor. more...

Tories need vision - MP

Ken ClarkeNORTH Swindon MP Michael Wills says the Conservative party should concentrate more on its visions for the future than the personality of its leaders. more...

Alcoholic, 52, glasses man for spurning her

A WOMAN smashed a pint glass over a man's head after he spurned her amorous advances. more...

Royal Mail celebrates hitting its targets

ROYAL Mail has praised staff in Swindon and across the South West after a survey showed improvements in the number of households receiving their mail on time. more...

Homecare for vulnerable

Graham Bowden Picture Ref: 99164-33A HANDY man will carry out free repair work in the homes of needy Swindon families thanks to the Dettol Foundation. more...

Dumped earth removed from grave

Kenneth Barnett with his daughter Elaine Pook Picture Ref: 99131-30A PENSIONER is relieved that a huge mound of earth which was dumped on top of his wife's grave has now been removed. more...

GPs score well in performance table

SWINDON patients can check the performance of their GP's surgery for the first time. more...

Alcoholic stole bottle of vodka from shop

AN ALCOHOLIC who stole a bottle of vodka had downed half of it by the time he got out of the shop. more...

If you go down to the woods today...

Clockwise from bottom left: Xinmei Wang, Rebecca Richards, Jenna Norton, Roseanna Wike, Sophie Madley and Rebecca Martin Picture Ref: 99159-24A GROUP of students who are taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme have organised a family trail for the Forest Festival. more...

Sharing may be housing solution

MANY people in Swindon believe they will never be able to afford their own home. more...

Keep your cool in hi-tech fabric

MARATHON MAN: Olympic runner Matt O'Dowd's tips on training, diet and injuries more...

Delays as van lands in field

POLICE were forced to close a lane of the M4 near Swindon after a van suffered a tyre blow out. more...

Teenagers mug crutch woman

youths mugged a woman on crutches in broad daylight. more...

It's a wheelie great birthday

A GROUP of majorettes will be getting their skates on in Rodbourne Cheney tomorrow. more...

Have a taste of rural fare

SHOPPERS at the designer outlet village are invited to taste the delights of Swindon's Sunday farmers market. more...

Cut out the stress

WITH 12.8 million working days lost to stress in the UK every year Swindon solicitors Thring Townsend will be holding a seminar to help employers. more...

Hitting the airwaves

SWINDON'S latest radio station will go on air this weekend. more...

Cards and crafts day

A CARD and crafts day will be held on Saturday in aid of the Prospect Hospice. more...

Newlyweds home

Michael and Diana McCann Picture Ref: 78955-54NEWLYWEDS Michael and Diana McCann have returned from their honeymoon. more...

Help needed for hospital service

THE British Red Cross urgently needs more volunteers for its Home from Hospital Service, which operates from the Great Western Hospital in Swindon. more...

Brass band to hold its own Last Night

SWINDON Pegasus Brass band will be performing their version of the Last Night of the Proms at the Wyvern Theatre on October 1. more...

M4 crashes cause tailbacks

A CARAVAN tipped over and caused tailbacks on the M4. more...

So are we too soft on crime?

Rosemary Earle whose shop was raided recently Picture Ref: 29412-33FOR anyone who has been a victim of crime, seeing the perpetrator walking brazenly down the street would add insult to injury. more...

New baby delays Chechen's return

Islan and Zarina Eltuyev with Said, Aslan and the new arrival, Angelina Picture Ref: 99152-35A CHECHEN couple who face being deported say the birth of their daughter has been a ray of light during dark months. more...

Bright future

Hannah McCarthy gets ready to start school at St Mary's Primary School Picture Ref: 99166-117A SEVEN year-old who made a miraculous recovery after being born with a life threatening illness is looking forward to starting term at a new school next week. more...

Ready for adventure

Parkinson's Disease sufferer Brian Price who is set for an 11-day trek across the desert to raise cash for the Parkinson Disease Society Picture Ref: 99170-9SWINDON AND PROUD: BRIAN Price's expedition to Everest in 2001 proved more of an adventure than he expected as he became ill and had to be rushed down the mountain by Swindon explorer David Hempleman-Adams. more...

Mugger is sent to jail

TEENAGE mugger Jason Harper has been jailed after he robbed a youngster of his mobile phone. more...

I will still keep riding my horse

Deborah Froment who was thrown from her horse, Polly Picture Ref: 99165-38A HORSERIDER left bruised after a low-flying helicopter spooked her horse says the experience has not put her off jumping into the saddle. more...

Where did £2.5m for library go?

Coun Derique Montaut outside the current library in Regent Circus Picture Ref: 22352-4LABOUR councillors want an investigation into plans for the new Central Library. more...

Dream food on the menu

Organic farmer Helen Browning Picture Ref: 18440-23AN AWARD winning organic farmer will open her first restaurant at Swindon's very own Eden project. more...

TV group may buy cinema

The people of Swindon could soon get a chance to be part of BSKYB's latest experiment to run its own cinema chain. more...

Wiltshire News

Devoted dad dies rescuing his son

Wiltshire Sport

Neale's here to push us

COLIN Heath has welcomed the arrival of Neale McDermott to the County Ground as competition for the midfield slots hot up. more...

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