Stories for 10 August 2006

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HUNNINGS, JOHN

HAPPY NAMING DAY August 11 for baby JOHN HUNNINGS Born May 14, 2006 A son for Lisa and Paul, brother to Sharna.  more...

Calne News

Cyclists hail track as a ‘hidden gem’

FARMERS Jon and Emma Satchell are celebrating this week as their back garden bike track was dubbed a hidden gem of Wiltshire.  more...

Playground takes shape

WORK to revamp Calne's Anchor Road Recreation Ground finally began in earnest last Wednesday.  more...

Mums can learn baby signing

PARENTS anxious to communicate with their young babies can enrol them in baby sign language classes in Calne next month.  more...

Top movies come to town

MOVIE lovers in Calne are gearing up for the launch of their very own community silver screen next month.  more...

Man critical after silo fall

A man is fighting for his life after falling into an empty silo at Southern Valley Agriculture company in Calne today.  more...

Chippenham News

Stabbed teen escaped death by just inches

TEENAGER Michael Patton has told how he was inches from death after being stabbed in Chippenham town centre.  more...

Vicious attack on father-of-two leaves devastated family living in fear

TERRIFIED Chris Shell says his family is living in fear after vicious thugs left him for dead on his own doorstep.  more...

Staff in limbo as electrical firm closes

STAFF and customers of nationwide electrical retailer Powerhouse have been left in limbo after it was put into administration last month.  more...

A diamond celebration

SIXTY years after their special day Pat and Norman Shaw are still going strong and put it all down to the age-old adage - give and take.  more...

Families’ anger as homes plan shelved

ROWDEN Lane residents watched in exasperation as controversial plans for a new housing estate on their doorstep were put on hold yet again.  more...

Home takes a trip down memory lane

RESIDENTS at a Chippenham nursing home will be taking a trip down memory lane as part of a special history project.  more...

Competitions

WIN a copy of Princes' Ultimate hits

We've teamed up with Warner Bros. to give 5 lucky readers the chance to win a copy of Prince's ULTIMATE album, which is due to be released on 21st August.  more...

WIN a copy of Princes' Ultimate hits

We've teamed up with Warner Bros. to give 5 lucky readers the chance to win a copy of Prince's ULTIMATE album, which is due to be released on 21st August.  more...

Win a Sunday night stay at The Park

Nestling in 240 acres of historic natural parkland, The Park is conveniently located between Bristol and Bath - and you could be enjoying this pictureque setting as the lucky winner of a Sunday night stay.  more...

Devizes News

Mystery of heroin user’s fatal overdose

SOMEONE else may have administered the lethal heroin dose that killed Devizes man Scott King, an inquest heard yesterday.  more...

Pub dream success

CHANNEL 4 property presenter Phil Spencer returned to the Bell Inn at Great Cheverell to film an update for the programme Relocation, Relocation.  more...

Lion share of fame

HORATIO, the Devizes lion, is to be celebrated in a special day of activities for children at Wiltshire Heritage Museum.  more...

Biker fights for life after crash

A MOTORBIKE rider from the Devizes area is fighting for his life at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, after an horrific crash outside Lydeway garage on Monday morning.  more...

Biker fights for life after crash

A MOTORBIKE rider from the Devizes area is fighting for his life at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, after an horrific crash outside Lydeway garage on Monday morning.  more...

Police appeal over mum’s tragic death

THE husband of Nicky Horsfall, the Devizes mother-of-three who died after suffering a brain haemorrhage, is appealing for people to help the police.  more...

Back on the booze at last

DEVIZES mum of two Catherine Drage is enjoying her favourite tipple after eight weeks of abstinence.  more...

Gazette Theatre & Arts

Wood chips away as giant sculptures take shape at Westonbirt

Come face to face with a family of wild boar, mythical creatures and giant insets at Westonbirt Arboretum's annual Festival of the Tree this August (21st-28th).  more...

Malmesbury News

Hospital plan set to face its toughest test

PROPOSALS for the redevelopment of Malm-esbury Hospital are now ready to run the planning gauntlet after a detailed application was submitted this week.  more...

1,000 miles left to pedal

CYCLISTS Chris Taylor, Dave Wilson and George Wallis have passed the 9,000-mile mark in their London to Bejing charity ride.  more...

World record pillow fight bid

THE countdown to the biggest carnival in Malmesbury's history is nearing its end, with the first of 18 action-packed days just one week away.  more...

Freak fire sweeps through tile factory

AN ELECTRICAL fire has left Malmesbury tile manufacturers Mark and Paul Boswell facing a repair bill that could reach as much as £50,000.  more...

Farmers look into wind power

FARM owners Patrick and Jane Dear could soon be installing a wind turbine to help power their house.  more...

Polar pair tell of trek

RECORD holding explorer Mike Horn will be recounting his recent trek across the North Pole at Whatley Manor next month.  more...

Climate change scholar wins top prizes

MALMESBURY scholar Tim Conway has been awarded two of Cambridge University's most prestigious prizes.  more...

Marlborough News

Driver is killed in horror crash

A MAN in his late forties died after a broadside collision on the notorious Marr Green bends at Burbage early yesterday.  more...

Cashpoint crooks at work again

CASHpoint crooks struck in Marlborough in Saturday disabling all but one of the town's machines, to which they fixed skimming devices.  more...

Outdoor gig success

FRESH from the release of their new album, Bradford on Avon trio Blackbud came to Marlborough last week to play an outdoor gig at Sound Knowledge in Hughenden Yard, Marlborough.  more...

Arctic Joe dies in island home

FORMER Bedwyn boy Joe Womersley who made a fortune after emigrating to Canada at the end of the Second World War has died at his Prince Edward Island home.  more...

Whoa there, Wild West rider in town

VISITORS to the Pewsey Vale probably have to take a second look when they see what appear to be cowboys.  more...

Men have good reason to celebrate

MEN will soon have reason to celebrate as a new range of menswear comes to Marlborough.  more...

Oldest pub moving into future

THE Bear Hotel in Marlborough High Street will remain open for business during a radical refurbishment over the next 12 weeks.  more...

Brave woman, 92, chucks burglar out

A 92-YEAR-OLD woman bundled an intruder out of her back door after finding him in her home last Wednesday evening.  more...

Salisbury Business News

Another accolade

TELECOMMUNICATIONS company 4com on Churchfields, Salisbury has won another award to add to its trophy cabinet.  more...

Family team receives award

SOLICITORS Richard Griffiths and Co of Salisbury are celebrating receiving the Community Legal Service Quality Mark for their work with people with family problems.  more...

Open day for apprentice

BESPOKE furniture maker George Morgan, of Morgan Design in Downton, is looking for an apprentice.  more...

Salisbury City Fc News

Farnborough Town details

Admission prices at Farnborough Town for Salisbury City's Conference South match on Tuesday evening are: Terrace - adults £10 (concessions £6); Stand - Adult £12 (concessions £7).  more...

Salisbury News

Yobs use tortoise as football

A PET tortoise was left covered in blood with cuts to its head after youths stole it from a Bemerton Heath garden over the weekend and used it as a football.  more...

Call to save city centre footpath at risk of 'closure by stealth'

A DISTRICT councillor is calling for action before it's too late to save a busy city centre footpath.  more...

Driver cut from wreckage after crash

A DRIVER had to be cut from the wreckage of his car following a two-vehicle accident on the A338 near Bodenham yesterday morning.  more...

Driver cut from wreckage after crash

A DRIVER had to be cut from the wreckage of his car following a two-vehicle accident on the A338 near Bodenham yesterday morning.  more...

Stfc Headlines

Ince: I’ll let town know on Monday

SWINDON Town have been promised an answer on Paul Ince's future early next week as the former England midfielder thinks over joining the Wise revolution.  more...

‘brownlie has proved us right’

ROYCE Brownlie's reaction to disappointment rather than delight told Dennis Wise everything he needed to know about the striker and the Town boss is thrilled to have been proved right in adding the Australian forward to the attacking ranks.  more...

Wise: ‘It’s going to be difficult’

DENNIS Wise says Town's opening encounters should leave no-one in any doubt as to how tough a terrain League Two will prove to be over the next nine months.  more...

Vincent pays tribute to ‘the lung-busters’

JAMIE Vincent has paid tribute to the lung-busting efforts of Town's front two and reckons it's up to the rest of the team to make their lives a little easier, writes OWEN HOULIHAN.  more...

Swindon And Proud Campaign

The play's the thing

DUE to the success of last year's PlayWrite competition, the Swindon Advertiser is again looking for the new Tom Stoppard or John Osborne.  more...

The play's the thing

DUE to the success of last year's PlayWrite competition, the Swindon Advertiser is again looking for the new Tom Stoppard or John Osborne.  more...

Swindon Eating Out

The George Inn, Lacock

AN award-winning pub in Lacock is reeling the customers in with a range of fish dishes on the menu.  more...

Swindon Half Marathon News

These shoes were made for running

I MUST apologise to the residents of Stephen Road in Oxford.  more...

Swindon Letters

Be smart - get out of Europe

LIKE most EU supporters, A Lubin seldom lets the facts spoil a knock at Britain (Letters, SA, August 4).  more...

Do something useful? You’re having a laugh!

SOME time ago former councillor and deputy Labour leader of Swindon Borough Council Derek Benfield appeared on a local radio station.  more...

Put curfew on beer and halt vandals

WHEN I was a child during the Second World War all the men had to take turns fire watching.  more...

Thanks a lot to Thames

WITH reference to the bad press that Thames Water has had recently, I would like to say a big thank you to all the staff who helped fix my leak on Monday.  more...

Good sense is hijacked

MASTER of the Rolls Sir Anthony Clarke, Lord Justice Brooke and Lord Justice Neuberger.  more...

Make sure facts are concrete

WITH Reference to your story and picture regarding the unveiling of the Cipher Wave sculpture, I am greatly dismayed at your description of it as "an angel with steel wings and concrete body". The artist Jane Rickards (and not "arty Jan Rickards") has been sculpting the natural stone for the best part of a year and to call it "concrete" is a travesty and an insult to her.  more...

Make sure facts are concrete

WITH reference to your story and picture regarding the unveiling of the Cipher Wave sculpture, I am greatly dismayed at your description of it as "an angel with steel wings and concrete body". The artist Jane Rickards (and not "arty Jan Rickards") has been sculpting the natural stone for the best part of a year and to call it "concrete" is a travesty and an insult to her.  more...

We’re not all given tickets

ALTHOUGH I agree with traffic wardens having more security, I would like to point out if they did their job properly not so many people would be flying off the handle.  more...

Tell me about Mr Freegard

I AM writing on behalf of a distant cousin in Canada. His mother was a Freegard and he is currently doing a study into the Freegard name.  more...

Big Brother win

WITH luck the Big Brother housemates will select Nikki to return to the house on Friday.  more...

Owners are dogs

RE P Jackson's letter: when I read about the Newfoundland dogs I cried as I love animals.  more...

Swindon News

Mum catches paedophile preying on children

Paedophile Kenneth Mundy is behind bars after a court heard how he tried to groom youngsters while on a sexual offender's prevention order.  more...

Firefighters beat blaze challenge

FIREFIGHTERS faced barriers as they tried to reach a grass fire near Blunsdon.  more...

Overwhelmed by kindness of fans

THIS scene of domestic bliss is just what the doctor ordered for plane crash survivor Mike Sullivan.  more...

Overwhelmed by kindness of fans

THIS scene of domestic bliss is just what the doctor ordered for plane crash survivor Mike Sullivan.  more...

Asda Wal-Mart prepares to take on Ikea

SWINDON'S Asda Wal-Mart is leading the supermarket's charge against Ikea with an own-brand furniture range.  more...

"Natalie was our five-foot dynamo"

A MUM has paid tribute to her "five-foot dynamo" daughter, who was killed in a road accident.  more...

Green link to Cricklade closer to lottery funding

THE Cricklade Country Way project has made it through to the final stage of the lottery bid for funding.  more...

Man known as ‘meat thief’ faces jail

A PROLIFIC shoplifter, who has been described by one Swindon supermarket as the "meat thief" has admitted his latest illegal shopping spree.  more...

Club bounces back following vandal attack

A TOOTHILL youth club has scooped a £4,038 sports coaching grant just weeks after being broken into.  more...

Fresh chance to show sports skill

BUSINESSES in Swindon which took part in this year's UK Corporate Games will have another chance to show off their sporting prowess after organisers announced the venue for next year's event.  more...

Sorry, you can't take photos here

AS INGRID Austin took a photo of her three-year-old grandson during an afternoon out, she never imagined it would get her into trouble.  more...

Sorry, you can't take photos here

AS INGRID Austin took a photo of her three-year-old grandson during an afternoon out, she never imagined it would get her into trouble.  more...

Safety concern shuts hangars

THE Science Museum in Wroughton is to be closed from today for nearly a fortnight safety reasons.  more...

New group set up for widows

WIDOWS in Swindon will have the chance to meet new friends with the launch of a new group.  more...

"The answer now is to build high"

Front Garden campaigner Terry King explains why Swindon should have a 20-storey university and a helicopter airport   more...

Justice seen to be done

PUBLIC confidence in Wiltshire's Criminal Justice System has risen by more than seven per cent in the last four years, according to the latest figures.  more...

You're lucky to be living in Swindon

THE past year must have seen a lot of four-leafed clovers and horseshoes in Swindon - it's been named the luckiest town in England.  more...

Town shoppers know a bargain

Swindon shoppers are among the UK's best bargain hunters, according to a new survey of summer shopping habits.  more...

Police treating blaze as arson

A FIRE behind a recruitment firm in Commercial Road may have been started deliberately, according to police.  more...

Tragedy of addict home from prison

AN INQUEST into the death of a heroin addict has lifted the lid on the seedy drug underbelly of Swindon.  more...

Children love life down on the farm

CHILDREN got a taste of life down on the farm in West Swindon yesterday.  more...

Willows day is a hit with youngsters

MOLE, Ratty, Badger and Toad have brought the River Cole to life as Roves Farm stages one of its popular activity weeks.  more...

Willows day is a hit with youngsters

MOLE, Ratty, Badger and Toad have brought the River Cole to life as Roves Farm stages one of its popular activity weeks.  more...

Addict jailed for taking his sister's money

A HEROIN addict who stole £500 from his sister has been jailed for six months.  more...

Children get their heads round all things scientific

THE Science Museum in Wroughton has kick-started its first holiday club with a bang.  more...

Children get their heads round all things scientific

THE Science Museum in Wroughton has kick-started its first holiday club with a bang.  more...

These shoes were made for running

I MUST apologise to the residents of Stephen Road in Oxford.  more...

These shoes were made for running

I MUST apologise to the residents of Stephen Road in Oxford.  more...

These shoes were made for running

I MUST apologise to the residents of Stephen Road in Oxford.  more...

Help needed to make event go smoothly

WHILE running 13 miles might not be everyone's cup of tea, it doesn't mean you can't take part in the Swindon Half- Marathon.  more...

The play's the thing

DUE to the success of last year's PlayWrite competition, the Swindon Advertiser is again looking for the new Tom Stoppard or John Osborne.  more...

Creative time for students

YOUNG people in Swindon are to have a chance to try a range of artistic activities and find out about life at university in two week-long courses.  more...

New ideas approved by readers

ADVERTISER readers have thrown their support behind the idea of a winter garden in Swindon but are divided on whether there should be open urinals serving revellers.  more...

Patsy's calling it a day on charities

OVER the past 21 years Irishman Patsy Moloney has raised more than £33,000 for charity.  more...

Counsellor was an alcoholic

A DRUG and alcohol counsellor was dependent on alcohol herself, an inquest has heard.  more...

Coate is all lit up for peace

Coate Water was lit up by hundreds of lanterns drifting across the lake to commemorate World Peace Day.  more...

Scheme stinks!

SUMMER in Old Town usually brings hundreds of visitors to the bars and shops of Wood Street.  more...

Scheme stinks!

SUMMER in Old Town usually brings hundreds of visitors to the bars and shops of Wood Street.  more...

The play's the thing

DUE to the success of last year's PlayWrite competition, the Swindon Advertiser is again looking for the new Tom Stoppard or John Osborne.  more...

The play's the thing

DUE to the success of last year's PlayWrite competition, the Swindon Advertiser is again looking for the new Tom Stoppard or John Osborne.  more...

Swindon Theatre & Arts

Wood chips away as giant sculptures take shape at Westonbirt

Come face to face with a family of wild boar, mythical creatures and giant insets at Westonbirt Arboretum's annual Festival of the Tree this August (21st-28th).  more...

Times Celebrating

MARRIAGE: Emma Bartley & Simon Craig

Miss Emma Louise Bartley and Mr Simon Craig were married at the Minster Church, Warminster, on July 1.  more...

MARRIAGE: Emma Bartley & Simon Craig

Miss Emma Louise Bartley and Mr Simon Craig were married at the Minster Church, Warminster, on July 1.  more...

BIRTH: Georgia-May Hadley

WITH two teenage boys Zoe Pike was delighted when her new baby was a girl.  more...

BIRTH: Georgia-May Hadley

WITH two teenage boys Zoe Pike was delighted when her new baby was a girl.  more...

BIRTH: Ross Joseph Day

Mum Karen Day thinks a spate of house cleaning in the run up to the due date of her second child may have sparked the baby's early arrival.  more...

OBITUARY: Mr Cyril Dennis Webb

Keen gardener Cyril Webb died at Salisbury Hospital on July 31, aged 75.  more...

OBITUARY: Mrs Jean Newman

TRIBUTES have been paid to 83-year-old Jean Newman, who died less than a month after she celebrated her diamond wedding anniversary.  more...

OBITUARY: Mrs Jean Newman

TRIBUTES have been paid to 83-year-old Jean Newman, who died less than a month after she celebrated her diamond wedding anniversary.  more...

Times Features Down Memory Lane

Then & Now - Melksham High Street

Last week we took a look at the old cinema in Melksham's High Street. This week we move further along the High Street to the junction of Church Street and take a look back.  more...

Nostalgia

This old photo, from John Stevens, of Bradford on Avon, is of the Bradford on Avon Horse Show in 1951 as part of the Bradford Carnival Week run by the British Legion.  more...

Down Memory Lane

The picture on the right is of the Melksham Independent Labour Party in 1915, sent in by John Cannings, of Melksham, whose mother and father are seated first and second right.  more...

Times Film Reviews

Monster House (PG)

A haunted house with human characteristics that frightens the neighbourhood is the familiar premise for this animated tale.  more...

Lady in the Water (PG)

M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, The Village) continues his mission to revive the ancient art of storytelling, melding aspects of the fantastic with the mundane, and bringing to life a mythology of his own concoction.  more...

Lady in the Water (PG)

M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, The Village) continues his mission to revive the ancient art of storytelling, melding aspects of the fantastic with the mundane, and bringing to life a mythology of his own concoction.  more...

Times Football

Kick-off guide to new season

THE new Toolstation League Western League season kicks-off on Saturday after a busy pre-season programme.  more...

Times Music

Wake up to new breakfast show

Wiltshire's GWR FM's new breakfast show is now up and running. Howard Taylor and Roo Green are fronting the new action packed, gossip-filled five-hour prime time show (which now broadcasts from 5am), which got under way on Monday.  more...

Open night for male voice choir

City of Bath Male Voice Choir Wednesday August 16, 8pm Beechen Cliff Methodist Church MEN who enjoy singing and wonder what it is like to be in a male voice choir can find out for themselves on Wednesday, August 16 in Bath.  more...

Times Theatre

Up close and personal

Look Back in Anger, Wednesday-September 2, Theatre Royal Bath.  more...

A modern Waiting for Godot

Infinite Space, The Edinburgh Festival, and then at the Rondo Theatre, Bath.  more...

A modern Waiting for Godot

Infinite Space, The Edinburgh Festival, and then at the Rondo Theatre, Bath.  more...

A modern Waiting for Godot

Infinite Space, The Edinburgh Festival, and then at the Rondo Theatre, Bath.  more...

Times Two

SFTW: Glastonbury kids festival & White Horse Kite Flyers annual display

CHILDREN can have great fun at a festival being run just for them in Glastonbury this weekend.  more...

My Wiltshire Life - Tracey Edwards

TRACEY Edwards, 41, joined the Wiltshire Air Ambulance Appeal in 2003 as fundraising coordinator and is responsible for raising £350,000 each year to keep the helicopter flying.  more...

Times Wiltshire News

Holidaymakers hit by delays after terrorist plot foiled

HOLIDAYMAKERS from west and north Wiltshire are caught up in major airport delays after a terrorist plot to bomb passenger planes was foiled.   more...

Wiltshire News

‘It was a terrible moment. I really did think he was dead’

THE wife of one of the Swindon Town executives who survived a light aircraft crash has spoken of the moment her heart stood still.  more...

Officers in counter terrorist alert

WILTSHIRE police assistant chief constable Peter Vaughan has told people in the county to stay calm despite warnings about possible terrorist strikes.  more...

Woottonbassett News

Joy riders take the car of disabled man

KEITH Thompson says bad things happen in threes and, after having his home raided for drugs and his car stolen and set alight, he is wondering what's coming next.  more...

Woman, 90, sees off intruder

A BRAVE 90-year-old woman confronted an intruder in her house after he sneaked in through an unlocked door last week.  more...

Opposition grows to sports ground move

A GROWING base of opposition to plans for a new sports hub in Wootton Bassett is expected to make its feelings known at a meeting today.  more...

  
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