CHIPPENHAM NEWS: STUDENTS built model race cars and tested them out on a miniature track in preparation of a competition aimed at boosting their engineering skills. Chippenham's Abbeyfield School pupils will take part in the F1 in Schools Challenge, to
CHIPPENHAM NEWS: THIS year's Children in Need activities have already got off to a flying start at RAF Lyneham with a special visit by Pudsey Bear. The big yellow bear wiggled and shook his way around a mass circuit training session on Thursday. A spokesman
CHIPPENHAM NEWS: CELEBRITY chef Paul Rankin spent a morning talking to schoolchildren to raise awareness of the importance of healthy eating and exercise. The Belfast chef, who hosts BBC programme The Rankin Challenge visited Corsham Regis Primary School
IFFY Onuora is convinced Town have 'an extra gear' as he warns his players that troubled Bristol City won't simply 'roll over and die' at the County Ground tonight. Forget the cameras and the lights it's only the action that interests the Town boss. Andy
CHIPPENHAM NEWS: Criminals will be set to work improving a 1.5-hectare nature area so it attracts new species of plant and wildlife under plans agreed this week. The Batters, a woodland and grass park to the east of Pound Pill, Corsham, is home to a wide
IT was a painful lunchtime for three Matravers School teachers on Monday when they had their legs waxed for charity. The event at the Westbury school was organised by Y11 pupils Rachel Baggs and Venetia Lipscombe, both 15, to raise money and awareness
TWO hours of free parking is to return to Westbury and Warminster, to draw shoppers back into the towns in time for Christmas. West Wiltshire District Council has agreed to provide the extra free hour until April after a review of car parking charges.
AN ACTION group will spend £10,000 to gauge opinions on the future development of Melksham town centre. Melksham 1st will use a South West Regional Development Agency grant to get an overall picture of what people want to see in the town centre. Improvements
DRINKERS left Melksham Assembly Hall in high spirits on Saturday after an afternoon and evening of beer tasting. The second annual Melksham Beer Festival proved to be an intoxicating experience for all concerned as 24 real ales and four types of cider
THE 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot went off with a bang as firework displays were held across west and north Wiltshire. An estimated 2,000 people congregated in Broughton Gifford for the village's annual Guy Fawke's display, with a 20ft bonfire
Darren ElliottA POPULAR 23-year-old has died in hospital less than three months after he was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer. Football fan Darren Elliott, of Riverside Drive, Melksham, was told by doctors in August he had developed nasopharyngeal
ALTHOUGH promotion to the Conference South remains Nick Holmes' sole priority this season, the Salisbury City boss admits a long and profitable run in the FA Trophy would not go amiss. The Whites entertain Clevedon Town tomorrow in the second qualifying
ONE minute's silence will be observed before the start of Salisbury City's FA Trophy tie with Clevedon Town tomorrow (Saturday)in memory of Southern League chairman Douglas Gillard who died earlier today. In a press statement, league secretary Dennis
THE Bank of England has decided to leave interest rates at 4.5 per cent. The decision made by the bank's Monetary Policy Committee had been expected after inflation reached an eight-year high. But the move has disappointed business leaders who have been
THERE needs to be an urgent overhaul of training to tackle shortages of skilled workers, the TUC has said. Research for the union showed that a third of businesses offered no training to their staff, especially those in semi-skilled and manual jobs. TUC
A FIFTH of firms expect shutdowns and lay-offs if the predicted severe winter sets in. Research by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry found that 90 per cent of its members were extremely concerned about energy costs and security of energy
CHUFFED with your success? Achieved something once impossible? Or are you're just proud of your product? Whatever the reason, we want you to tell us about it. Entries are rolling in for this year's Wiltshire Business Of The Year Awards. Although there
Recycling in west Wiltshire is about to enter a new era, with green bins and black boxes being delivered throughout the Warminster area from November 14. Once the new scheme starts, all household rubbish that can be recycled will be collected every other
Ann Hamilton, the grandmother of murdered Zoe EvansTHE grandmother of murdered schoolgirl Zoe Evans has spoken out in support of the Wiltshire Times' Hands off our Force campaign, launched last week. Ann Hamilton, 60, of Westfield Road, Trowbridge, said
TWO hours of free parking is to return to Westbury and Warminster, to draw shoppers back into the towns in time for Christmas. West Wiltshire District Council has agreed to provide the extra free hour until April after a review of car parking charges.
WILTSHIRE LEAGUE: ALDBOURNE are the new leaders of the Premier Division following a 5-2 win over visitors Bromham. The below-par home team had to play second fiddle to the visitors for long periods in the first half and could well have been a couple of
MORE than 180 jobs will go at the ABRO engineering plant in Warminster in a shake-up of defence repair and maintenance services. The Imber Avenue plant is one of nine ABRO locations in the UK, responsible for the maintenance of military equipment from
A HOMOPHOBIC comment sparked a brawl that left a man with horrific brain damage, a court heard. Asa Freeman, 33, was left unable to speak or care for himself after the assault in Trowbridge town centre on January 8. A jury sitting at Swindon Crown Court
I AM trying to trace the Bird family from the Wiltshire area. My grandfather George Henry Bird was born in Stourton 1861, died Willesden, London 1899, master dairyman. From my search there must be many descendants of the Bird dynasty still in the Wiltshire
I HAVE recently had minor surgery at Westbury Hospital. It is a superb local amenity that also provides a service for patients in surrounding areas. This means they are easing congestion, (not to mention waiting lists) on other hospitals such as the RUH
POPPIES red of hero's blood Scattered round where brave men stood Like wars' blood, in fields they lie Reflecting red in sunset sky. Seas of poppies flowing red Fitting epitaph for the dead Phantom men marching by Weeping women softly cry So remember
MOST of us probably don't even think twice about the freedom we have or the independence we enjoy every single day. Yet without the sacrifices of those who fought in two World Wars and many other conflicts, our lives could be so very different. Remembrance
IT'S full steam ahead for Swindon's Brunel 200 preparations, but Swindon Council is looking for people from across the town to work together on a special community project. Community groups, societies and organisations are being invited to a meeting to
A PLANNED meeting to discuss Cricklade's traffic problems is unlikely to take place in November as planned. That is the view of Clive Wilce, chairman of the town council. The town council is awaiting a final report from Wiltshire County Council and consultants
The organisers of Theatre Rocks, from left clockwise, Matthew Herring, Clarry Bean, Deryck Newland and Josie Lewis Picture Ref: 100163-64ORGANISERS of a theatrical event in Swindon next year are on the look-out for talent around the town. Theatre Rocks
CASES of the superbug MRSA appear to be on the rise at the Great Western Hospital, new figures show. Since April, there have been 17 cases of the potentially deadly bacteraemia strain of the bug. Eleven patients' blood is known to have been infected while
Baby Mia Harris who was in pushchair when it was hit by a car in Gorse Hill. With her is her dad David who rushed to the scene of the accident Picture Ref: 100168-26DAD David Harris was devastated when his youngest son did not recognise him after he was
SWINDON College Old Boys skipper John Godsell is confident his side have shrugged off their three-week slump to get their Berks, Bucks & Oxon Premier Division campaign back on track. Promoted College made a superb start to the new season, winning
NOW this is how thrillers should be made. There is very little wham-bam action in The Constant Gardener. There are no explosions or gung-ho heroics at least not in the conventional, Hollywood sense. Indeed, our hero in this film is an impossibly nice,
A SHORTLIST of six finalists will battle it out for the title of Employee of the Year later this month. The successful candidates, who have won through from more than 40 candidates, will compete for the award at a ceremony at the Arc Theatre, Trowbridge
FRIENDS of a brave mother battling a rare blood cancer have organised a ladies charity night to support further research into the disease. The sold-out event, which takes place tonight in the Civic Hall, Trowbridge, will feature a strip-tease by Butlers
TWO TEENAGERS carried out a series of unprovoked attacks on passengers at Trowbridge railway station, a court has heard. Ashley Watson, 18, of Frederick Taylor Court, Bradley Road, Warminster, pleaded guilty to common assault, attempting to supply drugs
TWO 15-year-old girls were left frightened to death after a late night assault in a car park. John McEwan, 57, of Orchard Court, Trowbridge, pleaded guilty to common assault at Chippenham magistrates' court on Friday. He grabbed the arm of a 15-year-old
THERE are hopes a long-running boy racer problem may finally have been solved, as a new CCTV camera went live on Monday. People living near the Spitfire Retail Park in Trowbridge have had to put up with noise and anti-social behaviour from young people
THE mother of a nine-year-old girl born with a rare chromosome disorder has raised money for a support group helping parents of children with similar conditions. Janet Nuttall, 44, said coming to terms with her daughter Tiree's genetic condition had been
FORMER soap star heartthrob and chart-topping singer Jason Donovan will be singing live at a west Wiltshire bar next week. Donovan, who played Scott Robinson in the cult Australian soap during the 1980s, will be swapping Ayers Rock for Chicago Rock for
Ann Hamilton, the grandmother of murdered Zoe EvansTHE grandmother of murdered schoolgirl Zoe Evans has spoken out in support of the Wiltshire Times' Hands off our Force campaign, launched last week. Ann Hamilton, 60, of Westfield Road, Trowbridge, said
ALAN Dyton will hand debuts to new signings Matty Saye and Tom Fila when Shrivenham travel to Abingdon United in the Hellenic Premier. A surprise defeat to Pegasus last weekend saw Shrivvy slip back to seventh. Said Dyton: "We will need to improve upon
Premier Division league leaders Aldbourne could be severely tested this weekend when they entertain AFC Trowbridge Youth, writes RAY BURROUGHS. With at least seven of the Trowbridge squad under 18 the pace could be lively early on. Mark Edwards, assistant
BRIAN Hughes can't help but cast an envious eye over neighbours and Southern Premier Division rivals Chippenham. It's not the potential six-figure FA Cup windfall the Bluebirds could scoop that's turning the Cirencester boss green it's the wealth of striking
'WE need more drivers'. This is the cry from homeless support group Christmas Cares. Each year Christmas Cares runs a refuge for those with nowhere to go over the festive season. Despite the generosity of Swindonians in providing bedding, clothing and
GET FIT for 05 with CATH TURNBULL A LUNCHTIME stroll could be the perfect way to combat the winter blues according to the Ramblers' Association, which is encouraging workers to get away from their computers and out into the fresh air this autumn. A recent
Nigel Sharp chairman of Dorcan Performing Arts Picture Ref: 13298-39DORCAN youngsters will play their part in the Brunel 200 celebrations thanks to a local company. When Patheon UK was given planning permission to extend its Covingham factory it had to
PEOPLE across Swindon are being encouraged to learn more about dyslexia. This week is National Dyslexia Week, which aims to raise awareness about the disability that affects one in every 25. Maria Chivers, of the Swindon Dyslexia Centre, said "I think
RESIDENTS of Bishopstone have been given a lesson in home security. At a meeting of the parish council, Patty Holt, Neighbourhood Watch officer for Swindon Police, gave a talk about how people can protect their homes against burglars. Lesley Drewett,
A TEENAGER who was banned from a shopping centre after carrying out a six-month reign of abuse, has appeared in court charged with breaking his anti-social behaviour order. Leon Morris, 19, of Godolphin Close, Freshbrook, is also accused of two offences
A SWINDON doctor has voiced concerns over a Government plan to extend surgery opening hours into the evening and weekends. Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt said the public were often heartened by the service they received, but were not impressed by problems
Kay Tanna in the blue top with fellow hospital workersSWINDON pharmacist Kay Tanna has returned from Calcutta after working on a special project that is helping save lives in the city's slums. The 41-year-old was chosen, with a colleague from Coventry
Ridgeway pupils Adam Bond, left, and Josh Long Picture Ref: 100162-46SWINDON... AND PROUD OF IT: STANDING in the spotlight, Adam Bond and his band The Vibes felt proud to be raising cash for Leukaemia Research. The Ridgeway School boys decided to make
I AM relieved that another firework week is over. We have just put up with seven days of noise and stress from a bombardment of fireworks that sound like bombs going off. Have people no thought for the pets and other animals that must be terrified by
STFC are back to their usual tricks. Yes, I agree that STFC should be doing all they can to get fans back to the County Ground, it's the season ticket holders that get the raw deal. How many Swindon fans are going to be taking the option of buying a £5
BREAKTHROUGH Breast Cancer in Wiltshire would like to invite readers to Take Up The Challenge. The Wiltshire group needs help to reach its target of half a million pounds before the end of this year. We are just £7,500 short of this target and need 75
IN a hastily arranged fixture, Chippenham's Veterans travelled to Combe Down with a mixture of youth and 'experience', mainly due to the third team's cancelled match. Chippenham started playing up the hill and the early exchanges were even as both sides
DEVIZES came back from their longest trip for a competitive match defeated but with pride still in tact after losing to Truro in the Powergen Intermediate Cup Third Round. It was the Saddlebacks' first foray into the third round of the competition and
CHIPPENHAM NEWS: THE son of a war victim has branded a shoddy town centre memorial an insult to his father's memory. Malcolm Simpkins' father Maurice died aged 35 after being captured during the Second World War and forced to work on the infamous "death
CHIPPENHAM NEWS: FRIENDS and family have paid tribute to a former schoolteacher who died aged 101. Hilda Winifred Simmonds spent much of her working life at Neston Primary School, where she was known by her maiden name of Miss Weeks. She died just four
A TOWN councillor in Westbury says the authority has become a hotspot for 'false and malicious allegations'. Cllr Russell Hawker said there were more complaints made to the Standards Board for England against members of Westbury Town Council than any
TWO police officers who forced their way into a smoke-filled flat to rescue a man have been praised for their swift action. Pc Simon Margetts and Pc Stuart Johnson, from Warminster police, were returning from a job in the early hours of Sunday morning
CAKES, clothes and crafts were all on offer to the hundreds of Dilton Marsh villagers who went along to a breakfast and bazaar on Saturday. The event raised about £500 towards redecorating the Dilton Memorial Hall, which was forced to close for several
AN ELDERLY bell ringer had to be lowered on ropes through the floor of a church tower after collapsing on Tuesday evening. John Scull, of Town Farm, Bratton Road, Westbury, had been at a bell ringing practice session in the tower of All Saints Church,
THE organiser of a village firework display said he was disgusted with the behaviour of a gang of drunken youths who disrupted the festivities. Police were called to the Guy Fawke's celebrations on The Common in Broughton Gifford on Friday night to disperse
ERIC Gill aims to be the toast of London on Saturday when he takes part in a most unusual record breaking attempt. The 60-year-old toastmaster from Semington will be in the capital as he and fellow members of the National Association of Toastmasters try
CITY'S new signing Alex Haddow, one of the players who starred in Tuesday's Malta Cup win against Marsaxlokk FC, is living the jet-set life at the moment. Having just returned from the Mediterranean with his team-mates, the midfielder who made his loan
NICK Holmes has declared the club's four-day Mediterranean training camp a huge success and hopes the short break in the Maltese sun will help inspire his players to scale even greater heights over the rest of the season. The vast majority of Holmes'
Salisbury City are staging a Christmas dinner/dance at Salisbury Racecourse's Bibury Suite on Saturday, December 10. Tickets are £60. More details to follow
CELEBRITIES Johnny Ball and Adam Hart-Davis, above, are hoping to inspire young people into business. The pair will be guest speakers of Inspire South West, a project to encourage innovation in the region. Various projects have been funded and carried
A CONSUMER group is calling for an overhaul of Sunday trading laws. In a new guide to trading regulations, the National Consumer Council says that millions people would like greater freedom to shop when it suits them and calls for red tape to be scrapped
Swindon Mayor Ray Fisher officially opens Metric Group's new headquarters with the firm's managing director Rene GlashmacherA COMPANY which builds parking ticket machines has officially opened its new Swindon HQ. Metric Group opened its new offices at
WILTSHIRE County Council is appealing to people from all backgrounds to consider adopting a child. The appeal comes during National Adoption Week (November 7 to November 13), a UK-wide campaign organised by The British Association for Adoption and Fostering
DRAIN brains have developed their own hi-tech way to prevent flooding on local roads. Flooding on roads as a result of broken or blocked road drains can be a serious safety issue, particularly in the winter, and can seriously damage the road surface.
FIREFIGHTERS who helped evacuate villages after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster will be visiting brigades in west Wiltshire next week. The men will be the guests of charity Chernobyl Children in Need, who work in Belarus helping those still affected by
HOPES to keep Wiltshire Police as a stand-alone force have received a further blow this week with the Home Secretary announcing it is not one of his preferred options for change. Only two of the six options put forward by Wiltshire chiefs last week have
REMEMBRANCE services in the 60th year since the end of the Second World War are being held across west Wiltshire on Sunday. In Warminster a military parade with cadets and members of the Black Watch regiment will leave Station Road at 2.45pm. The parade
VICTIMS of the Berkshire rail crash, including Warminster pensioner Leslie Matthews, were remembered at a memorial service on Sunday. The service was held at Sulhamstead Abbots Church, near the scene of the fatal collision. Mr Matthews, 72, of Ludlow
A THREATENED train line saved by a Wiltshire Times campaign two years ago is again facing the axe. The Bristol to Waterloo service, which provides a direct link to London from Bradford on Avon, Trowbridge and Warminster, could be scrapped from February
A CANCER sufferer is looking forward to a fundraising Pink Ball tonight after spending four months planning the event. The ball, being held at The Venue, Center Parcs, Longleat, was organised by Jane Cryer, 49, from Dilton Marsh and her friend Sue Woodhouse
CHARITY volunteers and users embarked on a pub-crawl around Warminster on Friday to assess whether their locals provide suitable access for disabled people. The team from the Leonard Cheshire project visited The Bell Inn in Market Place and the Cock Inn
CUSTOMERS have more reasons to shop at Morrisons after the Warminster store was named top supermarket in the UK by a shopper survey. The Weymouth Street store, which was the 250th former Safeway to convert to a Morrisons, won the Grocer 33 award for its
THE redevelopment of the Athenaeum Centre in Warminster has been put on hold. The Athenaeum Trustees have asked the town council for a £750 grant to support their application for listed building consent, which costs £10,000. The Trustees need the money
THIEVES have ruined Christmas for one local businessman after they stole £7,500 worth of grass-cutting equipment. Garden maintenance manager Carl Trollope, who holds the contract for Horningsham village green, woke on Tuesday morning to discover his trade
A WOMAN who died a month after being bitten by the family dog should have been prescribed a blood-thinning drug that could have saved her life, an inquest heard. Jean Rogers, 59, of Westlands, Heytesbury, contracted Deep Vein Thrombosis after undergoing
A TEENAGER with Asperger's Syndrome who helped raise £3,000 for orphans and street children has been recognised for his efforts. David Bryant, 18, from Bradford on Avon, rode his bike from Land's End to John O'Groats to raise the money, despite his condition
A PENSIONER who has raised thousands of pounds in charity cycle rides has had her bike stolen. Isabel Martindale, of Trowbridge Road, Bradford on Avon, who is in her 60s, used the bike as her only means of transport after giving up her car a year ago.
WHEN hundreds of helium balloons were launched at a school's street party the organisers hoped the winner would beat last year's record of Norwich. They certainly did not expect one to end up 1,430 miles away in the depths of a snowy Swedish forest within
I CANNOT subscribe to your campaign to save the Wiltshire Police. I believe centralisation would save money and also hopefully should enable more constables to be put on the beat. A number of factors have encouraged this opinion: 1)When the new Trowbridge
THE recent traffic accident in Market Street showed how quickly and effectively a temporary one-way traffic system can be arranged in Bradford on Avon. An up-to-date feasibility study should show how a scheme for a more permanent arrangement would improve
John Donaldson with wife-to-be Jenny Doyle Picture Ref: 100135-12NORMALLY it's women who want to shed weight before their big day. But former heavyweight John Donaldson has already broken every rule in the book. Next month the 45-year-old weds partner
The Centrefold trio are Des Baker, Ted Ludford and Paul Gibbs Picture Ref: 100169-70SWINDON... PROUD OF IT: THE Astoria, Hammersmith Odeon, Earls Court and Wembley Stadium, are just four venues most bands would aspire to play at during their careers.
MINISTERS are being urged to tighten up the law to stop internet sales of electric stun guns following an Adver investigation. Swindon South MP Anne Snel-grove has written to Home Secretary Charles Clarke and Trade and Industry Secretary Alan Johnson
Malcolm Lashley who will be playing in the UK pinball Picture Ref: 100167-128PINBALL Wizard Malcolm Lashley will be hoping for a top score at the UK Pinball Show in Birmingham. The 30-year-old software engineer from Old Town will be joining hundreds of
CHILDREN who might otherwise have nothing to open on Christmas morning are set to benefit from the generosity of others. The Salvation Army in Castle Street, Trowbridge, is asking people to donate a new gift for a child, which will then be distributed
The Health and Safety Executive has organised an event for local employers to raise awareness of the risks involved in using ladders. Each year at work around 14 people die and more than 1200 people suffer major injuries following a fall from a ladder
It's a swing thing for the latest production to hit a Trowbridge stage. The town's operatic group is staging a evening with a difference for their autumn show. They are putting on an evening of songs from the 1930s, 40s and 50s centred around the jazz
A TRAINEE forklift truck driver assaulted during a 30-man brawl sought retribution by resuming the fight with the youths who attacked him, a court heard. Richard Watts, 20, of West Ashton Road, Trowbridge, was attacked by the gang of youths at a funfair
A 25-YEAR-OLD woman has been jailed for nine months after admitting four counts of sexually penetrating a child. Jennifer Watson, of Newtown, Trowbridge, was labelled a risk to children by the CID officer responsible for bringing her to justice. Det Con
A CROSS-DRESSER who waved two knives at a group of black teenagers to show his courage could face jail, a court heard. Trevor Doyle, 39, of Vags Hill Farm, Southwick, pulled a lock knife and a cut-down cooks' knife on the group in Park Road, Trowbridge
A FUNDRAISING night to raise money for a domestic violence charity in memory of Hayley Richards hit the £1,000 mark. About 150 people turned up for a charity raffle, auction and live music at Terry's Social Club, Hill Street, Trowbridge, on Saturday.
A HOMOPHOBIC comment sparked a brawl that left a man with horrific brain damage, a court heard. Asa Freeman, 33, was left unable to speak or care for himself after the assault in Trowbridge town centre on January 8. A jury sitting at Swindon Crown Court
THE Wiltshire Senior Cup not quite the Champions League, but John Fisher is taking it very seriously this year. It could be the Highworth manager's best chance of finishing the season with silverware following the wretched start to the defence of their
CITY'S promotion hopes suffered a minor setback when they were beaten 1-0 away at Yate Town. Despite numerous chances by the league leaders, the hosts picked up the three points courtesy of an 18th minute Andy Neal goal. Yate 'keeper Tony Court had a
THREE first half goals ensured Salisbury City's first foray into Europe ended in triumph. Skipper Aaron Cook was presented with the Malta Cup - much to the delight of the travelling Whites supporters - after leading a near full-strength side to a 3-0
EXPERTS at Stirling University have confirmed that mature fish living at Swindon police station's pond are suffering. Scientists from the Scottish university were asked by the RSPCA to investigate a report into conditions at the new fishpond at the new
PEOPLE in Swindon work too hard and are too tired to sort out their finances, according to a new survey by the Co-operative Insurance Society. The CIS research shows that although the national average is now a nine-hour working day, almost two-thirds
A TOOTH reputedly pulled from Napoleon Bonaparte's mouth sold at auction in Swindon for nearly £13,000. It is believed to have been extracted in 1817 during the Frenchman's exile on the British island of St Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean, by his
CHRISTMAS shoppers with a crafty eye should head to Upper Stratton Baptist Church Hall for a sale and craft fair on Saturday, November 19. The fair, from 11am, until 4pm at the Green Road site. Admission is free and for information call 01793 722026.
IT'S nearly time to start sending out Christmas cards, and Stratton Scouts are putting on a special post service. Stamps for the group's Christmas post will be on sale at Somerfield, Hyde Road, on December 3-4 and 10-11, between 11am and 3pm. They are
A KURDISH man will go on trial at Swindon magistrates' court after denying a common assault. Heamin Abdul, 25, of Eastcott Hill, is accused of carrying out an assault on Waheed Khan by beating him at a property in Rodbourne Road where Abdul was a tenant
EARTHQUAKE victims in Pakistan are set to benefit from two fundraising events at Lethbridge Primary School. Children at the Lethbridge Road school will raise money via a non-school uniform day today, while tomorrow a parent has organised a whole afternoon
Pupils from Moredon infants school with Brenda Taylor Picture Ref: 100155-87BRENDA Taylor has to think all day long and her school thanks her. The Moredon Infants School bursar has been rewarded for her hard work over the last 25 years with a special
TRADERS and religious leaders in Swindon have hit out at new proposals to overhaul Sunday trading laws. The National Consumer Council has called for a review of the current six-hour opening limit imposed on large stores on Sundays, leading to a fierce
HUNDREDS of people will pay homage to Swindon's war heroes as the town prepares to stage its annual Remembrance Sunday parade this weekend. The parade, which will feature the Swindon Pegasus Brass Band, will set off from Groundwell Road at 10.30am. It
COUN Barrie Thompson's "daring stand" (SA, Nov 8) is, of course, anything but. What kind of fools does he think we are, saying he supports a university for Swindon while blatantly avoiding the real issue, which is where it should go? Clearly 25,000 people
AS the country falls silent today and Sunday we will remember those who have suffered bereavement, disability and pain as a result of armed conflict. Veterans Agency is here for those people all year round. We provide free help and advice to anyone who
SEVERAL years ago Tory Coun Garry Perkins stated that he was going to walk to London to lobby the Government in order to achieve more funding for Swindon schools. I do not think anyone took this statement very seriously. However, if Coun Perkins had remained
CORRESPONDENT Peter Brown would have us believe all is well with the National Health Service and that we should all be immensely grateful to the Government for spending so much money on making the NHS a great institution. Well, is it so great? New figures
MYLES Hickman led the way as Chippenham powered through to the semi-finals of the Bristol Combination Cup with an improved display over Midsomer Norton. The youngsters had been accused of complacency recently, but they showed coach Kevin Ingram what they
REPUTATIONS were on the line as neighbours and rivals Chippenham travelled to Corsham on Saturday. Bristol Merit Table leaders Chippenham are unbeaten this season having won nine games back to back, and proved too strong for the Lacock Road outfit. From
SWINDON are away again in the quarter-finals of the Dorset & Wilts 1st XV Vase after their 35-19 victory at Bradford on Avon. Last year's beaten finalists will face either Corsham or Calne in a tie scheduled for January 14. Melksham's Cooper-Avon
FORMER first team flanker and long-term stalwart Dave Miller helped Minety 2nd defeat neighbouring Cirencester 3rd 20-15 on Saturday, in what was his last game before retiring. The first half of the game belonged fairly and squarely to the hosts and playing
CALNE had the last laugh in their Powergen Junior Vase Third Round clash on Saturday after comments made by a Combe Down player fired up the hosts. The player was heard to have said to the referee, concerned about light in case the game needed extra time
