Archive | Homepage - The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald

On this day: Wiltshire Archive

Wiltshire Archive

• Postmaster fights masked raiders

  15930/4GAZETTE & HERALD: A VALIANT 75-year-old postmaster punched his attacker as he was being robbed early yesterday morning. read more

• Teenager beats Dad's polar record

  GAZETTE & HERALD: ALICIA Hempleman-Adams is home safe and sound from a major expedition but only after her explorer father David, nearly mounted a rescue operation. read more

• Community spirit makes a dream come true

  15854/1GAZETTE & HERALD: EIGHT-year-old Danielle Simpkins will finally get the specialist pushchair she needs thanks to Corsham's Green Ginger health food shop. read more

• Council grant affords much needed housing

  GAZETTE & HERALD: THIRTY-SIX affordable homes will be built in Corsham within the next two years. read more

• Wrapping up poverty

  GAZETTE & HERALD: NESTON Church was bound in a huge banner as part of a global campaign to wrap up world poverty last week. read more

• Rocky start to a new life as gardener admits theft

  GAZETTE & HERALD: Gardener Rocky Johnstone moved to Corsham looking for a new life until he stole a Honda motorcycle worth £300 from a lay-by. read more

• It's as you were

  TOWN are aiming to net 4,000 season-ticket holders for the 2005-06 campaign after announcing a price freeze today. read more

• More media is your business

  GAZETTE & HERALD: Business people in Corsham were given advice on how to grab the headlines and receive publicity when they gathered for a breakfast organised by the chamber of commerce. read more

• Talent scouted for jazz festival

  GAZETTE & HERALD: THRONGS of talented musicians will shortly be signed up for the second Corsham Jazz Festival. read more

• Taylor lifts Hampshire

  Hampshire and Durham maintained their flying starts to the new Frizzell County Championship season with emphatic bowling performances. read more

• Cricket appeal

  Winterbourne Bassett Cricket Club are looking for new members. read more

• M-way go slow urged in protest at cameras

  15931/5GAZETTE & HERALD: CHIPPENHAM man Robin Summerhill is urging motorists to join him in a slow protest drive along the Wiltshire stretch of the M4 next weekend to rally against the new speed cameras. read more

• Gang fight on estate leaves three injured

  GAZETTE & HERALD: TWO rival gangs wielding iron bars and a machete clashed on a quiet Chippenham estate on Sunday afternoon, leaving three people injured. read more

• We're so grateful for nursery's help

  15892/1GAZETTE & HERALD: The world of autistic Oscar Blackler has been transformed by Springboard Nursery but his place is under threat as Zo Mills reports read more

• Road rejected ten years ago now deemed vital

  GAZETTE & HERALD: RESIDENTS in Monkton Park are demanding a second access road into the cul-de-sac before 300 new homes are built after turning down the opportunity 10 years ago. read more

• Cancer cheat mum lied to me says her daughter

  Rebecca CussGAZETTE & HERALD: THE 16-YEAR-old daughter of Chippenham cancer cheat Caroline Morgan says she was fed the same pack of lies as everyone else. read more

• Bravery award for officer

  15888/2GAZETTE & HERALD: A POLICEMAN who jumped on the back of a mechanical digger being driven by a man determined to kill himself has been commended for his bravery. read more

• Recalling the joint that was jumping on a Saturday night

  Amesbury's ballroom is no more but the memory lingers on, Lesley Bates discovered read more

• Clean up your act

  BUSINESSES and fast food outlets should lend a hand clearing up North Wiltshire's litter to improve the district's image, the Chippenham area committee says. read more

• We're so grateful for nursery's help

  15892/1The world of autistic Oscar Blackler has been transformed by Springboard Nursery but his place is under threat as Zo Mills reports read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive