My last Twenty20 game was against Surrey at the Oval and I was at the crease when we hit the winning runs. It was a great experience to be in the middle in front of such a large crowd. The place was packed and the supporters were really loud. I was
THE 1st Devizes Scouts, the second oldest Scout troop in the world, is celebrating its centenary this year with 12 months of special events for its young members. It was founded in June 1908 by Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Steele, one of the valiant defenders
A knifepoint robber who marched his victim to a cash machine has been jailed for two and a half years. Chay McCreery climbed into his girlfriend's flat through a window in the kitchen before producing the weapon and threatening a man who was visiting
A Westlea Housing planning application is up in the air after councillors postponed ruling on it until July 30. 28 objections have been made against the application to build 59 homes at an unused site at Pound Mead near Corsham School. In light of
PLANS are set to be passed to convert The Chequers, in the Market Place, Box, into a residential building with disabled access. Ivor Bentley, the owner of the property has had previous applications to convert the building, denied due to the potential
The Wyvern Theatre Swindon and other venues around the town will be alive with laughter all next week as some of the country's top comedians and many promising newcomers, take to the stage for the Swindon Comedy Festival. Sean Lock, the 8 out of 10 Cats
Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer And The Bowmans by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson If you want to forget that we're all doomed (according to the media anyway) the Watermill is the place to be, where two funny plays make for a good evening. The first is
Never in the wildest dreams of the most ambitious music promoter would the likes of Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Martha and the Vandellas, Jimmy Ruffin and the Miracles, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Four Tops and Gladys
STEVEN Whittaker has been remanded in custody for a month after appearing at Chippenham Magistrates Court today. The 56-year-old, from Southmead in Chippenham, was appearing charged with seven counts of driving while disqualified and one of using false
CHIPPENHAM Town and Salvation Army band player Ronald Ash has died aged 92. Mr Ash, who was born in Chippenham, had recently celebrated his 66th wedding anniversary. He and his wife Miriam had seven children, 13 grand children and three great grandchildren
Heartfelt tributes have been paid to schoolboy Daniel England, 18, who died last Wednesday. Daniel, who had played cricket for Wiltshire and who had hoped to read history and politics at Exeter University, died as he was driving to Hardenhuish School
RAILWAY man Donald Peter Blankley, 83, followed in his father's footsteps by spending his entire working life at the Railway Works in Swindon, retiring when it closed. In his youth, Mr Blankley played hockey for the Great Western team and he and his
THE funeral of Elizabeth Irene (Betty) Sheppard, 73, was held in St Michael and All Angels Church, Lyneham, where she and her husband Ron were married almost 54 years ago. In tribute, The Anniversary Waltz was played by organist Bill Hancock as the
THE perennial fight to get teenage girls interested in sport and fitness got a boost last week when more than 100 girls from local secondary schools attended a course at Bath University. It was the culmination of five months of a lifestyle course being
STUDENTS at Wiltshire College Lackham stripped and rebuilt a vintage tractor in just 22 hours to raise charity cash in memory of teenager Chris Hughes. Their efforts at Lackham College could have raised up to £6,000. The 16-year-old student died on
Rebecca Tapper and Matthew Holley were married at Hartham Park, Corsham on March 8. The bride is the daughter of Barbara and Philip Tapper of Kington Langley and the bridegroom is the son of Karen and Colin Holley of Trowbridge. The bride was attended
Four doctors from Box surgery met 180 patients in the Selwyn Hall on Tuesday evening to explain the options for the future of the surgery in London Road. Doctors John Bullen, Kevin Gruffydd-Jones, Hannah Leyden and Susan Walker answered questions on
BRAVE seven-year-old schoolboy Mason Heal has stunned doctors by recovering from a near fatal car crash in May. Mason, who lives in Chippenham, was travelling in the back of a Land Rover Discovery on London Road, Devizes, on May 5 when a Bodmans coach
THE Great Western Ambulance Service (GWAS) which controls the funds of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance Appeal said this week it was considering relinquishing the trusteeship of the appeal. The board of GWAS is the sole trustee of the appeal but the appeal
TIME is running out for Calne town councillors if they want to buy back the town's old fire and ambulance station. North Wiltshire District Council, which has owned the listed building next to the town hall for more than 30 years, has told councillors
TEENAGE thief Lance Cowdrey, who broke into a village church three times to steal from the collection boxes, has been forgiven by parish vicar, the Rev Sally Wheeler. Mrs Wheeler was so impressed with the work Cowdrey did to try and make-up for his crime
THE recent rise in prices for pork meat could paradoxically spell the end for more of Wiltshire pig farmers. Although there were once more pigs than people in Wiltshire, it is feared that some of the remaining ten pig producers in the county could soon
THE controversial £4 million Bowood hotel has already started taking bookings even though it won't be open until next May. Twenty reservations have been made since the online system went live this month, following the start of construction in January
JAMES Bond will be coming to Box this summer when the sound team visit Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios to put the finishing touches to the latest film. Although the star of the film, Daniel Craig, will not make an appearance, Mr Gabriel said he will
ELDERLY couple Ron and Elsie Smith have been left traumatised after their German Shepherd was attacked by another dog outside their flat. They had taken their dog, Solstar out through the communal entrance of the block of flats, in Allington Way, Chippenham
EVENT organiser James Walden is holding his nerve this week as he prepares for one of the biggest weekends of his life. Mr Walden from Semington is praying the weather holds and people turn out in their thousands for his Rose Tree Jam event being staged
Tennis: Brave Anna Hawkins' Wimbledon dream is over for another year after her first round doubles defeat at the hands of Nathalie Dechy and French Open finalist Casey Dellacqua. Wildcard winners Hawkins and British partner Anna Fitzpatrick lost 6-1
Roberto Carlos is in wait for Swindon Town, a they prepare for League One action next season by facing Turkish giants Fenerbahce on a pre-season tour of Austria. As well as the legendary Brazilian left-back Fenerbahce boast five players from Turkey's
Rider Carole Birch has made an impassioned plea for help to find a new home for Riding for the Disabled horses which, she says, brought her back to life after a riding accident. Mrs Birch, who rides with the group at Lackham, said: "This place brought
Boxing: Swindon's Jamie Cox has set his sights on relieving Kell Brooks of his British welterweight title after defeating Billy Smith at the National Indoor Arena. The 21-year-old notched the sixth win of his professional career in his first six round
Chippenham Town boss Adie Mings has moved to bolster his squad by inviting Corsham Town midfielder Ross Lye and Wiltshire U18 starlet Adam Leighfield to pre-season training. The Bluebirds boss has also brought in three players who have been released
Cricket: Potterne skipper Graham Gaiger lost his ninth consecutive coin toss on Saturday, a feat which carries odds of 512/1. But despite lady luck not being a Potterne supporter, four wickets for teenager Jake Roberts and a 71 not out from overseas
SHOPS in Marlborough have been given a new weapon to help them combat crime, a radio link so that information about suspected criminals can be shared around. So far six shops and businesses including Marlborough College have signed up to the StoreNet
Local jockey George Baker was in cracking form at Newmarket at the weekend riding a 14,039/1 four timer, three in front of the Channel 4 cameras. Baker said it was the first time he had ridden a treble on television and was delighted. He rode 12/1
ELEPHANT Anne who is with Bobby Roberts Circus on the Common in Marlborough is at the centre of an ongoing controversy. Animal rights campaigners say the 55-year-old elephant, believed to be the oldest in the UK, should be retired from life on the road
Equestrian: A record numner of entriues wil be at the Barbury International Horse trials next month. A total of 184 horses have been entered in its top CIC Three Star and 188 in its new CIC Two Star Horse Trials class, being held on July 4 to 6. Thefield
Equestrian: Event fans got a chance to see one of the world's all time great horses in winning action at the 2008 Salperton Park one day event, held near Northleach in the heart of the Cotswolds. Headley Britannia, the mare who won back to back Burghley
MARLBOROUGH rugby club have appointed former Midlands, Harlequins and Coventry hooker Gary Sharp as their new coach. Sharp, who lives in Aldbourne and has turned out on occasions for his local team, was keen on a return to a more active involvement with
CHRISTOPH Courth and Oliver Westgarth are making final preparations to drive 5,000 miles to Ulaanbaatar in their ancient Renault 5, named Irene. They will be raising money for Mercy Corps Mongolia and Hopes and Homes for Children. Mr Courth, 26, of Marston
New Devizes rugby coach Ian Davies has set his sights on bouncing back to the Southern Counties League at the first attempt. The former Bath prop is impressed with the club's positive, forward thinking approach, which helped him choose Devizes despite
DEVIZES' young car cruising community say residents and police should stop giving them a hard time. The so-called boy racers - a term to which they object because some of their number are girls and they don't race each other - were reacting to a threat
Pewsey triathlete Brian Nicol describes himself as the ninth fastest old bloke in the world after finishing in the top ten for his age group at the World Triathlon Championships in Vancouver. The 62-year-old braved the worst Vancouver June since 1954
BILLY Dyer warmed up for the gruelling Switzerland Ironman by leading home his MadTri clubmates in the Marlborough Triathlon on Saturday. The 38-year-old from Devizes set a personal best on the course with a time of 1:41:47 to finish fourth in his age
Vince Minty has become a European powerlifting champion and his son Terry a British record holder and silver medallist -despite training in a derelict Devizes barn. Making it a remarkable treble was fellow medallist Ian Dixon who won a bronze. The three
Tennis seems to produce a number of sibling stars; the Williams sisters, the Murray brothers and the Safin siblings... Now Wiltshire has its very own pair - Will and Amelia Bissett. Eleven-year-old Will has been given a scholarship at Team Bath Tennis
GOVERNORS at Noah's Ark nursery school in Devizes are still elated with the news that their long-awaited new premises can be built thanks to a £200,000 grant from Kennet District Council. The nursery school at Wansdyke Primary School in Downlands Road
RETIRED Marlborough couple Allister and Betty Edwards are recovering from food poisoning contracted at the same Italian hotel where another British tourist died. Mr Stewart, 62, and his 61-year-old wife, who live on the Barton Park estate, were among
HEALTH care in Malmesbury has entered the 21st century now that the Gable House Surgery has moved into its new home at the multi million pound Primary Care Centre. The surgery, in Burton Hill, was open for business in the new state of the art building
Teenager Camilla Paget jetted out to Prague at the weekend after being selected to play lacrosse for the England women's team. Paget, 19, is a student at Marlborough College, one of the public schools where lacrosse is largely played. She comes from
THE Brittox, Devizes' main shopping street, is tired and dowdy and needs rejuvenating, the Devizes Development Partnership says. The partnership is now embarking on a wide-ranging consultation exercise to find out how the street can be brought into the
school student Daniel England, who died when his car collided with a bus, will be remembered by all who knew him as a boy with a huge smile and a gift for making others laugh. As his heartbroken parents and sisters try to come to terms with their loss
Motorbike thieves are believed to have destroyed a community building when they tried to set fire to the evidence. A football club changing room, and home of Swindon's slot car racing club at Southbrook Recreation ground, in Pinehurst Road, was demolished
POLICE are desperately looking for a girl who could be forced to work in a Swindon brothel. Officers received an anonymous phone call from a man who feared a girl known only as Lily, was being made to sell her body under duress at an address in Armstrong
TRAVELLERS are not welcome in Liden say disgruntled residents. A group has set up camp in Liden by the Sedgebrook and Okebourne Park. An elderly resident who lives within view of the travellers, but who did not wish to be named for fear of reprisals,
A PILOT had to be rescued from his aircraft after crashing into a lake near Bradford on Avon earlier tonight. The 59-year-old man, from South Ruislip, crashed his Piper light aircraft into a lake at the Rushy Lane Fisheries in South Wraxall. He
To enable you to plan your day, here's the provisional schedule: 11:45 - 12:45 Wyvern Band 12:45 - 13:30 13:30 - 14:30 Town Band 14:30 - 15:30 Perfect Patch 15:30 - 16:30 Bird Jaguar 16:30 - 17:15 17:15 - 18:00 Tom Harris 18:00 - 19:00 Clare Kearley
