CHIPPENHAM Town opened their Southern League Premier Division campaign with a 2-0 win at Biggleswade Town this afternoon. The Bluebirds produced one of their slickest displays for several seasons as a goal in each half saw them deservedly beat
When an old university friend mentioned he’d be passing through Wiltshire a few Sundays ago I seized the opportunity to take him out for dinner and a long overdue catch-up. Having heard good things since it reopened a few weeks ago, we made a bee-line
FIRST Great Western has launched a photo competition to capture the UK’s beautiful scenery. It encourages people to take pictures of the South West or places they’ve travelled to by train in summer. Entries will appear in the FGW Frame Your
Former Busted frontman Charlie Simpson wowed a crowd of 150 Marlborough fans on Tuesday with a short acoustic set and signing. He was at Sound Knowledge in Hughenden Yard to promote his new solo album Long Road Home. Sound Knowledge owner Roger
Devizes Budo Club has submitted a planning application to build a new base on the site of the Windsor Drive allotments site. The club, whose star performers include judoka Tom Reed who won silver in the Commonwealth Games last week, has been at
You have a chance to have a say on Wiltshire’s countryside for a scientific research project. The project is being run by Cranfield University and the RSPB and is studying people’s perceptions on biodiversity, mainly ancient grasslands and farmland
More than 90 choristers from cathedrals and colleges all over England will converge on Edington Priory for the 59th Festival of Music and Liturgy, which opens next weekend. The festival, which will take inspiration from the poetry of George Herbert
Accountants are not usually known for their thrill seeking, but staff at one Chippenham firm cannot wait to dive out of a plane. A team of seven from Mander Duffill Accountants will be making the 10,000 ft jump on August 17 for its charity of the
Former national serviceman and Korean War veteran Ron Roberts is appealing for people to remember the soldiers who died in that war, as the nation focuses on its First World War losses. He made the plea after he was one of a number of veterans
An integral part of the sporting community in Devizes, the Budo Club, looks set for a new chapter in its history with plans to move. The club has submitted a planning application to build a new base on land at the town council’s allotment site
The A361 London Road dual carriageway by Hopton Industrial Estate on the outskirts of Devizes is to be shut at night for three weeks for resurfacing. The £700,000 scheme will be carried out by Wiltshire Council’s highway contractor Balfour Beatty
Concerns over traffic problems in Salisbury Road in Marlborough are mounting as work has started on the redevelopment of the former Wiltshire Council depot site. An application was submitted to Wiltshire Council in February to build a 64-bed care
As Italian Vincenzo Nibali powered his way to victory in the Tour de France on Sunday, a group of Devizes cyclists were taking things rather more easy. Devizes Town Cycling Club was celebrating its first anniversary with a barbecue at the Southgate
100 Years Ago. CALNE: The patriotism of Calne is well known – few towns of its size sent a larger contingent to the South African War. The mobilisation affects not only Calne but all surrounding villages. There was a patriotic display in the Strand
Day by day press coverage of World War One is on display at Wiltshire Museum, Devizes. Twenty albums of national newspaper cuttings, mainly from The Times, were compiled by Dr John Leech, the father of former Gazette reporter John Leech. Cuttings
WILTSHIRE Air Ambulance is calling on schools, workplaces and community groups across the county to take part in Air Ambulance Week by dressing up as their heroes to raise money. Wiltshire Air Ambulance is attempting to raise £6,850 every day for
Families living close to Castle Combe Circuit are worried plans to build a solar farm at the track will mean months of road chaos. Plans have been submitted by Solafields and Vogt Solar to develop land in the centre of the track for a solar farm
Music filled the air in Coopers Field on Saturday as revellers enjoyed a family day out at the seventh Pewsey Music Festival. Crowds were treated to an acoustic set by Plummie from Swindon band The Racket, who kicked things off on the second stage
The Royal United Hospital in Bath is one of the lowest risk hospitals in the country, according to the latest information published by the Care Quality Commission. The CQC’s intelligent monitoring report assesses the hospital against 82 key indicators
The town’s CCTV system needs more volunteers to watch out for criminal behaviour – particularly in the early hours of the morning. The system was set up seven years ago by Devizes Development Partnership but the number of volunteers has dwindled
Changes have been made to plans for reed beds in Stonebridge Meadow, after Marlborough Town Council expressed fears that a small open pool area would create a drowning risk. The proposal was originally put forward by Action for the River Kennet
