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  • SCHOOL SPORT: Brave Bassett are beaten

    ROYAL Wootton Bassett Academy lost 5-3 to Summerhill School, from Dudley, in the final of the English Schools’ FA Under 13 PlayStation Schools’ Cup last week. Staged at Reading’s Madejski Stadium, Bassett were cheered on by a convoy of seven coaches

  • ATHLETICS: Wonderful Webster

    ELEANOR Webster smashed a 21-year-old county record with a superb run in the 2015 Wiltshire Athletics County Track and Field Championships at the Tidworth Oval. Webster, who lives in the village of Alderton near Malmesbury, won the U13 girls’ 800m

  • Chippenham transport cafe aims to get truckers fit

    TRUCKERS who stop at a transport cafe near Chippenham are being encouraged to keep fit. The family who run The Pit Stop near junction 17 of the M4 are opening an outside exercise area and plan to add yoga and tai chi classes if there is a demand

  • WILTSHIRE YOUTH LEAGUE: Chippenham win courtesy of Will power

    WILL Thomas smashed a superb 163 as Chippenham got the better of Purton by 96 runs in U15 Division One on Sunday. Thomas’ knock helped his side amass a sizeable 232-4 and Alex Voss took 2-63 for Purton, who found the chase too hot to handle, ending

  • CANOEING: Wiltshire trio earn GB call-ups

    WILTSHIRE paddlers Calum Gingell, Conor Henley (Wiltshire Youth Canoe Club) and Spencer Armstrong (Devizes Canoe Club), have been selected to represent Great Britain in the Junior and U23 White Water World Championships in early August in Nantahala

  • BOWLS: Bassett teams in dominant form

    WOOTTON Bassett teams dominated the men’s national and county fours championship quarter-finals held on their own green on Tuesday night. Neil Smith’s foursome raced to a comprehensive 35-4 victory after only 18 ends over Salisbury skipped by Bob

  • FOOTBALL: Girls get their kicks

    MORE THAN 300 girls descended on Stanley Park last week to take part in a free FA Girls’ Football Festival, aimed at increasing and retaining girls’ participation in the game. The event brought together schools from across the county and was organised

  • LIAM DAWSON: Stoking up the Test fires

    THE Test match between England and New Zealand at Lord’s was a great advertisement for the sport. You have got one Test side (England) who have been struggling in the last year and then you have one who have been playing some pretty good Test cricket

  • Petition calls for Devizes minor injuries unit

    A PETITION signed by more than 400 people calling for a minor injuries unit to be created at the NHS Treatment Centre in Devizes has been presented to health bosses.The petition was organised by Devizes Labour Party but has support from people of all

  • Malmesbury millionaire buys a Russian rocket for his garden

    A RUSSIAN rocket that once sailed through the earth’s atmosphere faster than any other man-made object today resides in a Wiltshire garden after being snapped-up by internet millionaire Rory Sweet.Mr Sweet, 48, of Sherston, near Malmesbury, thought the

  • BOWLS: Ladies quarter finals decided

    THE COUNTY ladies two wood singles competition took centre stage last Saturday as players from around Wiltshire battled for a last-eight spot to keep their hopes alive of playing in this event at the national championships at Royal Leamington Spa in

  • Appeal over Gastard holiday cottage refused

    AN appeal against refusal for a plan to change a converted barn from holiday let accommodation into a home at Coppershell in Gastard has been thrown out by a planning inspector.Wiltshire Council refused planning permission last September as it felt because

  • Devizes sheet makers hold charity bake off

    DEVIZES firm Easy Move Sheets switched from sewing to cooking this week to raise money for Parkinson’s UK.A team at the company, that manufactures specially designed bed sheets to aid mobility in bed, has been hard at work baking cakes to sell to companies

  • Neighbours' fury over lack of grass cutting

    NEIGHBOURS in Calne have criticised Wiltshire Council for failing to maintain the open spaces in their estate. Charlie Mondahl, 64, of Stickleback Road, claims that the council, which is meant to cut grass once a month between March and October