A COUPLE from Chippenham will feature on the Saturday night prime time BBC1 game show Win Your Wish List on February 20. Cina and Mike Minney, both in their 30s, took part in the National Lottery game show hosted by Shane Ritchie in which couples
ADVENTURER Bear Grylls has closed his gym in Marlborough. He introduced BG EPIC training at the pilot venue in Elcot Lane in 2014 along with his personal trainer Natalie Summers to ‘change the way people think about exercise’. Marlborough was
A GLAMOROUS former Pewsey Vale School student who competed in the final of a beauty pageant representing Wiltshire has been praised by judges for her enthusiasm. Amanda Booth, 54, who was born in Marlborough and grew up in Pewsey, decided to take
JOE Hughes will make the second defence of his English super-lightweight title live on BoxNation. The Malmesbury champion will face Jack Catterall in a contest which will also be a final eliminator to face British champion Tyrone Nurse. The
WADWORTH shire horses will be on parade outside St John’s Church when people say their last goodbyes to Major John Bartholomew, whose family has been involved with the iconic Devizes brewery since the 19th century. Major Bartholomew, who became
A NEGATIVE from one of the first professional photographs of Marilyn Monroe is to be sold at auction in Devizes. The image, taken by Joseph Jasgur on March 6, 1946, shows a smiling Monroe with her hair loose in soft curls. Auctioneer Andrew
A GRANT from Marlborough Town Council to a group in the town has saved it from closure. Linda Chapman who runs Marlborough’s Macular Support Group, supporting people with vision conditions, says she is incredibly grateful for the £500 donation
COUNCILLORS have expressed outrage after the redevelopment of two areas in Calne has been postponed. A number of houses in Woodroffe Square and Colemans Farm suffer from condensation and damp, and residents were led to believe they would be rehoused
MORE than 200 entries have been received for Sunday’s Vine & Craven point-to-point at Barbury with Victoria Pendleton set to appear. The Olympic cycling gold medallist, making her latest appearance in her ‘Switching Saddles’ challenge will
THERE are some conversations in life you will always treasure, either with a loved one, someone you respect or a once-in-a-lifetime meeting with a celebrity. For me, it was with my grandad, who had an incredible life and would tell my brother and
THE search is on to find a new town crier in Marlborough to fill the shoes of stalwart Alfie Johnson who hung up his bell last year after 21 years in the job. The town council is hosting a competition to see who can fill the prestigious vacancy
ST JOHN’S Academy in Marlborough is reassuring the community there is no cause for alarm after police visited this morning when a game was taken out of context. Officers have confirmed they were on the site at 11.45am this morning but it was to
DEATHTRAP, an ingenious comedy thriller by Ira Levin, had phenomenal success on Broadway where it ran for over four years from 1978 and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. A film version, starring Michael Caine, was released subsequently.
SHERSTON’S annual pancake race took place on Tuesday (Feb 9) as dozens of local residents took to The Rattlebone Inn to scoff their faces. The competition was organised in heats and contestants had to eat four freshly-cooked pancakes each in the
FEARS that sex offenders could argue they thought they were talking to an adult when chatting to underage teenagers on social media has prompted a warning from police. Wiltshire Police have urged parents to ensure that their children’s social media
DISCUSSIONS on a contentious planning application rumbled on at Lyneham and Bradenstoke Parish Council on Tuesday (Feb 9). Residents continued to express their concern at the application to build homes at Pound Farm, but councillors argued that
PEWSEY Vale skipper Phil Vallis reckons talk of Twickenham will stay confined to alcohol-fuelled conversations for now despite his side moving to within two wins of a trip to the home of English rugby. Saturday’s 15-3 win at Oxfordshire side Didcot
CAN I through your paper ask the council that before giving permission for yet another takeaway in the Station Hill area they address the waste bin issue first or the lack of them. Between the Monkton Hill junction with New Road and the New Road
WE are staggered at the large amount of objections to our planning application to convert the pub to a residence. Parish councillor Stan Jonik collected 134 signatures, mostly from people in Erlestoke village and Victoria Park, Great Cheverell,
AFTER reading the article last week from Mike Stone regarding the use of the George and Dragon pub in Erlestoke by the councillors and residents. Some 10 years ago the village and previous owners of the George & Dragon realised that pub drinking
SO, the battle ground of Coate Bridge moves yet again, back to the High Court! On the one side is the community of Devizes who, on numerous occasions, has made plain its opposition, both as individuals and through its elected representatives, to the
WE can only hope that Coun Desna Allen’s comments on the possible closure of the Bath Road toilets in Chippenham have been misrepresented, or that she was having a bad day in the town council offices. She knows as well as I do that attempts to redevelop
MAY I say thank you to the management, staff and fellow customers of the Waggon and Horses at Beckhampton, who came to the aid of my wife when she was taken ill there on Thursday, January 28. I am pleased to say she has made a full recovery and
I WAS intrigued to read in Ms Perry’s column on January 28 that constituents are now divided into three categories. Or maybe only two: ‘the Good’ and ‘the Bad and the Ugly’. I fear that I fall into the second category which she says is a “very
DEVIZES Singers are a small, friendly ladies singing group who meet up each Wednesday for an evening of music (and laughter). We are looking for new members, either soprano or alto, as we have got our annual charity concert arranged for May. If
WE ARE now starting to see the real impact of the cuts being forced on local government by the Conservative Government. Here in Wiltshire we see public toilets closing, grass not being cut, roads un-repaired, vital services like the Wiltshire Hopper
I WAS mightily impressed by Lorraine Hatt’s beautifully articulated view of Corsham’s plight, following news of the axing of local bus services in Wiltshire. Many rural towns with deep civilisational heritage have been displaced by the modern imposition
CONGRATULATIONS Lorraine Hatt (letters, January 28). A wake up call for Corsham. Wakey wakey, rise and shine! Come on residents of Corsham and surrounding areas, fight the good fight. Stop and make known how angry you are with our local councillors
IT IS becoming more attractive, with declining oil prices, to increase the mileage we all drive as either a tourist or commuter. Public transport is seen as expensive and inconvenient. Take for example travelling from Wiltshire into Bathnes BANES or
TO THE man and woman in the street, it is debatable if the years of austerity are over or not. To Wiltshire Council, however, there can be no doubt at all: turn the tap on and return to spending. Given a licence by the government to increase council
A WOMAN has suffered 'life-changing' injuries after being involved in a collision with a car in Baydon. Several officers and paramedics were on the scene in Barley Fields, near Aldbourne Road, yesterday just after 4pm. Initially police believed
I WISH to comment on the very negative letters about Chippenham that the Gazette & Herald has published in its last two editions. The decision by The Range to abandon plans for developing the site at Cepen Way should be welcomed by anyone who
CAR owners in Devizes, who say they have been conned by dealer Jerry Swain, this week welcomed the fact he could be facing jail. Swain, 68, of Maryport Street, Devizes, pleaded guilty to ten counts of fraud when he appeared before a judge at Swindon
BUS company owner Justin Pickford has condemned Wiltshire Council’s proposal to cut subsidies and reduce more than 100 bus routes around the county. Mr Pickford, who runs Faresaver based at Bumpers Farm Industrial Estate in Chippenham, has compared
MARK Collier has no plans to rein his side in when Chippenham Town restart their promotion push on Saturday. The Bluebirds play their first game in a fortnight after last weekend’s trip to Merthyr Town was called off because of a waterlogged 3G
KAYAK king Ed McKeever has already dipped his toe into the waters of Rio 2016 as he bids to make another splash at the Olympics this summer. Bradford on Avon’s McKeever proved he is the fastest man with a paddle when he powered to the K1 200m gold
WILTSHIRE and Swindon Sports (WASP) held the School Games Level Three county badminton competition at Tidworth Leisure Centre. Eleven schools took part - Stonehenge, Leehurst Swan, St Augustines, Clarendon, Matravers, St Laurence, St Edmunds, Bishop
WITH Chippenham’s game at Old Bristolians off, Chippenham A maintained their push for promotion from East Central One with a 9-0 win over West Wilts B. Simon Walker scored a hat-trick in the opening seven minutes, before Nigel Stonham and Charlie
ANDY Webb will be looking for redemption when he steps back between the ropes later this month. The 34-year-old returns to the squared circle on Saturday, February 20 at Calne Sports Centre when he faces Euan Davies from Spartans Gym. Webb
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