FOUR pupils from Hardenhuish School took their classroom learning into the real world by presenting a project to one of Chippenham’s largest businesses. Eleanor Moor-Bardell, Austin Coleman, Lucy Jones and Alex Henrich presented to Chippenham company
CHIPPENHAM’S Grittleton House estate has been put up for sale for £5 million only months after the prep school there was closed.The estate is currently for sale on Rightmove including both the house and former stables which are Grade II listed, and is
DAVID Howell failed to build on an early flourish as he fell away on the homeward nine at the Portugal Masters earlier today. The 41-year-old got off to an impressive start in his opening round in the Algrave as he went out in a three-under par
A new exhibiton about Corsham's history from the jurassic age to the digital age has become the talk of the town. Corsham Institute's Tablet to Tablet exhibition, which has been carefully curated by the creative and digital media apprentices from
WITH Halloween just around the corner, children are being encouraged to get into the ghostly spirit and take part in a spookily scary carrot trail organised by the Chippenham Pit Stop.Altogether 20 pictures of scarily decorated carrots, designed by pupils
BROMHAM villagers are hoping it is third time lucky for its Post Office as a year long campaign to get it re-opened has been rewarded.The Post Office is to have its third new home in as many years after it first moved from New Road to Bromham Stores and
PATIENTS and visitors using Chippenham Hospital are angry after being given parking tickets, despite claiming they have done nothing wrong.Drivers are furious because they have been given parking tickets after leaving their vehicles in the car park in
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MARLBOROUGH Town Council has joined local opposition to Government plans for a cap on parish and town council precepts, which would limit any rise to a maximum of two per cent.Councillors discussed the proposed changes to the budget, which would have
A VINTAGE homeware shop in Corsham's High Street celebrated its first year in business in style with a party for customers and residents. Customers from across Wiltshire and Bath came to help founder Nicola White celebrate Previous Homewares'
THE KENNET Valley Hash House Harriers has just celebrated its 500th event in the Marlborough area with a challenge starting from The Bell in Ramsbury.After 18 years of the organised Hash events, the members of the Kennet Valley Hash House Harriers (KVH3
A MERCHANT Navy sailor from Chippenham who sandwiched his wife’s face between two slices of piping hot pizza, causing burns to her ears, has been fined more than £500 for assault. Steven Cruickshank, 51, of Meadow Close, pleaded guilty to assaulting
THE LEAD singer and songwriter of a Malmesbury-based rock band will be facing the clippers before a gig to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Ellie Pointing, of Ells and the Southern Wild, will lose her long brown locks on October 28, before taking
CHILDREN from Langley Fitzurse Primary School took a step back in time when they visited the Steam Museum in Swindon dressed as evacuees from the Second World War.The Year 5 and 6 pupils visited the museum last Wednesday and took part in the We’ll Meet
POLICE are investigating a burglary after three men broke into a local supermarket in Corsham and stole cash boxes and spirits. The three men stole the items and attempted to steal cigarettes from the Co-op Food store in Macie Drive by smashing
COLIN James says this proposal will destroy the unique approach to Marlborough and lead to a significant loss of open green space. So what did the huge development of Barton Park and College Fields, where Mr James lives, do to the west of Marlborough
COUNCILLOR Seed misses the point in his letter last week branding Calne Labour as Luddites and questioning our democratic right to ask what the council are up to. We have always supported a professionally staffed and well resourced library. Coun
IN last week’s Gazette & Herald, Dr Richard Sandford-Hill, GP chairman of the Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group, warned that GP services in Wiltshire are in crisis and in danger of falling apart. This is largely due to fewer newly qualified
MY old mate and drinking partner David Poole really protests too much. As a former Conservative town councillor and indeed their deputy leader on the old North Wiltshire District Council he knows perfectly well that there is a well-established practice
AS the government moves forward with Brexit, to the great annoyance of Merkel and Hollande, there may be bumps in the road, but credit is due to Theresa May for her firm statement on invoking Article 50 by March next year, and on refusing to compromise
A MULTI-ACADEMY trust is to be formed between Royal Wootton Bassett Academy and Churchfields Academy in Swindon. With an intake of around 300 pupils into Year 7 every year, Royal Wootton Bassett Academy has had an 'Outstanding' rating in every
FOR many years I wondered whether it was really necessary to slow down to 30mph as I passed Forest and Sandridge Primary School at the foot of Sandridge Hill going towards Melksham. When I was passing on my way to work, it was 6.30am and there were
ON October 12, the leader of the Liberal Democrats (Tim Farron) put on record at a select committee hearing in Parliament, that current Lib Dem Parliamentary candidates are only in place until 2017. As this is the case, would the current Lib Dem
I WAS amazed to learn that Chippenham Town Council has recently agreed to pass over £40,000 to the BID board to help finance events put on by them during the year. So far as I can see from the BID website, the events planned so far consist of a Christmas
WITH regard to Coun Seed’s letter concerning the library in Calne, he has chosen to misuse his elected position to castigate a member of the local community who had asked, politely, for news of any response to the changes that are now in place. Glibly
WHY has Devizes turned grey? Every repainted shopfront in the town seems to be black or shades of grey. How boring. You would think each shop would want to be seen as an individual, not as just one more in a dreary row. Come on Devizes, brighten
RECOVERING from the result of the EU referendum has not been easy. Labour locally campaigned hard against leaving the EU. We had street stalls, open meetings, leaflet drops and spent many hours talking to people on the streets in Marlborough and Devizes
“OUR society should work for everyone…”, “putting fairness at the heart of the agenda...” Great words from Theresa May, but should we believe them? The Conservatives do not have a good track record. David Cameron’s claim that his government would
SADLY, here in Devizes, we have to put with a ‘fortress-like’ police station, a stern edifice, almost, you could say, a local ‘Colditz’. Despite a police station car park amply filled with police vehicles and staff cars alike, access is barred by
I WOULD like to congratulate the people of Devizes for their part in enabling Devizes to win Gold in South West in Bloom. Whether it’s a large flowering basket, a small vegetable plot, a hanging basket or just keeping the front of their houses tidy
ANDREW Carr (Gazette letters, October 13) put the case for the return of grammar schools. I have never yet come across anyone who supports this who failed the 11-plus themself; or who wants grammar schowols back but thinks their own children or grandchildren
MAY I please, as a newly retired GP after 38 years before the mast, remind Dr Hill of some history – 30 years ago General Practice was thriving with lots of applicants for every vacancy. GPs then, in return for money, accepted to go through hoops set
AS PART of Calne Music and Art’s Festival, Calne Choral delighted a capacity audience at St Mary’s School on Saturday evening. The composer, Sir Karl Jenkins CBE, well known for The Armed Man - a Mass for Peace, has fused Western and Eastern cultures
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TOMMY Bridewell is handing himself plenty of credit for his efforts in this year’s British Superbike Championship after completing a testing 2016 campaign. The 28-year-old, who now has nine BSB seasons under his belt, brought the curtain down on
AS I was looking through Twitter after the game on Tuesday, I came across a tweet that read “Swindon Town: brilliantly baffling.” And it’s hard to argue against that, as Town finally ended their losing streak of four home games with a superb 3-
THE storming start to the National Challenge South West North Two season for Devizes Ladies continues unabated after they put Gordano to the sword 45-0 on Sunday. Devizes have yet to concede even a point in their four matches so far and cruised
THE second cluster of rugby matches to aid disadvantaged youngsters throughout Wiltshire, held at Royal Wootton Bassett RFC was boosted by the arrival of a couple of All Blacks. Jeremy Thrush and Tom Marshall attended the event last Friday evening
CHIPPENHAM are still looking for their first GoCrea8 League Conference North point of the season after a 2-1 home defeat by Bristol UWE on Saturday. The home side conceded in the last couple of minutes to slip to their third straight league defeat
WILTSHIRE’S best junior players started their quest for national team success in the first round of this year’s Inter County Championships. Stage One started for the girls on Saturday, with the U13 team travelling to Cheltenham to take on Gloucestershire
CALNE’s Joshua Stoneham was part of a four-strong team who claimed the U15 Blackball International World Championships. The 13-year-old clinched the world title along with teammates Jake Elmhirst, Krish Patel and Leighton McDonnell in a close 10
CHIPPENHAM’S Moonraker Gymnastics club competed in round two of the West Country League at the Forest of Dean Gymnastics Centre. After promotion in 2015, Moonrakers were in Division Two of five and had teams into A, B and C sections. In the
