Chippenham Town rode their luck as they ground out a hard-fought league win at Rugby on Tuesday night. Kevin Halliday's fifth goal of the season handed the Bluebirds victory but goalkeeper James Bittner and the overworked Chippenham defence were put
I've just come back from judging a new business competition and for a change it was quite a rewarding experience. The competition, run by the Wessex Association of Chambers of Commerce and sponsored by the Gazette among others, is designed to promote
SOME shed tears, others hugged loved ones, while some simply sat silently - but all came to pay their respects to brave couple Bob and Deb Fry. The coffins of Mr and Mrs Fry sat side-by-side in St Bartholomew's Church, Wootton Bassett, this evening.
All this stuff about coppers looking younger. Well, it looks like our new Head Peeler joined the Old Bill when he was 16! You might like to check my maths but it says he's 48 now and got his first truncheon in 1975. Or is it just that the North is a lawless
Pupils from Bishopstone Primary School have been chosen from thousands around the country to be the young judges for this year's Nestlé Children's Book Prize. Bishopstone Primary School is one of 150 schools chosen to help judge the books, which have
Swindon Town's goals will be shown on the BBC after The Football League signed new a TV new deal. The new agreements with Sky and the BBC, to run for three seasons from 2009-10, are worth worth a total of £264million compared to £112.5million for the
The Duchess of Cornwall laughed as she narrowly avoided a soaking during a visit to a pioneering veterinary school today. Camilla was approached by a dripping wet dog as she toured the impressive hydrotherapy facilities at Bristol University's School
James Bittner has re-joined Chippenham Town on loan for a month and can't wait to get started. The goalkeeper has moved from Salisbury City as regular stopper Chris Snoddy battles a hip injury and is expected to play in the Southern League Premier Division
Parrot thieves Billy Trotman and Nicholas Davies will not have to do bird for smashing their way into a pet shop in a drunken raid. An Alexandrian ringback died after the burglars used a forklift truck to smash their way in Paradise Pets on Cheney
A drunken thug who attacked his girlfriend in front of their children has been jailed for 14 months. Jason Bristow, 21, was seven months into a suspended sentence for using a knuckle duster to hit a man when he launched the prolonged attack. Claire
FRIENDS of brave couple Bob and Deb Fry will be able to pay their respects to them in Wootton Bassett this evening. Mr and Mrs Fry, of Springfield Crescent, died trying to rescue their children off the coast of Portugal two weeks ago. Their coffins
A Swindon porter will present the first copy of his published book to a colleague who helped him to realise his writing dream, when his book is launched at the University of Bath in Swindon on November 12. Steve Sims, 47, of Walcot, will present
Wiltshire Police Authority today announced that Brian Moore has been appointed as the new Chief Constable of Wiltshire Police. Mr Moore, 48, is currently Deputy Chief Constable with Surrey Police. Joining the police service in 1975 he has served with
A traffic census on the M4 near Chippenham brought traffic chaos to the town this morning. Cars heading east and wanting to leave the motorway at Chippenham were forced to queue on the hard shoulder . Hundreds of vehicles had to queue for more
Aircraft of all NATO nations could be overflying Wiltshire next week as part of a national exercise designed to evaluate the organisation's air power. The exercise, code-named Cold Igloo, is a special evaluation exercise involving United States Air Force
Last week I was guest speaker at a Derbyshire Cricket Society Lunch at the County Ground. That venue had changed out of all recognition since my last visit about 20 years ago and it required an eight-mile tour of the city before I found it. Constructed
Martin Ling believes Swindon Town are still suffering from their ill-fated Premiership adventure but insists the club still has the potential to support Championship football. The Leyton Orient boss made almost 200 appearances at the County Ground between
Paul Sturrock has labelled tonight's clash with promotion-chasing Leyton Orient a "must-win" if Town are to realise their own ambition of a League One play-off berth come the end of the season. Successive defeats to Port Vale and Doncaster Rovers have
WILTSHIRE SUNDAY CUP Following the embarrassment of their last outing when they lost 8-1 against the Ship, British Lion have spent the last two weeks licking their wounds and, like most beasts of their ilk, are dangerous when cornered. Written off by
DIVISION FOUR Corsham Centre B and Riverside Renegades share the number one spot in Division four, with the Centre on top by virtue of a slightly better goal difference. The Centre travelled to Steeple Ashton Rangers and already beaten them 5-0 earlier
DIVISION THREE The heavyweight battle in Division Three between leaders Biddestone White Horse and AFC Bell was tipped to be a thriller and it didn't fail to disappoint, as on the eve of Fireworks day both teams were in sparkling form in front of goal
DIVISION TWO Cooper Avon are the new pacesetters of Division Two after their 6-0 victory over Audley FC coupled with previous leaders Crown Cosmos shock 3-1 home lose against The Crown Devizes saw the two teams swap positions at the head of the table
DIVISION ONE Trowbridge based Ship FC opened up a four-point lead at the top of the Division One after they defeated Kingfisher FC and Potterne suffered a surprise loss away at North Bradley. The Ship's first half display against their guests Kingfisher
Lydia Dinsmore, 11, wrote this poem inspired by the death of her mother Jean and Bob and Deb Fry in the Algarve tragedy two weeks ago. It featured on the order of service at Mrs Dinsmore's funeral in Herefordshire yesterday. Sadness of the Sea I
Tickets for the forthcoming Sugababes concert at the Oasis have sold out, Swindon Council has announced. Pop pin-ups Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range and Amelle Berrabah will be in town on April 22. Fans snapped up the 3,000 tickets for the concert within
Pictures claiming to show troubled rocker Pete Doherty injecting cocaine in his home in Marlborough have today been published in a national newspaper. A video shot on a mobile phone, apparently taken just hours after he claimed to be drugs free at
