SHELLEY Rudman was left counting the cost of her second run as she slipped out of the podium places at the second World Cup event of the season in Utah today. Rudman, the reigning World Cup champion, was lying third after the opening run at the
School children across Wiltshire will be discussing the effects of homophobic behaviour during anti-bullying week. Seven secondary schools will watch Myth Busters, a short film which explains how it feels to be a gay young person and be subjected
The Prime Minister visited injured veterans and Paralympians today at a state-of-the-art Help for Heroes facility in Wiltshire today. It was David Cameron's first visit to Tedworth House, in Tidworth, one of the charity's four UK-wide recovery
OFFICIALS at the Wiltshire FA have again refused to clarify the status of secretary Mike Benson, amid new reports over the future of the 78-year-old at the county governing body. The Gazette & Herald reported last month that Benson had been
Pupils at Springfields School entertained a senior cabinet member on Monday, guiding her around the school and cooking her lunch. Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers arrived with armed guards in a bullet-proof Mercedes after attending a
ADIE Harris is in no doubt that Chippenham Town will soon start to claw their way up the Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division table. The Bluebirds are currently 16th in the table after Tuesday night’s draw at Barwell and last weekend’s home
International economist and author Dambisa Moyo, who has been described by Time Magazine as one of the most influential women in the world, is coming to Marlborough next year to present the annual Brandt lecture. Ms Moyo, who was born in 1969 and
Townspeople are being encouraged to give their views on a transport strategy for Devizes. Devizes Community Area Partnership (DCAP) says congestion in the town is a blight and has organised an exhibition on Monday for the public to have their say
The organisers of the first ever visit to Wiltshire by the original Military Wives Choir from Chivenor in Devon, which will be performing in Marlborough tomorrow, say they are expecting a last- minute rush for the few tickets which remain unsold.
Pupils at Sheldon School in Chippenham have been praised for their exceptional behaviour by inspectors from Ofsted. The 1,802-pupil school was inspected last month and the inspectors said the behaviour and safety of the pupils was outstanding.
The owners of Chas Hart Jewellers have decided to close down, sell the building and retire after 40 years in Chippenham. The business, which specialises in secondhand jewellery, has been trading for more than 50 years in total in the town, but
An application to increase activity at one of the largest waste and recycling facilities in the south west has raised concerns in the area. Hills Waste Solutions, which runs a landfill site and recycling centre at Lower Compton Bassett, has applied
Farmer Adrian Leighfield has spoken of his shock after a massive blaze destroyed his lifetime’s collection of vintage buses along with machinery, hay and tractors. Mr Leighfield described how an explosion in a tractor parked in the entrance to
The challenges of parenthood is explored in a new book by Chippenham resident Mark Charlton. Mr Charlton, 51, a married father of three sons, aged 17, 16 and eight, began writing essays over a period of eight years and his book, Counting Steps,
Residents in Lyneham, unhappy that open space has been turned into a site for commercial waste, have won support from Wiltshire Council. The waste skips are on informal public space next to homes at Harrow Grove. Modern Housing Solutions applied
RICHARD Hughes paid tribute to Collingbourne Ducis trainer Richard Hannon after lifting the Flat jockey championship title for the first time on Saturday. Hughes, the stable jockey for his father in law Hannon at the Everleigh yard, was presented
BROAD Hinton Andy Turnell is considering exploiting what he feels to be a lenient handicap mark with The Druids Nephew. The five-year-old led until the very last stride on his chasing debut in a hot novice chase at Ascot, when Hadrian's Approach
An enterprising Chippen-ham chef has decided to go it alone by creating a pop-up restaurant in the town. Dan Wyatt, 27, has worked in hotels and restaurants in Wiltshire and the Cotswolds for the past 12 years. He won a number of accolades when
I have no doubt that a skatepark in Chippenham would be a worthwhile facility, but I am left with great misgivings over the choice of the River Island site. The website speaks of “engineering the facility into the landscape” and “the contours of the
I read in last week’s Gazette and Herald that the town council has voted against pavement tables outside Caffè Nero. Are they determined to undermine the economic welfare of the town? As the weak economy and changing shopping habits undermine the
How exciting to see the work being carried out on the old pavilion in Elcot Lane in Marlborough to turn it into a boxing and sports centre. For years the building has stood empty and derelict. Now it must be nice for Elcot Lane residents to see
I read in the Gazette & Herald on November 1 that Mr Mitchell of The Owl at Little Cheverell is to apply for planning permission for change of use to a private home. By his own admission he had no intention of opening the pub when he bought
It seems pantomime has come early to Marlborough this year with the characters played by our esteemed town councillors. I was unfortunate enough to be present at the town council meeting on November 5 to witness behaviour by certain councillors
Thank you for publishing the extremely timely questions put to the candidates for election of police and crime commissioner and for their frighteningly illuminating responses. You provided my wife and myself (and, I am sure, most other voters in
I was so delighted to be able to attend St Mary’s Church and to see that the now tradition of the children’s own Remembrance to the fallen and those affected by war is going strong in Calne. It was a wonderfully moving service with readings and songs
The Planning Inspector’s unsurprising but disappointing decision to permit the development of an extra care and dementia care village at Quaker’s Walk will increase this provision in the town by approximately 50 per cent, offering some additional 240
I would like to thank you for printing details of my arts and crafts sale at Primrose Way in Chippenham on November 9, 10 and 11. I was able to present a cheque in excess of £700 today to the Alzheimer’s Society. Many thanks to the mayor and everyone
Unlike Owen Inskip, I am happy to apologise if I have made any incorrect statements in my last letter about him (although I don’t believe that I have). I am aware that Hardens farm is council owned, but Barratts held the development rights last time
Everyone I have talked to, since your front page article on the proposed Quaker’s Walk care village development, is up in arms about the decision to ‘award’ punitive costs on to Wiltshire Council for initially refusing the planning application.
We all have a nostalgic vision of Christmas shopping past - the snowy scene where lights twinkle in the bustling High Street and shoppers busy themselves, rushing to complete their Christmas shopping as they sample the delights of the local traders
On bins in the Brittox, I don’t think that this has been resolved as we now have waste bins out at 2pm on a Sunday. What a tourist eyesore. This means they are there for 16-20 hours instead of the usual four. I can remember if you put your waste out
I have been rather annoyed by the story of the bins at the top of the Brittox in Devizes. The local councillor comes over as having been personally responsible for their clearance on Thursdays. As my wife is the manager of Scope, and would never respond
We’ve dined in many good restaurants around the world and we’ve been bumped from flights but never from a pub/restaurant. However, on a recent Saturday four of us arrived at The Bell, Ramsbury for our pre-booked dinner at 6.30pm but we were told
Further to Liz Chandler’s letter in your November 8 edition in which she complains of your unfair reporting of the incident involving her dog biting Mr Skelton, I feel that your reporting was not only unfair to Mrs Chandler but also to Mr Skelton.
I would like to thank the shops and businesses in the town for their generosity in giving goods and money for the Salvation Army autumn sale. Also to thank the New Baptist Church for the use of their schoolroom on October 27. Margaret Coleman,
Having supported Chippenham Town since 1944 (apart from 10 years with Chippenham United during the 1950s) I find that the manager’s request to have a little patience amazing. How can the team expect the supporters to come along to support such
Devizes people are being encouraged to help support their neighbours to get online. A report published this month suggested that 16 million people in the UK lack the basic skills needed to use a computer and Wiltshire Council estimates out of a
“If it happens (promotion) this year it is something fantastic. The plan is three years. If we go up it is amazing but we are under no pressure because we must maintain the category and then we invest for next year.” Those were Paolo Di Canio’s
A Calne company exploited foreign workers it had illegally supplied to about 500 farms across the country, a jury has been told. Marden Management Ltd and its boss Christopher Blakeney, 50,deny flouting gangmaster laws by providing workers, mainly
Up to 95 staff at an electronics company on the Porte Marsh industrial estate in Calne are at risk of losing their jobs after Christmas. Tamura-Europe Ltd, which produces electronic components, says it needs to make savings in light of the economic
