Organisers of the 10,000-bike charity ride through Wootton Bassett this Sunday visited RAF Lyneham today to pay thanks to the air base on behalf of Afghan Heroes. Organiser Julia Stevenson lead the group of bikers from the Cross Keys pub in
I was delighted to learn that Gazette & Herald readers had voted the Dorothy House Hospice Care shop in Calne the best charity shop in north Wiltshire. All of us here at Dorothy House would like to thank everyone who voted for us – public support is
On Tuesday March 2, I collapsed in Morrisons supermarket. Firstly I would like to thank Sandra, the first aider at Morrisons who immediately contacted my family and let them know what happened. Also the paramedics and ambulance crew who were very
For four days last week, thanks to the generosity of the management of the Emery Gate Centre in Chippenham, we took over an empty shop in the precinct to show something of the work of the Rotary movement worldwide. We concentrated in particular
I work in the Scope shop in Devizes and would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who helped us break the world record for recycling mobile phones back in January. The response we had was overwhelming and I am delighted to be able to
Thank you for printing my story about my work during the Second World War in the local war nurseries. I have always felt this was the start of childcare for working mums as up to then they had always stayed at home. But with husbands away at war,
On the afternoon of Friday, February 26 I was riding my horse in a field alongside Snow Hill near Goatacre when I had a very nasty fall. I was knocked unconscious and a very kind gentleman saw me from the road, drove into the field, picked me up and
This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the start of the Korean War, on June 25, 1950. A ceasefire was agreed on July 27, 1953. No formal peace agreement exists between communist North Korea and the Republic of Korea. Over 1,000 UK Service personnel
The town of Wootton Bassett does a wonderful job of honouring the military personal who, sadly, are killed in Afghanistan. The tearful scenes on the High Street and the dignified salutes of the British Legion members are a reminder to everyone that
The proposed Tesco supermarket and the household recycling centre on the Marlborough Business Park, together with a Sainsbury’s supermarket on the council-owned Salisbury Road depot site, will lead to a major increase in traffic, including heavy goods
I have just looked at the council tax listing in this week’s Gazette and am surprised to find my tax has increased by 2.52 per cent. While I acknowledge this is not a massive increase, what happened to all the savings that were promised by moving to
In last week’s Gazette was the unwelcome reminder of a further 5,500 houses to be built in Chippenham with the lovely Birds Marsh and the priceless Westinghouse sports field being sacrificed among the other “preferred sites”. Opposition to housing
The debate in council about possible future housing in Chippenham was not the most edifying the chamber has heard, but I am sorry Mr Stuckey in his letter (last week’s Gazette) considered it a shambles. It was the last meeting of full council before
Regarding the letters from Kim Stuckey and John Palmer (Gazette, March 4), two of the campaign leaders in the fight to save the Chippenham area from the developers, who have now started their land grabs in three areas around the town. Their letters
On Sunday morning an amazing thing happened in the middle of Corston – a car stopped to let me use the designated crossing. For the record, a VW registered in Cheshire. Local residents know only too well that very few vehicles pull up at the so-called
Robbie Williams and Take That singer/songwriter Gary Barlow are recording together at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in Box this week. A studio insider confirmed the pair have been in the studio working on new material. This week
Widow Joan Reynolds visited her husband’s graveside last week to find plantholders had gone missing, just eight months after his death. The 84-year-old said she was distraught when she attended the grave of her husband, Phillip, in Ladbrook
Several specialist learning centres for pupils with complex needs are proposed to be closed under a shake up of special educational needs provision in Wiltshire schools. Wiltshire Council has begun a consultation and is proposing to close specialist
Young Henrietta Pritchard got on her bike to raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Henrietta, eight, of London Road, Devizes, was prompted into doing something after hearing on the radio about the tragedy. She and her father Steve Pritchard
The Sixties bootleg group The Overtures, famed for singing at Elton John’s wedding, are heading to Marlborough to appear in the town’s new theatre. Described by Sir Elton as the best band of their kind in the world, The Overtures will be performing at
Wiltshire Air Ambulance patient Sarah Soar is taking part in this year’s White Horse Challenge to raise money for the charity. The challenge, on the weekend of June 19 and 20, is sponsored by the Gazette and Herald and the Wiltshire Times and
The mother of a man who was run over by his friend on a night out has spoken about her anger at the sentence passed. Claire Sangster’s son Daniel Winter was walking home through Calne when he was hit by a car driven by his friend Robert Merritt on May
Hillworth Park will be closed for a year while a £1.6million refurbishment project takes place. If all goes to plan, work to remove some trees and the hedge that splits the park in two will begin in June and the town council is hoping to have
At little more than five feet tall and a petite size six Frankie Lennett has a job more associated with big muscular men who can wield a heavy hammer all day long. But being rather diminutive has not stopped the 22-year-old from achieving a
Marlborough rock star Pete Doherty was given a 12-month driving ban and fined £500 yesterday after he admitted allowing his manager to use his Daimler without insurance. A lawyer entered a guilty plea on Doherty's behalf during a hearing before
