ANNE Dunham helped Britain take the top two spots in the team test at the FEI European Para-Dressage Championships in Denmark today. Riding the Danish-born LJT Lucas Normark, who was making his championship debut, the Broad Hinton rider - a five-time
Tree lovers from across the country will descend on Westonbirt Arboretum this weekend for its annual Treefest. The event attracts around 20,000 visitors and takes place from Saturday to Monday. It celebrates nature, trees, woodcraft and features
EX-CHIPPENHAM Town assistant manager Richard Fey has rubbished rumours linking him with the newly-vacant manager's job at Hardenhuish Park. Fey joined the Bluebirds last season as Nathan Rudge's number two but left the club at the start of the
People are being encouraged to join a 100-mile walk around eight White Horses in Wiltshire as part of an Arts Council-funded project. Walking Wiltshire’s White Horses involved members of the public working with artists Ali Pretty and Richard White
Aldbourne residents fear an anaerobic digester in the area will generate excessive traffic after it emerged that 60 per cent of the organic matter used to fuel the unit will have to come from farms across the area. An application for the digester
A team of brave soldiers returned from the gruelling endurance test known as the Royal Wootton Bassett Challenge on Friday. The 14 serving and former soldiers began the endurance event on August 8 and ran, kayaked, and cycled to Dover and back
Plans are being drawn up by the Gazette & Herald charity Bag4Sport Foundation to hold a Santa fun run in Devizes at the beginning of December. The charity hopes hundreds of people of all ages will dress in Santa hats or full costumes to run
A CHURCHGOER in Stanton St Quintin has volunteered to be locked alone in a cell overnight. Liz Cullen, 58, who suffers from arthritis, will be bedding down for the night on the floor of a six-foot square room in the church, with no electricity
WILTSHIRE’S hopes of further success at the national men’s and mixed championships at Worthing were dashed last week. Following Wootton Bassett’s victory in the Over 55 pairs, their bowlers reached the quarter-finals in the fours, last 16 of the
Long-serving town councillor Maureen Lloyd will be the first to receive an award introduced this year to the Chippenham Town Council civic awards. The Labour councillor lost her seat in the Cepen Park and Redlands ward in this year’s election after
POLICE have been snapping valuables left in cars around Devizes in a bid to warn about thefts from vehicles. Officers have been highlighting the problem of people leaving valuables in cars often in full view of criminals who prey on unwary motorists
Staff and volunteers at the British Heart Foundation’s charity shop in Devizes last week marked 20 years since it opened in The Brittox, the town’s main shopping street. At the celebration in the Three Crowns pub in Maryport Street, volunteer Jane
MARK Cooper’s appointment seems to have divided opinion, with some backing the new man to succeed and others disappointed that the club has gone for the ‘cheap option’ and fearing for our League One survival. When Cooper’s name was mentioned I
AL KAZEEM will not be asked to race on fast ground again after his winning run came to an end when third in the Juddmonte International at York on Wednesday. Trainer Roger Charlton had issued a warning beforehand he would have preferred softer
Residents have launched a petition against Wiltshire Council plans for new double yellow lines in Quemerford because they say it will cause parking chaos. The petition in Quemerford Post Office has been signed by more than 50 residents within a
OUR DRESSING room is used to performing in the big games and coming away winning them, so it was really disappointing to not have brought home the trophy on T20 finals day. We’ve done really well in the last few years and we’ve played some great
GOATACRE 3rd’s Division Six meeting with Highworth lasted the equivalent of ten overs as the villagers obliterated their rivals’ batting in astonishing fashion. Bottom side Highworth were all out for just 11 in 8.4 overs as Dan Wiseman’s 4-1 off
ED Wilkins is delighted Goatacre have shrugged off the “one-man team” tag labelled against them earlier this term as their renaissance in the second half of the season continues. The Premier Two outfit beat Cheltenham by one wicket with one ball
THE elements denied Biddestone the chance the advantage in the Glos/Wilts Division title battle as their clash with Rockhampton last weekend was abandoned. Niel Bredenkamp’s side are locked on 253 points alongside Lechlade at the top of the table
Devizes mayor Pete Smith stopped the traffic in the town centre on Saturday morning to ease the passage of a charity cycle team as it sets off for Paris. The cyclists from Bag4Sport Foundation hope to raise around £5,000 to boost grassroots sport
FORMER Chippenham Town boss Darren Perrin has played down the possibility of a return to the Hardenhuish Park hotseat - but has urged the Bluebirds to get back in touch with their local roots in their hunt for Nathan Rudge's successor. The Bluebirds
CHAIRMAN Neil Blackmore did not expect to be searching for a new manager just a week into the new season – but that is the task facing the Chippenham Town chief after Nathan Rudge’s shock exit yesterday. Rudge, 34, offered his resignation on Wednesday
It has been revealed that First Great Western has some of the worst feedback among its online customers. In a study of responses on social media site Twitter, it was found 36 per cent of the tweets relating to the train operator were negative.
An exiled woman who fled Zimbabwe with her children for a better life met a new nightmare in Yatton Keynell in the form of her neighbour. Claire Sharpe, 33, was given a restraining order by Chippenham magistrates after allegedly filming Lisa Trumble
Devizes mum Carole Binder has appealed for the return of her baby's pushchair which disappeared this morning while she was walking in Drews Pond Wood. Mrs Binder, from Redhorn Gardens, Devizes, takes her Newfoundland dog Bobby for a walk in the
Wadworth Brewery plans to sell off the site of its wines and spirits warehouse and shire horse stables but says it has no intention of letting it end up like the derelict Assize Courts opposite. And the Devizes firm says the sale does not mean
Families spent a relaxing afternoon in Hillworth Park for the start of Devizes Carnival fortnight. Picnic in the Park on Sunday was packed with up to 1,000 people enjoying the warm weather and live music. The traditional event has become more
The opening of the new Morrisons M Local in Marlborough was a rather low- key event but that didn’t stop shoppers waiting outside on Monday morning keen to see what the store had to offer. The convenience store, which has replaced clothing shop
4:52pm St John's School Marlborough students Annabel Nichols, left, and Lucy Smith 4:17pm The national Exam Results Helpline remains open until noon on Saturday 24th August
HEARTBROKEN Shane Spring is appealing for the return of a gold chain given to him by his late grandfather which was stolen during a break-in at his Devizes home on Tuesday. Mr Spring, 25, returned to his home at Alan Cobham Road in Devizes from
The arrival of sheep in Coopers Meadow this spring left some residents confused as to how they got there. But the woolly creatures are not lost or abandoned – they have been put in Coopers Meadow by Action for the River Kennet (ARK) to graze.
Internationally renowned high-wire walker Chris Bull says he is looking forward to seeing Devizes Market Place from an unusual angle as he crosses the square with nothing more than a balancing pole to help him. Mr Bull will attempt to cross the
Wiltshire College has parted company with its fifth vice principal in five years after Robert Rees was given a pay-off. Mr Rees, who was based at the college’s Chippenham campus, was responsible for curriculum and quality, student welfare and partnerships
MELKSHAM Town suffered FA Cup heartbreak last night as they were knocked out of the competition after taking their Extra Preliminary Round tie at Hamworthy United to extra time. The clash was goalless after 90 minutes but Melksham had been reduced
MALMESBURY Victoria suffered their second away defeat of the new season last night as they were beaten at Tytherington Rocks. Gareth Davies' men lost 2-0 in Gloucestershire and were unable to prevent the Rocks' from maintaining their 100 per cent
CALNE Town's clast with Oldland Abbotonians last night was abandoned after 24 minutes due to a floodlight failure. Ant Brown's side trailed 1-0 to visitors Oldland at Bremhill View but the clash will now be replayed at a later date. Calne host
