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ICE HOCKEY: Wildcats announce pre-season dates
SWINDON Wildcats will face off against old foes and EPL play-off champions Slough Jets in the first of their pre-season games. Starting off at the Link Centre on Wednesday, September 8 with a 7.30pm face-off. the Wildcats will test their new-look
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BARBURY HORSE TRIALS: Wilson win is world booster
BRITISH eventer Nicola Wilson took a giant stride towards World Equestrian Games selection by winning the Barbury International Horse Trials in Wiltshire. The Yorkshire-based rider, a European team gold medalist in Fontainebleau last year, shaded an
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Chippenham sex attacker is jailed for a year
Sex attacker Matthew Robinson, who pinned a homeless woman to the ground during a terrifying late night attack, has been jailed. Robinson, 23, of Hewlett Close, Chippenham, followed his victim across a car park making lewd suggestions to her before
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Letter of the week - 6X reaches outback
On a recent visit to Australia, my wife and I came across a totally unexpected image of Devizes. We were looking around the Aborigine section of the Museum of South Australia in Adelaide, which included a number of television screens mainly showing people
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Help for families
I would like to thank the Gazette & Herald for promoting Dr David Barnardo’s visit to Calne Sure Start Children’s Centre (July 1). We hope the report will encourage even more families with under-fives to approach us for free support. So far we have
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MP out of touch
I had always suspected that James Gray MP was out of touch with ordinary people and his column last week confirmed this view. I wonder who describes the VAT rise with such glee to pronounce “Bring it on!”. Turn the page and you will see an independent
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Column an insult
I could not believe what I was reading in James Gray’s column last week. Thank goodness I am no longer one of his constituents! How dare he insult the members of the public he does represent with comments like “VAT at 20 per cent, bring it on!” and
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If it ain’t broke...
Everyone knows the old adage ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’, in other words, any attempt to improve on a system that works is pointless and may even be detrimental. Why then is the Government rushing legislation through Parliament by means of the
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Opting out failed
It is depressing to see that the new Government is desperately trying to revive a previous failed policy – encouraging schools to opt out of the local authority community, known at the time as grant maintained status. As then the Government is appealing
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Caring officers
At around 1am recently, following a strong smell of gas coming from the London Road area, we were awoken and alerted to the possible evacuation of the retirement flats at Churchill Court. The sensitive operation of rousing the residents of over 30
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Globally behind
As a representative of business I share the concerns from your recent letter regarding Wiltshire schools registering their interest in becoming academies (July 1). It may be of interest to point out where the UK stands with regards to education and
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Sign up for dash
On behalf of The Forever Friends Appeal’s NICU Space to Grow Campaign at Bath’s Royal United Hospital, I would like to tell you about a new event to raise funds to complete the building of our new neonatal intensive care unit. The Mad Dash will take
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Let’s see results
I was somewhat alarmed at Gary Rawlinson’s letter (July 1), having only just picked up my questionnaire from the library. I hope that we are not heading to enforced fortnightly collections just as the Government is saying it wants the councils in England
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Swan back home
Some of your readers might be interested to know that the swan recently taken from the Devizes Crammer (Gazette & Herald, June 24) has now been returned. It was captured by us because of reports of fishing line hanging from its beak. In fact the line
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Time for change
In its press release last week NHS Wiltshire said the reason for bed closures at Savernake Hospital was a recruitment problem. NHS Wiltshire’s website had only one job vacancy advertised on Ailesbury Unit that I could find, hopefully all other vacancies
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Disadvantages come with mega-dairy
The proposed new dairy complex at Sharcott, Pewsey that recently gained planning approval failed to make clear the true nature of what will ensue. We should support bio-diversity on our farms and not mono agricultural factories. Surely for every one
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Rat Pack legend thrills Marlborough Jazz Festival crowd
The last living member of Frank Sinatra’s legendary Rat Pack, ageing American singer-pianist Buddy Greco, brought the 2010 Marlborough International Jazz Festival to an end on Sunday afternoon in sweltering conditions with a disappointingly small audience
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CRICKET: West of England Premier League results roundup
GLOBE SPORTS WEST OF ENGLAND PREMIER LEAGUE Premier One: Bridgwater 293-5 (M Coles 149), Taunton 187-9 - Bridgwater win draw 50+; Taunton Deane 190 all out, Bristol 191-6 - Bristol won by four wickets; Bath 245-8, Glastonbury 153-9 - Bath win
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CRICKET: Wiltshire beaten in semi final
WILTSHIRE'S bid for a place in the MCCA Trophy final ended in disappointing defeat at Corsham on Sunday. The Moonrakers, hoping to clinch a place in the showpiece at Durham's Riverside ground next month, were soundly beaten by 82 runs by visitors Lincolnshire
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SWINDON TOWN: Greer set for Gulls switch
GORDON Greer should seal a £250,000 switch to League One rivals Brighton by the end of today. Town agreed the fee with the Seagulls for their captain on Friday afternoon. And no complications are expected as Greer has travelled to the south coast club
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Wootton Bassett bungalow damaged by fire
Fire crews were called to put out a bungalow in Wootton Bassett which was ablaze on Saturday night. Crews from Westley, Swindon and Wootton Bassett were called to extinguish the fire around 11.25pm on Saturday in Milton's Way. No one was injured by
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Row for Alzheimer’s by Dauntsey man
Alzheimer's sufferer Jamie Graham has raised more than £65,000 for research into the disease by rowing 20 miles along the Thames. Mr Graham, 63, who lives in Dauntsey, rowed from Eton to Henley with neighbours Tony Pooley, Michael Baines and Christopher
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Sherston Church sells off roof tiles
Parishioners in Sherston are launching a fundraising campaign after the cost of restoring the village church was revealed to be £40,000 more than expected. Around £180,000 had been raised to replace the Cotswold stone tiles on the roof of the Grade
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Cooking up a storm in Chippenham
Kitchen whizz kid Harvey Hunt, of Sheldon School, beat off competition from 11 other contestants to win the Rotary Young Chef competition held at Hardenhuish School last week. The 15-year-old came out on top when he competed against other youngsters
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An England winner from Ogbourne St George, and he's only 11
At the age of 11 Benjy Dean-Britton is determined he is not going to become one of life’s pawns. But while he may never become a king or a bishop, he is already a force to contend with when it comes to chess. In his first match for England Under 11s
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Going for gold with school art in Chippenham and Devizes
Two schools are celebrating after being awarded prestigious arts plaudits. Staff and children at Redland School in Chippenham are celebrating this week after finally earning their Gold Artsmark award. The school has been working towards the award for
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Hit show set for a Corn back in Devizes
A variety show born in Devizes last year and a hit at Edinburgh Festival Fringe is due to return as part of Devizes Carnival. Variety in the Corn was one of the unexpected hits of last year’s carnival when performers due to appear at the street festival
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Expert takes the helm for Wiltshire ambulance
Air ambulance expert David Philpott has pledged to establish the Wiltshire Air Ambulance Appeal as an independent charity. Mr Philpott was appointed chairman of the appeal on Thursday and his remit is to move the charity away from the Great Western Ambulance
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Chippenham students biking for Borneo
Hardenhuish School students raised thousands of pounds towards an expedition to Borneo with a sponsored cycle around the Castle Combe race track. A group of sixth formers from the Chippenham school spent an hour doing laps of the 1.9mile circuit in
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A change of course suits Marlborough pupils
Courses offering alternatives to traditional subjects have improved the behaviour and attendance of students at St John’s School, Marlborough, says a teacher. The pupils in Years 10 and 11 are taking part in new ACTIVE Pathway and Certificate of Personal
