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  • Unsung no more – Swift heroes win accolades

    By RichJefferies at 18:35 on 11/07/11
    Swift Medics Dr Jonathan Glover (Marlborough), Dr James Dunn (Swindon), Dr Adam Brownhill (Chippenham) and Ed Valentine (Corsham)
    The unsung heroes of Wiltshire's highways aren't so anonymous anymore –after recently receiving a clutch of accolades from across the county. The winning streak peaked when Swift Medics were crowned Wiltshire Community Group of the Year in the Wiltshire Life Awards.  The three nominees for the award were Swift Medics, The Longmeadow Residents and Tenants Association of Trowbridge, and Wiltshire Air Ambulance.  Team...
  • Streetlights Go Out On Chippenham's Main Roads

    By Lois_Avery at 11:30 on 27/05/11
    Pewsham Way
    So it looks like the lights have gone out around Pewsham as the council attempts to save a penny or two. We were warned about it at the beginning of the year. The council announced that the A4 and the A350 (two of Chippenham's busiest roads!) would be plunged into darkness between midnight and 5.30am.) And now the signs are up to warn drivers that it's lights out after 12pm. The hope is that the council will save £9,400 a year...
  • Winter driving in Castle Combe

    By Lois_Avery at 15:06 on 18/02/11
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    I know winter is nearly over (we hope) and it might seem a long time ago that Chippenham's roads resembled an ice rink but I recently took part in a Skid Pan driving course at Castle Combe race track and it was so much fun I thought I'd recommend it. No doubt you're familiar with Castle Combe's racing circuit – it's quite famous. But there's plenty of ways you can have a go on it yourself, without being a racing driver. As...
  • Chippenham train services hit the headlines : what do you think about it?

    By Lois_Avery at 17:23 on 08/02/11
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    Plans for improved rail services through Chippenham train station have been debated heavily in the news recently with both the high speed rail link and the Trans Wilts railway hitting the headlines.   This week Cabinet Minister Cheryl Gillan said she was "optimistic" the £1.1 billion electrification of the Great Western Main Line will get the green light.   The plans, which were originally introduced by the...
  • Moving tribute to victim of the Rowde triple crash

    By Blacklab at 15:20 on 06/01/11
    Jamie Walker, who died tragically in the early hours of New Year’s Eve 2010
    The police released this moving tribute to Jamie Walker, who was one of the first victims of this tragic crash: Ian, Lisa and Billy Walker, the loving Father, Mother and brother of Jamie have paid tribute to their much loved, much missed but always remembered son and brother, whose life was tragically cut short at the tender age of 17 at the same time as his best friend Frankie Bowyer, and friend George Forrester in the early hours of...

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