Archive | Homepage - The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald

On this day: Gazette Football | Swindon News | Chippenham News | Devizes News | Gazette General Sport | Gazette Rugby | Malmesbury News | Corsham News | Marlborough News | Pewsey News | Calne News | Gazette Chippenham Town FC | Gazette Swindon Town FC | Wiltshire News | Letters | Gazette Film Reviews | Gazette Nostalgia | Gazette Obituaries | Woottonbassett News | Gazette Sue Pycroft Column

Devizes News

• New take on classic

  PUPILS at Lavington School last week presented their own take on Wilkie Collins' Victorian thriller The Woman in White. read more

• Alcohol sale bar for army veteran

  IT has been a dismal end to 2005 for Devizes Army veteran Danny Grace, who was barred from buying alcohol at the town's Tesco branch because the manager smelled drink on his breath. read more

• Defeat for move to cut expenses

  A MOTION to deprive councillors who are absent from meetings for more than six months of their expenses has been described as sickening at a full meeting of Kennet District Council. read more

• Plans for a cycleway are unlikely to go ahead

  A PLAN to convert pavements in Northgate Street, Devizes, so they can be shared by cyclists and pedestrians is unlikely to go ahead after it received a roasting at a County Hall meeting last week. read more

• Councillors slam ward closure as ‘appalling’

  DEVIZES town councillors are seeking assurances from Kennet and North Wiltshire Primary Care Trust that the decision to close Elizabeth Ward at Devizes Hospital is only temporary. read more

• A puppy is for life, not just Christmas

  DESPITE the long-running campaign that "a dog is for life, not for Christmas", Kennet District Council's animal welfare officer Lucinda Haynes says that the majority of abandoned dogs she takes in each year are puppies. read more

• Winning windows for the festive season

  A COMPETITION to find Chippenham's most festive and eye-catching window displays has named a phone shop and charity shop as winners. read more

• Foundry plans await comment

  PEOPLE who want to comment on the plans to build 67 homes on the Surecast foundry site in London Road, Roundway, have until next month to do so. read more

• Fight still on to save loos from demolition

  DEVIZES Town Council is to be given one more chance to take over two of the town's public toilets before they are demolished. read more

• Underage sex case court date

  FORMER Devizes mayor's officer Rob Hale, who is charged with having sex with a girl under the age of 16, has had his case committed to Swindon Crown Court. read more

• Council forced to agree to Quakers Walk plan

  KENNET district councillors were furious to be told they had no alternative but to vote for a plan to build 230 new homes on land beside Quakers Walk in Devizes. read more

• Bangers and beans breakfast with Santa

  YOUNGSTERS met Father Christmas and had a slap up meal, courtesy of Devizes firefighters on Saturday. read more

• New canal pub beside marina gets go-ahead

  BUILDING work on the first new pub in Devizes for nearly 40 years will begin early in the new year. read more

• Man thrown out of beer festival kicked out at car

  A DRINKER at the Devizes beer festival kicked in the side of a car when he was told to leave. read more

• Waddy’s winning walk

  WADWORTH Brewery is encouraging people to drink at a number of pubs in the town and help raise money for charity. read more

• Call for parking disc comeback

  KENNET District Council has admitted the system it brought in to replace Devizes popular parking discs has failed. read more

On this day: Gazette Football | Swindon News | Chippenham News | Devizes News | Gazette General Sport | Gazette Rugby | Malmesbury News | Corsham News | Marlborough News | Pewsey News | Calne News | Gazette Chippenham Town FC | Gazette Swindon Town FC | Wiltshire News | Letters | Gazette Film Reviews | Gazette Nostalgia | Gazette Obituaries | Woottonbassett News | Gazette Sue Pycroft Column