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• Acts to thrill at street fest

  DEVIZES town centre will be hosting magicians, bands and entertainers for the annual Devizes Carnival Street Festival on Bank Holiday Monday from 10am to 6pm. read more

• Council forgot new residents

  A NUMBER of Devizes residents who live opposite the location of a proposed new access road to the Quaker's Walk housing development did not receive notification from Kennet District Council of the planning application. read more

• Queues for car wash from the bikini girls

  THERE was a long queue of motorists in Queens Road on Saturday eager for eight young bikini clad teenagers to wash their vehicles. read more

• Skate park use 'disappointing'

  DWINDLING numbers of users at the mobile skate park in Devizes could lead to the sessions being cut. read more

• Builder made bomb threat

  A COURT has heard how Wayne Sullivan of Devizes said he was going to blow away his wife and that he told a police receptionist he may have a bomb. read more

• A taste of things to come in a new school

  GAZETTE & HERALD: YOUNG pupils in Calne have been given the opportunity to ease the daunting step into secondary school by an innovative John Bentley scheme. read more

• Councillors lock horns over garden house plan

  GAZETTE & HERALD: STRONG feelings are beginning to resurface over the proposed housing development at Quemerford House, Calne. read more

• War exhibition to help schools

  GAZETTE & HERALD: HUNDREDS of people have been flocking to the Heritage Centre in Calne to take in the Calne in Wartime exhibition. read more

• Multiple sclerosis victim died after fall

  GAZETTE & HERALD: PENSIONER Donald Duncan, who suffered from multiple sclerosis, died days after falling and hitting his head in his own home. read more

• RSPCA warns dog owners

  DOG owners have been leaving their dogs in their cars despite high summer temperatures. People have become so concerned to see the pets in obvious distress that they have been sending in a spate of complaints to Kennet District Council. read more

• Court will decide over college right to exclude

  Russell Gray and his son Rhys outside court on MondayA LEGAL battle between Marlborough College and a parent who says his son should not have been thrown out of the £22,000 a year public school is to be the subject of a civil court trial. read more

• Complex situation

  I was amazed to read on Thursday August 4 about the way in which Miss Sharpe has been treated by Humberts. I have been friends with Miss Sharpe for many years. read more

• Information hunt

  I am trying to get in contact with M Anges Noyes, last known at 14 Waylands, Devizes, before I moved there. read more

• Landlord praises staff after fracas

  GAZETTE & HERALD: PUB landlord Mark Foster has praised his staff after a fracas erupted in his bar last week. read more

• Outrageous demand

  I was astonished to read about the plight of Corsham's excellent, Green Ginger Health Food Shop, which is faced with a 66 per cent rent increase; from £8,800 to £14,850 per year. read more

• Rubbish litters town

  While some towns enter the 'Town In Bloom' competitions, the only blooms in Chippenham, other than the display outside the Town Council offices, is the 'blooming rubbish' littering the streets and parks. read more

• Railway buffs get up steam

  GAZETTE & HERALD: It's full steam ahead for Westinghouse Model Railway Show at Lackham Country Park on Sunday and Monday. read more

• Public not involved

  Your editorial comment "All aboard the NHS Merry-go-round" (August 18) illustrates the failed Primary Care Trusts of Southgate House and West Wiltshire, their inept handling of finance, a damning report by the National Audit Commission in 2004 and still no improvement one of four PCTs exceeding £10 million pounds debt. read more

• Gravity racers on their marks

  GAZETTE & HERALD: COMPETITORS have been busy putting the finishing touches to their cars in time for the first ever Gravity Race this Sunday. read more

• Active part played

  Unlike Guardian councillor Jeff Ody (Gazette letters, August 18) I, along with residents, have taken a very active part in the consultation on cycleway schemes proposed for Devizes. In answer to Coun Ody's implied criticism, the situation is: read more

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