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Devizes News

• March to save hospital

  CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save Devizes Hospital are urging supporters to join them on a protest march next Saturday. read more

• Princess visits hospice

  The Princess Royal congratulated all concerned with the construction of two new wings at Dorothy House today when she visited the hospice service's HQ in Winsley. read more

• Builder grew drug for gout

  BUILDER Paul Whitbread grew cannabis plants in his garden shed to help dull the pain in his feet from gout, magistrates heard on Tuesday. read more

• Police in dawn raid

  DEVIZES police say they will continue to take a robust attitude towards the cultivation of cannabis plants after they raided a house in West Lavington yesterday morning. read more

• Green home gives power back to Grid

  A SCHEME to build an eco-friendly home which will actually put electricity back into the National Grid has been welcomed by Kennet councillors. read more

• Starring role

  VETERAN TV presenter David Dimbleby was in Devizes this week filming material for an upcoming BBC series on the industrial archaeology of the UK. read more

• £1,000 fine for eyesore garden

  POTTERNE residents have welcomed the news that action is to be taken to tidy up an overgrown garden that has been unkempt for about ten years. read more

• Bearders to report on Ashes for Gazette

  BBC cricket statistician Bill Frindall, who lives in Urchfont, near Devizes, will write a weekly column for the Gazette during England's Ashes tour in Australia. read more

• Concrete plant plan thrown out

  RESIDENTS of Sandridge near Bromham have won their fight to stop a concrete batching plant being built. read more

• Fury over hike in parking charges

  TRADERS and councillors in Devizes have condemned a proposed 66 per cent rise in parking charges at the Station Road car park, two years after they were reduced to encourage people to use the park. read more

• Mum’s bid to stop death toll on roads

  THERE will always be a hole in Kim Heath's life following the death of her eldest son, Jason Rawlings. read more

• Help needed for CCTV

  VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help set up and run Devizes' CCTV security camera system when it comes into operation next year. read more

• TV star’s wildlife plea

  TV PRESENTER Chris Packham urged people to help create a landscape for wildlife in the countryside when he spoke at the annual meeting of the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust in Devizes on Tuesday evening. read more

• Victory for the veterans

  WAR veterans' protest have forced council bosses to move a continental market they discovered it had been booked where they are due to parade on Remembrance Sunday. read more

• Second drink driving ban

  DEVIZES carpenter Anthony Matthews has been banned from driving for three years after he was convicted of his second drink-driving offence in three years. read more

• Grant adds to festival’s sparkle

  THIS year's Devizes Christmas Festival on November 24 will have even more entertainment than usual, thanks to a grant from a national housebuilding company. read more

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