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Devizes News

• Flipping good fun

  WITH a landscape that looked more like Christmas, schools in the Devizes area enjoyed their Shrove Tuesday pancake races despite falling snow. read more

• Pupils hurt on walk to school

  Two pupils were knocked down as they made their way along Potterne Road to Devizes School on Tuesday. read more

• Churchill bust fetches £12,000

  A RARE bust of British war leader Winston Churchill fetched £12,000 at an auction in Devizes on Saturday. read more

• Food left for two weeks ‘is not health hazard’

  MARK Smith, the man in charge of recycling at Kennet, has assured residents that leaving food waste for two weeks should not be a health problem His remarks follow the decision by the district council to collect residents' rubbish every other week rather than weekly as at present. read more

• Expert warns killer now had taste for it

  URGENCY was lent to the investigation into the murder of Milroy and Joan Clarke by the revelation given by a Cracker-style criminal psychologist that the killer could strike again. read more

• Chilling e-mails on death

  DURING their investigation the police found a number of answer phone messages left at the home of Milroy and Joan Clarke. read more

• Boisterous Michael was always fighting

  Gazette reporter Hayley Court was taught at nursery school by murder victim Joan Clarke, and met her son Michael at a number of parties. She shares her memories of their time together as children. read more

• Neighbour’s gruesome discovery of two bodies

  REFUSE operator Ken Nurdin, the neighbour who discovered the bloody bodies of Roy and Joan Clarke, can hardly believe the boy he watched grow up has been convicted of brutally murdering his parents. read more

• Jury agreed Clarke felt ill will towards his parents

  MARTIAL arts fanatic Michael Clarke, 21, this week begins a life sentence for the cold-blooded murder of his parents, and is unlikely to be released much before his 50th birthday. read more

• Sister fears killer will murder again

  The half sister of the man who hacked his parents to death said she had feared for her safety, believing he could kill again. She told LEWIS COWEN of her nightmare ordeal. read more

• 9.15am drink drive offence

  MOTORIST Peter Pearce-Harvey was staggered to discover he was twice over the drink drive limit the morning after he had been drinking. read more

• New wave three-piece band debut in town

  HOT new Devizes musical talent the New Threads will headline the Sheer Music Night at The Bell on Green this Friday. read more

• Tributes to mum of seven

  ST Andrew's Church in Devizes was full to capacity last Wednesday for the funeral of mother-of-seven Ruth Merritt who died suddenly at the age of 42. read more

• 1,500-signature protest on train service cutback

  BUDDING writers at Kennet Valley School have been given some tips by children's author and illustrator Shoo Rayner. read more

• Council refuses match funding

  THE re-roofing of the Nursteed Centre in Devizes is still going ahead despite Devizes Town Council not agreeing to match fund a grant made by Viridor Credits. read more

• Traffic fear following new homes scheme

  CONCERN about traffic dominated a public consultation about a proposed housing and office development on the outskirts of Devizes. read more

• Mountain challenge success

  CHARLOTTE Hallward, daughter of Devizes doctor Colin Hallward, has raised £7,000 for Scope by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. read more

• Man, 31, jailed for sex with a young teenager

  A 31-YEAR-OLD former Devizes mayor's officer who had an affair with a 13-year-old girl, has been jailed for a year. read more

• Man on child sex charges

  A 46-YEAR-OLD man from the Devizes area is on trial at Salisbury Crown Court charged with sexual offences against an eight-year-old girl. read more

• Cheers to a Silver Slider

  WADWORTH Brewery has produced a special beer to celebrate Shelley Rudman's silver medal in the Winter Olympics. read more

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