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Devizes News

• Vintage retirement

  GRAHAM Knight will be able to spend more time with his collection of vintage tractors now he has retired from Devizes-based T H White last week after 49 years working for the company. read more

• Countess due to open ambulance base today

  ABOUT 100 volunteers and employees at Wiltshire St John Ambulance are looking forward to welcoming a royal visitor today. read more

• Feeling on top of the world

  BEING 39 metres up can have its advantages you can warn your workmates when wheel clampers are about to strike. read more

• Mystery as old photo is found

  DEVIZES resident Diana Slater is keen to restore a photograph she found in a piece of furniture bought at a charity sale with its rightful owner. read more

• Lifeline for a drug addict

  A DEVIZES teenager who has been addicted to heroin since she was 15 has been thrown a lifeline by magistrates. read more

• Police catch youths in act

  DEVIZES police enjoyed a successful week combating crime in the area and arresting five people in connection with three separate offences. read more

• Big name retailer eyes up Market Place shop

  NEGOTIATIONS to secure a new tenant for the former Granada shop in Devizes Market Place are well under way. read more

• Pupils celebrate arrival of new school bus

  PUPILS at the Mill School in Potterne have their own set of wheels now to make sports outings and school trips less of a hassle. read more

• Community groups can apply for grants

  COMMUNITY groups needing an injection of cash can apply for grants of up to £5,000 from the Gazette's parent company. read more

• Council to take over running of toilets

  THE public toilets in Pewsey will be run by the parish council from next month after it agreed to take them over from Kennet District Council. read more

• Youths call for more adventure

  YOUNGSTERS in Kennet would like to try out more adventure sports, a survey has revealed. read more

• Friends plan memorial to tragic mum of seven

  FRIENDS and neighbours of mum of seven Ruth Merritt, who died of suspected deep vein thrombosis, want to build a permanent memorial to her. read more

• Musicians hope new CD has sporting chance

  MARKET boss Bill Huntly has teamed up with friends to record a song that he hopes will become an English sporting anthem. read more

• Cannabis was for pain relief

  BACK pain sufferer Mark Sprules, who cultivated cannabis plants in his back bedroom, has been given a conditional discharge by Kennet magistrates after they heard of his injuries Mark Sprules, 33, of Victoria Road, Devizes, led police to the room where the plants were under cultivation under lights when officers raided his home on March 2. read more

• High Street pervert hunted

  POLICE hunting a man who indecently exposed himself to a young woman in Devizes have released this artist's impression of the man they would like to interview in connection with the incident. read more

• Boyfriend admits to attacking dad-in-law

  BOYFRIEND David Coombs was spared a jail sentence after a court heard how he attacked his future father-in-law when he intervened to stop him assaulting his daughter. read more

• Phantom poet declares love on shop windows

  BROKEN-HEARTED lovers often use the personal announcement columns of the Gazette and Devizes News to express their feelings, but one lovelorn local attached his or her message to the windows of dozens of premises in the town centre last week. read more

• Roadside delivery for baby girl in a rush

  BABY Ashley Ridley was in such a hurry to come into the world, she couldn't wait until her mum, Kirsty Wrigley, got to hospital. read more

• Face of attacker who hit woman

  POLICE have released an artist's impression of a man they want to interview in connection with an unprovoked assault on a woman in Nursteed Road, Devizes in the early hours of Tuesday February 21. read more

• Family plea after fairy

  THE family of mum Midge Challis is appealing for the return of a fairy ornament that has gone missing from her grave at Devizes Cemetery. read more

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