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Devizes News

• Bumper carnival

  SEEND'S big day of the year, the fete and flower show, was a huge success last Saturday and is thought to have raised a record sum of money for local good causes. read more

• Power cuts spark complaints

  ELECTRICITY company workers worked through the night last week to solve a problem that had plagued residents in a Devizes street for months. read more

• Dance day away at picnic in park

  LIVE music and entertainment for youngsters will feature at Devizes Carnival's Picnic in the Park this Sunday from noon to 4.30pm. read more

• Library gets internet cafe and new books

  THE book lovers of Devizes had their first chance to see their new-look town library on Monday after its nine-week £220,000 refit. read more

• Food, food glorious food fest

  FOOD from all over the world but mainly from Wiltshire will be featured in the week-long Devizes Food and Drink Festival in September. read more

• Homes agreed on allotments

  THE decade long battle against the building of homes on the former Spitalcroft allotment site in Devizes came to an end last Thursday. read more

• Vandals force club to close gates

  DEVIZES Town Football Club has decided to lock the gates to its Nursteed Road ground after a spate of vandalism which has cost the club thousands of pounds. read more

• Terror for football ace

  YOUNG footballer Jack Cook, on his way to start a new life at an American university, found himself in the middle of last Thursday's terrorist crisis. read more

• Strike call by prison officers

  PRISON officers at Erlestoke Prison near Devizes have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a national ballot, fuelled by local concern about staff shortage. read more

• School builder makes moving gesture

  THE human chain which had been organised to physically carry equipment to the new primary school in Rowde has been cancelled after the builders offered to pay for the removals. read more

• Police warning on OAPs flats

  DEVIZES police have urged flat dwellers in the town to take more care with their security after a man posing as a water board official gained entry to an elderly woman's home last week. read more

• Improved leisure centre applauded

  KENNET District Council has been congratulated for not only consulting with residents on its £2.4 million refurbishment of Devizes Leisure Centre but for listening to them. read more

• Gift boosts fountain bid

  FORMER Devizes Grammar School pupil Mike Pitcher has made a generous £10,000 donation towards the refurbishment of the fountain in the Market Place. read more

• A starring role

  AFTER a slow start to the season, crop circles are once again burgeoning in the fields in the Golden Triangle bounded by Marlborough, Pewsey and Devizes. read more

• Private firm to run NHS health centre

  A TREATMENT centre for NHS patients is to be built by a private firm on land previously earmarked for a new hospital at Green Lane, Devizes. read more

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