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Devizes News

• Search for budding young newsreaders

  BUDDING George Allagiahs and Kirsty Youngs will be able to show their mettle at this year's Devizes Junior Eisteddfod as a news reading class joins the list of specialities. read more

• Library checkouts set to go high tech

  LIBRARIES across Wiltshire will be closing over the coming weeks to install new self-service terminals. read more

• Rare Titanic lifebelt may sell for £40,000

  A lifebelt taken from a victim of the sinking of the luxury liner Titanic is up for sale at an auction in Devizes on Saturday. read more

• Lack of staff halts police team action

  DEVIZES police have put back the date of bringing in neighbourhood policing teams because it is having difficulty recruiting police community support officers. read more

• New star for opera

  YOUNG soprano Lorna Bridge is starting her promising singing career with the Devizes-based White Horse Opera. read more

• Super patrols to crack down on drunk louts

  DEVIZES is to be the first town where a new initiative of high-visibility policing will be used to target underage drinking in areas where alcohol is banned. read more

• Felling of oaks brings protest

  PROTESTERS at Little Cheverell are this week mourning the felling of a group of oak trees thought to be more than 200 years old. read more

• Car makes fast work

  DEVIZES hotrodder Pete Moore is celebrating his first win in the national drag racing league, pushing him up to second position overall in the Outlaw Anglia National Drag Racing Championship. read more

• Football club to face FA inquiry

  DEVIZES Town are facing an FA investigation after midfielder Adam Little was cautioned by police for headbutting an opponent and their players were involved in a dressing room fracas. read more

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