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Devizes News

• CCTV cameras go up

  THE long-awaited CCTV system for Devizes came a step closer this week as the first four cameras were mounted in position. read more

• Titanic key sells for £90,000

  WHAT has been described as the key to the Titanic disaster has been sold for £90,000 to one of the world's biggest diamond houses. read more

• There goes Woodborough, again, and again and again

  DEVIZES bus passenger Elizabeth Mizen found a bus journey to Pewsey that used to take 35 minutes now takes more than three times longer under the county council's new bus arrangements. read more

• Mens' clothes shop forced to close

  The Devizes branch of menswear outlet Philip Robinson has closed because rent and rates were too high. read more

• New building's olde worlde look

  The large gap in the frontage of Northgate Street, Devizes, screened off for years by a corrugated iron fence, now boasts a beautiful timber-framed building. read more

• Fair helps hospices

  The annual autumn fair at Devizes Corn Exchange next Monday is hoping to exceed the £6,000 raised last year for the county's three hospices. read more

• Jam factory's sweet welcome

  Easterton Parish Council has broadly welcomed a plan to build 46 homes on the former jam factory site in the village. read more

• Gardener beats red tape

  Keen gardener June Turnbull has hailed a victory for people power after she was told she does not need a licence to weed a flower bed at the entrance to Urchfont after all. read more

• Bridewell family's emotional return to track

  Entering the paddock at Donnington Park motor racing circuit was more of an ordeal than they expected for the family of Ollie Bridewell as they watched his brother Tommy's return to racing. read more

• Samaritans face unfair dismissal claim

  A Devizes couple who played Good Samaritan and gave work experience to a prisoner at Erlestoke Prison could have to pay up for unfair dismissal. read more

• Police called to shop refund row

  Charity boss Peter Williams found out the customer is not always right when a shop owner called in the police to sort out a disagreement. read more

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