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• Break in security

  ON January 12 I was shopping in Sainsbury's Calne store. A group of boys about 14 years old, walked past several members of staff with glass bottles of Coke and opened them with bottle openers being sold in the store. As they walked out they lifted the bottles and shouted "cheers". read more

• Where there’s a will

  Many people in Britain and the Commonwealth will have disapproved of Tony Blair leaving the Anglican Church in favour of Roman Catholicism. read more

• Is anyone listening?

  Michael Ancram hit the nail on the head when he said 2007 was the year in which no one listened. read more

• Service is appalling

  I currently pay £700 a month to commute from Chippenham to Paddington. I have been using this service for three years, and from bad, it is now appalling. read more

• Stop waging war

  I see from your letters (January 3) that Peter Simmonds is still venting his spleen in the press, unable to accept that the majority of the members of North Wiltshire Conservatives wish to get on with the job of building a healthy, happy association in support of our MP. read more

• Dislike these attacks

  Dislike these attacks I was infuriated by the letters from Sarah E Aston and Peter Simmonds recently. read more

• Why ask us for ideas on traffic scheme?

  I have seldom spent a more frustrating 90 minutes than I did on Monday at a meeting called by Marlborough Town Council. read more

• Gain a friend for life

  Lucy Buckland's article about greyhounds needing homes on December 27 highlighted the commendable work of Dave Garland, who rehomes retired racing greyhounds. read more

• Large sum raised

  I wish to thank the people of Marlborough for their most generous donations on our two collection days before Christmas. We were collecting for Helen House Children's Hospice. read more

• Bag packing success

  We would like to thank all management and staff in both Sainsbury's and Morrisons for allowing and inviting the Brownies and Guides to do bag packing during the Christmas week. They were very friendly and accommodating. Also heartfelt thanks to customers in both stores who donated so generously to our fund. In the two days, we raised just under £1,500, which is truly amazing. read more

• Check your facts

  Why do people write in before checking the facts? I have been assured by the town hall in some detail that Quakers Walk and Windsor Drive in Devizes will not be developed. read more

• Hunt battle not over

  Driving through Poulshot on the afternoon of January 5, I was alarmed to see vehicles blocking the road and what was clearly the activity of a local hunt underway. The large pack of hounds were crossing the road and onto a fox. Leaving the main throng behind we saw the poor bedraggled fox they were pursuing, and the huntsman directing the hounds towards the creature, just yards away. read more

• We all suffer in end

  May I bring to the attention of the public the number of appointments missed at Lansdowne Surgery and possibly the other two surgeries in Devizes. read more

• Praise for the NHS

  May I praise and thank our local health services. My 83-year-old mother was taken ill during the last weekend of 2007. We had to call the out of hours doctor's service on the Sunday morning and again on the Sunday evening. On both occasions she was treated by kind and patient doctors. It was decided that she needed to go into hospital and at 10.30pm on Sunday she went off in an ambulance, accompanied by two cheerful ambulance staff. read more

• Astonishing reply

  I was astonished to read the "not our fault, Guv" response from the Devizes branch of First Choice to Emma Kerr and Simon Emmott's problems with their honeymoon booked through the First Choice website. read more

• Traffic proposals will create confusion

  After reading Nigel Kerton's article in last week's Gazette, Have say on way ahead', I was amused to read the next day in The Times an obituary of the Dutch traffic engineer Hans Monderman, who "stripped roads of signs, markings and traffic lights to create a shared space for cars and pedestrians". read more

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