Volunteers have given Cricklade Pre-school a new look by creating a colourful outdoor mural based on the children’s artwork. They used the children’s own artwork as the basis for the mural at the pre-school in the Old Library, Bath Road. They then painted
Popular Box roadsweeper Geoff Cleverley has retired from his street cleaning duties after ten years. Mr Cleverley, 80, of Berry Cottages, Box Hill, has given up his part-time job, which has helped the village score highly in previous years’ Best Kept
The Sherston 1016 charity, which provides elderly villagers with Christmas vouchers, raised £400 at the 25th Sherston Boules Festival. A crepe stand proved a big a hit with the many visitors passing through the village, including French guests from
Shattered cyclists Dean Burry and Dan Taylor were given a heroes’ welcome when they returned to Calne from Milan last week. The 25-year-old friends look set to raise £1,600 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance, £1,000 more than their target. Now they are planning
The mother of a woman who died of cancer is appealing to local people to consider becoming blood donors in her memory. Amanda Bullard, nee Eliot-Cohen, who grew up in Ramsbury and was a pupil of Chilton Foliat Primary School, died in June last year aged
Seven sports records were broken at Devizes School during the sports day at the end of term. During the day the school’s new radio station, supported by Devizes Hospital and Community Radio, was officially opened by Jez, Roo and Greener from Heart FM
Young Pewsey footballer Charlie Lamb, who died in a car crash last September, is to be remembered through a remarkable competition. Charlie’s mum Jane Lamb, her friend Angela Hobbs and Charlie’s girlfriend Leonie Reilley are asking young people
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away then medics in the Marlborough area will be in for a lean time in October after the town stages its first apple day. It is part of a national campaign to get more people eating English fruit, and apple day on October
A reunion for pupils who attended Devizes School 40 years ago is to be held on October 29. Former pupils Sue Linsley (nee Marshall) of Beckhampton and Jenny Fell (nee Bridewell) of Melksham are organising the get together for pupils who left the school
Wildlife reserves near Oaksey are to receive £270,000 in landfill tax money thanks to a link between the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and Hills Waste. The Landfill Communities Fund grant will be spent at reserves at Clattinger Farm and Lower Moor Farm, which
First Responders in Devizes, who are often first on the scene of a medical emergency, have benefited from a grant of £1,800 from Roundway Parish Council. It has allowed them to buy a defibrillator, which uses an electrical charge to stimulate a patient
Traders in Marlborough concerned at the loss of business resulting from months of roadworks in the town and which are likely to continue until the end of February have gained the support of MP Claire Perry who is asking Wiltshire Council if anything can
Engineer Steve Thomas has broken the world speed record for soap box derby racing – taking it to the dizzy speed of 64mph. Mr Thomas, from New Road, Bromham, won the Cairngorm Soapbox Extreme over a two-mile mountain road near the ski resort of Aviemore
Two years of hard work by volunteers from the WRVS in Devizes has won them national recognition for their superb archive, which dates from 1938 to 1992. The collection, based at premises at the Bath Road Business Centre in Devizes, was saved from storage
The King’s Korner Band, one of the stalwarts of Pewsey Carnival, is desperate to recruit players. The band, which heads the illuminated procession in September, has been playing at the carnival for over 100 years, but now has to draft in musicians from
Grants of over £1,300 for departments at Savernake Hospital have been agreed by the League of Friends . The league committee decided on Monday to donate £914 worth of books and equipment to the physiotherapy department and nearly £400 to the Cotswold
Music student Ben James will be playing for his fare to China at a special concert at St Mary’s Church in Devizes in September. Mr James, 19, of Avon Road, Devizes, is studying for a music degree at Leeds University. His preferred instrument is the
