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  • WILTSHIRE LEAGUE: FC Chippenham up into fourth

    FC CHIPPENHAM Youth moved up to fourth spot in the Premier Division following their 2-1 victory at Marlborough Town. Man of the match Mark Nolan set up goals for Joe Forrester and Ajay Arathoppa to enable the visitors, who have games in hand, to go in

  • Devizes pizza firm leads the way on litter

    Domino's Pizza has joined in Devizes Town Council’s campaign to clean up the town in advance of the South West in Bloom contest this year. The town council’s direct services manager Carole Berry wrote to all the fast food operators in the town

  • WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Wiltshire competitors help GB to fourth

    WILTSHIRE'S ice athletes helped Great Britain claim fourth place in the team event at the world championships in Königssee at the weekend. Pewsey skeleton bob competitor Shelley Rudman and Hilperton-based bobsleigh pilots John Jackson and Paula Walker

  • WESSEX LEAGUE DIVISION ONE: Pewsey Vale 3 Hythe & Dibden 2

    Pewsey Vale picked up their 13th win of the season with a 3-2 victory over Hythe & Dibden on Saturday. Michael Martin and debutant Jack Hopper got the goals for Adi Holcombe's side, with Pewsey's third coming courtesy of an own goal. Vale host Isle

  • TOOLSTATION LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION: Devizes Town 1 Chard Town 0

    Devizes Town are level on points with second-placed Oldland Abbotonians after claiming their 12th consecutive league win on Saturday. Mark Love's side beat Chard Town 1-0 thanks to a goal from Jake Waters. Devizes face a tough trip to Wales this weekend

  • FOOTBALL: Horgan not keen on permanent Marine manager's role

    FORMER Chippenham Town ace Gary Horgan has ruled himself out of taking on the manager's job permanently at Swindon Supermarine. The Southern League veteran took charge alongside teammate Matt Robinson following the departure of Mark Collier last week

  • Cash splash helps Wiltshire charity

    Wiltshire charity Splash has been given a £25,000 boost with three Big Lottery grants to fund forthcoming projects. The charity, which is associated with Wiltshire Police and provides vulnerable youngsters with positive activities to do during the school

  • New setback for Little Cheverell home plan

    Devizes estate agent Martin Walker has hit another setback in his plan to make a family home out of a derelict cottage in Little Cheverell, near Devizes. Michael Maxwell who, like Mr Walker, lives in Little Cheverell, succeeded on Friday in getting

  • Halfway care at Malmesbury gets go-ahead

    Work on converting former nursing home Burnham House in Malmesbury into a halfway home between residential care and independent living is set to begin next year. Up to 50 homes for elderly or vulnerable people are to be created under proposals approved

  • Corsham arts boss will miss his team

    Outgoing artistic director Nicholas Keyworth, who has left his role at The Pound arts centre after landing a top music job in London, has said that he will miss working for the organisation. Mr Keyworth, who has also jointly run the Corsham Festival

  • Wootton Bassett fundraiser tells the story of his life

    Tireless fundraiser Frank Ashton has finally completed the story of his life. The 89-year-old, nicknamed the ‘Asset in Bassett’, started writing it ten years ago to showcase 50 years of charity work. Frank, a retired bricklayer of Lime Kiln, has raised

  • Woman in court over death by dangerous driving

    A woman motorist has appeared before a judge charged with causing the death of teaching assistant Diane Wright by dangerous driving. Paula Barnes is alleged to have been behind the wheel of an Audi which was involved in a crash with Mrs Wright’s BMW

  • Hire fees for Malmesbury Town Hall cut

    In a bid to attract community groups back to Malmesbury Town Hall, the management committee is offering use of the venue for £5 an hour. Following the £1.6m refurbishment two years ago prices were increased to £12.45 and some groups chose to find alternative

  • Coate gran puts flat up as raffle prize

    Grandmother Diana Scott has chosen an unusual way of beating the fragile property market by giving away her luxury holiday apartment in New Zealand on the Internet. Mrs Scott, 63, from Coate, near Devizes, is offering the apartment as a prize in an online

  • Running memorial for Corsham man

    The family of Chris Cowie, the 25-year-old Corsham man who died after a car crash on October 3, are to run the Bath Half Marathon in his memory. His mother Judi and sisters Lucy, 27, Jenny, 23, and Sarah, 18, are to be joined by more than 60 family

  • No Sign of Lacock pub closure

    Hotelier George Hardy has quashed rumours that his Lacock pub and hotel would also be closing following the takeover of his popular tearoom business. Mr Hardy, who runs At The Sign of the Angel, recently announced that The Stable tearooms, which he also

  • Civvie street patrols plan for Wiltshire

    Civilian patrols being introduced in Wiltshire are not replacing officers, police have stressed. The patrols, called Street Watch, were started by public-spirited people in Hampshire three years ago to tackle anti-social behaviour. Wearing high visibility