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  • Feast your mince pies

    Staff at Specsavers in Devizes had no trouble seeing their Christmas treat when the Gazette popped in on Friday. They were the latest winners of our free mince pie competition. Every Friday will be Mince Pie Day for one lucky firm or organisation with

  • Calne Town Football club to upgrade

    Calne Town Football Club’s application to renew its lease for the use of land at Bremhill View was granted by town councillors this week. The club, founded in 1886, is one of the oldest in Wiltshire. Players train on a full size flood-lit pitch

  • Calne election date set for voters

    A by-election will be held on November 29 to find a replacement for Coun Chris Dobbie in the Lickhill ward. Mr Dobbie was elected as a councillor in March 2009 but recently handed in his notice after he and his partner decided to move away from the

  • CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Let's keep it going, urges Rudge

    BLUEBIRDS boss Nathan Rudge underlined the importance of momentum as he warned his squad to maintain the standards set in last night's 3-0 Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division win over AFC Totton. New boy Tom Knighton took his tally to three

  • Members needed for cancer care fundraising group

    People in Chippenham, Calne and Melksham are needed to join the new Chippenham cancer care fundraising group supporting the Forever Friends Appeal at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. The Chippenham group will be raising funds towards the RUH Cancer

  • RACING: Nicky's winter poser

    NICKY Henderson admits he is facing a severe headache in keeping all his Champion Hurdle prospects apart during this wet winter. While the Seven Barrowx trainer showed off three horses as possibilities for the williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle at

  • Daleks set to invide Rowde shop celebrations

    Invader from outer space will be among the attractions at Rowde village shop’s third anniversary celebrations this Sunday. Shoppers at the little community store in Marsh Lane were amazed on Saturday to be joined in the queue by a mummy and baby

  • Woman attacked in Devizes road rage incident

    A woman driver was grabbed by the throat and was spat in the face during a road rage incident in the centre of Devizes during last Thursday morning’s rush hour. The woman, who has not been named but was driving a Ford Ka, was not hurt in the incident