After a successful inaugural event last year, fundraising festival Mantonfest is getting ready to rock again. Music lovers will be treated to a variety of talented artists and bands, all with Wiltshire connections, including sets of blues, indie
Tickets for a charity raffle, organised by the Rotary Club of Calne, are now on sale. The raffle will raise money for Dorothy House Hospice, Wiltshire Air Ambulance and the RAF Benevolent Fund. Among the top prizes are £500 in cash, a six-month
Organisers of the White Horse Challenge charity walking event are appealing for people to enter and for volunteers to be marshals. The event, on the weekend of July 6 and 7, is in aid of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance and is sponsored by the Gazette
Young Corsham artists have displayed their art which features in a new comic book about the town. Four Corsham School students worked with Bristol artists Ben Dickson and Georgina Huntley to produce Corsham Heroes. The finished work was unveiled
More than 2,000 homes could be supplied with green power if a renewable energy developer is allowed to open a solar farm near Allington. Cirencester-based Inazin Power Ltd wants to build an 11MW solar park across 6.8 hectares of land by Fowlswick
Teams of people are invited to get wet and wear fancy dress in Wiltshire Air Ambulance’s annual It’s a Knockout event. It will be held on Sunday, July 7, at the Barbury Horse Trials near Wroughton. Caroline Corrigan, air ambulance head of fundraising
Publuc consultation on the future of the Zig Zag bus services from Corsham to Trowbridge has now started. Wiltshire Council has proposed cutting the service, which connects the towns via Melksham and Bradford on Avon. Questionnaires will be
Actor Oliver Reed suffered a fatal heart attack while filming Gladiator in Malta and, following Rob Crouch’s remarkable one-man exploration of Reed’s life on Sunday, the question lodges in the mind, how did he manage to live so long? Reed, famous from
After the success of last year’s concert the Military Wives’ Choir will be returning to Marlborough College. The wives will join forces with the Great Western Chorus male voice choir on Saturday, July 6, in support of Wessex Cancer Trust. Because
Anger at the change of name of a historic site in Devizes has resulted in a partial climbdown by the developers. The Minton Group, based in London, bought Offers Court sheltered housing complex, on the corner of Southbroom Road and Hare and Hounds
ALMOST 200 people turned out on a sunny but blustery day for the second Chippenham Harriers’ five-mile road race and family fun runs on Sunday. More than 70 children aged three to 15 took part in the fun runs. Of the 22 under-sevens running the
Plenty of fundraising ideas are in the pipeline for the Pewsey Prospect Support Group after its first event was a success. The spring coffee morning at Pewsey Scout Hall raised £800. Support group volunteer Carol Parsons said: “We had a magnificent
Children at Townsend Barn Nursery talked about dogs with Devizes MP Claire Perry when she visited last Friday. Mrs Perry brought in her labrador dog, Zin Zan, and chatted with the pupils and staff. Caroline Nichols, who owns the nursery in
