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  • FOOTBALL: Chippenham Town 1 Exeter City XI 7

    CHIPPENHAM Town were on the end of a trouncing earlier tonight as they welcomed league opposition to Hardenhuish Park for the second time in five days. Nathan Rudge's Bluebirds took on an Exeter City XI but as the Chippenham chief tinkerered with

  • Celebration for Devizes minister

    THE congregation at St Andrew’s Church in Devizes bade a fond farewell to their minister, the Rev Chris Cory, and his wife Barbara at the end of his final service on Sunday. After morning worship at the United Reformed church in Long Street, 125

  • Tree bench for Market Lavington shoppers

    Shoppers in Market Lavington have somewhere to rest their weary limbs thanks to a donation arising from essential electrical work. Over winter a new electricity cable was laid through Market Lavington to ensure sufficient power for the new developments

  • TENNIS: Fletchers close on medal in Bulgaria

    BURDEROP husband and wife team Lewis and Catherine Fletcher are guaranteed the chance to play for a mixed doubles medal at the 22nd Summer Deaflympics in Sofia, Bulgaria, after winning their quarter-final in straight sets today. Last year’s European

  • Neston Country Inn reaches out to the community and beyond

    Neston Country Inn is Pub of the Month and owners Tony and Desrae Procos thank their community for the award. The Neston Country Inn is in Neston, near Corsham, and attracts both the locals and guests from further afield. Mr Procos said: “We

  • RACING: Toronado delight for Hannon

    WILTSHIRE horse Toronado justified the unwavering faith of his connections when pouncing late to gain his revenge on Dawn Approach in the Qipco Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood. Toronado, trained by Collingbourne Ducis handler Richard Hannon,

  • GOLF: England call for Ben

    MARLBOROUGH'S newly-crowned English Boys champion Ben Amor is among three new caps named in the England team that will defend the Boys Home Internationals at Forest Pines, Lincolnshire, next week (August 6-8). Amor won the Boys U18 Championship

  • GOLF: Smith leads Wiltshire charge at Frilford Heath

    JORDAN Smith eased through to the matchplay stages of the English Amateur Championship at Frilford Heath yesterday with the second best score over two strokeplay rounds. Smith, who will also contest next month's US Amateur Championships at Brookline

  • Malmesbury Carnival all set for lift-off

    Malmesbury’s summer of spectacle continues as the first of the town’s carnival events start this week. Attractions range from a performance of Lewis Carroll’s Alice and a pet and teddy show to tribal belly dances and jazz. The festival launched

  • Devizes man charged with two counts of attempted murder

    A 35-year-old man from Devizes has been charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of arson with intent to endanger life after a van was set alight on a petrol station forecourt in the town last Friday. Russell Osbourne, of Waiblingen

  • Long barrows older than Stonehenge found in Herefordshire

    Ancient "halls of the dead" pre-dating Stonehenge are being heralded by archaeologists as the first monuments of their kind to be found in the UK. The two earth long barrows were uncovered on top of Dorstone Hill in Herefordshire and are thought