WILTSHIRE'S Catherine and Lewis Fletcher will play for three bronze medals between them over the last two days of the tennis competition at the 22nd Summer Deaflympics in Sofia, Bulgaria. After a tough seventh day of play on Thursday, the Burderop
BOWOOD'S Jordan Smith bowed out of the English Amateur Championship this afternoon after a tense battle in the last 16. Smith, 20, who had won his second-round match in the morning, was defeated at the second extra hole by Callum Shinkwin (Moor
A Victorian fayre organised by Calne Rotary Club will raise money for Wiltshire Air Ambulance, Dorothy House Hospice and the RAF Benevolent Fund. The event, at St Mary’s School from 3 to 7pm on Saturday, will offer stalls, crafts and prizes.
The performance of Penny Dreadful by Green Stag Youth Theatre as part of the Chippenham Drama Fest ’13 was a real treat. The piece comprised three parts and told three different stories, all set in the murky underbelly of Victorian London – a richly
My grateful thanks to three very, very Good Samaritans. A very distressing incident happened to me at the rear of Marks & Spencer at lunchtime on July 12. Walking across the car park with my shopping, I fell and a young man followed by
Considered to be one of Shakespeare’s greatest and darkest works, King Lear follows the title character as he falls into madness after dividing his kingdom between two of his three daughters. This latest production, directed in Bath by Lucy Bailey
Former oil tanker captain Pete Webb will be landlocked for the next few weeks as he cycles from Land’s End to John O’ Groats to raise cash for two worthy causes. It is not the first time the 68-year-old bachelor from Market Lavington has raised
Former church warden Gwen Kirkpatrick, who lived in Hilmarton for more than 50 years, has died at the age of 86. Mrs Kirkpatrick was the first woman to become church warden for St Laurence Church in Hilmarton, serving from 1970 to 1996, and during
Bless This Child, an exhibition of Christening robes at St John’s Church, has been extended due to popular demand. Organised by Long Street resident Rosemary Haw-thorne, it features about 100 items of robes, baby gowns and maternal wear from the
Thanksgiving for the life of Steve Williams, 57, at St Bartholomew’s Church, Royal Wootton Bassett, was enhanced by music, performed by Hannah Stone, harpist to Prince Charles, her husband Gary Griffiths, a noted Welsh baritone and Ross Brennan, a
Eileen Lockett, 90, the widow of the Rev George Lockett, a former Wootton Bassett Methodist minister and local councillor, has died in retirement at Nailsea, near Bristol. Mrs Lockett, who was born into a farming family in March 1923, combined
Farmer Alan Robin Latham, who lived in Pewsey Vale most of his life, has died at the age of 78. He was born in an orphanage in Finsbury, London, on February 19, 1935, and was adopted by Harry and Emmeline in May 1937. They moved to Wild’s Farm, Hilcott
The Best – that’s how former Gazette and Herald chief photographer Colin Kearley was described at his funeral service. Mr Kearley died, aged 73, on July 13, just nine days after he was diagnosed with inoperable cancer. More than 200 people
Devizes company Hart-beeps, which organises events for mothers and toddlers, has won a national award for its music and sensory classes. Nominated by parents, Hartbeeps, which runs classes at the Wyvern Club in Church Walk, took the award for best
Corsham’s ABC Nursery has celebrated being judged outstanding in its recent Ofsted inspection. The nursery, which employs 15 staff and cares for around 90 children, jumped up two grades from the last inspection to what inspectors described as a
Youngsters are jumping for joy at the vast range of activities on offer this summer as part of Malmesbury’s Participation, Health, Exercise and Well-Being (PHEW) programme. Trampolining, horse riding, tennis, boules and walking are just some of
IN life, there are certain events people get excited about – birthdays, holidays, weddings, etc. For me, it’s the start of a new football season. After enduring three months without ‘the beautiful game’, it’s back, and so is everything that
BOX duo Sue Dix and Alex Jacobs both made swift exits from the national championships in the two wood singles at Royal Leamington Spa. Dix lost in the first round 15-12 to Rebecca Wigfield (Desborough Town, Northants) while Jacobs went out 15-10
Residents in Royal Wootton Bassett welcomed the grand opening of Morrisons supermarket on the High Street on Monday. The new convenience store, called Morrisons M local, has created 20 jobs. Store manager Frank Stevens said: “It was a real
Devizes Young Farmers’ Club chairman Richard Lucas presented a cheque for £1,000 to Wiltshire Air Ambulance after another successful fundraising year. The club has had some successful fundraising efforts over the last couple of years, which have
Pupils from All Cannings Primary School have been awarded trophies in recognition of their achievements in activities including swimming and tennis over the past term, thanks to independent opticians, Haine & Smith. Haine & Smith partner Giles
A new Indian restaurant in Devizes will be serving up ostrich and tropical water fish. 1Spice owner Sohidul Hossain said: “It is unusual to see ostrich on the menu at an Indian restaurant. It is truly delicious with a gentle touch of Indian spice
BAG4SPORT has been chosen by Devizes Chamber of Commerce as its charity of the year for 2013-14. The charity, also being backed by the Gazette & Herald, will benefit from a casino night in Devizes in October. Bag4Sport director Andy Trusler
A mum who lost her baby to cancer a year ago has spoken of her joy that she is pregnant again. Sherston couple Kelly Pritchard, 34, and Darren Clark, 32, lost 18-month-old Alfie-Ray Clark last August five months after he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma
Wiltshire councillors have been urged to approve a plan to build a robotic dairy unit in Allington, near Devizes, at tonight’s meeting of the east area planning committee. Protesters say the new unit, capable of milking 300 cows at a time, will
BOWOOD'S Jordan Smith booked his place in the last 16 of the English Amateur Championship at Frilford Heath in Oxfordshire this morning. Wiltshire player Smith, from Derry Hill, came through a closely-fought battle with Ben Wheeler (Purley Downs
Villagers at West Lavington are clubbing together to bid for seven acres of land that was the original centre of the village. The land, belonging to the Holloway family, the largest landowner in West Lavington, is being auctioned by Devizes estate
Devizes MP Claire Perry has been subjected to sexually explicit and violent tweets following her work with David Cameron on measures to tackle the spread of extreme pornography and child abuse on the internet. Mrs Perry has championed the move
WE HAD a great win against Kent in the Twenty20 on Monday night – but it will all count for nothing if we don’t turn up in the quarter-finals next week. We’d already made the quarter-finals, but we wanted to carry on showing other teams what a
If anyone ever tells you that “there's not much going on around here” then please refer them to me. Summer recess is packed with events, every one of them arranged by dedicated volunteers. Here’s a few I have been to recently. Wiltshire Mind is
As part of our campaign to help businesses create a million more jobs, my Liberal Democrat colleagues and I are aiming to double the number of employers that offer apprenticeships, and I am encouraging as many businesses as possible around Wiltshire
It has been such a pleasure to get back to my constituency this week and focus on two crucial local matters; preserving and improving train links and delivering better local healthcare services. I headed first to Swindon to meet the managing director
It’s not just the price of a packet of cigarettes that is burning a hole in smokers’ pockets, new research reveals lighting up indoors can drastically affect the value of your house. The statistics come out of a survey of 823 house-hunters in the
IT’S AS you were in Division One after all five matches were abandoned on a weather-hit day in the Wiltshire League on Saturday. Akarshit Gomel blasted another century for runwaway leaders Purton in their clash against Wootton Bassett, but it proved
Corsham were spared the task of a daunting run chase in their Premier One clash with leaders Bath as the weather forced an abandonment. Robin D’Souza’s side had put their opponents in to bat first at Station Road after winning the toss but saw
The Government’s Benefit Cap, which limits the amount people can claim to £500 a week, is being rolled out in Wiltshire. Locally this means around 100 claimants could have their benefits restricted to the earnings of an average household. Since
Runners have the chance to experience the Barbury Castle Cross Country Horse Trial in the Horseless Steeple Chase on Sunday. The event takes place at Barbury Castle Estate with a 2.5 mile course at 11.15am and a five mile course at noon. The
A bevvy of buskers will brighten up Hillworth Park this Sunday in the first of a series of weekend events organised by Devizes Town Council. Billy Green, Lucii, Kevin Brown, Archie Combe and Jessie Branson will be playing in the park from 1.30pm
A deaf and partially blind man has accused Ryanair of throwing him out of his allocated seat because of his disability – then allowing a severely drunk man in the same row. Charles Turrell, 51, from Chippenham, said he felt discriminated against
WOOTTON Bassett men are just one match away from reaching the final stages in the National Top Club competition for the first time. Bassett produced a majestic performance last Thursday on the neutral green at Spencer Moulton (Bradford-on-Avon)
Passengers on a bus travelling out of Devizes had a lucky escape when one of the rear wheels came off. The Faresaver X72 single decker bus was travelling down Caen Hill dual carriageway when the rear nearside wheel came off at about 2pm on Tuesday
The Wiltshire Air Ambulance is looking to recruit two new trustees to join its board. After more than 20 years in service as part of the NHS, in October 2011, the Wiltshire Air Ambulance became an independent charitable trust with a board of trustees
A major overhaul of Pewsey Heritage Centre is under way following a public consultation. During the consultation, people said they wanted to see a stronger focus on the hospital, canal, schools, the cinema, Shelley Rudman and the history of the
Sewage is causing a stink for Great Bedwyn residents once again, as Monday’s heavy downpour caused drains to overflow. Residents in the assisted-living homes at The Knapp say the sewers have flooded every time there is heavy rain for the past 21
Mum Carol Baker is launching a campaign to raise more than £24,300 for an operation to help her son Oliver walk, surgery which is not available on the NHS. Two-year-old Oliver suffers spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy that means the muscles
RICHARD Hannon feels the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville may come too soon for his crack miler Toronado after his thrilling victory in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. The son of High Chaparral pulled one back in his head-to-head battle with
