CHIPPENHAM’S Food Bank and homeless hostel Unity House were this week awarded for improving the quality of Wiltshire lives. The fourth Wiltshire Voluntary and Community Awards ceremony, organised by Wiltshire Council and sponsored by NHS Wiltshire
A famous African children’s choir, best known for their performance on the number one single Sing with Gary Barlow at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, is to visit Malmesbury. The choir will be spending three days in town culminating in
One of the best-known bands of the 1960s will be performing in Devizes. Bruce Hopkins, a businessman and singer from Patney, is bringing The Union Gap to the Corn Exchange on December 14. Mr Hopkins has previously put on shows at the Corn Exchange
DOZENS of members of the Screaming Eagles Living History Group will set off from Littlecoate House next week for the annual march to Aldbourne via Ramsbury. Every October, members of the group don full combat uniform and make the pilgrimage to
Former army reservist Connor Richardson is creating a charity film for Help for Heroes and wants the Marlborough community to get involved. The 22-year-old, of The Layby in West Kennett, was a reservist for four-and-a-half years and left four months
A film-maker who grew up in Chippenham has returned home to make a short film. Former Sheldon School pupil Nick Rutter, 31, went on to study media at Chippenham College. He got his break at 17 when he did work experience in London for The Artists
Devizes Health Matters (DHM) has agreed to join the Devizes Community Area Partnership (DCAP) as its health and wellbeing interest group. This agreement follows the precedent set last year when the Sustainable Devizes Network agreed to act as DCAP
The sun may be shining but it's been a bleak day at the office for Chippenham. A dismal first half sees Steve Winter's men on the end of a thrashing in Buckinghamshire. The visitors may have improved greatly in the second period but the hosts had
LANDLORDS Jerry and Nathalie Edwards are celebrating after The Raven Inn at Poulshot, was named the Gazette’s Pub of the Month. The couple describe The Raven as a proper English pub in a picturesque village. The couple, who are expecting their
Organisers of the Bowood charity dog show has handed a record £42,000 to 15 Wiltshire charities. Up to 10,000 people attended the event in June and more than 200 dogs competed in the main classes. The show has attracted more than 90,000 visitors
ROWDE villagers are celebrating after their shop was judged the most innovative community-run project in a county awards scheme. The shop, in Marsh Lane, won the title at the awards run by Community First. Rowde was without a shop for seven
Urchfont Parish Council has renewed its plea to get the speed limit at the entrances to the village lowered. The council has tried several times without success to reduce the speed limit to 30mph on the B3098 but has asked Wiltshire Council again
Corsham's Olympic lion found himself with a new coat of many colours last week, as part of a guerilla overnight arts project. The town’s High Street was ‘yarnbombed’ last Tuesday by Box artist Emma Leith, who covered the town centre with hand-made
YOUNG carer Patrick Garriock thinks nothing of putting the washing machine on or getting his sister’s breakfast to help his disabled mum. The ten-year-old from the Devizes area has been caring for his mum, Jenny Brookbanks, and his four-year-old
