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  • Memories clinics seek volunteers

    ALZHEIMER’S Support is seeking volunteers at GP surgeries to help explain the symptoms of memory loss. The campaign, funded by Comic Relief, follows a survey which showed people in Wiltshire waited around 16 months before going to the doctor with

  • Rugby meant the world to Sutton Benger devotee

    Sutton Benger rugby stalwart David Smith was killed in a car crash at the weekend while on his way to be an assessor at a match. Mr Smith, 59, devoted all his spare time to the game he loved. After retiring as a player for the Old Sulians club

  • Charmer’s trail of hotel cons revealed

    TWO other hotels say they fell victim to elderly conman Michael Sweeting after the Gazette reported how he racked up a £10k bill at a B&B. It has now emerged the 73-year-old charmer may have spent much of the past two years freeloading off

  • CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Winter's nerves on edge for trophy tie

    STEVE Winter blew his top at his players after the 3-0 loss to Chesham United and is demanding they make amends for a third league defeat in a row. Winter, who also saw his side lose at Burnham and Bideford last week, says his team have been letting

  • Taking stand on fracking

    An anti-fracking musical tour will be making its way through the streets of Pewsey on Friday as part of the Global Frackdown international weekend of action. The event was organised by Pewsey Environmental Action Team (PEAT) and starts at 4pm outside

  • Ken Strange

    Well-known Chippenham resident Ken Strange has died, aged 86, after a long illness. Mr Strange was a Chippenham boy and, apart from three years in the Royal Signals between 1945 and 1948, never left the town. He was born in Blind Lane, now

  • June Strange

    June Strange, 79, was much loved in Tockenham, where she played a key role in village life for 45 years. Her sudden death saddened all who knew her. St Giles Church was filled to capacity, and many more people stood outside for the funeral service

  • I didn’t fall... I flew, says Malmesbury woman

    Pavements in Malmesbury are under scrutiny following complaints from residents, including one widow who has undergone seven months of treatment after she tripped and fell in the High Street. Grandmother Dee Jordan fell on paving slabs as she walked

  • Bert Boniface

    Bert Boniface, 83, died on October 12 after a long illness which he fought with his usual fortitude and patience. Born in London, Mr Boniface and his second wife Pat married when they came to live in Chirton 16 years ago. He played an active role

  • FOOTBALL: Vale's league prompt

    PEWSEY Vale manager Lewis Taylor plans to regularly remind his players of their superb performance against Andover Town after they thrashed the Sydenhams League Division One league leaders last weekend. In-form Pewsey ran out 4-1 winners at Ball

  • FOOTBALL: Double ton for Glenn

    LONG-SERVING Calne Town man Glenn Armstrong is celebrating a landmark week after he netted his 200th goal for the Lilywhites. The 30-year-old striker, from Swindon, took his Calne tally to 200 goals with the first of his double against Keynsham

  • DAN THE FAN: Unheralded Cooper has made his mark

    MARK Cooper’s Town remain unbeaten in October and earned their third win in a row after riding a rough storm in Rotherham before comfortably beating Steve Evans’ side. Once again our star man last Saturday was Alex Pritchard, who showed why he

  • Chippenham Town Council's in budget cut threat

    Chippenham Town Council’s plans for the financial year 2014/15 have been thrown into uncertainty after it was told by Wiltshire Council its grant could be cut by £185,863. Welfare reform means councils now only get financial support for homes that

  • Bromham Post Office poised for relocation

    The Post Office has announced plans to move Bromham Post Office into a shop in the village. A proposal has been made to move the office from its current location on New Road to Bromham Stores, on The Chantry. The new office would have longer

  • Bromham Post Office poised for relocation

    The Post Office has announced plans to move Bromham Post Office into a shop in the village. A proposal has been made to move the office from its current location on New Road to Bromham Stores, on The Chantry. The new office would have longer

  • It’s The Good Life at Pewsey school...

    Pupils at St Francis School in Pewsey are getting a taste of self-sufficiency which captivated the nation in the ’70s sit-com The Good Life with the arrival of six chickens. The idea came from the pupil-led eco committee and the birds will be the

  • Blitz on litter by Potterne youngsters

    Young people in Potterne last week felt compelled to act following anti-social behaviour by older teenagers. Local young residents, supported by the parish youth worker Steve Dewar and members of the Potterne Youth Club committee, set about tidying

  • Brian Douglas Taylor

    Brian Douglas (Doug) Taylor, 75, was remembered by a packed congregation at St Laurence Church, Hilmarton, the parish in which he spent most of his life. A couple of years ago he moved into residential care in Chippenham, where he made friends. He

  • Vouchers success for Chippenham school

    Children at St Paul’s Primary School in Chippenham have new gardening equipment courtesy of Morrisons after they collected 9,436 Let’s Grow vouchers, the most in the town. Pupils collecting their prize were also given a workshop in arranging flower

  • Neston wine specialists help hospice

    Employees of fine wine storage specialists Octavian Wine Services Ltd, based at Gastard near Corsham, joined forces at a family day and held a raffle to raise money for Dorothy House Hospice Care. Paul Watts, service support manager, said: “As

  • RUGBY: Visitors run hot at Bath fixture

    CORSHAM coach Dan Jeffries saluted his travellers as they built on the momentum gained from the previous week’s win over Swanage & Wareham in Bath. Jeffries said: “Walcot have started the season really well and the composure and discipline

  • Colerne breakfast to aid orphans

    Colerne tucked into a Big Breakfast on Saturday and raised £1,000 for a Uganda orphanage. The event at Colerne Village Hall saw visitors enjoy a free breakfast, which was cooked by a team of volunteers, and make donations in aid of Bulabakulu Orphanage

  • Group battles through rain to re-enact march

    Members of the Screaming Eagles Living History group battled the elements on Sunday to march in Second World War uniforms and retrace the footsteps of the famous Band of Brothers. Every October, members of the group don full combat uniform and

  • Help keep waterway in top state

    People in the Devizes area are being asked to help look after the historic Kennet & Avon Canal by joining a monthly volunteering team that helps maintain and improve the waterway. The call comes from the Canal & River Trust – the charity

  • SWIMMING: Carlin all set for Duel

    WILTSHIRE swimmer Jazmin Carlin could renew battle with American rival Katie Ledecky at the 2013 Duel in the Pool in Glasgow on December 20-21. Former Wootton Bassett School pupil Carlin, who had a disappointing World Championships in Barcelona

  • Our caring Jemima’s legacy will help others

    Parents Tom and Karen Prees, whose daughter Jemima died in a skiing accident in Austria, says her legacy will live on in a charity set up in her name, after an inquest recorded a verdict of accidental death. Jemima, ten, was on the slopes in the

  • Expansion for funeral company

    ONE of the few family firms of funeral directors left in Wiltshire is opening up in premises in Devizes. D J Bewley’s, which already has offices in Melksham and Trowbridge, has applied for planning permission for change of use and minor alterations

  • SKELETON: Selection boost for Shelley

    PEWSEY'S world champion Shelley Rudman has been pre-selected for the British Skeleton World Cup squad for the start of the 2013/14 season. Rudman, the 2006 Winter Olympic silver medallist, will not have to contest the British World Cup squad selection