YOUNG people unveiled a mural celebrating diversity at GreenSquare in Chippenham this week. The 12 to 15-year-olds created the graffiti mural last October as part of Youth Action Wiltshire’s Inspire, a creative arts project. It took two days
Devizes Town Council has agreed to more cycle stands being put in one part of the Market Place but to remove one stand from another location. Cycle Devizes wants to increase the number of cycle stands in the town to encourage cycling but town councilors
A TOY exchange at Argos aims to raise £1million for Barnardo’s to give disadvantaged children a better Christmas. People are invited to donate second-hand toys until Tuesday, November 26, at Argos in Borough Parade in Chippenham, or to Barnardo
A NEW bistro will open in Calne on November 2. Fay Stallan has bought American diner Mamma Hanks, in Beach Terrace, from Rob Merrick. Renamed Fay’s Bistro, it will sell meat from Thomas of Malmesbury, bread from the Bath Bakery and cheese from
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and it would be remiss not to reflect on the subject given this is the most common type of cancer in the UK – affecting 50,000 women and 400 men a year. One of those women is 56-year-old Elaine Godley, who
On a grey Sunday morning and in the face of a dire weather forecast, 150 people embarked on Devizes Lion Club’s annual sponsored walk. Geoff Taylor, president of the Devizes Lions Club, and town mayor Pete Smith sent them off on the walk from Devizes
Details about lorry traffic is needed before vandals can be kept from causing trouble at Pans Lane railway bridge in Devizes. Wiltshire Council wants to infill the bridge to combat a problem with youths starting fires underneath it. Devizes Area
