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  • Wootton Basett couple celebrate 50 years

    John and Brenda Hooper celebrated their golden wedding with a lunch party for more than 40 friends and family. Guests at the Royal Wootton Bassett couple’s event at Marsh Farm Hotel included Mr Hooper’s best man Bill Brown, with whom he served

  • Pupils given bike freedom with help from Marlborough residents

    Children at a school in Ghana will no longer have to walk miles for food thanks to a donation of 60 bicycles from Marlborough residents. The bikes will be given to pupils at Karbo Primary School, Lawra, in the north west of Ghana, via the Ramsbury-based

  • Sporting triumphs at All Cannings Primary School

    Local opticians Haine & Smith have again recognised the sporting achievements of pupils of All Cannings Primary School near Devizes. Partner Giles Smith visited the school to present awards to the most improved players. He attended the

  • RACING: Hannon out of luck as retirement beckons

    THERE was to be no valedictory winner for Richard Hannon on his final day with a training licence before he completes the formal handover to his son Richard jnr. Sebs Sensei went closest of his three runners at Lingfield, getting caught close home

  • Pair of shoes kick starts campaign

    Mother-of-two Annie Spilsbury started collecting shoes in support of the Butale Project after seeing a picture of orphaned African toddler Dorcas wearing her daughter’s first shoes. Miss Spilsbury, 41, of Studley, near Calne, decided to donate

  • Calne mum puts heart and sole into African charity

    Charity founder Miriam Sawyer has collected hundreds of second-hand shoes for African children and is overwhelmed by the kindness of those who have donated. Mrs Sawyer, of London Road, Calne, has received more than 500 pairs of shoes for children