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9th February 2014    11th February 2014

  • National Trust's focus on dormice

    National Trust officer Tamsin Holmes will give an illustrated talk about dormice on the Stourhead estate on Wednesday, February 19, at St Peter’s Church Hall, Frogwell, from 7.30pm. Entry is £2.50 for adults and free for accompanied children.

  • Valentine's Day designs at Devizes Floral Art Club

    Devizes Floral Art Club welcomed Cynthia Bridges, from Swindon, to the January meeting where she gave her flower demonstration entitled Childhood Memories.  Cynthia entertained with her very bubbly personality and, as it was her final demonstration

  • Families in Aldbourne mop up after floods

    Many residents in Aldbourne have been forced to abandon their houses because of flooding. The most severely affected roads in the village are Lottage Road and West Street. Pauline and Brian Warneford, of West Street, have lived in their house for

  • Time is called on Calne's crumbling skatepark Bowl

    Calne skatepark will be demolished and rebuilt, town councillors have decided. Planning consent had been granted for the extension to the skatepark, known as the Bowl, and a constructor had been appointed. But at a meeting last year councillors

  • Calne's Springfields Academy wins High Sheriff's praise

    Pupils at Springfields Academy in Calne were given an insight into the life of High Sheriff of Wiltshire, William Wyldbore-Smith, when he visited them. Mr Wyldbore-Smith and his wife Prisca toured the school, which helps children with complex learning

  • Village green status for Birds Marsh may block ecology plan

    Chippenham town councillor Melody Thompson is worried that the much-lauded village green status given to parts of Birds Marsh, Chippenham, will do more harm than good. Campaigners fighting plans to build 750 homes and a primary school north of

  • Join our association

    Did you ever serve on board any of the light fleet carriers, HMS Bulwark, HMS Albion or HMS Centaur? Our association, the HMS Bulwark Albion Centaur Association, is open to anyone who served at any time on these ships. We send a magazine three

  • Well done to cinema

    Congratulations to the Palace Cinema, Devizes for putting on such a good show for their first live transmission through the National Theatre Live scheme. Those of us who went to Coriolanus last Thursday were greeted by staff in their best suits including

  • Traffic not acceptable

    I write to voice my continuing concern about the ongoing issue of congestion on the Salisbury Road as it comes into Marlborough. The failure of the Highways Department and the planners to come up with a longer-term proposal to deal with the now

  • Large sum for cause

    The retiring collection held at the funeral of Group Captain Ron Wood raised the phenomenal sum of £1,025.66 for the air ambulance. I would like to express my sincere thanks to everyone for their generosity. Jill Wood Cherhil

  • Thanks following fire

    I would like to thank the Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, the Environment Agency, my employees and the volunteer organisation for their prompt action and hard work at the fire last Tuesday night, which ensured that no one was injured and prevented

  • Clear up police tape

    Whose responsibility is it to remove the blue and white police tape that seems to spend endless months spanning gaps in hedges, dangling from trees and decorating lamp posts long after the incident has been cleared? Supermarkets now use self- destruct

  • Superslow broadband

    I have just read about Corsham getting superfast broadband. This is great for them but when is it going to be installed in London Road and Hardens Mead in Chippenham? BT said it would be installing this for the last two years but no luck for

  • Fears of Malmesbury flooding as water levels rise

    Flooding fears continue to plague residents in Malmesbury as the sandbags and metal flood gates were put up again at the weekend to protect previously damaged homes. With no sign of the wet and windy spells coming to an end, residents near to the

  • Get priorities right

    “Hooray”, I cheered as I drove through Devizes on a dank Friday evening. I had just noticed the sign telling of traffic delays for six weeks. At last they are going to sort the roads out, I thought. As I read on my euphoria was somewhat

  • Salamander passing out parade was a delight

    Last Friday I had the pleasure once again of attending a Salamander passing out parade, this time at Trowbridge fire station. These wonderful schemes are organised by the fire service in conjunction with the Job Centre and are aimed at young people

  • Other side of hospital

    After reading the article in the Gazette last week on the 21st birthday of Salisbury District Hospital, I feel very upset about the experience my husband had when he was a patient there over two years ago. He did not have a small ward overlooking

  • Reverse allowance rise

    So the leader of Wiltshire Council, Jane Scott, has now agreed that it would be wrong to take her eye-watering increase in her allowances. This is great news but why has it taken so long for the penny to drop? If she thinks this is the end

  • Take charity forward

    Over past weeks you have kindly highlighted the activities of Doorway Wiltshire Ltd in supporting the homeless and marginalised members of our society in North Wiltshire. The charity is successful because of the fantastic part-time staff, volunteers

  • Put store on outskirts

    With reference to the article last week ‘Builders’ stores moves spark Tesco rumours’, alarm bells rang yet again. Tesco does need a more prestigious store than it has in the centre of Devizes, but using the site currently occupied by two builders

  • Tourist advice is lacking

    This week I met a woman in Bath who organises tourist groups to visit towns and cities in the West – this year Exeter is the choice. However, Devizes was also proposed. It was rejected due to the lack of tourist information and office. Without

  • Rabbit's head is grim find in Chippenham porch

    A resident of Bakehouse Close, off Wood Lane, Chippenham, was surprised to find a rabbit's head in his porch just before 10pm on Wednesday, February 6. A fox or cat could have been to blame, say Chippenham Police.

  • Anger as six Longleat lions put down

    Staff at Longleat Safari and Adventure Park are said to be "outraged" after six lions were put down. An adult male called Henry, a lioness named Louisa and four of her cubs were all put to death last month in an operation supervised by vets.

  • Aldbourne hit by floods after Bradford on Avon defences hold

    Flood defences in Bradford on Avon stood firm over the weekend but other areas of Wiltshire, including Aldbourne, are affected by flooding. The roads closed this morning due to flooding are Smallbrook Road in Warminster, the B3106 in Holt, the

  • Red wine is secret to Spaniard's 100 years

    War veteran Salvador Moya says his secret to a long life is a glass of red wine every day, after celebrating his 100th birthday at the Salvation Army’s pensioners club in Chippenham last week. Mr Moya, who was born in Andalusia, Spain, fought for

  • FOOTBALL ROUND-UP: Devizes run comes to an end

    IN ONE of the handful of local games to survive the elements last weekend, Devizes Town saw their winning run in the Toolstation League First Division brought screeching to a halt by Almondsbury UWE. Justin Webster and Darran Walters' side had

  • School bus driver charged with drink-driving

    A bus driver who takes children to school in Brinkworth is due to attend court charged with driving while over the legal alcohol limit. A man was arrested at Dauntsey Green after the school run last Thursday. Police approached the driver near

  • Bad floods reported in Aldbourne

    Bad flooding has been reported on the B4192 on the Swindon side of Aldbourne. The whole carriageway is flooded, and it is said to be quite deep in places. Wiltshire Council has been informed and is attending to put signs out.

  • Chippenham disability nursery hit by huge grant cut

    Government cuts mean Springboard opportunity nursery in Chippenham faces a massive fundraising task if it is to be able to continue all of its vital work for youngsters with disabilities. Centre manager Jane Boulton has been told by Wiltshire Council