Residents in Marlborough and Devizes can have free foot health checks at phsiotherapists James Hatt and Associates. The service is being provided by podiatrist Emma Ansell who believes there is an increased need for such services which are not
Homeless people took part in Devizes Opendoor’s annual sleepout to raise money for the charity. The sleepout was held inside St Mary’s Church, New Park Street, on Friday night. A total of 14 people were involved, about five of whom were users
Town councillors are encouraging sports clubs in Devizes to apply for money provided by housing developers. The money is given to Wiltshire Council when Section 106 legal agreements for planning applications are agreed. Devizes Town Council
Community stalwarts in Royal Wootton Bassett have been recognised in a civic awards ceremony. Peter Sheppard, Christopher Howard and the Rev Canon Thomas Woodhouse received awards recognising outstanding service to the community. Many residents
Owl boxes have been put up around Sherston this week to attract the nocturnal creature in preparation for the village’s Wild Sherston event on May 16 and 18. Organisers and volunteers have collaborated in the last couple of weeks to set up bird
More must be done to narrow the skills gap in engineering, which is hampering Dyson’s big plans for expansion in Malmesbury, according to The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME). The technology firm wants to expand its headquarters off Tetbury
Author Angela James wowed children with her magical fantasy adventure books and a creative writing workshop at Malmesbury library last week. The writer, from the Broad Hinton area, is most noted for The Theft of the Black Diamond and The Golden
Staff at the Scope charity shop in Devizes have spoken of their distress after thieves broke into their store in broad daylight on Sunday morning. The raiders smashed into the shop in Maryport Street and helped themselves to CDs and other items
Former Bowyers worker Mrs Dorothy Grace Slade died at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, on February 9. Mrs Slade, 82, of Westfield Road, Trowbridge, who had two brothers and five sisters, attended Trinity School and Park Street School in the town
Former Marlborough Town Football Club stalwart Alec Cook, who played for the club for many years, following in the footsteps of his father, has died at the age of 80. Mr Cook lived in Marlborough for most of his life but moved to Wroughton with
Debbie Parrott, a resident of the Royal Wootton Bassett area for the past 40 years, was a friendly, forthright, caring, popular person who was involved in many aspects of local life. She worked for some years as office manager at the former Mudfords
Shopkeepers in Pewsey want to know why no action has been taken to stop a “rogue trader” who they claim has taken hundreds of pounds from them under false pretences. The Pewsey traders called the Gazette after reading a story about firms in Devizes
TENANT David Best was so angry about the Government’s new bedroom tax that he threatened to burn down his flat in Calne. The 49-year-old made the threat after being questioned by a housing association employee over unpaid rent, Chippenham magistrates
REEVE the Bakers invites people to buy doughnuts from their Devizes store for national doughnut week and raise funds for the area’s children’s hospice next week. During the week 20p from the sale of every pack of three doughnuts at the shop in
Marlborough police have been carrying out spot checks on two very different types of driver in the town this week. On Monday officers working with Revenue and Customs officers stopped vehicles to check they were not using illegal fuel. The
THE chairman of the Trust for Devizes has hit out at the “broken planning system” and the duplicity of the Government in his last message before he stands down. Ted East, vacates the post at the AGM on March 20. He blames Government delays and
DEVIZES woman Jennifer Mary Hillier has been evicted from her home in Charles Morrison Close because of her continued anti-social behaviour. The 52-year-old’s actions made life unbearable for her neighbours and she was finally evicted by Sovereign
ROUNDWAY parish, Bishops Cannings parish and Devizes town councils say they are united in their efforts to stop developers Mactaggart and Mickel building 350 homes by Coate Bridge on the edge of Devizes. Wiltshire Council’s strategic planning com
CHIPPENHAM’S under-12s rugby team is to embark on a tri-nation tour for the first time in the club’s history. The Allington-based club will be playing matches in England, Wales and Ireland in the April half-term. This gives the 28 boys, half
FEBRUARY is a key month in the football calendar, as the major players in the league start to pull away from the pack and into the promotion picture, or crumble under the pressure of possible relegation. If Town were going to be involved in the
Plans by Network Rail to close the Dauntsey Lock bridge for five months as part of electrification works will create a travel nightmare for villagers, who are worried about being cut off from services. They say they will face a 24-mile diversion
Staff at the Scope charity shop in Devizes have spoken of their distress after thieves broke into their store in on Sunday morning. The raiders smashed into the shop in Maryport Street and helped themselves to CDs and other items before breaking
A PLACE where people can get copies of bus timetables for services in Devizes has now been found, to the relief of transport group Devizes Passengers. The timetables used to be in a booklet stocked in eight outlets across the town, but due to cuts
Damien Lewis, well-known war journalist and acclaimed author of War Dog, will be doing a dog talk and book signing at the Bath Cats & Dogs Home on March 27. He will tell the true story of the no-man’s puppy called Ant who took to the skies
Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service is currently dealing with a significant fire involving a barn and workshop near Royal Wootton Bassett. Crews were called to a site in Vastern at 12.55pm today for what was originally described as a barn fire.
People in Marlborough can delve into their family’s past thanks to the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre’s Beyond the Internet course. The workshop isat the Kennet Valley Hall in Lockeridge on March 24. Terry Bracher, Wiltshire’s archives
Customers of popular window cleaner Robin Salkeld have been wishing him well following his fall from a ladder on Monday. Mr Salkeld was cleaning the upstairs windows of Trevor and Sally Brown’s house in Oxford Street, near the Green in Marlborough
Determined Lydia Crawford, who is nine, donated some of her hair, swam a mile and held a cake sale to raise money for the Little Princess Trust. The charity provides free real hair wigs to boys and girls who have lost their own hair through cancer
FOR A lot of golfers, achieving solid contact on golf shots can be difficult. If you struggle to take divots and hit a lot of shots thin then today’s tip is for you. The golf club is swung in an arc around the body and you are trying to hit
Police in Devizes have appealed to the public to help them catch a heartless thief who broke into an elderly woman’s home while she was in hospital. The house, in Hopgood Close, Devizes, belonging to a 75-year-old woman, had its rear patio door
Curry connoisseurs have chosen Pewsey’s Tale of Spice as their number one Indian restaurant. Gazette and Herald readers selected their own hot favourites in the Curry Award competition, which ran for three weeks during January. Readers were
Sainsbury's petrol station in Chippenham was evacuated in a gas scare. Staff closed the kiosk for two hours after noticing a strange smell, which they suspected might be gas. The fire service was called out to the supermarket in Bath Road at
At a meeting last night Dr Patrick Hazlewood, Principal of St John’s Marlborough, and a group of St John’s students presented exciting plans for a new Sixth Form Study Centre. Funding for the centre has resulted from a £1.19million grant from the Education
At least half the people in North Wiltshire live in towns – roughly 12,000 each in Calne and Royal Wootton Bassett, 4,000 each in Purton and Cricklade, 4,500 in Malmesbury and 3,500 in Box. This makes a total of about 40,000 or so in the main towns
I am delighted to report that Wiltshire College has been awarded grant funding from the Coalition Government for the redevelopment of its campus in Chippenham. I remember how the college was let down in 2008, when the previous government pulled
This past week has seen more debate around welfare reform and food banks with comments made by the new Cardinal Nichols and a letter signed by Anglican bishops about the alleged impact of benefit reforms. While I always welcome contributions from
The first event at the new Devizes Arts Centre brings Swindon musician Shaun Buswell and his amazing London Underground Orchestra to the town on Saturday night. The show has been organised by the town’s independent music promoter Keiran Moore,
Winter Olympian Shelley Rudman, who has made a quick visit to Pewsey after her sliding exploits in Russia, said the Sochi Games experience was the best she had ever had. She said: “It was really incredible. It is the best Olympic experience I have
Former Strictly Come Dancing Stars Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace give a stunning performance full of passion and drama in Dance ’Til Dawn. After years of dancing on the nation’s television screens the pair have become household names, and director
Time never stands still at Doorway. Not only are the lives of our guests constantly changing but the very fabric of the organisation is also developing, adapting and evolving. We are always looking at ways in which we can improve on the services to
Now in its 25th year, Wiltshire charity Splash has grown considerably from its humble beginning of one PC working with young people in Chippenham. In 1995 Splash became a registered charity, governed by an independent board of trustees, and supported
CHIPPENHAM Park's five-match winning run was brought to an end last night as they were swept aside by league leaders Bradford Town. Craig Gingell, Dan King, Joe Vyner and Jake Hiscocks were all on target as the hosts ran out comfortable winners
MUM Hennie Symington will be trying to keep up with her two sporty sons in the Bath Half Marathon on Sunday. The three are taking part in aid of sight-saving charity ORBIS, and the 54-year-old teaching assistant is grateful she will be able to
The daughter of a pensioner knocked unconscious after she tripped on one of Chippenham’s paving slabs has challenged council officials to see for themselves the extent of her injuries. The 78-year-old woman from Chippenham fell on a wobbly stone
If you have a talent for performing then Devizes Mayor Pete Smith wants to hear from you. Coun Smith is holding a show called Mayor’s Got Talent, on the lines of Britain’s Got Talent, and is encouraging talented and unknown performers to enter.
Organisers of this year’s World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) have made their first announcement about the line-up at this year’s summer festival. WOMAD, which has been known to attract the likes of Prince Harry in recent years, returns to Charlton
