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  • Local Calne issues talks are set

    Residents of Calne will be given a chance to have their say about local issues at an Area Board consultation on March 18. The title for the consultation – open from 6.30pm at the Beversbrook Sports Facility – is What Matters to You in the Calne

  • Changes faced by Devizes CCTV system

    Devizes Development Partnership, which runs the town's CCTV system, will operate it for another year before being wound up. DDP is talking to the town council, the main funder, about the future of the system.

  • Flipping pan-tastic as Deavizes racers raring to go

    BUSINESSES, schools and community organisations are signing up for Devizes’ Shrove Tuesday pancake races, being held in the Market Place on Tuesday. Once again organised by Age UK Wiltshire, the races take place along the eastern side of the Market

  • Burbage homes get go ahead despite fear

    Wiltshire councillors have approved an outline plan for 45 homes in Burbage despite parish council concerns about whether more housing is needed. Coun Stuart Wheeler asked for the application to be brought before Wiltshire Council’s planning committee

  • BLUEBIRDS LIVE: Chippenham Town 2 Burnham 1

    5:56pm Thanks for following Bluebirds Live this afternoon. We'll have more reaction from today's 2-1 victory and next Tuesday's trip to Arlesey Town in next week's Gazette & Herald. Follow us on Twitter @gazsport

  • Chippenham scouts lay into a new hedge job

    Chippenham Scouts helped to launch a new hedge-laying project in Mortimores Wood last week. The hedge in the woodland off Pewsham Way, owned by the Borough Lands charity, was planted 10 years ago by The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) in Trowbridge

  • Royals amaze Chirton pupils by replying to letters

    WHEN youngsters at Chirton Primary School wrote to the Duke aned Duchess of Cambridge as part of class exercise the last thing they expected was a reply. But they were thrilled when Kate and William wrote back to say how impressed they were with

  • Chippenham charities to benefit from weekly donations

    A NEW scheme that will benefit four charities by giving them surplus food has been launched. Each week 120 kilos of food from supermarkets and food manufacturers will be delivered to the Salvation Army in Chippenham. This will be divided between

  • Wheely fun way to spend an afternoon in Corsham

    A ‘freewheeling' afternoon’ of cycling could be coming to Corsham next month, as part of BBC Sport Relief. The Katherine Park Residents’ Association has applied to Wiltshire Council to close Freestone Way to traffic for three hours on Sunday, March

  • SKELETON: Still out in front

    SHELLEY Rudman was there during its cash-strapped embryonic days but the Pewsey slider believes British Skeleton is well placed to continue its domination on ice up to the next Winter Olympics in 2018. The three-time Olympian, now well in to her

  • Malmesbury hub facelift for old room

    After standing relatively unused for four years, Malmesbury Town Hall’s market room has had a facelift to transform it into a community hub. Town councillor Julie Exton, who campaigned for the facility, said she was excited to see the changes after

  • Baby makes five at special Marlborough get-together

    Great great grandmother Florence Ward had special reason to celebrate when five generations of her family were united at her daughter’s home in Marlborough. Mrs Ward, 93, of The Priory, was delighted to have the latest addition to the family in