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  • Woolly aid for Calne Scouts

    Supermarket worker Lynn Clark is challenging people to get knitting in an Easter effort to help pay for an extension to the Calne Scouts’ hut. Mrs Clark, of Sainsbury’s in Calne, is making mini baskets for eggs and chicks and hopes to have 200

  • Invitations to sign up for the races

    Organisers of a morning of charity running and cycling races hope families will put their best feet forward to raise money for grass root sport. Potterne events firm Sport Logic is joining forces with Devizes charity Bag4Sport for races at Abbeyfield

  • Young people’s art competition in Bishops Cannings

    A young people’s art competition is taking place in Bishops Cannings with an an exhibition of the entries taking place in St Mary’s Church from March 21 to 30. Open to children aged four to 18, the artwork can be on any subject and the deadline

  • Honda quad bike stolen from Garston shed

    Thieves forced open a shed in Garston, near Malmesbury, and stole a Honda quad bike overnight between February 27 and 28. Police said they also attempting to take a Land Rover.

  • Debut for Hunter XL577 at Abingdon Air & Country Show

    Midair Squadron’s Hunter XL577 will make its debut display at Abingdon Air and Country Show alongside Canberra PR9 XH134 in May.  The Hunter XL577 has been confirmed to display alongside Canberra PR9 XH134, in the first scheduled public display

  • Pancake race tradition alive and well in Kington Langley

    Kington Langley kept its pancake race tradition alive by staging event on the Saturday before Shrove Tuesday. The course along Church Lane was dry and there were individual races for different age groups and a team relay, with Easter egg prizes

  • Author unveils new Calne school library

    Children’s author Chris d’Lacey brought a fantasy world alive for pupils when he visited St Margaret’s Preparatory School, Calne, to open its new library. Mr d’Lacey, best known for his series The Last Dragon Chronicles, spent the morning holding

  • BOWLS: Trophy trip at and end for North Wilts Ladies

    NORTH WILTS Ladies missed out on a place the Yetton Plate final, national inter-club team championship, at the end of the month in Northampton. Despite leading 69-67 across the board at 18 ends they lost by seven shots (81-74) in their semi-final

  • CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Collier feels Arlesey defeat was harsh

    MARK Collier reckons his Chippenham Town side didn’t deserve to come away from Arlesey Town with nothing on Tuesday evening. The Bluebirds were undone by a goal from the hosts’ Stuart Farrell with just two minutes on the clock, with the hosts holding

  • Macaroni the real deal

    Having recently researched a very old picture of workers at Fussell’s Brewery, I was keen to visit the village pub, which is where the brewery stood for hundreds of years. The Grade II listed public house has many features to enjoy including the

  • FOOTBALL ROUND-UP: Devizes cane visitors

    DEVIZES Town got back to winning ways last night with a 4-1 victory over Keynsham Town. Justin Webster and Darran Walters' men had suffered four successive defeats but brought their losing run to an end as Mark Barnes, Kris Beasley, Luke Enderby

  • Woman hurt and dog dies in three-vehicle crash near Malmesbury

    An elderly woman was injured and her dog was killed after they were involved in a three-vehicle crash in Crudwell, near Malmesbury, on Tuesday. The woman, from Tetbury, who was driving a Renault Clio, was involved in a collision with a Subaru registered

  • Review: Birdsong, Salisbury Playhouse. Until Saturday.

    The 2014 First World War centenary commemorations make this production of Birdsong, adapted from Sebastian Faulks’ bestseller, more poignant, but its essential power derives from the quality of the original. It is impossible not to be moved by

  • Pay up or Chippenham will lose its folk festival, warns boss

    Chippenham Folk Festival organiser Bob Berry has warned that the event, which brings thousands of visitors to the town every May, could fold unless new sponsors are found. The festival, which has been running for 43 years, lost its main sponsor

  • Prince Charles delighted by Sherston boy's poem

    A boy from Sherston, near Malmesbury, received a letter of thanks on behalf of Prince Charles after sending him a handwritten poem about the prince's visit to the village in November. Jacob Cheetham, six, who goes to Sherston School, decided to