MALMESBURY Vics Football Club may have to drop down a league to survive after becoming increasingly cash-strapped because of persistent flooding, says club treasurer Julie Exton. The news comes just days after Sport England announced it is making
The location of six new CCTV cameras in Marlborough High Street was discussed at the town council meeting on Monday. In January the town council commissioned Alert Systems Ltd, based in Trowbridge, to install a system that includes facial and number
Pewsey churches have launched a survey to understand how the church can meet the needs of the local community. The questionnaire is being delivered to homes in Pewsey and an online survey has been set up asking which churches people visit, why
The BBC is looking for talented amateur kitchen gardeners who have the skills and the dedication to compete in BBC2’s The Big Allotment Challenge. It is aimed at someone who can cultivate the perfect carrot and make their green tomatoes into award
FUNDRAISER Mike Davis is planning to walk the South West Coastal Path for Help For Heroes and Wiltshire Air Ambulance. The 63-year-old, of Royal Wootton Bassett, has wanted to take on the 630-mile challenge since he read about it 20 years ago,
International poet and speaker Bridie Nelson will present some of her poems in Potterne on Monday. Potterne Springs WI is holding a poetry by candlelight evening from 8pm to 10pm at Wiltshire Scout Centre, Potterne Wick. Bridie, who lives in
Devizes Town Council is asking for nominations of community heroes for its annual Civic Awards. The awards are presented to people who deserve recognition for the hard work and effort they carry out to improve the community. There are four
DEVIZES Town joint-manager Justin Webster is frustrated that his side’s Toolstation League First Division campaign has been dealt a blow after the Nursteed Road club were deducted four points for fielding a suspended player. The Toolstation League
Children and parents at Rowde Academy plan to be cook up a storm to help our Give Us A Chance appeal. Teaching assistant Jo Harper is organising a cake sale on Monday and Tuesday, with the help of three pupils from Year 5. She said: “I read
Local boy made good Mike Pitcher has made a significant dent in the amount the Gazette campaign needs by handing over a cheque for £1,000. He gave the cheque to the fund in aid of Devizes Opportunity Centre on Saturday. Mr Pitcher, born and
CHIPPENHAM Town have re-signed Swindon Town defender Aaron Oakley on a month-long loan. The 19 year old will return to Hardenhuish Park for a further spell, having already spent two months on loan with the Calor league Southern Premier Division
Devizes Opportunity Centre manager Betty Newman and her staff have been crying tears of joy this week, as donations and messages of support have flooded into our appeal. The Give Us A Chance campaign has now gone over the £7,000 mark, in part due
Team GB athlete and medallist Rob Mitchell inspired some of Wiltshire’s potential future Olympians when he visited a primary school near Malmesbury last week. The high jump athlete, who lives in Trowbridge, chatted to children at Lea and Gardson
CHIPPENHAM Town manager Mark Collier says his side must work on dispelling their away day blues after they slipped to a fourth successive defeat on the road on Tuesday night. The Bluebirds, who were beaten 1-0 by Arlesey Town in Bedfordshire, have
DAVE Myler is thanking his lucky stars that he was allowed an early birthday present this year after he hit his fourth-ever hole-in-one with his brand new set of clubs. Myler, who turned 52 last Sunday, hit an ace at Ogbourne Downs golf club during
CALNE’S Simon Nott was pleased to warm-up for national cross country competition by triumphing at last weekend’s Devizes 10K. The 20-year-old will be donning his Wiltshire kit at the UK Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships at Cofton Park, Birmingham
Students in Malmesbury have created a 50-metre ‘crop circle’ of a Dyson Airblade on the school field using GPS navigation and an aerial drone to film the challenge. The potential future engineers spent an afternoon working with Swindon College
Chittoe B&B owner Ginny Scrope was thrilled to find out that she had won a gold award in an international marmalade competition. Her Seville orange marmalade, made in her kitchen at Glebe House, was among hundreds of entries in the World’s
CONOR Irwin is looking forward competing against some of the best young trampolinists in the country after jumping up to the penultimate grade in British Gymnastics’ National Development Plan (NDP). The Yatton Keynell 12-year-old, a pupil at Hardenhuish
It isn't too late to put up nestboxes for the spring, the RSPB has said. Morwenna Griffiths, of the wildlife charity, said: "March sweeps in with a welcome promise of spring and the first early morning flutters of the dawn chorus tuning up are
Two domestic violence schemes that were successfully piloted by Wiltshire Police, alongside partner agencies, are being introduced nationally by Home Secretary Theresa May this weekend. From tomorrow, the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS
RUNNERS are doing their bit for Sport Relief in the Marlborough Mile. On March 23, around 340 people will run, jog and walk to and from the leisure centre to raise funds. The event is organised by Marlborough and District Junior Athletics Club
LOREN Bleaken ended her indoor campaign on a high with a silver medal at the England Athletics Indoor Championships in Sheffield, writes Kevin Fahey. The 18-year-old former Hardenhuish School student from Marshfield was runner-up in the U20 women
MILTON Lilbourne eventer Lizzie Brown is hoping to be quick off the start line this season after completing a rigorous fitness programme with help from Formula One star Mark Webber. New Zealand international Brown, who is based at the Milton Stud
Filipino café owner Tess Ryan will run the London Marathon for the second time in memory of her brother, who died in the Philippines from kidney failure. Mrs Ryan moved to Calne from the Philippines ten years ago and runs the Sampaguita Café in
Police are warning Wiltshire supermarket shoppers to be vigilant after thieves distracted victims to steal their debit cards which were then used to withdraw cash and buy items. On three occasions on Wednesday, February 19, it is believed the same
JUSTIN Webster is certain that Devizes Town would be mixing nearer the top end of the Toolstation League First Division if their full-strength side had been available on a more regular basis this season. The Devizes joint-manager had a healthy
It has to be a source of concern to the Wiltshire Music Centre that an artist of the national calibre of pianist Leon McCawley can barely half fill the place. Tickets were priced at £18; £36 for a couple; a glass of wine each at £4 would mean a
LEADERS Wootton Bassett hit new heights as they romped to a 17-0 hammering of county neighbours Marlborough B in the Davis Wood League East Central One. Kyle Barnes played a central role in proceedings, helping himself to six goals and adding five
An officer from Bromham who died of his wounds years after the First World War has been commemorated after a two-and-a-half year struggle by local historian Richard Broadhead. Captain Anthony Henry Evelyn Ashley, who lived at Westbrook House, Bromham
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
A teenager told his mum he may as well throw himself in front of a train before he lay on a railway line at Chippenham later that day. Ryce Hodson, 19, was struck by a train near Bath Road on August 13 last year, an inquest into his death at Salisbury
Network Rail has offered a "full and unreserved apology" to families bereaved by level crossing accidents. Chief executive Mark Carne apologised for "failings" in managing public safety and for "failing to deal sensitively" with affected families
Oare Primary School is one step closer to its £100,000 fundraising target, after a sell-out concert. The school has been fundraising for two new classrooms over the last 18 months and hopes they will be competed ahead of September’s centenary celebrations
CHILDREN at St Nicholas Primary School in Bromham will shortly bid au revoir to the teacher who has been introducing pupils to the French language through after-school fun and games for the last 21 years. Linda Bolter, from Greenfield Road, Devizes
St John's School in Marlborough will be able to take more students thanks to a £1.19 million grant to pay for a new sixth form study centre. The new centre will raise pupil numbers from 1,500 to 1,700. St John’s sixth form is oversubscribed by
Landlord Nicola Moody was so taken by the story of 10-year-old Luca Railton and his bid for surgery to save his legs that she pledged to help. Mrs Moody, who helps run The Three Cups, at the Triangle, Malmes-bury, organised a fundraising karaoke
