Pewsey Vale pupils proved their artwork is picture perfect at the school’s first portrait competition. Students from Year 7 to 11 submitted an array of pencil drawings including pictures of A-list celebrities, family members, role models and even
Local businesspeople heard that Devizes is in better economic shape than larger towns in the South West. At a business reception event in the town hall organised by the Devizes Community Area Partnership last month, dozens of traders were told
Market Lavington resident Chris Stone is organising a reunion of former pupils of the Adcroft School of Building, where generations of Wiltshire craftsmen learned their trade. Mr Stone, who attended as a boarder in the 1960s, will stage the reunion
CHIPPENHAM Town won away from home in the league for only the fourth time this season, despite finishing with nine men in Cornwall this afternoon. Mark Collier's men had striker Lee Phillips and Bryan Smith sent off in the second half, but still
Visitors to Corsham’s historic almshouses may need a double take when they see its latest feature. Peter King, the chairman of the charity’s volunteer guides, has been immortalised as a 17th-century schoolmaster in a new portrait in the reception
Nicola Rosalind Coulson, 26, of Durlett, Bromham, was disqualified from driving for 17 months after pleading guilty to driving while over the alcohol limit. Police stopped her Land Rover Discovery in Sand-ridge Hill at 8pm on March 10. She had
Visitors to Devizes can be assured of a gold-standard comfort break after the town’s superloo in the west central car park received yet another recognition of its excellent service. Attendants Brian Adcock and Monica Taib were delighted when they
Devizes MP Claire Perry returned to her roots when she officially opened the new headquarters of Devizes company United Oilseeds. Mrs Perry revealed that, during her work experience while studying for a business management degree, she worked for
The new British Ambassador to The Gambia has visited Marlborough to learn about its links to Gunjur set up by the Brandt Group. Colin Crorkin, has taken over from High Commissioner David Morley and will fly out to The Gambia on April 18. He
A Neston allotment set up to help recovering addicts has gained a new lease of life after being rejuvenated as a project for the whole community. The allotments on Jaggards Lane were set up in 2012 by counsellor and former alcoholic Norman King
Volumteers who help others have received awards from Devizes Area Board. Frank Smith, a volunteer with the Friends of Erlestoke Prison since 2012, was the winner of the individual category. Mr Smith, of Bradford on Avon, understands the challenges
When cocktail waiter Nick Smith started working on community radio station Swindon 105.5, little did he know that six years later he would be looking to make a career on the airwaves. But this week the 28-year-old, of Royal Wootton Bassett, started
WORK on building a new robotic dairy in Allington in the Pewsey Vale has unearthed some pre-historic archaeological items but nothing of great significance. As part of the planning permission an archaeological dig is being undertaken and on Tuesday
Hills Waste has been given permission to continue operating a recyclables management facility on the Porte Marsh Industrial Estate in Calne for three more years. Permission for the facility, which sorts about 300 tonnes of mixed cardboard and plastic
ST Barnabas Pre-school in Market Lavington celebrated the completion of its new outdoor play area with an official opening by Devizes MP Claire Perry. The pre-school received a grant of £5,000 from Wiltshire Council to transform a run-down and
Motor dealer Pebley Beach won the top award for Overall Excellence as the best of Wiltshire’s businesses were honoured at the 20th Wiltshire Business of the Year Awards at Center Parcs last night. Trowbridge-based recruitment agency White Horse
A Chippenham charity has raised £22,000 in memory of five-year-old Emerton Chisholm-Joyce to support families who have a child with autism or leukaemia. The Emerton Foundation, set up by parents Lisa Chisholm and Stephen Joyce, raised the money
Businessman Marc Fitchett has set up an appeal to help his brother, Ian, who has prostate cancer and needs a life-extending drug not available on the NHS. Mr Fitchett runs holiday company Travel Counsellors from his home in Oxford Road, Calne,
