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  • Cathedral’s popular Director of Music to give organ recital

    David Halls, Salisbury Cathedral’s Director of Music, gives the second recital in this year’s organ recital series on the Cathedral’s Famous Father Willis organ on Wednesday, April 30, at 7.30pm. He will be performing the exciting programme he

  • FOOTBALL: Late goal denies Bassett's final hopes

    A GOAL five minutes from time by Brimscombe & Thrupp substitute Karl Nash denied Wootton Bassett Town a place in the Hellenic League's Supplementary Cup final tonight. Bassett, who have not won a trophy for 13 years, will have to wait again

  • Devizes choir will sing out to aid charity

    silver-haired songsters in Devizes will be raising money for a good cause when they perform a concert in the Corn Exchange next week. Three years ago Bath man Grenville Jones started the Devizes Good Afternoon Choir. With more than 100 members

  • Coffee fans’ double shot in Devizes

    The boss of Costa Coffee is confident Devizes can sustain two shops. Costa franchisee Premier Coffee, based in Southamp-ton, opened its second town shop in the former Polly Tea Rooms – on the corner of the Market Place and Snuff Street – on Saturday

  • Inquiry ends with a note of caution

    Opponents of Mactaggart and Mickel’s proposed 350-home development on the outskirts of Devizes say it should not go ahead as it will increase traffic congestion and air pollution. An inquiry is being held after the developer appealed against refusal

  • Jean Horsfall

    Orchestra leader and music teacher Jean Mary Horsfall, who arranged music lessons across Wiltshire for over 40 years, has died aged 90. As director of the Wiltshire Rural Music School, founder of the Wiltshire Youth Orchestra and the county’s musical

  • Come forward, war animals wreath layer told

    Devizes Royal British Legion is appealing for a mystery wreath layer to join them on Remembrance Sunday. The wreath laid is in memory of all animals killed in conflict. Franklin Richmond, co-ordinator of the Poppy Appeal in Devizes for the

  • Sixties stars will play gig at Devizes blues club

    The hit 1960s band The Move, best known for numbers like I Can Hear The Grass Grow and Flowers In The Rain, are bound for Devizes this month. The band, still with original members Bev Bevan and Trevor Burton, will perform at the Long Street Blues

  • CASTLE COMBE: Howard’s Day kicks off Combe season

    THE Castle Combe circuit’s 2014 season gets under way on Easter Monday and, as last year, the opening meeting will be run in memory of the late Howard Strawford, the man who rescued the Wiltshire track from oblivion and who died last year. Likely

  • FOOTBALL ROUND-UP: Legg despairs at derby effort

    ASSISTANT boss Darren Legg was critical of Calne Town after they went down to a 2-0 home defeat to local rivals Corsham Town on Saturday, writes Carl Field. Jason Henley’s stunning free-kick set Corsham on their way five minutes after the break

  • DAN THE FAN: Facing a battle to hang on to prospects

    LOUIS Thompson’s second goal in three games saw Town pick up another impressive home win against Brentford in this unpredictable season on Saturday. Thompson’s progression in 2014 has been one of the highlights of the year. His brother Nathan

  • Devizes goes bananas for Fairtrade

    DEVIZES built on its reputation as one of the first Fairtrade towns in Wiltshire with a produce fair at the Corn Exchange on Saturday. The fair was opened by Mayor Pete Smith, who presented the prizes for the schools Fairtrade art competition to

  • Corsham Farmers’ Market shuts down

    Dwindling stall numbers and the loss of vegetable producers have forced the monthly Corsham Farmers’ Market to close. The market, which took place in the High Street on the third Saturday of the month, was organised by the Wiltshire Farmers’ Markets

  • CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Bluebirds ‘will stay focussed’

    CHIPPENHAM Town manager Mark Collier is certain his players won’t be fazed by returning to the scene of Rob Dean’s career-ending injury tonight. Collier insists there is no ill-feeling between Town and their in-form Berkshire opponents and is simply

  • Unions do a good job

    THE recent decision by Balfour Beatty Living Places to derecognise the three trade unions, GMB, Unite and Unison, who represent their staff responsible for roads maintenance, shows yet another downside of privatisation. The company has previous

  • No time to waste

    THE latest UN Climate Report warns us that the world is heading towards catastrophic climate change but that if we take concerted action now we can avoid such a fate. This includes replacing the burning of fossil fuels, with its attendant pollution

  • They are not builders

    With regard to Jill Crooks’ article on page 5 “Homes refusal was wrong”. This application to build cannot be called sustainable or reasonable, because this piece of land is not “off Windsor Drive”, it is in Bishops Cannings, whereas Windsor Drive is

  • Campaign is viable

    I write to thank all those residents who have contacted me about last week’s visit of rail minister Stephen Hammond. Many questioned whether it is realistic to reignite this long running campaign. I want to give me view of why it’s now viable to get

  • Town not a shambles

    Once again I read with interest a letter on housing in Chippenham and our high street in last week’s letter column. As a local councillor and life-long resident of the town I have always supported new housing for Chippenham providing we see both

  • Wood worth saving for future

    All we (Friends of Birds Marsh) have ever wanted was to preserve the wood and fields for the wildlife and all who use and enjoy it. Five years ago when we revived our campaign against the development we asked various organisations if they wanted

  • Declutter this spring

    Declutter this spring I am writing to thank you and your readers for the support you’ve shown so far for the South West British Heart Foundation shops’ Spring Clear Out campaign. To mark the official start of spring, BHF shops recreated Van Gogh

  • Defending indefensible

    I found the comments made by Claire Perry, the MP for Devizes, (Gazette & Herald, April 10) extremely interesting but very sad. She stated that Mrs Miller was “found to be innocent of all allegations of wrongdoing”. That assertion is certainly

  • They just don’t get it

    The ‘media mob’ Claire Perry stated that developed around the Maria Miller scandal was largely centred around the Daily Telegraph, hardly a left wing publication, more the daily newsletter of the Tory party. They do not get it nor ever will. One

  • Thanks for kindness

    I would like to send some ‘thank you’s to some local people whom helped our family with their kindness. The villagers of Hilmarton and Clevancy have been a huge help solving a family mystery. John the church warden and Mrs Joel have been so

  • Pull the other one

    I HATE to rain on Bill Douglas’ parade but when he praises Chippenham Town Council for good housekeeping, did he not notice only a few weeks ago council employees out and about with the begging bowl, approaching the Borough Lands charity for help and

  • Get rid of this clutter

    Street clutter such as irresponsibly placed shop advertising signs (A-boards) and pavement cafe furniture can obstruct and hamper a person’s progress in the street. Keeping pathways clear is particularly crucial for the independence of people who

  • Claire Perry - Unemployment figures matching this sunny spell

    It’s been an Easter “stay-cation” for the Perry family this week and with brilliantly sunny weather, lambing under way and several visits to our favourite picnic spot on Cleeve Hill, near Rushall, it has been a chance to settle back into the rhythms

  • It’s all in the swing

    PITCHING can be a difficult part of the game to execute but played correctly you can really save yourself shots as you go around the course. An important part of playing the perfect pitch shot is the roll of the body. Most players get a little

  • ARCHERY: Shanghai surprise for Wiltshire's Rudd

    WILTSHIRE archer Mark Rudd will represent Great Britain for the first time at the first leg of the 2014 Archery World Cup in China next week. Rudd, from Beechingstoke near Pewsey and a member Devizes Bowmen will shoot for his country in the compound

  • Derry Hill are home’s high praise

    Derry Hill care home manager Carol Grainger won recognition for her dedication and hard work at an awards ceremony held at The Oval in London on March 25. Carol Grainger is the manager at Kingston House, Lansdowne Crescent, which is part of the

  • Friends pitch in to Chippenham help boy walk again

    Friends of a paralysed 16-year-old will take to the pitch and raise funds to help the football fan walk again. Ben Conolly, a pupil at Sheldon School in Chippenham, has been in Bristol Children’s Hospital since October last year, when he was diagnosed

  • Devizes choir sings out for fifth anniversary

    A Devizes choir, which welcomes all singers regardless of previous experience, will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a three-day visit to twin town Waiblingen. Sing Alive meets every Thursday during term time at Devizes School from 7.30pm to

  • CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Griffin set for Hunger game

    ALAN Griffin reckons stricken teammate Rob Dean wouldn’t want the Bluebirds to allow the memory of his harrowing injury hamper their efforts at Hungerford Town tonight. Chippenham return to Bulpitt Lane this evening almost a month to the day after

  • Win a £1,000 stay in Jane Austen's former home in Bath

    A fantastic luxury mid-week break in Jane Austen’s Bath house is a star prize being offered by Wiltshire's Sales Coaching Solutions at one of the south west’s leading business exhibitions. The opportunity to win the luxury break, worth more than

  • Ready for scarecrow Urchfont show

    Residents of Urchfont are putting the finishing touches to their creations for the annual scarecrow festival. Over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend – May 3-5 – the village expects thousands of people to visit and help raise money for charity.

  • Police appeal after Calne cat shot with airgun

    Calne police are looking for the person who shot a four-year-old ginger cat called Poppy with an airgun pellet late on March 29 in the Wessington Park area. Poppy’s owner Elizabeth Hemmings, 29, of Church Close, who reported the incident to police