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  • Devizes man fined for damaging front door

    Lee Cant, 46, of Colston Road, Devizes, was fined £65 after admitting damaging a front door. He must pay costs of £85, but there was no compensation order after Salisbury Magistrates’ Court was told he had repaired the damage.

  • School yacht bows out of Isle of Wight race

    Dauntsey’s School’s tall ship Jolie Brise and her crew of eight pupils has retire from one of sailing’s biggest events. The ship, along with more than half of the 1,600 yachts taking part, was unable to make it round the Round the Island Race at

  • Big prize for Bishops Cannings bookworms

    Pupils at Bishops Cannings Primary School proved they are avid readers with success in a national reading competition. They took part in the Read For My School challenge, in which they had to read as many books as they could during two months.

  • Police appeal for missing Pewsey woman

    Police are appealing for a missing Pewsey woman to contact them, amid fears for her welbeing. Alison Jane Draper, 45, was last seen in the early hours of this morning (Monday July 7) in Pewsey. She is white, of slim build with mousey shoulder

  • £1k fine and six month ban for Wiltshire scooter offences

    Phillip Parrish, 56, of Poulshot Road, Poulshot, was fined £1,000 and disqualified from driving for six months by magistrates in Salisbury for using a motor scooter without insurance, an MoT and not in accordance with a licence. He was also ordered

  • A4 closed near Silbury Hill after Mini and Audi collide

    Police have closed the A4 between West Kennett and the Beckhampton roundabout after a serious accident involving a Mini and an Audi this afternoon. A woman received treatment at the scene and a second person was also injured in the incident near

  • Calne man who sold drugs when work hours cut spared jail

    A Calne man who turned to growing and dealing cannabis when his hours were cut back at work has been spared a jail term. Matthew Deneka was caught when his car was stopped by police for other matters and they found a Family Circle biscuit tin with

  • £400 fine for Devizes man who drove uninsured car

    John Mann, 35, of Massey Road, Devizes, was fined £400 and had his driving licence endorsed with six points after he admitted using a car in Nursteed Road without insurance. Magistrates in Salisbury also ordered him to pay costs of £85.

  • EQUESTRIAN: Libby on British long list

    BROMHAM youngster Libby Seed has been named on the long list for the Racesafe British team for this summer's Junior European Championships, at Bishop Burton in Yorkshire from August 14-17. The 17 year old Dauntsey’s School student is included with

  • GOLF: Debutant Ross bags Hills title

    ROSS Langdon, of South Cerney Golf Club, finished on two under par to win the Hills Wiltshire Professionals tournament at Marlborough Golf Club. The 36-hole event saw 18 professionals teeing off in near perfect conditions, although a fairly strong

  • Cyclist, 70, flown to hospital after accident near Devizes

    A 70-year-old cyclist from Bromham was airlifted to hospital on Saturday evening after coming off his bike on a country lane at Potterne Wick, near Devizes. Police were called by Wiltshire Air Ambulance just after 6.20pm as a helicopter flew to

  • MOTOR RACING: Latif retains Pro-Am advantage

    MARLBOROUGH College student Alessandro Latif remains in the lead of the Blancpain Sprint Series Pro-Am Trophy. The 18-year-old, who recently attended the Marlborough College Leavers' Ball and German co-driver Marc Basseng brought their Audi R8

  • Review: A Handful of Songs at the Arts Centre, Swindon

    Popular duo Ray Dance and Judith Sharp and friends delighted audiences with their Handful of Songs at the Arts Centre in Old Town, Swindon, last week. Numbers included Singing the Blues, When I Fall in Love, S'Wonderful, and a superb Les Miserables

  • RACING: Hannon's Thunder to revert to mile distance

    RICHARD Hannon's Qipco 2000 Guineas winner Night Of Thunder will revert back to a mile after failing to see out 10 furlongs in the Coral-Eclipse on Saturday. Connections stepped the Dubawi colt up in distance after he was put in his place by the

  • CRICKET: Corsham maintain top-flight charge

    CORSHAM claimed their fourth Wadworth 6X West of England League Premier One victory on the trot as they crushed Bridgwater by eight wickets at Station Road. Pete Dennett's men are third in an increasingly-congested top of the table after Wiltshire

  • Garden project transforms neglected corner of Devizes

    A patch of grass that was an eyesore and a place where used drug needles were often left have been turned into a thriving community garden. Waiblingen Way in Devizes had been blighted by a reputation for anti-social behaviour and crime but the

  • Sweet idea helps a berry good fayre for Crudwell

    A lucky purchase from eBay is helping to give a traditional village fete the sweet taste of success. Organisers of Crudwell Strawberry Fayre have bought a Strawberry Sam costume from the internet and teenagers from the village youth club are modelling

  • Sporting day to help Lacock riders

    Team building games with a dangerous difference raised more than £800 towards a new horse for Lacock Riding for the Disabled. People of all ages took part in contests which involved throwing axes, using catapults and shooting air rifles when Team

  • Wiltshire fitness instructor helps mums get back in shape

    Fitness instructor Vicki Diwell has come up with a novel way to get new mums back in shape, with a baby-friendly Pilates group. The 34-year-old, of Salisbury Road, Marlborough, has been a Pilates instructor for 13 years and set up Pilates Babes

  • Homes bid at Lydeway caravan park

    Allan Nash of the Bell Caravan Park at Lydeway, on the A342, has applied for outline planning permission for two houses to be built on land next to the caravan park.