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  • COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Jubliant Jazz takes the gold

    JAZZ Carlin once again smashed the Commonwealth Games women's 800m freestyle record as she won gold at Glasgow 2014 this evening. The 23-year-old Wales star, who is a former Wootton Bassett School pupil, set a new Games record of 8:22.69 in yesterday's

  • Sea Scouts are better in the wet

    THREE teams of Cub scouts braved the rain to compete in the Mid-Wiltshire district six a side football competition at Market Lavington. The teams were from 1st Devizes, 6th Devizes and 1st Lavington Sea Scouts. The sides were closely matched

  • Wadworth donates £2k to help Somerset flood victims

    Devizes brewer Wadworth has donated £2,046 to the Somerset Community Foundation to help flood victims in the Somerset levels. The money was raised by sales of more than 40,000 pints of Wadworth 6X at 16 Wadworth pubs around Somerset, Bristol and

  • Man in Pewsey glassing attack is held

    A man who struck a drinker with a glass outside a Pewsey pub has been remanded in custody by a judge. Daniel Evetts, 28, pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful wounding when he appeared at Swindon Crown Court on Friday. Evetts assaulted Thomas

  • Malmesbury students give their all on WOMAD main stage

    You could see it in their faces – elation at having their music appreciated by so many people, pride at being part of an outstanding performance at a major festival and very likely relief that it all went so well. Some 100 young musicians, singers

  • Lyneham pensioner may be jailed over £16k benefit fraud

    A LYNEHAM pensioner who claimed nearly £16,000 of pounds in benefits he was not entitled to could be jailed. Robert Bourne, 66, pocketed pension credit, housing benefit, and council tax benefit despite being in work and having more than £10,000

  • CRICKET: Corsham saunter to victory by the seaside

    CORSHAM got back to winning ways last weekend with a crushing seven-wicket victory over Weston-super-Mare. Pete Dennett’s side, who had won four on the trot before losing at Downend and seeing their game against Ashcott & Shapwick rained off

  • VIDEO: Wiltshire's wandering wallaby filmed for first time

    Wandering wallaby was sighted twice on Saturday and has now been filmed on the move in a Wiltshire lane.   Ted Watts, of Marlborough, posted the video on the Wiltshire Wallaby Watch page of Facebook apparently showing Wanda on the move in a lane

  • Operatunity for Burbage and Pewsey students

    Youngsters at Burbage and Pewsey Vale Schools got a taste of opera during a day of workshops. About 80 pupils took part in Operajunior, an event organised by Wiltshire music charity Operaluna to introduce pupils to the sounds and stories from opera

  • Charity soapbox derby off after Marlborough teams pull out

    Marlborough's first soapbox derby has been cancelled because of a lack of entrants. The event had been due to take place along the Grand Avenue, in Savernake Forest, on August 24, in aid of Tesco’s charity of the year. Tesco community champion

  • Marlborough sale is icing on the cake

    Diabetics Aoife May and Niamh George put their aprons on and got busy baking to raise money for Diabetes UK. The Year 2 pupils at St Mary’s School in Marlborough both suffer from Type 1 diabetes and are dependent on four or more injections of insulin