Devizes Canoe Club’s application to create a base at Lower Wharf in the town is being recommended for approval. The application has resulted in 43 letters of objection, a petition signed by 78 people and 36 letters of support. Residents living
The funeral of campsite manager Sam Walden, who died in a motorcycle accident in Belgium, is to be held at the West Wiltshire Crematorium, Semington, on Friday, August 29, at 3.15pm. His family said all his friends will be welcome and they want
Thirty firefighters tackled a blaze in Froxfield at the up-market Oka furniture warehouse last night. Six crews from Wiltshire and Royal Berkshire fire services were called to the warehouse on the A4 at 6.52pm with one crew staying until 9.38am
WILTSHIRE’S Neil Clark says that blasting his county side to the Unicorns Championship Western Division title with a show-stopping ton was the stuff that ‘every batsman dreams of’. Clark, who is also the captain of West of England Premier League
FAMILIES of soldiers who died in the First World War will take part in a commemoration in Devizes on Sunday. The Devizes branch of the Royal British Legion, Devizes Town Council and Roundway Parish Council have organised the event to mark the centenary
The Great Western Hospital has been given a one star rating for its food hygiene following an inspection earlier this year. Carillion, the company responsible for all food provision within the hospital apart from Costa and Boots, was told by the
Wiltshire Council’s Cabinet unanimously voted in May to go ahead with the community model for youth services. Their vote followed a 10-week consultation period that generated thousands of responses. The cuts to the youth services budget are
Chippenham is to lose all its youth workers but one when its youth development centre closes at the end of next month. Wiltshire Council confirmed the Bridge Centre will no longer be required by the youth work team after September. And 11 of
Funding for Chippenham’s long-awaited permanent skate park could be under threat if the Bridge Centre cannot be sold. Wiltshire Council is expecting the sale of the Bridge Centre land to fund the Monkton Park skate park’s start-up costs, estimated
Multi-million pound plans to redevelop the Bridge Centre in Chippenham have been dealt a serious blow with the decision by TK Maxx not to open there. Instead the fashion retailer is to open at Methuen Park beside Next. With TK Maxx choosing
‘A plotless play’ is the perfect description of Noel Coward’s Hayfever – a comedy written in three days with no revisions back in 1924. As the curtain began to fall at the end of Act One, to uncertain and confused clapping from the audience, I
CHIPPENHAM Golf Club is holding a beer festival tomorrow (Saturday). The club confirmed today that the event is going ahead and will run from noon until 10pm. People are welcome to turn up on the day and buy beer tokens. A selection of
WILTSHIRE sprinters took centre stage at the South West Inter Counties Championships at the refurbished Exeter Arena on Sunday, writes Kevin Fahey. Blustery conditions meant that many of the quick times will be registered as wind-assisted as the
Police are appealing for witnesses after one of the listed ornate gates to the Quakers Walk footpath in Devizes were damaged between 4pm yesterday and 8am today. A dog walker called the police this morning, worried that the gates were in a dangerous
Pupils at Pewsey Vale School had reason to celebrate yesterday with 96 per cent of its school leavers gaining at least five GCSEs. More than 50 per cent of students achieved at least two A grades and the school’s BTEC courses had a 100 per cent
DEVIZES judoka Tom Reed had an appointment at Downing Street this week as he steps up his bid to make the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Reed, who won a silver medal for England at the recent Commonwealth Games in Glasgow at the U81 kgs category, was
CHIPPENHAM Town manager Mark Collier has bolstered his side's firepower by bringing two strikers to Hardenhuish Park. The Bluebirds have snapped up a former FA Cup tormenter with the signing of 34-year-old ex-Gloucester City frontman Darren Edwards
WILTSHIRE men’s Four Rink League play-offs begin this weekend. In Area B the annual battle for the top two places between Chippenham Town, Wootton Bassett and Westlecot has seen Chippenham miss out this year. Wootton Bassett on 190 points topped
Timber barriers that have been put up at Savernake Forest are causing anger and frustration among many visitors to the 4,500 acre oasis, it is claimed. The Forestry Commission says logs have been placed across some access points to prevent cars
