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  • Calne schoolgirl has been twice across the Channel

    Schoolgirl Felicity Challinor has completed her second relay swim across the English Channel at just 15 years old. A pupil at St Mary’s School, Calne, she has raised more than £1,350 for Diabetes UK, a disease her aunt and grandmother suffer from

  • Corsham police warning: laughing gas could kill you

    Police are appealing to parents in a bid to crack down on the recreational use of laughing gas among school children. It is believed the gas, known as nitrous oxide, is being purchased online and then sold around schools after empty canisters have

  • Skilled poet will launch first verse

    Poetry will come to life at the Marlborough Litfest with Zena Edwards leading the first event in the Ellis Theatre at Marlborough College on Thursday. Ms Edwards, who will be on stage from 7.15pm, explores storytelling by blending spoken word poetry

  • Classic car show will boost Shalbourne Pavilion Appeal

    Hundreds of rare and classic cars are expected for the 7th Wiltshire Classic Car Show next month. In previous years the event has been held at Shalbourne Manor, the home of Charles and Donna Scott, but on October 5 Shalbourne’s Sports Ground off

  • Police cars damaged after Corsham move

    Corsham Neighbourhood Policing Team has officially moved to its new base at Springfield Campus. However, just three days after moving, scratches, dents and footprints were found on one of the police vehicles in the car park. The damage to the

  • CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Bluebirds bring in Preece

    CHIPPENHAM Town have secured the signing of former Gloucester City defender Mark Preece. As revealed by gazetteandherald.co.uk yesterday, Town were linked with a move for the 27 year old after he was released by the Tigers. Gloucester yesterday

  • SHOOTING: Games are in veteran Clark’s sights

    BIDDESTONE marksman Nick Clark say that he has no plans to hang up his rifle just yet after the Indian summer that has inspired him to take aim at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. The 54-year-old, who has shot for more than 40 years and

  • St Mary’s School, Calne

    A young actor is needed to help make a school’s bid to give students more theatrical experience a success. St Mary’s School in Calne is taking a step into the community with a new venture in its fully equipped studio theatre. So far, the theatre

  • GOLF: Job’s a good one for Jamie

    THE Manor House Hotel and Golf Club in Castle Combe has a new course record for the first time in 13 years – after local amateur Jamie Jobbins shot a stunning round of 67. Until Jobbins’ record-breaking round, the record had been held by current

  • Storm can't dampen wheelbarrow race fun in Pewsey

    Stormy weather could not stop the masses turning out for the Pewsey Carnival wheelbarrow race last night. The event, formerly know as the wheelbeero race, is the second of the three main events during carnival fortnight, with the four-legged race

  • TENNIS: Youngsters courting county final success

    A TOTAL of 124 players from all over Wiltshire participated in the recent Wiltshire LTA Junior County Championships at Devizes Tennis Club. Despite wet and windy weather at the beginning of the week, referee Chris Matthews and his team managed

  • GYMNASTICS: Moonrakers drum up support

    CHIPPENHAM’S Moonraker Gymnastics Club threw open its doors on Saturday to encourage support for their bid to build a purpose-built gymnastics facility in the town. More than 40 of the club’s current development squad members took part in displays

  • Wiltshire men live beyond 80

    Life expectancy for men in Wiltshire has risen again as the county’s figures remained above the national average, according to the annual Public Health Report. For men in Wiltshire life expectancy is 80.4 years, while for women it is 83.9, both

  • Wiltshire mental health trust slated

    The NHS trust reposnsible for providing mental health care in Wiltshire must take significant steps to improve services, a new report says. England’s chief inspector of hospitals, Professor Sir Mike Richards, published his first report on the quality

  • Marlborough has plenty for readers of a young age

    Young bookworms can get their fill of entertainment with appearances by Caroline Lawrence, Chris Lloyd and Michèle Roberts. Ms Lawrence is acclaimed for her history mystery books and will appear at the Town Hall on September 27 at 10.30am.

  • Malmesbury housing rejected by top minister

    Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has overruled his department’s own planning inspector by rejecting an application to build 77 houses at Park Road in Malmesbury. Inspector John Wilde had allowed the appeal from White Lion Land following

  • New voices worth hearing at Marlborough

    Award-winning novelists Amy Sackville and Cynan Jones will have their chance to shine at the Hiscox Young Authors event. Ms Sackville, a creative writing lecturer at the University of Kent, will be talking about her latest novel, Orkney, in the

  • Bremhill widow pays tribute after man dies of heart disease

    Retired market gardener Roger Hayward has been described as a loss to everyone after a coroner ruled his death was a result of natural causes. Originally it was thought the 71-year-old grandfather-of-three from Bremhill had been electrocuted as

  • A wide variety of talent at Marlborough's fifth fest

    Marlborough is gearing up to welcome a host of great authors as the fifth LitFest rolls into town. A rich mixture of well-established and emerging talent will join the annual festival that runs from September 25 to 29. During the long weekend