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  • DAN THE FAN: Reeves a shining light as our run is ended

    TOWN’S impressive nine game unbeaten league run came to an end this week, but there’s no need to hit the panic button just yet. Going forward we looked superb, keeping hold of the ball, managing to pick out a pass with ease, and looking dangerous

  • Soap star joins the party at the George and Dragon

    EastEnders star Lucy Benjamin was the life and soul of the party when she visited Rowde to help the George and Dragon pub celebrate its tenth anniversary. Miss Benjamin, who became friends with pub owners Phil and Michelle Hale and Chippy Day during

  • Cuts to Marlborough parking fees may be on the cards

    Changes to High Street parking in Marlborough could be on the way as a review of parking is undertaken by Wiltshire Council. The review begins on Monday and council deputy leader John Thomson said that on-street parking in the High Street needs

  • Back Wiltshire youth through Grow Your Tenner campaign

    Wiltshire residents are being urged to support Youth Action Wiltshire and vulnerable young people by getting involved in the Grow Your Tenner campaign. Not-for-profit organisation LocalGiving is giving groups the chance to gain up to £12,000 through

  • Devizes Lions walk brings in £6,000 for good causes

    Supporters of Devizes Lions have raised £6,000 with their 10-mile sponsored walk this month. About 15 people – including Mayor Sarah Bridewell – did the walk across Roundway Down. Lion Tom Fussell said the £6,000 was likely to be boosted by

  • Expansion bid set to deliver 100 jobs in Chippenham

    A proposed expansion by major employer Wavin is set to bring at least 100 new jobs to Chippenham. Wavin, which makes heating, plumbing and drainage products, has announced a multi-million pound investment, bringing a dedicated manufacturing facility

  • No uniforms at Devizes School bring in cash

    Students at Devizes School wore clothes of their own choice on Friday to raise money for two charities. They each paid £1 for the privilege of not wearing uniforms to raise money for Wiltshire Air Ambulance and Motor Neurone Disease. Each year

  • Francis Harrington

    Grandfather Francis Harrington, who moved to Devizes in 1970, has died aged 76. Mr Harrington was for many years a member of Devizes Bowls Club and when ill health stopped him playing, he took up fishing with Trowbridge and District Senior Angling

  • Rejected bid of 28 homes for Studley re-submitted

    A planning application for 28 homes in Studley that was rejected by Wiltshire Council at the end of August was re-submitted on Thursday. The former Blounts Court nursery site is owned by the Trustees of the Bowood Reversioners Trust and has had

  • Devizes School proud to open hi-tech learning block

    A revamped and extended classroom block has brought Devizes School into the 21st century when it comes to teaching subjects such as media and business studies. Headteacher Malcolm Irons is delighted the school has been able to spend £850,000 on

  • Missing paperwork delays Devizes housing plan deadline

    People are to have more time to consider the Devizes Neighbourhood plan, following a discovery by Wiltshire Council that it had not sent out all the paperwork to interested groups. The new deadline for consultation on the plan, which sets out where

  • Jobs 4U as Devizes store re-opens

    The former Phones 4U store on The Brittox, Devizes reopened as Vodafone shop today, saving five jobs. The company banned the Gazette from talking to the staff, five of whom lost their jobs when Phones 4U went into administration in mid-September

  • Laura secures county award

    COMMONWEALTH Games medallist Laura Halford was named  sports personality of the year at the fifth Wiltshire Sports Awards in Trowbridge last night. The 2014 awards were jointly hosted by Wiltshire Council, Wiltshire Health Improvement Panel, and

  • MOTORCYCLING: Tommy revved up by critics

    TOMMY Bridewell reckons his third-placed finish in the British Superbike Champion- ship is a cast-iron rebuttal to the naysayers that have criticised his efforts this season. The 26-year-old, from Etchilhampton, earned three top-six finishes in

  • £22k cost of Wiltshire Council's internet broadcasts

    The first internet broadcast of a Wiltshire Council meeting - which is costing £22,000 a year - had an audience of 194. Tuesday’s full council, which started at 11am but didn’t finish until nearly 5pm, will be available to watch again via the council

  • Parking rethink to pay rural bus costs

    Free street parking in Devizes will come under the spotlight when Wiltshire Council has a consultation on its car parks. Wiltshire deputy leader John Thomson said this week that an option for every parking area controlled by the council will be

  • Upmarket move for re-opening Devizes hotel

    The Black Swan Hotel in the Market Place, Devizes, re-opens today after a three-day closure following the departure of licensees Mike and Yvonne Wright. Devizes brewers Wadworth has now given the tenancy to Florence Chapman and Amelia Heaton-Renshaw

  • Hopes of free parking and Chippenham multi-storey raised

    Hopes of free parking and a new multi-storey car park in Chippenham have been raised by Wiltshire Council as it launches a consultation on parking. The council commissioned consultants Atkins to carry out a review of all parking in Chippenham at