DEVIZES Food Bank has been boosted by an unusual school design project which combined charity with a flair for art. Pupils at Devizes School were challenged to create unusual harvest boxes and then fill them up with food. The 47 students came up
Plans to rebuild part of a 17th century home in Market Lavington, which was badly damaged by a fire, have gone to Wiltshire Council. A report to the council reveals that home owners Frank and Sarah Jones have had to move into temporary accommodation
Boasting the reputation of top restaurant for Warminster and the surrounding villages on Trip Advisor, and being within walking distance of my house, the Snooty Fox seemed like the perfect venue for a mid-week dinner, inclusive of a glass or two of
Scouts and McDonald’s staff in Chippenham filled 45 bin bags during a clean sweep through an area of Cepen Park South. The Scouts, aged ten to 14, and their leaders gave up six hours on Sunday to pick up litter in Sandown Drive and from Sainsbury
Long-awaited plans to regenerate Langley Park industrial site in Chippenham now look uncertain. Site owner Ashtenne’s plans, which were to transform a large part of Chippenham including Hathaway Retail Park, were permitted in principle by Wiltshire
Pupils from seven primary schools took part in a day of activities commemorating the First World War at John Bentley School in Calne. Holy Trinity, Priestley and St Dunstan in Calne, St Nicholas in Bromham, Cherhill, Heddington and Hilmarton took
The Wiltshire Museum in Devizes hosted a Great War Artefact Identification Day on Sunday, where people were able to find out from expects more about their items. The day allowed the museum in Long Street to build up a more detailed picture of the
Motorists in Calne are being urged to look at more environment-friendly forms of transport to combat high levels of nitrogen dioxide. Wiltshire Council has launched a website of air quality monitoring data, which shows small hotspots in Calne,
There was glitz and glamour at the town hall in Devizes on Thursday when the Devizes Friends of Dorothy House hosted a charity fashion show which raised £833. It was the group’s second fashion show to raise money for the hospice and winter clothing
People across Wiltshire are getting behind our Christmas Toy Appeal, which aims to make sure children who might otherwise miss out on presents have a gift on Christmas morning. We have teamed up with the Salvation Army in Chippenham to help put
Devizes School officially switched on a £600,000 solar panel project at a ceremony with town MP Claire Perry. She made the most of her trip, which coincided with Parliament Week, by taking a question and answer session with sixth formers. Mrs
In the November 6 edition of the Gazette & Herald we featured a postcard sent in by Gordon Williams of White Lion Park in Malmesbury. He knew very little about it, just that it was posted on Christmas Eve 1914 to Master Bertie Batt, Willowbrooke
100 Years Ago. GREAT SOMERFORD: The school children of Great Somerford, who are all members of the League of Young Patriots have, through their small weekly donations of half-pennies and pennies, been able to forward as a first instalment the sum
Nostalgia items worth up to £300,000 from the award-winning Great Yarmouth museum, Yesterday’s World, are to be sold by Chippenham Auction Rooms. Principal auctioneer Richard Edmonds and the team from Ivy Road were up against two major London auction
A recording studio in Chippenham which nearly closed when Wiltshire Council youth services funding changed has been awarded £5,000 by the Chippenham Area Board. Riverbank Studios was being run as part of the Integrated Youth Service but became
The Clarendon Players excelled in last week’s poignant production of Brief Encounter, skillfully co-directed by Paula Clifford and Zoe Stewart. The 1938 set, brilliantly designed by Dick Clark, depicted no less than seven different well-furnished
