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Warning to drivers as gritters sent out in Wiltshire for first time this winter
Gritters are out for the first time this winter, treating main routes, as temperatures are expected to fall below freezing. Wiltshire Council's @WiltshireWinter account tweeted: "Gritters out for the first time this winter season treating primary
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EVO-STIK LEAGUE SOUTHERN PREMIER DIVISION: Frome Town 1 Hereford United 3
A FIRST-MINUTE goal from Frome’s Lewis Haldane set up an entertaining match but Adrian Foster's men were eventually comfortably beaten at home by Hereford United on Saturday. Defender Mark Cooper returned from suspension to start at left-back
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CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Collier hails Chesham point
CHIPPENHAM Town chief Mark Collier was pleased to see his side stand up to the brute strength of Chesham United and snatch a draw with a last-gasp Greg Tindle equaliser. After falling behind to Toby Little’s finely-struck free-kick, the Bluebirds
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Letter of the week - White poppies laid for peace
Devizes Quakers and members of other Devizes Churches, numbering 15 in all, attended a ceremony at 10am on November 11 to lay a wreath of white poppies at the war memorial. This was done out of respect for the fallen soldiers and the many others maimed
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Queue was a farce
I was driving from Calne to Marlborough on the A4 on Thursday, November 13 at 9am. I sat in a queue of traffic (I counted 17 cars ahead of me) for 20 minutes, all of us being held up by a recycling lorry collecting bottles and paper. What a
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Cut traffic gridlock
Swindon is quite an important place, and both motorway junctions are at full capacity. The problem is, a lot of traffic just doesn’t want to be there. It would be good to have a proper road through to Hook. Getting to and from Wroughton or Old
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Disabled need to park
Regarding the article on proposed parking changes last week, there was no mention of disabled spaces. Some time ago, it was reported in the Gazette & Herald that Wiltshire Council was proposing to change the wording of the disabled notice so
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Turn focus to UKIP
Last week’s letter from Liberal Democrat councillor Jon Hubbard sees him clinging to the popular free car parking cause but complaining when prospective Conservative MP Michelle Donelan also expressed support for changes to parking charges. We
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One cut too many?
Reading between the lines in the corridors of power in Wiltshire’s County Hall, it would seem that yet again next year we will be seeing further cuts to the Wiltshire Highways budget. It is being suggested by some members of the council that the
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MP stood elsewhere
In your November 13 issue you published a letter from Coun Jon Hubbard, which amused me. Coun Hubbard (leader of the Lib Dem group in Wiltshire council) seemed to have fire and passion in his belly when making comments in reply to Michelle Donelan
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Proposal is a mistake
How disappointing it was to read in last week’s Gazette & Herald that what Chippenham needs is “...more parking ... and this can be an opportunity for us to create an area with a multi-storey car park, smaller shops... possibly a cinema.” This
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Pleased with work
Your reporting of what I said in regards to the Great Bedwyn war memorial is inaccurate as I did not refer to our replacement of the picket fence as a new fence. It is oak posts linked by a chain. I have attached before and after photographs that
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Deliver a better future
It is good news that Wiltshire Council has recognised that the redevelopment of the Bath Road car park and Bridge Centre site was going nowhere and needed a fresh start. It is bad news that the council’s leadership in Trowbridge then, without a
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Vote yes for local plan
November 27 is going to be an historic day for residents of the Malmesbury area. We will have an opportunity to vote yes for our own Local Plan which Wiltshire Council will be compelled to take into account when making decisions. The plan has been
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Free meals are a plus
We have just marked National School Meals Week. At the start of this new school year, all Wiltshire primary schools were asked to serve hot meals to their youngest children. All bar four schools met this demanding deadline and they will serve hot food
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Cut speed to save pets
On Thursday, October 30 my family and I took the train up to London to see the poppies at the Tower of London. Unfortunately, whilst we were away, our young kitten Leo decided to cross the road in Hardenhuish Lane in Chippenham and was unfortunately
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Candlelight concert in aid of air ambulance
A candlelit night of music is being held at St John’s Church in Devizes on December 6, where theatre companies, an opera group and choirs will raise funds for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance. There will be performances from White Horse Opera, Trowbridge
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Wiltshire College boning up on cuts
Leading Wiltshire butcher Shawn Byrne helped catering students to sharpen their skills on a visit to Wiltshire College Trowbridge. Mr Byrne – who works for award-winning Walter Rose and Sons of Devizes and Trowbridge – was invited to give students
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Bulbs will be springing up in Chippenham park
John Coles Park in Chippenham will be a mass of colour in the spring thanks to a plantathon by environmental community group The Nature Of It. Volunteers spent four hours on Saturday planting 2,000 daffodil bulbs in a flowing swirl design.
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Pewsham woodland is now flourishing
Volunteers in Chippenham are celebrating 20 years of restoring and conserving an area of ancient woodland. The group was set up in 1994 to bring back coppice management at Mortimores Wood, near Pewsham, which had ended 50 years earlier. Now
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Awards for good practice at Wiltshire GP surgeries
GP practices across Wiltshire were recognised for their work with unpaid carers by Carer Support Wiltshire at an awards ceremony in Devizes last week. The Investors in Carers Awards were presented at the Corn Exchange celebrating the continued
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Ensemble exhibition on display at Dauntsey’s School
A new exhibition has opened in The Gallery at Dauntsey’s School displaying work by Victoria Rose, its director of art. Ensemble brings together a selection of illustrative works inspired by the Victorian era. At the private view last Wednesday
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UPDATE: Young Marlborough driver who died in Savernake Forest crash named
A 21-year-old Marlborough man has died after he apparently lost control of the car he was driving and hit a tree in the early hours of this morning. He has been named locally as Max Pearson. The incident happened at 5.40am when the silver
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Top gardeners heading to Malmesbury
Leading experts from the world of gardening will head for Malmesbury next year for what is set to become one of the most prestigious events of its kind in the country. The first ever Gardens Illustrated Festival, which will take place at a number
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Soldiers join service to honour fallen in Chippenham
Serving soldiers joined Chippenham pensioners in remembering those who died in the Great War. Ferfoot care home in Old Hardenhuish Lane had a service of remembrance with soldiers from 9 Regiment. Their visit last Thursday gave residents an
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Late starting head gets ready to retire from Chippenham school
Lollipop lady turned headteacher Julia Harle is to retire next year from St Peter’s Primary in Chippenham. Mrs Harle took over the Lords Mead school in 2009 and since then has lifted it from a satisfactory Ofsted grade to good and overseen its
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Bassett war book is launched
A launch ceremony to celebrate the completion of a book about Royal Wootton Bassett in the First World War took place last Friday. The launch of the 720-page local history book by Sheridan Parsons, Wootton Bassett in the Great War, took place at
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Petition for action on Devizes gulls
A petition signed by more than 300 people upset about the noise and nuisance caused by seagulls is to be presented to Devizes Area Board on Monday. Wiltshire councillor Laura Mayes started the petition earlier this year after people living in the
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Farming Diary - Time for grazing and gazing
A mixed bag of weather has brought 32.5mm more rain, filling the streams and ditches to a level not seen for some time. But on a cheerier note, Richard and I recently attended a wedding on the Gower Peninsula. The Gower Peninsula projects westwards
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Eisteddfod names top acts and gets set for Wiltshire-wide showcase
A GIRL of 11, who showed her versatility at everything from piano playing to mime, was declared the best young performer at Devizes Junior Eisteddfod. Beatrice Watts, a pupil at St Margaret’s in Calne, was the winner of the William Dauntesey Cup
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Zena Robson, Woodborough Garden Centre - A wealth of rose varieties on offer
Traditionally dahlias are lifted after the first frosts have blackened the foliage but if this hasn’t happened to yours yet, lift them now unless you are going to risk leaving them in the ground. In a free-draining soil you could chance this but
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EVO-STIK LEAGUE SOUTHERN PREMIER DIVISION: Chippenham Town 1 Chesham United 1
CHIPPENHAM'S striker jinx again came to the fore as Mark Francis and Darren Edwards both had to withdraw due to illness. The match came to life on the hour mark when respective skippers Matt Coupe and the visitors' former Birmingham City man Darren
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My Word, by John Craig, ex-Wiltshire fire chief - Civil service waste is shameful
Taxpayers are now receiving a document that sets out some detail on how our taxes are spent. Behind this initiative must be the desire on the part of Government to give reassurance that our hard-earned money is being used prudently. However, I