Magical lanterns lit up the dark skies as thousands of people gathered on Devizes town centre for the Christmas light switch on tonight. Scores of people who had created their own lanterns gathered in St John's Street at 6pm. They were led
SPECSAVERS optician in Marlborough High Street has donated 100 high-visibility vests to pupils at St Peter’s school as part of Road Safety Week. The optician, supporting national charity Brake in its annual road safety awareness drive, presented
It had been a wet and miserable November Saturday, so late in the day we decided to cheer ourselves up with a meal at The Bell in Yatton Keynell. Booking at lunchtime for three people, it seemed like it would be busy for dinner that night, but
THE monthly market in Malmesbury celebrated its first anniversary on Saturday in time-honoured tradition – with a birthday cake. The Hub at the back of the town hall was full to capacity with 24 stallholders selling a variety of products. The
PHOTOGRAPHER Robert Peel loves Malmesbury so much that he has taken thousands of pictures of the town – usually without straying more than 300 metres from his house. His evocative images have graced the front pages of national newspapers and his
A ‘QUESTION Time’ event where carers can discuss their rights is taking place tomorrow at Devizes Town Hall as part of national Carers Rights Day. It runs from 10.30am-1pm and will give people the opportunity to raise questions to an expert panel
TEENAGERS from 10:10 youth group in Devizes slept outside for a night to raise money and awareness of homelessness. Nine young people aged 13 to 16 made makeshift shelters in St James’s churchyard on Church Walk to sleep in overnight in a challenge
SOME of the best entrants from Devizes Junior Eisteddfod will be performing again on Saturday at two festival concerts. For the first time this year the event’s most prestigious awards were not presented at the Eisteddfod weekend. Instead they
NEONATAL units will get a funding boost thanks to Kandu Arts’ efforts as part of this weekend’s Chippenham Winter Festival. The community group, which uses art, music and football to help develop individuals considered at risk, has organised a
Wiltshire College students are being encouraged to enter a short story and poetry competition linked to the centenary of the First World War. The competition, organised by the college’s Learning Resource Centres, is open to all students and based
OARE and Wilcot have been announced as two of the communities that will benefit from 3G coverage under Vodafone’s Open Sure Signal 100 programme. The villages are two of 100 hotspot locations that will benefit from the scheme. Vodafone is now working
PUPILS from Box Primary School helped police to monitor the speed of traffic coming through the village last week. In previous years, instead of receiving a ticket, speeding drivers have been handed a picture of a road accident drawn by the school
Be sensible, Be safe is the key message being given to people across Swindon and Wiltshire from the Community Safety Partnership in the run-up to and throughout the Christmas and New Year period. A month-long partnership safety campaign will launch
GEMMA Shepherd opened her senior girls’ campaign with an emphatic victory in the North Wiltshire Schools’ Cross Country Championships, writes Kevin Fahey. The Sheldon School student gave herself an early birthday present – she turned 17 on Sunday
Friends and family of sports lover Steve Patten-Hall are urged to wear bright colours when they attend his funeral on Tuesday. His elder daughter Gemma Patten-Hall, 24, paid tribute to her father who died in the early hours of November 18 in Salisbury
PARISH and town councils are being consulted on the continued use of speed indication devices on roads in the county after it was announced that funding for them by Wiltshire Council will not be given in the new financial year. The signs, which
Singer Victoria Bolley, who performed in London’s West End as part of the cast of Alchemy, will be coming to Devizes to kick off the musical’s national tour. Mrs Bolley, 29, who is originally from Devizes, will be playing a lead role in the Victorian
Residents of an elderly people’s home in South Africa, whose usual experience of traditional dance displays may be of Zulu origin, could be in for a culture shock. They will be treated to an exhibition of English morris dancing, courtesy of Malmesbury
SANTA’S little helpers from Kings Lodge Primary School have placed their handmade decorations onto the Town Hall Christmas tree this week. The school had made baubles and dove decorations for the tree before adding some tinsel with the help of
A CHARITY that sinks water wells in beleaguered Sierra Leone has suspended normal operations to help prevent Ebola breaking out in the area where it operates. Staffed by a small band of volunteers, Alive & Well, based at Luckington near Malmesbury
CORSHAM’S 100 per cent home record in the Davis Wood League East Central Two continued unchecked as they defeated Yate B 2-0. The home side scored a goal in each half, Ian Gould flicking the second past the stranded keeper in the second half to
THE Gazette & Herald’s Christmas Toy Appeal, in partnership with the Salvation Army, continues to go from strength to strength as we near December. Chippenham High Street stores Wilko and Superdrug have both agreed to be drop-off points where
The Black Friday frenzy hit Wiltshire this morning with shoppers queuing for bargains. The queue was already stretching around the side of Sainsbury's in Chippenham at 5.45am ahead of its 7am opening. Discounts on a range of electrical items
AGE group world champion James Coleman stormed to success at Castle Combe’s Chilly Duathlon event on Sunday. Coleman, from Westwood near Bradford on Avon, became a world age group champion at the 2013 Duathlon World Championships in Ottawa, Canada
Youngsters in Malmesbury have been learning how to do The Flying Monk – a traditional dance inspired by the town’s plummeting medieval aviator. Malmesbury Brownies got to grips with the moves after learning the steps from the town’s Morris dancers
THE festive season gets underway in Calne this weekend as the town gears up for tomorrow’s Winter Festival. A whole day of seasonal events has been planned, culminating in the Christmas lights being switched on and a fireworks display. The
TEACHER Dan Wright has packed in his day job to help join the fight against Ebola in Liberia. Mr Wright, from Kingsdown in Corsham, left for the country last Saturday and is working with charity Plan International to help raise funds to tackle
Reports have shown that the Chippenham constituency is a key area in deciding the outcome of the next General Election. There has never been a Conservative majority Government without a Conservative MP here. Michelle Donelan has set out her
