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  • RUGBY: Real cup of cheer for Bassett youngsters

    THE future is looking bright for Royal Wootton Bassett rugby after their U17 side claimed the Dorset & Wilts Cup at the weekend. The young side have experienced incredible success in the last few years, having won the Division Two title, followed

  • WILTSHIRE LEAGUE: Melksham settle in for the second half

    MELKSHAM Town Reserves manager Steve Burns is full of festive cheer as his side head into the Christmas break right near the top of the Premier Division tree. Second-placed Melksham notched up their tenth victory of the season last weekend with

  • Santa stars at Hillworth party in the park

    Father Christmas was the star attraction on Sunday as Devizes Town Council held its Christmas in Hillworth Park celebration. Visitors to the free event were able to walk through a winter wonderland that included a snow machine, decorated Christmas

  • Anne Johnson

    Marlborough town crier Alfie Johnson said he had lost his soul mate and teenage sweetheart after his wife Anne died on Saturday at Great Western Hospital. Mrs Johnson, 68, died less than 24 hours after being admitted to the Swindon hospital last

  • CHIPPENHAM TOWN: New boy Holgate’s ring of confidence

    CHIPPENHAM Town boss Mark Collier is hoping that new signing Ashan Holgate can add another dimension to his frontline options. The 28-year-old striker came close to marking his Bluebirds debut with a goal in Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to St Neots Town

  • EQUESTRIAN: West Littleton's Harry wins top award

    EVENTER Harry Meade has won the British Equestrian Writers' Association leading rider award for 2014. Meade, who is based at West Littleton, near Chippenham, made a stunning comeback from career-threatening elbow injuries suffered in a competition

  • Beer brings in good sum for Devizes charity

    DEVIZES Beer Festival organiser Don Jones was the toast of the town’s opportunity centre when he popped in to present a cheque. He handed over £700 raised at the summer festival to our Give Us A Chance appeal. The money came from unused tokens

  • Stars shine along route

    Children aged from two to four carried lanterns from their nursery school to a village church to mark Christmas in a special way. Around 50 tots from the Old School Nursery, Great Cheverell, took part in the Follow The Star procession carrying

  • Devizes students just jumper to it

    Sixth formers and staff at Devizes School got into the Christmas spirit and helped raise money for a charity trying to bring cheer to youngsters living in poverty and war torn countries. Students put on their favourite Christmas jumpers and paid

  • 150 Father Christmases rake in £600 for charity

    MORE than 100 Father Christmases descended on Calne town centre on Saturday as a host of runners took part in Calne Leisure Centre’s third annual Santa’s Scamper. Some 150 people donned red trousers and jackets, Santa hats and white beards before

  • Battle to stop Range gathers pace as 240 sign petition

    OPPOSITION is growing to The Range’s plans to site its southern distribution centre in Chippenham. A petition against the 72,070 sq m storage and distribution centre and a 5,413 sq m retail unit, plus 850 parking spaces, has collected more than

  • Milton Lilbourne family add a twinkle to the Christmas sky

    A festively decorated home in Milton Lilbourne is a family affair with everyone getting involved in putting up the Christmas lights display. The Bowers family, of Forge Close, have been adorning their house and garden each December for the past

  • Bambi applies for pub licence and 11 other news snippets

    Nathan Tiley, known as drag queen Bambi Violet, has applied for a new premises licence for the Rose and Crown, Market Place, Chippenham, to sell alcohol to 12.30am daily and play music until 1am. .... Severe delays affected rush hour drivers

  • Gazette's £500 winner treats himself to new camera

    CHRISTMAS has come early for David Runnalls, who has won £500 to spend on anything he chooses. The Lower Stanton St Quintin resident was picked in Newsquest’s competition Win £500 Cash for Christmas, after sending in coupons cut from the Gazette

  • HOCKEY: Marlborough’s barren run on the road goes on

    MARLBOROUGH remain without an away win in Davis Wood League Central One heading into the mid-season break as they slipped to defeat by a solitary goal at Team Bath Buccs C. In desperate need of a win to keep within striking distance of the top

  • CROSS COUNTRY: Gemma storms to Counties triumph

    SHELDON School’s Gemma Shepherd raced to victory in the combined U20/17 women’s race at the Tri-Counties Cross Country Championships at the University of Bath on Sunday, writes KEVIN FAHEY. Shepherd has made a quiet start to the winter but the

  • Dismay over TK MAXX’s part-time jobs offer

    TK MAXX has announced it will open in Chippenham in the New Year and is recruiting 40 staff. The discount designer fashion and homeware retailer is to open a branch on the Bath Road Retail Park at 9am on February 19, in the unit adjacent to Next

  • Claire Perry - A strong economy is at the heart of everything

    Parliament is still grinding through important legislation, but gradually Westminster is winding down with the House officially rising today. London is blissfully emptying as people head off for the holidays and I am also looking forward to heading

  • Santa’s visitors make wishes at Woolborough

    A magical wish tree has been created at Woodborough Garden Centre, in aid of the Finlay Foundation. The family-run garden centre put up a tree for visitors to decorate with stars holding messages and wishes for loved ones. The tree will be

  • Dogs Trust charity shop welcomes VIP visitors

    MARLBOROUGH was visited by some VIPs on Friday during the grand opening of the new Dogs Trust charity shop. To mark the occasion some Very Important Pooches from the Dogs Trust Salisbury Rehoming Centre visited the shop in Hillier’s Yard. Katy

  • Christmas bungalow dazzles youngsters

    A CHIPPENHAM couple’s bungalow, decked out with dazzling fairy lights, is delighting youngsters at Monkton Park Primary School opposite. The kids stop to wave at the twinkling Father Christmas as they pass by Janet and Wally Winsor’s home in Sadlers

  • More misery for Wiltshire train travellers

    There has been more morning misery for train travellers with signalling problems and overrunning engineering work causing delays. A signalling problem near Warminster in Wiltshire led to journeys being delayed by up to 60 minutes between Salisbury

  • New information boards for Diamond Jubilee Plantation project

    NEW information boards have been unveiled at the Diamond Jubilee Plantation to mark the Marlborough Community Orchard’s ‘town in orchard’ project. MCO committee members met Alison Galvin- Wright from the Marlborough in Bloom committee and a selection

  • JUDO: Silver service, but Tom is left frustrated

    TOM Reed admits his pride took a knock as he once again lost out on gold to Commonwealth Games tormentor Owen Livesey at last weekend’s British Championships. The 28-year-old, from Devizes, was beaten by England team-mate and Games roommate Livesey

  • Passengers stranded as Marlborough roadworks overrun

    BUS passengers were left stranded when a service had to change its route due to roadworks that overran. Resurfacing work was due to be carried out along St Martins from December 1 until December 5 between 9.30am and 3.30pm which residents, businesses

  • Indecent exposure arrest and other news snippets

    A 19-year-old man who has allegedly been indecently exposing himself from a bedroom window has been arrested and released on police bail pending further inquiries. Parents told police that as they were walking their children to school the man could