FUN with reading extended for a whole week at Devizes School as pupils built up to World Book Day when they dressed as character from stories.The week started with a visit by author Kat Maryon from West Wiltshire who writes books mainly aimed at girls
A GROUP of veteran rockers have handed over thousands of pounds to Wiltshire Air Ambulance at a visit to the charity’s base in Devizes.Rockers Reunited, who have an average age of 71, presented a cheque for £4,700 to the band’s chosen charity for 2014
AROUND 80 regulars at The Three Crowns in Chippenham are to don sheep costumes to recreate an historic photo of the pub.The black and white photo shows a shepherd and his dog with a flock of sheep in front of the pub on The Causeway. It is on the cover
MARK Collier admits his Chippenham Town side may have to simplify their approach as they look to finish their Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division campaign with a flourish. Goals from Truro City’s Isaac Vassell and Shane White, from the penalty
WILTSHIRE Mind is looking for people to jump at the chance to help it with fundraising.The independent mental health charity, based in Melksham, is organising its first skydiving fundraiser in Salisbury on May 24 and is looking for people to do the dive
THE Green Party has new prospective parliamentary candidates for the Chippenham and Devizes constituencies, as former candidates wife and husband Samantha and Mark Fletcher move away temporarily. Mr Fletcher, a biologist, has been posted abroad for six
LOVELY Shoes in Devizes has now closed because the owner could not make it pay. The ladies shoe and handbag boutique has been on Maryport Street for several years with owner Selina Rogers making the decision last month to close her only shop.
ANN Jackson always took great pride in the flower garden at her family home at Oaksey even though it was her husband Richard who did all the digging, planting and weeding.When she sadly died as a result of an infection two-and-a-half years ago keen gardener
FORMER Honda associate Nathan Pegler has taken another step forward with the pastel art business he set up after redundancy last year.The 42-year-old, who lives in Marlborough Road, near Royal Wootton Bassett, has secured a public display at the town
THE Connect2 bus that takes patients to the Royal United Hospital in Bath has not been scrapped, a decision has only been made to look at its budget, transport boss Horace Prickett has claimed. During the heated debate on Monday at a meeting of
