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  • Preview: Giffords Circus, Marlborough

    VISITORS to the world-famous Giffords Circus will see 12 bespoke pieces designed by top milliner Philip Treacy when the circus' 2015 summer tour, entitled Moon Songs, comes to Marlborough Common. Headwear by the internationally famed milliner is going

  • SOUTHERN LEAGUE: Collier settles for fair point

    CHIPPENHAM Town boss Mark Collier was happy to take a point in what he described as a tame end of season affair with Bideford.Both sides cancelled each other out during the 1-1 draw as the Bluebirds failed to capitalise on the visitors having ten men

  • SOUTHERN LEAGUE: Chippenham Town 1 Bideford 1

    IT was a disappointing end to the season for the Bluebirds, who failed to take advantage after their opponents were reduced to ten men before the interval. Jack Odam’s debut goal just before the hour mark was cancelled out twelve minutes from time

  • Poundland set for Devizes Tesco site

    SIGNS have gone up in the window of the old Tesco store in Devizes advertising for Poundland staff. The notices appeared this weekend on Poundland headed paper asking for people interested in roles from managers to sales assistants to get in touch

  • Wiltshire rescue team heads to site of Nepal earthquake

    Expert volunteer rescuers from Wiltshire rescue organisation Serve On International Rescue are deploying today to assist in the response to the Nepali earthquake. The team of eight volunteers, with ‘real life’ occupations ranging from firefighters

  • Tasks to do in your garden now

    IF YOU have not yet cut back tender shrubby things such as ceratostigma, perovskia, lavender, penstemons and gaura then now is the time to do it. You can cut them back hard as you will see new green shoots coming from the base of the old stems. Give them

  • My Word, by Lisa Lewis of Doorway - Offer of help came too late

    IF you read my column last month then you will remember that two of our rough sleepers failed the Pereira Test since they were deemed, by the council, not to be any more vulnerable than “an ordinary homeless person”.It’s really rather ironic and devastatingly