GARDENERS in Devizes and Roundway are all set for this year’s open garden’s event to raise money for the mayor’s charities.On June 13 and 14, gardeners will be flinging their back gates open to the public for the third running.Maps are available to buy
YOUNGSTERS in Devizes will have the chance to try a range of sporting and creative activities this summer at the most varied Camp Xtra ever to be staged.Bookings are now being taken for the event at Devizes School which will run from August 10 to 14.Co-ordinator
A PAIR of swans have once again nested near the weir at Station Yard, Malmesbury, and nature lovers who have witnessed previous dramas are concerned about the safety of the babies. LIZ BRADLEY is following the cygnets' progress for us and describes
HUNDREDS turned out for homeless charity Doorway’s annual spring fair on Saturday in St Andrew’s Church in Chippenham.Doorway staff, volunteers and members of the community came together once again to increase awareness of homelessness in Wiltshire and
FANS of children's story character Tractor Ted raced to Bowood House and Gardens in huge numbers over the bank holiday for the Big Machines weekend.More than 2,500 visitors went along each day of the long weekend with some visiting from as far afield
THE Cherhill Spring Ball has raised more than £10,000 for Breast Cancer Care in memory of popular village resident Judi Willett. Mrs Willett, a school governor and member of Cherhill Theatre Group, died in last June after fighting breast cancer
CELEBRITY chef Marco Pierre White dropped into the Black Swan on Saturday morning to see his antique dealer friend John Chapman and ended up staying until midnight. It meant that people who had booked for the pub's Argentinian Fire Pit Hogget event
A FORMER Devizes School, where children were taught for more than 140 years, is now to be turned into 26 homes.Wiltshire Council has given outline planning permission for the former St Peter's Primary in Bath Road, which backs on to the Kennet and Avon
THE scholar and saint who reputedly became the first Abbot of Malmesbury was once more the toast of the town on bank holiday Monday – exactly 1,340 years after his death. Hundreds of people gathered for a medieval-style celebration in honour of
ENTRIES for this year’s Corsham in Bloom are now open for plant enthusiasts in the town to compete for best front and back garden. Judging will start in July and applications forms can be picked up from the Town Hall or on the Corsham Town Council’s website
ARMED police officers were called to Raj restaurant in Marlborough on Monday evening to arrest a man for historic domestic abuse offences. Wiltshire police were assisting officers from the Metropolitan force in the arrest of 38-year-old man for
CORSHAM Town Council is inviting residents to share their views on how to improve the town’s streets and public spaces. They are undertaking a study with Bournemouth based company NEW Masterplanning who will create a design concept on how areas
MALMESBURY School student Jade Dando has entered this year’s Miss Wiltshire competition with the aim of eliminating beauty queen stereotypes.Jade, 18, who was runner up in Miss Swindon last year, said: “If I win this year my main aim is to promote the
A REWARD is being offered for the safe return of Josh the veteran 'gentle giant' hunting horse after an extensive search for the 28-year-old dark bay gelding drew a blank. Described as one of the best-known horses in the West, Josh - formerly of
CHIPPENHAM’S Adam Higgins missed out on claiming his first Formula Ford 1600 win of the season by just two-tenths of a second at Castle Combe's Whitsun Race Day on Monday. The reigning champion initially took the lead of the race at the green light
COLERNE Sea Scouts, Beavers and Cubs are hoping to make history by breaking the Guinness World Record for laying a mile long trail of one pence coins in the fastest time.More than 84,400 pennies have been collected weighing around 48 stone and on June
CORSHAM Town have appointed former Calne Town and Wootton Bassett Town manager Jeff Roberts as their new boss. Roberts, a former player at the Southbank, was chosen to lead Town into next season's Toolstation League First Division campaign after
