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Advice to approve Malmesbury Waitrose ‘flawed’

5:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Campaigners say they are “horrified” that plans to build a Waitrose store in Malmesbury have been recommended for approval by Wiltshire Council planning officials.

Secrets of luck factor explained

4:30pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Ever wonder why your next-door neighbour is always winning the lottery and experiencing other good fortune while you can’t win a raffle prize at a church fete?

Free fringe offers diverse entertainment in Devizes

Brooks Williams

4:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

ALTHOUGH prices are kept to the minimum for festival events, you can have a wonderful time for no charge at all thanks to the free festival fringe.

Royal Wootton Bassett centre should be a new hub for creativity

Sheridan Parsons at Wootton Bassett Hall

4:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

A visitor and craft centre in Royal Wootton Bassett welcomed people through its doors for the first time at the weekend.

The world descends on Devizes

Kate Dimbleby

3:30pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

With more than 30 events in just over two weeks, Devizes Festival is keeping up the standards of previous years in bringing international top-class acts to the town .

Wiltshire boaters urged to review fire safety measures

3:24pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Boat Safety Week is from May 27 to 31, and Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service will again be visiting boaters along the Kennet & Avon Canal.

Cheril £19k donation to help sick children

Members of KATCH celebrate the end of their successful mission by presenting a cheque for £19,000 to Jamie Cargill

3:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Charity fundraising group KATCH has presented £19,000 to the paediatric intensive care unit at Bristol Children’s Hospital as a thank you for the care it gave to schoolgirl Alice Strange.

Health chiefs urged to reveal findings into pervert GP

2:12pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Lawyers representing women who were abused and filmed by their GP with a hidden camera in his watch have urged the local Primary Care Trust to make the findings of an internal investigation public to reassure patients the same ‘atrocious’ catalogue of crimes cannot happen again.

Jupitus tops talent at Devizes Festival

Phill Jupitus: See Grand Theatre, Lancaster

2:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Devizes Festival organisers never fail to book famous names – and this year’s event from June 5 to 23 is no exception.

Army stages Lion Strike on Salisbury Plain

Armoured vehicles in action on Salisbury Plain as part of Exercise Lion Strike Crown copyright/MOD 2013

2:24pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Salisbury Plain is hosting over 600 soldiers this week in Exercise Lion Strike, one of the largest exercises to take place on the Plain.

Constable's Salisbury Cathedral work saved for nation in £23.1m deal

Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows by John Constable

1:13pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

One of "the great masterpieces of British art" has been saved for the nation in a deal that will see it go on show across the country.

Could thugs have pulled Chippenham cats’ tails?

Sue Masters with Tom, who was injured after possibly being swung by his tail

1:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Cat lover Sue Masters suspects two of her pets have been targeted by cruel thugs after both sustained the same uncommon injury in the space of a week.

Chippenham lecturer is one of 20 to be featured in international virtual choir

The international virtual choir performs The Seal Lullaby

12:39pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

A lecturer from Wiltshire College Chippenham is thrilled to be one of just 20 people from 20 countries worldwide to feature in an international virtual choir.

Chippenham head blames Ofsted’s framework for grading

12:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Hardenhuish School in Chippenham says it is delighted with the latest Ofsted report which ranked the school as good, despite it being classed as outstanding in its last report five years ago.

Claire Perry, MP for Devizes - Westminster tribe should be sent out into the real world

12:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Another week, another slew of Westminster-centric stories dominating the news, confirming my view that many politicians and journalists live in a world of their own making.

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I refer to the article on Chippenham RFC seeking permission from the Rugby Football Union to allow their second team to be promoted to Southern Counties (level seven of the RFU league structure) should they finish top of Dorset & Wilts 1 North (level eight), (Gazette & Herald, February 28). The most interesting aspect of the article was actually what was not said by the club’s representative or was not mentioned.  − Colin Brockhurst, Corsham

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A newsletter hit my doormat on March 2 from ‘Nick Watts and the Lib Dem team’ headlined: Freeze Wilts council tax say Lib Dems. This document goes on to tell us that: “hard-working families cannot afford unnecessary council tax hikes in these difficult times” and so “Nick Watts and the Liberal Democrats have promised not to support any attempt by Wiltshire Conservatives to hit families by increasing council tax this year”.  − Peter Kemp, Chippenham

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