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Wiltshire's Olympic Torch spend revealed at £209k

Bradford on Avon's Olympic fencer Sophie Williams carries the torch in Salisbury

9:57am Monday 20th May 2013

Wiltshire Council was one of the highest spending councils in England in hosting the Olympic Torch for last year's Games.

Businessman who brought hundreds of jobs to Devizes dies

Mike Watkins

9:22am Monday 20th May 2013

Mike Watkins, the man who brought Linpac packaging company to Devizes and created hundreds of jobs in the area, died peacefully at home on May 10 after a long battle with cancer.

Camels and dogs among best in show

6:00pm Sunday 19th May 2013

ADVANCE tickets are available for Bowood’s eighth annual charity dog show and summer fair on June 9, which is expected to raise thousands of pounds for charity.

Bra-vo for MoonWalk

Sarah Allen, Gemma Lawton, Anna Villette and Tina Hale sparkle as they take part in Saturday’s MoonWalk through London

5:00pm Sunday 19th May 2013

FOUR friends from Devizes have raised more than £1,700 for a cancer charity by walking around London at night clad in hand-decorated bras.

Clowns team up in Devizes

4:00pm Sunday 19th May 2013

Two clowns who have toured with circuses all over the UK have joined forces to bring their own show to Devizes.

Clean sweep of Chippenham pupils’ posters

Mike Lewis, who sponsored the competition, with some of the entrants at Abbeyfield School

3:00pm Sunday 19th May 2013

A man who lives next to Abbeyfield School, Chippenham, offered £50 to the winners of a competition aimed at keeping the area litter-free.

Project’s success will ride on Devizes White Horses

2:00pm Sunday 19th May 2013

WILTSHIRE Museum and the organisers of Devizes Carnival have been granted £25,000 for a project to celebrate some of the county’s White Horses.

Chippenham memorial work for war centenary

Richard Broadhead at the war memorial

12:00pm Sunday 19th May 2013

Chippenham is to have its war memorial spruced up ahead of next year’s centenary of the First World War One.

Paris ride from Devizes to boost sports cause.

The Bag4Sport team before they set off from Devizes last summer

12:00pm Sunday 19th May 2013

Cyclists are needed to sign up for a fundraising Devizes to Paris ride that will leave from outside the Bear Hotel.

Calne children to climb part of Everest

12:00pm Sunday 19th May 2013

THE challenges facing ten pupils during an Everest trek have been assessed by Springfield Academy’s vice-principal Jon Hamp.

Forgotten spoons stir up memories of baby unit

11:00am Sunday 19th May 2013

The Friends of Savernake Hospital have donated almost £200 to still birth and neonatal charity, Swindon Sands, after they unearthed some forgotten treasure.

Splash about in Calne for half-term

10:00am Sunday 19th May 2013

Calne youngsters are invited to take part in a free two-day sports event at the Youth Development Centre. The event, organised by children’s charity Splash, will take place on Thursday, May 30 and Friday, May 31, from 11am to 2pm. Splash is a Wiltshire charity which aims to support young people by providing holiday and leisure activities. The event is aimed at 12 to 16-year-olds who will have the chance to join in with football, volleyball, cricket and ultimate Frisbee. Splash operations manager Simone Matthews said: “This is something we’re building in Calne. We have things planned for summer as well.”

Young Calne singers’ festival triumph

10:00am Sunday 19th May 2013

A choir from hit the high notes when they won a major cup in the Swindon Music Festival. Pupils from St Margaret’s Preparatory School, Calne, won the category for junior choirs aged 11, carrying off the A J May Trophy.

Big Lunch to be served in Devizes park

9:00am Sunday 19th May 2013

ORGANISERS of Devizes’ Big Lunch in Hillworth Park next month are gearing up to welcome hundreds of locals to the first major event to be held in the newly refurbished park since it opened in July last year.

Convoy for buggy was a fair cop

7:00pm Saturday 18th May 2013

POLICE have defended using a convoy of patrol cars to escort a mobility scooter being driven by a police community support officer in Wiltshire.

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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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