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Malmesbury student may lose driving licence
Malmesbury student Charles Puddick may lose his licence after admitting driving without insurance. Puddick, 18, of Tetbury Road, drove his mother’s Subaru Justify on the Fosseway and told the court he did not realise it was a road he needed
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No reviving closed unit at Savernake
Great Western and Savernake hospitals chief Bruce Laurie told members of the Friends of Savernake Hospital at their AGM that any chance of seeing the Minor Injuries Unit re-open was dead in the water. It’s been five years since the unit and a day hospital
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Marlborough catwalk do aids charity
A fshion show organised by the staff at the Viyella/CC store in High Street in Marlborough and held in the town hall has raised more than £700 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance. Manager Bridget Bird and her staff regularly run fashion shows and in the past
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Mintey Pre-school wins silver at Chelsea Flower Show
Children and staff at Minety Pre-school have fought off competition nationally to win a silver medal at the Chelsea Flower Show. They vied with children throughout the country to create a garden with a variety of fruit, salads and vegetables, having
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Devizes flats called in
Councillor Nigel Carter, Wiltshire councillor for Devizes North, has called in the planning application by McCarthy & Stone to build 37 retirement flats on the old gasholder site at The Wharf. It will go to a meeting of the Eastern area planning committee
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Police probe ‘connected’ graffiti
Devizes police are investigating offensive graffiti daubed on the outside of the Masonic Hall in Devizes at the weekend. The words ‘Mason equals Satan’ were sprayed in yellow paint on the doors of the hall and also on a nearby wall, although the perpetrator
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Spider map for Devizes bus users
Bus passengers in Devizes might think they have strayed into Greater London with the new Tube-style bus maps that have been appearing in town bus shelters. They are the work of Devizes Passengers, a voluntary public transport group that works with Wiltshire
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Malmesbury folk urged to get reading for carnival
Malmesbury Carnival is set to welcome author Ian Clayton later in the year, and Councillor Steve Cox and the carnival committee are campaigning to get everyone in the town reading his book, Bringing It All Back Home. Hilary Cox, a member of the committee
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Star studded All Cannings concert nearly sold out
Only a handful of tickets are left for the star studded concert at the Kings Arms pub, All Cannings, this afternoon. The show is raising money for cancer charities and features musicians including Brian May, Kerry Ellis, Midge Ure, The Sweet
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Last laugh at Devizes comedy club
Devizes' Moonrakers Comedy Club may have to look for a new venue after the Bell by the Green licensees leave in July. The club has been staging monthly gigs, featuring up-and-coming comics from all over the country, since Bromham businessman and part-time
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Wiltshire towns lose out on Portas funding
Wiltshire towns have lost out in their bids to become Portas towns, it was revealed today. Chippenham, Corsham, Calne and Trowbridge were among 370 towns nationwide hoping to bag £100,000 each of government money to go towards regenerating
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Goodbye to the Queen of Sheba from Devizes
It was the end of an era on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Devizes on Monday when the narrowboat Queen of Sheba, a local landmark on the canal towpath for the last 17 years, moved on. The 61-foot boat was craned out the water at Devizes Wharf on Monday
