A Wiltshire waterway could be brought back to life at a faster pace if more helpers are recruited during National Volunteer Week from June 1 to June 7. The Wilts and Berks Canal Trust, which is restoring the former waterway from the Kennet and Avon Canal
Devizes PHAB Club’s annual sponsored wheelchair push will set off from outside the Nursteed Centre on Saturday. Mayor and mayoress Kelvin and Pam Nash will see off the participants at 3pm after judging the traditional fancy dress and hat competitions
A major music festival is being planned in Manton to raise funds for its worn-out village hall and Riding for the Disabled. Mantonfest will take place on Saturday, June 23, from 2pm-11pm and Roger Grant, one of the organisers said: “Mantonfest is a celebration
Girl guides in the Devizes district will celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a party. The Devizes and District Guiding Association has been awarded £100 from the Gazette’s Diamond Jubilee Events Grants scheme. The association will be holding a
Organisers of the White Horse Challenge are looking for people to volunteer as marshals. The walking event over the weekend of July 7 and 8 is raising money for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance. The popular event is in its seventh year and
Three family businesses will remain in Corsham’s High Street for years to come after their owners handed over the reins to their children. The long-established businesses, Theodora’s Flowers, Coppins of Corsham and Viva La Pizza, have all recently seen
American tourists Stephen and Rosemary Cohen are appealing for the return of two cameras stolen from the boot of their car in the main car park at Avebury between 4-7pm on Friday. They visited the village with Mr Cohen’s mother Leah, the arts
Fieldview, Little Somerford’s independent grass roots music and arts festival, has released its line-up after months of anticipation. The team has been working hard, searching the country up and down for the best up-and-coming musicians, DJs, poets,
Schoolboy Zak Messenger is the envy of his Pewsey Vale school friends after being signed up by the Conference League side Forest Green Rovers, despite being born with a leg deformity. Zak, now 16, who lives in Broadfields in Pewsey, was born
Pewsey Vale sculptress Julieann Worrall Hood – known in Marlborough for her larger than life willow boxing hares shown each year at Marlborough College Summer School, has won a commission with design guru Terrence Conran’s Chelsea shop.
