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  • Erlestoke prison honoured for its education programme

    Erestoke Prison has been recognised nationally for the standard of education and training it gives to its inmates. The Good Prison Award acknowledges the achievements by prisons and young offenders institutions in delivering “person-centred interventions

  • New licence hearing over future of WOMAD near Malmesbury

    Concerns about the WOMAD Festival, held near Malmesbury, will be discussed at a Wiltshire Council meeting on Friday. Wiltshire Police have called for the review of the licence for the festival at Charlton Park. It challenged this year’s licence

  • Fallen comrades at battle of Ferozeshah honoured in devizes

    Former members of the Wiltshire Regiment remembered their fallen comrades at an historic battle in India when they visited Devizes on Sunday to commemorate the battle that made the regiment’s name. Some 80 old comrades gathered outside the Wyvern

  • CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Stourbridge sickener for Bluebirds

    NATHAN Rudge says that conceding an injury-time winner at Stourbridge last weekend left a bitter taste in the mouth for his Chippenham Town side. The Bluebirds had taken the lead midway through the first half through Dean Griffiths but when Dean

  • 56 jobs to go at Devizes marine company

    Around 56 Devizes employees are looking for work just a couple of weeks before Christmas after a marine survey company went into administration. Geotechnical Engineering and Marine Surveys Limited, or Gems, ceased trading last week after Zelf Hussain

  • Calne lit up by rescheduled lantern parade

    Youngsters from local schools and community groups lit up the streets of Calne on Saturday for the town’s lantern parade. Hundreds of children had made lanterns for the annual winter festival in November, which was unfortunately cancelled due to

  • Chippenham council’s cash pays for events

    Town councillors have agreed to spend more than £6,000 on events in Chippenham next year. The town council’s strategy and resources committee agreed to set aside £2,000 towards of Battle of Chippenham, a civil war re-enactment event on the weekend

  • Don't miss out on Foxham dance party night

    Dance2Learn is hosting a free party to announce recent exciting developments and to launch its new project for the coming year. It takes place on Tuesday, December 11, from 7.30pm in at the village hall in Foxham, near Chippenham. There will

  • Camilla hears Malmesbury flood victims' stories

    The Duchess of Cornwall met flood victims in Malmesbury to har how the town coped withits worst floods in 70 years. Some of the residents had to be rescued from the first floor of their homes, with nine families losing everything on the ground

  • Residents' angry protest at new homes plan for Devizes

    Around 250 Devizes residents assembled on the Green on Saturday morning to register their anger at a plan for even more housing on land near London Road. Glasgow-based developers Mactaggart and Mickel have indicated they will shortly be applying

  • Count on Chippenham's pupil team

    Sixth form economics students at Hardenhuish School, Chippenham, may have a budding career in the Bank of England after their success in a national competition. The team from Hardenhuish – comprising Daniel Hughes, Luke Milsom, Charlotte Woodacre