Behaviour worries at Calne skate park

6:00pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

Residents living near Calne’s skate park in Station Road raised concerns about anti-social behaviour at a meeting last week.

Thieves take new yew trees from Hilmarton property

5:00pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

Four newly-planted yew trees, worth £120 each, have been dug up from the front garden of a house in Hilmarton by thieves.

Pot luck for released Calne dope-grower

3:00pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A Ccalne man who used a tax rebate to set up a cannabis farm in his social-housing flat has walked free from court.

Miscarriage support group set up by Calne mum

Rebecca Weinling with daughter Amy

2:00pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

Care worker Rebecca Weinling has set up a support group for women who have undergone the trauma of miscarriage after losing two children of her own.

Calne traffic-calming plan hits bump

Roy Golding says he believes the plans could cause disruption

9:20am Wednesday 19th June 2013

Elderly and disabled residents could lose out under plans for a new traffic-calming scheme in Calne, residents have warned.

Fun for mums with serious message

3:27pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

The Barnardo’s Children’s Centre is offering a quiz, gifts and special guests on Tuesday June 25 from 1pm to 3pm.

Calne charity team conquers mount

Anita Hodgson, Karen Brown, Tina Mead, Linda Roberts, Jayne Gaffney, Kelly Gaffney, Mary Harris, Clare McAtear, Stephanie Mundy and Claire Stevenson at the peak of Ben Nevis

4:30pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

Fundraiser Anita Hodgson was overcome with emotion as she reached the top of Ben Nevis in a climb aimed at highlighting the work of the charity that supported her husband.

Three cleared of false imprisonment charges

11:10am Monday 17th June 2013

Three men who were to face trial accused of false imprisonment have had the charges against them dropped.

Suspended jail term for Calne man who used tax rebate to set up cannabis farm

10:59am Monday 17th June 2013

A 25-year-old Calne man who used a tax rebate to set up a cannabis farm in his housing association flat has walked free from court.

Town criers make their voices heard in contest at Calne

Perfect host Mark Wylie

8:50am Monday 17th June 2013

Twenty-one colourful contestants bellowed out their speeches at Calne’s fourth town crier’s competition on Sunday attracting several curious spectators.

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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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