Pewsey teen joins school of dance

Jessica Johnson is dancing on air having won a place at a top dance school (PM404) By PAUL MORRIS

6:00pm Saturday 25th May 2013

Former Pewsey Vale School pupil Jessica Johnson is leaping towards a bright future as a dancer after bagging herself a place at a top London dance school.

Row rumbles on over mayor’s quit decision

5:00pm Saturday 25th May 2013

Devizes Guardians have attempted to draw a line under the fallout of the resignation of mayor elect Jim Gudgeon but ill-feeling among other councillors remains.

World champion skeleton bob competitor helps youth projects abroad

Shelley Rudman with a group of children during her stint with Right to Play in Tanzania

10:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

Ice queen Shelley Rudman has taken a break from skeleton bob training to visit Right to Play projects in Tanzania.

An epic effort to help young find a new job

Sara Hughes, centre, and her husband David with EPIC leadership team member Jenny Harman.

7:00pm Friday 24th May 2013

MUM Sara Hughes was so shocked by the struggle her son had to find a job that she has set up an initiative to help young people improve their employment prospects.

Wiltshire rail passengers face delays as train hits a tree

5:10pm Friday 24th May 2013

Trains services running through Pewsey and Westbury are being delayed by up to 30 minutes or will be diverted at short notice because a freight train has hit a tree that has fallen on the line.

Idea flagged up by council

3:31pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Pewsey could be getting a village flag after the idea was mooted at a parish council meeting.

Flat fire in north Tidworth

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6:16pm Saturday 18th May 2013

Three fire engines were called to combat a fire in a first floor flat in north Tidworth today.

Young footballers net grand total for Finlay

9:00am Friday 17th May 2013

Children enjoyed a football-filled day and raised more than £1,000 for the Finlay Foundation.

Advice hub for business

1:00pm Thursday 16th May 2013

Entrepreneurs will soon benefit from a hub in Netheravon offering advice to local enterprises.

East Chisenbury pub wins award in national guidebook

Brittany Manning, David Hancock and Guy Manning, of The Red Lion, East Chisenbury, with the pub’s prize

11:51am Tuesday 14th May 2013

Landlady Brittany Manning is delighted that The Red Lion in East Chisenbury has been honoured with a national Alastair Sawday’s pub award.

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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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