MILLIONS of pounds are going to waste on mobility equipment and daily living aids that campaigners say could be reused. Items such as walking frames, crutches, wheelchairs, furniture raisers, grabbers and raised toilet seats are being thrown away
CHARITIES and community groups in Wiltshire could benefit from thousands of pounds of funding as David Wilson Homes launches a new community fund. The David Wilson Homes Community Fund will donate £1,000 each month to a charity or organisation which
THE beautiful organic gardens of Highgrove House, The Prince of Wales’s private residence in Tetbury, will open to the public for guided tours and events this spring, in the 25th year of the gardens at Highgrove. Experienced garden guides take guests
APPLICATIONS for financial help in pursuing further education for present and past students of Pewsey Vale School face a deadline of Monday, April 26. The Doreen King Foundation is a Trust Fund and can provide cash for specialist clothing, tools
POLICE covering the Devizes and Marlborough areas are worried about a growing number of people who are taking drugs and then driving. Since mid-November, at least 10 people have been arrested on suspicion of drug driving in the two towns and surrounding
The committee and some of the dedicated volunteers behind Milton Lilbourne’s Summer Fayre have presented a cheque for £2,210.77 to fundraisers from Prospect Hospice to mark the final staging of the event, which was held last summer for the tenth and
THE funeral of much loved family man Andy Fulford, who died after his car was involved in an accident with a cement lorry, is to be held at West Wilts Crematorium on March 8 at 3.15pm. Mr Fulford, 47, from Potterne, near Devizes, was a stalwart
NORTH Wiltshire MP James Gray spoke up for veterans during questions for the Secretary of Defence at the House of Commons on Monday (February 18). He said: “It is anecdotally alleged, although not necessarily backed up by statistics, that a disproportionate
Green MEP for the South West, Molly Scott Cato, is one of three MEPs arrested after breaking into a Belgian military airbase to protest against nuclear bombs. The MEPs scaled the perimeter fence and blocked the runway, unfurling a banner which read
A DEBATE on Brexit is to be held on March 1 in Devizes by supporters of remaining in the European Union. Devizes For EU has organised the evening in the Ceres Hall of the Corn Exchange at 7.30pm to give people the chance to quiz experts. Speakers
AS the devastating news that Honda is to close its Swindon factory begins to sink in workers and business leaders from wider parts of Wiltshire have reacted with almost disbelief. One of the 3,500 employees who faces redundancy when the plant shuts
PEOPLE will get the chance to have their say on changes to Devizes Market Place when the town council holds a drop in session on March 2. Town clerk Simon Fisher has repeatedly said he did not think a public meeting was the best way to give information
A NEGLECTED playground in Avebury Trusloe has been the subject of a survey to find out how it could be given a new lease of life. The playground is for children under 14 years of age and its equipment is showing signs of age. Cllr Lynzey Paradise
OSCAR Oliver has been named the Robert Hill Junior of the Year at Marlborough Golf Club. Each year, club members are asked to nominate an U18 player who has distinguished themselves in some way. This is open to boys and girls and covers both
CLARRIE Dunbar took the plaudits in the derby clash against North Wilts in round four of the Mason Trophy – ladies O60 double rinks – last Friday. Although the rinks were shared 1-1 as each club won their home leg, it was Clarrie who progressed
THE MEN triumphed in the annual showdown between the men’s and women’s county indoor bowling associations. Despite rink honours being shared 3-3, it was the men who came out on top by eight shots in a 117-109 victory at North Wilts. With the
LIAM Gibbens’ hat-trick helped fire Heytesbury back to the top of the Division One table in the Trowbridge Windows and Conservatories-sponsored Trowbridge & District League with a 7-0 victory over Warminster Town Reserves. Gibbens scored three
NOEL Coward described his final masterpiece, A Song at Twilight, somewhat surprisingly as a comedy. I have to tell you that it’s no such thing. I found it one of the saddest 20th century dramas that I have ever seen. Coward’s last play, penned
