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  • Rugby club expansion will benefit whole town's fitness

    A BRAND new training facility at Royal Wootton Bassett rugby club will help provide a holistic approach to sports coaching and injury treatment, according to chairman Chris Elias. The facility – which is planned to be officially opened towards the

  • Council offices are now a smoke free zone

    Wiltshire Council has committed to enforce its new no smoking policy robustly after highlighting that some hospitals with the same policy were failing to do so. Today Wiltshire Council rolled out the smoking ban across its three sites in Bourne Hill

  • Marathon woman to set example to daughters

    POLICE worker Victoria Smith is to run the London Marathon to raise money for a charity close to her heart and to inspire her two young daughters. Mrs Smith, from Devizes, who works for the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner at Police HQ

  • Children centre buildings could be sold

    CHILDREN’S Centres could close their doors in a number of towns as services move into the community. Wiltshire Council has outlined savings of £250k by closing six of the current 17 centres across the county and continuing children’s services from

  • Rocker boosts children's charity

    ROCKER Jim Smith has handed over a cheque for £404 to Devizes and District Opportunity Centre after joining forces with Wadworth to stage a fundraising event at the brewery’s visitor centre. Mr Smith’s band Rockhoppaz attracted a big audience for

  • MP's plea for Brexit deal goes unheard

    DEVIZES MP Claire Perry was left disappointed on Tuesday evening as the House of Commons overwhelmingly voted against Theresa May's latest Brexit deal. Just hours before the vote was taken at 7pm on Tuesday she tweeted: "My constituents are utterly

  • GYMNASTICS: Daykin bags bronze at English Championships

    WILTSHIRE School of Gymnastics’ Jessica Daykin picked up a bronze medal when she took on the country’s top tumblers at the English Championships. Competing in the senior section at the O2 Arena against Olympians and World Championship medallists

  • Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake is utterly breathtaking

    THE audience whooped, hollered, clapped and cheered for so long you'd have thought it would never end. They gave a prolonged standing ovation to the cast of Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, on tour this week at the Bristol Hippodrome. This is contemporary