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  • Banging way to raise charity cash

    AN award-winning butcher’s tasty sausages have helped a charity keep the elderly warm over the winter. Walter Rose & Son in Sidmouth Street, Devizes, raised £200 for the Wiltshire Community Foundation’s Surviving Winter appeal by selling a spicy

  • School staff know what they Really, Really Want

    STAFF at Devizes School showed what they Really, Really Want when they dressed as the Spice Girls for a charity picture. The school's Radio Club is known for getting both children and teachers to pose as their favourite bands and singers and last

  • Church surprise for stalwart's 95th birthday

    BIRTHDAY girl Helen Baker was given a surprise party by the congregation of her village church on Sunday. Helen, who celebrated her 95th birthday yesterday, was at Brokenborough Church on Sunday and expected it to be a day like any other. But

  • Architects £8m challenge to restore Assize Court

    ARCHITECTS are to be challenged to come up with plans for an £8 million project to transform the derelict Assize Court in Devizes into a home for Wiltshire Museum and community use. A design brief has been drawn up and is now ready to be released

  • Hit and run accident in village near Marlborough

    POLICE are appealing for information after a hit and run accident which happened in a village near Marlborough yesterday. The incident happened at the cross junction of Berry Cottages and Home Farm Road, Mildenhall, at about 10:40 am when a silver

  • Dyson car plan patented

    CLOSELY guarded off-road prototype plans of Wiltshire’s first electric car have been released by Dyson. The company revealed the patent plans – which have been kept secret since they were submitted 18 months ago – for the unnamed electric car, which

  • Chippenham Rotarians raise £10,000 for charity with golf day

    GOLFERS in Chippenham swung into action during their annual Rotary Club Golf Classic where they raised over £10 000 Southmead Hospital Charity in Bristol and the Haemophilia Society. Members of the Chippenham Rotary Club were assisted by representatives

  • Mobile butcher extends delivery

    A TROWBRIDGE-BASED mobile butcher has expanded its delivery range into north west Wiltshire. Wiltshire Country Fayre has been a local supplier of fresh meat and fresh fish for the last 20 years. The mobile farm shop has had a delivery round covering