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  • England have beaten New Zealand to win the Cricket World Cup

    ENGLAND have beaten New Zealand to win the ICC Cricket World Cup final in a thrilling and dramatic final. They have become world champions for first time after an incredible final went to a super over. Eoin Morgan's men won by virtue of having

  • British Red Cross emergency response team provide support

    EMERGENCY British Red Cross volunteers from Swindon provided support for the occupants of a house whose kitchen was damaged in a fire. The team were called out at 5.40pm on Saturday to the incident in Faulkner Close, Marlborough. Dorset and Wiltshire

  • Bonfire blaze extinguished

    BUCKETS of water were used by fire crews from Calne to put out an unattended bonfire in the open last Saturday (July 13). They were called out at 10.12pm to the incident in Dakota Drive,Calne, after fire control took a 999 call from a member of

  • Giant puppet Beryl was a huge success at Devizes Carnival

    THE gamble of changing the date of Devizes Carnival paid off on Saturday night when schools turned out in force to support the procession. As the sun shone and crowds lined the streets there was a true feeling of community spirit in the air.

  • Scrap metal dealer's plea for second chance

    A SCRAP metal dealer caught without a licence has pleaded with Wiltshire Council to give him a second chance and save his business. Fined last year for dealing without a licence, Richard Whiting has now gone down the official route of applying for

  • Glamping pods proposal for farmland

    PLANS have been submitted to create a glamping hot spot on farmland near Marlborough. Land owners at Rainscombe Hill Farm, home of the Greatwood charity, want to build 15 safari tent style glamping pods over 34 acres in the next three years. The

  • Memorial to the fallen

    ON Friday, June 29, on the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles which concluded the 1914-1918 war, over 180 villagers from the Market Lavington benefice gathered to see a memorial toposcope unveiled. The toposcope low round column