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  • Sun shines on Saddleback Festival

    BLUE skies, great music and a relaxed atmosphere have combined today to bring a mellow vibe to the Saddleback Music Festival in Devizes and there is still time to enjoy the fun. Money is being raised for Julia's House Children's Hospice and mental

  • Retiring head to return to student way of life

    RETIRING head teacher Tim Heath is going back to the classroom but as a student rather than a teacher. For Mr Heath, 59, who left Nursteed Primary School, Devizes this week is to study for a masters degree in fine art at Bath Spa University from

  • Knife crime up for sixth year in a row in county

    KNIFE crime is up for the sixth year in a row, new figures show. In the year to March 2019, more than 285 crimes committed in the county involved knives – up four per cent on the previous year. They included two sexual assaults, two attempted

  • Junior runners reach impressive milestones

    TWO junior runners have reached milestones at their club in Corsham. Adam Thomas, who was the first to reach 200 miles at The Corsham One Mile Club, has now been awarded his certificate for 225 miles. Meanwhile Oscar Zalek is the second to get

  • Plea to keep verges wild and boost the bees

    COLOURFUL wild flowers could be a more familiar sight as green fingered campaigners work to see verges left to grow wild. Reducing mowing to once a year could save the council money and boost bee and pollinator numbers, they say. Academics are

  • Contentious planning awarded for equestrian research centre

    BUILDING work is set to begin on a ‘monstrous’ development that will expand a horse business after planning permission was approved. Kington Langley Stud will build a state of the art facility at Limetree Equestrian that will be 2,430 square metres