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  • Firefighters tackle car blaze near Devizes

    DEVIZES firefighters tackled a car blaze yesterday afternoon after a vehicle went up in flames on a road between Devizes and Pewsey yesterday. Sarah Britten saw the drama when she was travelling near Allington. The fire crew quickly dealt with the

  • Driver stopped in Devizes charged with multiple offences

    A man from has been charged with multiple driving offences after he was arrested in Devizes earlier this week. Karl James, 28, of Granville Road, Reading, was arrested in London Road on December 10 after officers stopped a black Audi A3. He has

  • A night in pictures at Devizes count as new boy storms home

    IT has not all been plain sailing in Devizes Constituency since Claire Perry declared she would not be standing in the General Election. There were resignations after Tory party head office went against the wishes of former constituency party chairman

  • James Gray holds North Wiltshire for the Conservatives

    CONSERVATIVE Party candidate James Gray last night held on to the North Wiltshire seat he has occupied for the past 23 years. He was elected the constituency’s MP for the 7th time with 32,373 votes – a majority of 17,626. His majority was cut by

  • Tories take Devizes seat with huge majority

    THE Conservative Danny Kruger has won the Devizes seat. In the last seat to declare in Wiltshire he scooped the biggest share of the vote, which has seen the Tories get a majority overall. The result was: Danny Kruger (Con) - 32,150 Jo

  • Tory holds the Chippenham seat

    TORY candidate Michelle Donelan last night held on to the Chippenham seat she has occupied since 2015 but her majority was cut by 273 votes. She was elected MP for the third time with 30,994 votes – a majority of 11,288. Giving her victory speech

  • Family’s fears over lack of warning signs at water park

    THE family of a ‘strong swimmer’ who died in a lake at the Cotswold Water Park in July told a coroner of their concerns about the lack of warning signs at the water’s edge. Members of Swindon-born mechanic Cory Nicholson’s family were at a hearing