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  • Claim cash for Jubilee parties in Wiltshire

    Community groups in the Gazette & Herald’s circulation area have just over a week to apply for up to £250 grant aid for their Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The Gazette’s community fund, set up in 2000, is offering grants to communities

  • Devizes canal death man named

    A DEVIZES man who died on Friday night after his body was found in the Kennet and Avon Canal has been named by police. Gary Smith, 45, died at 10.10pm after a call to emergency services was made at 8pm. A 47-year-old woman, who was at the scene,

  • Canal death man named as police renew appeal

    A man who died after he was found in the canal at Devizes on Friday night has been named as Gary Smith, 45, from the town. A 47-year-old woman was arrested on the night on suspicion of manslaughter, but detectives continue to appeal for witnesses

  • RACING: Dubai triumph for Beckhampton's Charlton

    CITYSCAPE finally landed the big prize his consistency deserved as he powered to victory in the Dubai Duty Free for Wiltshire trainer Roger Charlton and jockey James Doyle a Meydan yesterday. A winner at Group Three level and placed in Group

  • Great Cheverell pupils working on the Ridgeway

    Pupils have been working on a project to bring information on the ancient Ridgeway footpath to mobile phone and computer users. Holy Trinity Primary School in Great Cheverell was invited to take part in the project by Wiltshire College and the boys and

  • Duke’s gift to HRH

    A piece of music written in honour of the Queen by one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time is to be given its world premiere performance in Marlborough during the International Jazz Festival in July. Jazz icon Duke Ellington was so