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Motorcyclist airlifted after accident near Beckhampton
A motorbike rider was airlifted to hospital at around 5.30pm today after he came off his machine about a mile from the Beckhampton roundabout. Police have tweeted that one lane of the road will remain closed this evening while investigations continue
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The Waterfront, Pewsey Wharf.
The conversation went like this: ‘Mmm’... ‘Mmm’... ‘Mmm’ and several times more when we tasted a new ingredient on our plates. We each had a bit of the other’s meal and everything was a taste sensation. We had come across The Waterfront pub
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Box Rocks comes of age
The Box Rocks music festival comes of age this bank holiday weekend when it celebrates its 21st anniversary. The Queen’s Head pub will be hosting a packed programme of live bands from 1pm-10pm on Monday. Funds raised from the event will go towards
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Author with a story to tell in Malmesbury
Storyteller and best-selling children’s author Cat Weatherill appears in Malmesbury on Friday, August 29 as part of the town’s month-long carnival events. Described as one of the country’s busiest and best-loved ‘stand-up’ storytellers her material
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The Waterfront in Pewsey festival raises money for charity
A festival at The Waterfront in Pewsey raised spirits and funds as music lovers donated more than £600 to Wiltshire Air Ambulance. Revellers listened to live music from No Fixed Abode and The Vooz at the Rhythm and Booze Beer Festival along Pewsey
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Festival on way instead of Great Cheverell soapbox
THE organisers of the Great Cheverell Soapbox Derby are not holding the event this year but have organised a beer and music festival to raise money for charity. The madcap soapbox derby was last held in 2012 and the committee plan to bring it back
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Teens brave the rain in 52-mile trek for charity
Four friends from Devizes cycled for more than 50 miles along the Kennet and Avon Canal towpath in torrential rain to raise charity funds. Jack Colyer, 15, Liam O’Donnell, 15, Conor Dunne, 14, and Kofi Pegden, 15, decided to do a cycle ride during
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Your Memories
MIchael Poole has sent us these pictures of the Women of the Civil Defence (Welfare Section) taken with a Koday Brownie on July 30, 1957. Mr Poole says they built a dustbin oven – with a new dustbin – to cook for 200 people. Some of those catered
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From the Files
100 Years Ago. MALMESBURY: The Mayoress wishes to thank all those who have so generously and promptly requested to her appeal for the alleviation of the distress which is sure to ensue as the result of the war. Her committee will be glad to receive
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Malmesbury Carnival a delight in all ages
Malmesbury is a town of gaiety this week. King Carnival reigns and the streets are thronged with happy, laughing people.” So says a newspaper clipping from August 26, 1939. On Saturday, August 30, those very same streets will once more be thronged
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Sherston woman thanks paramedic who helped save her life
She remembers absolutely nothing about it, but retired garage boss Ann Neal knows Wiltshire Air Ambulance helped save her life by whisking her to hospital for emergency surgery. Now Mrs Neal, 58, who collapsed after a brain haemorrhage at her home
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Chippenham cycle path bramble to come down
A missing six-metre link in the Calne to Chippenham cycle path is due to be filled in this autumn. Cyclists’ long wait will end when they can ride the seven miles to Chippenham railway station without venturing on to the road. The Cycle Routes
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Share what makes Lacock area so special
Lacock visitors can share what makes the abbey, village or countryside special to them in the National Trust’s ‘Love Lacock’ photography competition. The four categories include ages 11 and under, 12 to 16 years, digital and film-based photography
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Devizes book thief nets fortune
An opportunist thief has escaped with rare books worth thousands of pounds after stealing a suitcase from a car in Snuff Street, Devizes. The small black case contained six books worth £6,000 belonging to Ivar and Nora Assinder, who live nearby
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Calne drugs arrests after tip-off
A 24-year-old man has been charged with possessing cannabis with intent to supply by Calne police. The man has been bailed to appear before to Chippenham magistrates on September 4. Two local men were arrested, at separate properties in Calne
