PETTY rivalry and small town attitudes are in danger of scuppering the Record Office project in Devizes.

Trowbridge Town Council is refusing to accept Wiltshire County Council's decision to site the office in Devizes. It has already failed in a bid to get the matter debated again and now it is making an unholy fuss about being snubbed.

Unless a lid is put on this childish reaction, the county may lose out altogether on the National Lottery money that will help fund the project.