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Staff reduced to tears as stock is reduced to pennies on last day of Devizes' Woolies
6:10pm Tuesday 6th January 2009
Staff at Woolworths in Devizes closed the 70-year-old store's doors for the final time this evening.
Comments (0)Timetable victory for Great Bedwyn rail campaigners
3:03pm Tuesday 6th January 2009
The campaign group that has already achieved success by staving off cuts in trains at Great Bedwyn station is celebrating another victory.
Free leisure for youngsters at Kennet gyms
3:10pm Tuesday 6th January 2009
Kennet Leisure Centres in Devizes, Marlborough and Tidworth are offering 180 spaces for young people aged between 12 and 15 years to get fit in the New Year. Participants get a free leisure membership card, a free induction to the gym and can then enjoy a further 9 sessions in the gym for just £1 a visit.
Marlborough councillors freeze council tax bill
3:00pm Tuesday 6th January 2009
Town councillors in Marlborough who have successfully dragged their council from the brink of bankruptcy have shied away from a third successive rise in their running costs.
Wiltshire police lose their way over crime maps
2:03pm Tuesday 6th January 2009
Wiltshire police have blamed a computer glitch for the force being the last in the country to have crime maps available for public scrutiny.
Devizes brought to a halt by more roadworks
2:00pm Tuesday 6th January 2009
Minor roadworks in the centre of Devizes have brought the town to a standstill today.
Still time to sign up for Chippenham sleepout
1:41pm Tuesday 6th January 2009
There is still time to sign up for the fundraising sleepout in Chippenham for Doorway, the North Wiltshire charity drop-in centre for homeless and marginalised single adults.
Family's tribute to Seend crash victim
1:22pm Tuesday 6th January 2009
The son of crash victim Brenda Hookings has paid tribute to her community work and her love for her family.
Council tax will be frozen in Chippenham
11:35am Tuesday 6th January 2009
Town councillors in Chippenham have shelved plans to increase their annual allowance and unanimously agreed to freeze council tax in a bid to tackle the credit crunch.
Heating failure closes Corsham school
11:25am Tuesday 6th January 2009
Pupils at St Patrick's School in Corsham have not been able to go back at the start of the new term on Monday due to heating failure.
End of an era in Devizes
9:52am Tuesday 6th January 2009
Over 70 years of history came to end in Devizes today as the branch of Woolworth's in the Brittox did its last day's trading.
Fortnightly waste collections on hold in North Wiltshire
8:21am Tuesday 6th January 2009
Despite Wiltshire's new supercouncil coming into force in less than four months it is unlikely that a decision on whether the whole of the county will have fortnightly rubbish collections will be made beforehand.
Wiltshire's Mel among Dancing On Ice contestants
8:00am Tuesday 6th January 2009
TV presenter Melinda Messenger has been revealed as one of the new batch of contestants for ITV's Dancing On Ice, which begins on Saturday.
RAF Lyneham homes are raided
7:33am Tuesday 6th January 2009
Families at RAF Lyneham returned from Christmas breaks to find thieves had raided their homes.
Spooks star appeals to Wiltshire card recyclers
4:31pm Monday 5th January 2009
Spooks and Cold Feet actress Hermione Norris is asking Wiltshire residents to recycle their Christmas cards to help the Woodland Trust plant thousands of trees.
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