Devizes, England News

Postman Kevin Foster told a court he stole items of mail in a desperate attempt to escape the debt he had fallen into.

Walkers can discover some of the county's white horses while raising money for the life-saving work of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance.

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Environment Minister Richard Benyon visited the Kennet and Avon Canal on Monday to launch a new trust aimed at protecting and maintaining waterways.

Work has begun to plant 10,000 trees in new woodland near Devizes to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Devizes brewer Wadworth has joined forces with other family brewing firms to petition the government to reduce the valued added tax charged in pubs.

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Fire crews from Amesbury, Salisbury, Pewsey and Ludgershall were called at about 11.05pm to reports of a fire in the tiled roof of a two-storey detached cottage in Newtown, which is on the A345.

A family were forced to flee their home after a car burst into flames and set it alight in the early hours of the morning.

WITH some primary pupils at Rushall facing a twice daily walk of about 300 yards along busy main roads without a footpath for much of the way, the parish council decided that one was essential.

Headteachers in Wiltshire believe that shifting responsibility to schools to educate permanently excluded pupils will lead to better futures for those youngsters.

DEVIZES brewers Wadworth & Co are coming to the rescue of dispirited England rugby supporters with an early launch of its favourite spring seasonal ale St George & The Dragon.

FIRE crews from Devizes and Calne fought a blaze in two adjoining garages at a house in Little Horton, near Devizes, in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The career of Latin and classics teacher Eleanor Brown may not be over as St John's School governors have not ruled out her return when she ends her 20-month prison sentence.

Stan Bagwell , Colin Gale and Michael Fay VILLAGERS are furious after council bosses set up a new diversion route that has sent giant lorries thundering through their tiny streets without any consultation.

THE owners of Offers Court, the former sheltered housing complex in Southbroom Road, Devizes, have applied to make minor alterations to the building.

The youth club he established in his home village of West Lavington meant more to actor George Baker than his entire theatrical career, his daughter said after unveiling a plaque in his name on Saturday.

POLICE are linking three break-ins that took place in Devizes, in which thousands of pounds worth of jewellery was stolen.

Lee Roberts, 35, was killed in a head-on collision with a car driven by Eleanor Brown at Cannings Cross, near Devizes, in October 2010.

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