Devizes, England News

Devizes once again has a fancy dress hire shop after local gran Erica Moffat achieved her lifea s ambition.

The Princess Royal visiting Devizes today to congratulate the countya s Victim Support on its 21st anniversary.

The plans for the proposed care village and Primary Care Centre at land next to Quakers Walk, Devizes, will be on display tomorrow.

The best winnersa concert ever left adjudicators at Devizes Junior Eisteddfod on Saturday night in a quandary.

The much-abused statue of Queen Victoria, which used to stand by The Green in Devizes, has been restored and relocated to a much safer place.

Devizes Eisteddfod may have been dominated by the talents of two young schoolgirls but that was by no means the end of the talent.

Village schools have again shone in the primary school league tables with Sherston, All Cannings and Box taking three out of the top four spots in Wiltshire.

Two local organists have finally published a new volume which includes all 150 psalms after the original publication was destroyed in the fire at St Johna s Church in Devizes in 2006.

Devizes must find space for another 700 homes in the next 16 years according to the new core strategy being put together by Wiltshire Council.

FIRE crews from Devizes and Melksham were called to a chemical incident at Devizes company TYM Seals & Gaskets this morning.

Crowds gathered in Melkshama s Assembly Hall for the Christmas Fair on Saturday before the towna s lights and Christmas tree illuminations were switched on.

Devizes sculptor Judy Boyt was lionised at the opening of a new shopping centre in Morpeth, Northumbria, last week, after her lifesize sculpture of a bull was unveiled by actress Joanna Lumley.

Traffic expert Tony Sedgwick has appealed for ways to encourage more people to leave their cars at home.

Territorial Army soldier Tim Neate, of Devizes, has been recognised for 27 years service.

A public appeal to raise money to repair part of the collapsed Crammer wall in Devizes has got off to a good start.

This yeara s Devizes Carnival was the most expensive yet, costing the best part of A 90,000 to mount, the carnival AGM heard on Thursday evening.

A reward of A 200 has been offered for information on the vandal who smashed a stained glass window at St Marya s Church in Bishops Cannings last week.

Six years of struggle came to fruition on Monday when Noaha s Ark nursery school opened its new premises at Wansdyke Community School in Devizes.

The organiser of Friday's Devizes Christmas Festival is expecting a large turnout of people.

Bright Horizons, a Devizes company that works with nurseries and pre-schools across Wiltshire, is in the final of a national competition.