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Local Optician Backs National Campaign to Help Children’s Sight
Independent optician, Haine & Smith, are backing a national campaign this summer to raise awareness of the link between screen time and short-sightedness in children.…… Myopia is a growing, global, epidemic linked to the amount of time spent looking at tablets, phones and TV screens. If left un-diagnosed, this can cause serious eye problems in… Read more
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Lord Lieutenant Helps Devizes Resident Celebrate Jubilee Award
Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire has come to a Devizes church to help a Devizes resident celebrate a locally unique Jubilee award.… Sarah Troughton came to St John’s Church in Devizes to congratulate Alice Boyd, who worships at the church, on being Wiltshire’s only winner of the special Platinum Champion Award, which have been… Read more
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The Only Thing I Have in Common With Danny Kruger is Not Knowing When to Keep My Big Mouth Shut!
Featured image by Gail Foster A hard piece to draft today, reflecting a week after Devizes MP Danny Kruger tried to rewind women’s rights a hundred years by riskily casting his antiquated, and frankly, narrow-minded views on the subject of abortion, because I’m adamant not to make this an opinion piece, for my opinion matters… Read more
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Weekly Roundup of Stuff to Do: 7th-14th June
Heatwave on its way, I’m led to believe; it’s the first full week of July, here’s what we’ve found to do in and around Wiltshire, unless you know of something we missed? Details and links HERE… let’s go out to play…. Ongoing is the opportunity to have a nose around artist’s studios, yes, it’s the… Read more
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Jon Amor, Friends, and the Southgate
Jeepers. No one works that hard on a Sunday, surely? Even if your boss shoves a Sunday shift unwillingly on you, you brush as much as you can under the carpet; anything which can wait until Monday, should do. I’ve mentioned it in passing, but not given Jon Amor’s monthly residency at the Southgate full… Read more
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Hooch on Streaming
Once a cover band, east Wiltshire’s rootsy four-piece Hooch have moved to writing and recording original material. Their discography goes onto music streaming sites today (Sunday 3rd July,) and if you like your country-rock breezy and uplifting, with a subtle touch of psychedelia and surf, then it’s worthy of your attention….. The instrumental Eagle Ray… Read more
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