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Wiltshire Council Leader Weeps Over The Scrapping of the Stonehenge Tunnel!
Tory tears welled at County Hall this week, when Cllr Richard Clewer, leader of Wiltshire Council threw his teddies from his pram over the Government’s motion to cancel the A303 Stonehenge tunnel project, while The Stonehenge Alliance welcomed the announcement by Chancellor Rachel Reeves to cancel the £2.5bn scheme as a “low value, unaffordable commitment.” Clewer… Read more
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Weekly Roundup of Events in Wiltshire: 31st July – 6th August 2024
We’re into August already; Christmas before you know it, so you better get outside and taste the sun while it lasts…. Here’s what we’ve found in the wilds of Wiltshire this coming week, provided the Earth isn’t hit by a meteorite….a meaty feast pizza-orite, maybe, that’s okay, and the kind of cataclysmic event I dream… Read more
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Devizes Scooter Rally Rules, OK?!
If it’s been a fantastic weekend on Devizes Green with the orchestral Full-Tone Festival, further out of town scooterists, mods, skins and anyone else with a penchant for the merger of such retrospective subcultures gathered for an equally thrilling event, Devizes Scooter Rally 2024, backed by the shack of a soul boss, most turnin’, stormin’,… Read more
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My Complaint About Devizes’ Full-Tone Festival!
Images Used With Permission of Gail Foster Chief organiser of the Full-Tone Festival, Jemma Brown has always been high on my list of local folk of admiration, but went a notch higher Sunday upon delivering a sly quip on stage, in retaliation to a lone keyboard warrior inanely slating the festival on Facebook, while the majority… Read more
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The Rob Lear Band at The Piggy Bank, Calne July 23rd 2024
by Ian Diddamsphotos by Ian Diddams I’ve seen Rob Lear and his band on multiple occasions in the past decade, every one of them a delight, and it has to be said – to echo the words of promoter Malcolm Shipp – he and they get better each time. Rob has a gentle melodic quality,… Read more
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Can You Volunteer to Help Devizes Opendoors?
I dropped into the new(ish) home of Devizes Opendoors today to meet Mitch, poke my nose in, chat about the work they do and how they need more volunteers. Based at the Southbroom Centre on Victoria Road now, it’s a huge improvement from the last time I visited them at the St John’s Parish Room… Read more
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