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There was a good turn out of people to Devizes Area Board’s meeting on a cold, dark night this week.  I had to scrape ice of my windscreen to get home!  The audience heard updates from Devizes’ Police inspector and Angus McPherson, the Police & Crime Commissioner as well as Heads of the area’s secondary ...more

This year’s Lantern Parade, brought to you by DOCA, takes place next Friday evening (29th Nov) and the theme is “Other Worlds”! If you’d like to take part in the parade, collect your lantern from St John’s Church on Long Street from 4.30pm. The parade itself leaves from Maryport Street at 6.15pm, ...more

Providing help, support, a friendly face and sometimes a shoulder to cry on are just some of the ways Alzheimer’s Support’s Dementia Advisers help people living with dementia from the point of diagnosis to however long they are needed. Some advisers can have as many as 400 clients, for whom they are always at ...more

With his 91-year-old father living with dementia, Devizes Freemason Philip Mackie generously donated £500 from the Moonraker Lodge to Alzheimer’s Support’s Sidmouth Street day club. “My father is registered blind and has pretty bad dementia. I go to see him every day so I understand all the challenges the condition ...more

Get 12 months for the price of 9 on annual Life Zone, Fitness Zone or Swim Zone leisure memberships during our Black Friday promotion taking place next weekend; 29, 30 November and 1 December at Wiltshire Council leisure centres. Choose the membership type that suits your requirements and get an additional two months free ...more

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government is inviting applications from community-led organisations working in partnership with local authorities and other local partners to apply for grants, from a £1.35 million fund. The aim is to establish new pocket parks, creating safe and usable green spaces, and ...more