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L-r: Archie Haggerty, Ashton Hibbert, Josh Blake, Matt Caslin, Alex Kimber and Ben Marlow SCHOOLFRIENDS in Devizes have raised more than £3,100 for the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford where one of their mates is being treated for Hodgkin lymphoma. They launched the fundraising appeal a week ago after Josh Blake was diagnosed with the cancer, which affects the lymphatic system. The 17-year-old, of Longcroft Road, left Devizes School in the summer and is now studying Sport Level 3 at Lackham College, hoping to become a personal trainer or nutritionist. He said: “I felt a lump in my...

SCHOOLFRIENDS in Devizes have raised more than £3,100 for the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford where one of their mates is being treated for…

Two members of the Devizes Lions Club have together amassed over 100 years of the voluntary service to the local community. The impressive milestone has been reached as the Club marked the 50th anniversary of its founding. With the support of the local community for over the last five decades, the Devizes Lions have raised many thousands of pounds to help support local people and various charities. Soon after the Club first formed back in 1970, David Bousfield joined, and John Hurley did so a few months later. Over the years they have helped to organise many events of all sorts, ranging...

Captain Sir Tom Moore Tributes for Sir Tom have been pouring in across Wiltshire. He inspired hundreds of charity walks - ranging from young Max Jones, a pupil at King's Lodge school in Pewsham who was inspired to take on an 8 mile walk to raise funds for the NHS charities, to Calne schoolgirl Millie Waite who was inspired by Captain Tom to raise money for the NHS is bouncing her way to her fundraising target using the trampoline in her garden to raise £240 and jumped for 24 hours to reach the total. Tributes have been paid on social media and on our website stories about Sir Tom who p...

The spirit of the season has arrived at McCarthy Stone’s Shackleton Place Retirement Living Plus development on Bath Road, thanks to a special delivery from Devizes School pupils. More than 30 Christmas cards were handmade by Year 7 pupils and included festive messages from the pupils. Nicki Beswarick, divisional marketing manager for McCarthy Stone Southern, said: “This year it was important for us to get creative and find new ways of bringing the community together, despite the challenges we’re all facing. The pupils at Devizes School have gone above and beyond to produce some i...