Chippenham & Beyond

A PROMISING young jockey has become the third person to die at an accident blackspot within the space of a year.

LACOCK Abbey will be a hive of activity this weekend as it hosts a Proms and jazz festival.

A MAN found dead in woodland near Chippenham has been named as Richard Haddrell.

FIRE crews were called to a bed and breakfast in Biddestone, near Chippenham, this morning.

A MOTORIST has been released on bail after pleading guilty to a charge of dangerous driving.

A 15-HOUR manhunt ended in tragedy when the body of a man was found in a wood near Chippenham.

CHILDREN from a Chippenham primary school were shown how to make bread as part of a workshop all about wheat.

CHIPPENHAM charity Doorway has been nominated by new town mayor Marian Stickland as her chosen charity of the year.

PUPILS at Abbeyfield School in Chippenham hosted a Dragons Den style event to initiate business and social enterprise ideas.

A 28-YEAR-OLD man from Chippenham has been charged with theft after he allegedly took money from a woman at a supermarket cashpoint.

WILTSHIRE Fire Service rescued a man who fell into the River Avon at Great Somerford.

POLICE are appealing for information about an assault in the car park of Chippenham Community Hospital at around 5.30pm on June 2.

THE family of Daniel England have paid tribute to the son they described as having a sharp sense of humour.

THE driver of a minibus operated by a Chippenham company has been charged with disqualified driving and fraud following a fatal crash on Wednesday morning.

POLICE are appealing for information following a collision between a 25 seater Mercedes bus and a Ford Fusion along the A420 in Marshfield at 7.30am yesterday.

A WALK to raise money for a diabetes charity will take place at Wiltshire College Lackham next month.

AFTER months of remaining tight-lipped, Wiltshire College bosses revealed plans for a new £30m campus in Chippenham yesterday.

PUPILS at King's Lodge Primary School in Chippenham held a party in honour of their retiring headteacher Jane Ratcliff on Friday.

MORE than 40 civil service jobs are set to go in Chippenham after it was announced that HM Revenue and Customs plans to leave the town.

HEARTLESS vandals may have cost a village new play equipment after an attack on their pavilion.