Chippenham & Beyond news

FIRE crews from Swindon and Westlea were called to a kitchen fire that broke out just after 7.45pm last night in Wootton Bassett.

If you're planning to celebrate the summer solstice at Avebury on the night of June 20/21 - please use public transport rather than bringing your car.

With the arrival of warm, sunny weather, barbecues are selling like hot cakes (or should that be coals?) at DIY stores across the country.

There will be a Wiltshire Employment Conference, held on Friday 23rd May at Devizes Town Hall, 9.30am - 1.30pm.

Mike Bowden of Rowde has been nominated for Britain's Most Inspiring Fundraiser', a national award being held in memory of renowned fundraiser Jane Tomlinson. The competition, run by charity search engine Everyclick.com, hopes to recognise the exceptional volunteer fundraising efforts of local people and take this opportunity to share their incredible stories. The winner will be announced on 11 June, and will receive £20,000 for their chosen charity.

NHS South West is to receive £2.4 million over the next three years to invest in improvements to stroke services across the region.

A new centre to help nurture businesses and create more than 100 new jobs will open at the Castledown Business Park in Tidworth on Tuesday.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was robbed at knifepoint in Swindon last night.

DEVIZES Carnival committee is inviting applications from local good causes for grants from this year's carnival funds.

POLICE are appealing to any witnesses to a vicious assault that has left a man with serious head injuries.

Fire crews from Swindon and Westlea were called to a kitchen fire that broke out just after 7.45pm last night in Wootton Bassett.

With increasingly hectic lifestyles, rushing South West drivers are putting themselves and others in danger on the roads.

Kennet District Council is calling on everyone to give their gardens a boost by buying a compost bin this spring.

Alpacas will be on display for all four days of the Royal Bath & West Show this year for the first time.

CHILDREN find Wiltshire libraries friendly, helpful and a place they want to go, a survey has found.

Ncounter has announced a free festival for young people and families, to be held in Lydiard Park on the 12th July. The npower Rock the Planet festival will cater for over 1,000 people and is free to anyone from Swindon and North Wiltshire.

The younger brother of a schoolboy battered to the brink of death with a claw hammer has described the day he found him in a pool of blood as "the worst ever".

A teenage gang member responsible for "savagely" attacking a schoolboy with a hammer was singled out for the first time by a judge today as she sentenced him to eight years in prison.

A STEAM roller is causing massive delays on London Road in Chippenham.

Harshad Gohil ,who cheated his employer the Nationwide building society out of thousands of pounds could face a jail term.