Chippenham & Beyond news

There is still time to sign up for the fundraising sleepout in Chippenham for Doorway, the North Wiltshire charity drop-in centre for homeless and marginalised single adults.

Town councillors in Chippenham have shelved plans to increase their annual allowance and unanimously agreed to freeze council tax in a bid to tackle the credit crunch.

Tearful staff at Woolworths in Chippenham shut up shop for the last time today and said their goodbyes to the colleagues they describe as 'one big family'.

Police are appealling for witnesses after an 18 year old man was attacked in Chippenham New Years Eve.

A Gazette reader has emailed us after seeing strange lights over Chippenham town centre.

Plans to build houses on one of Chippenham’s last remaining woodlands has sparked fury among people in the town.

The wife of Castle Combe Circuit maintenance man David Johnson, who was left with serious head injuries after an accident at the racing track, has thanked hospital staff for their support.

The Wiltshire Air ambulance were called to Chippenham on this morning to take an elderly woman who was having a heart attack to the Royal United Hospital in Bath.

A new community group has been set up to transform Chippenham into a more attractive and continental-style hot spot.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was sexually assaulted as she walked through Bath Road car park in Chippenham in the early hours of Sunday morning.

A gang of teenagers who led police on a 15 mile chase in a stolen car less than a week after escaping prison have been jailed.

After 28 years of dedicated service, Rachel Penny, secretary at St Mary’s Primary School in Chippenham, has logged off her computer for the very last time.

A new £250,000 indoor sports centre could be open in Chippenham as soon as May thanks to a £125,000 grant from Sports England.

Around 300 people crammed into the Chippenham Sports Club to pay their final respects to the late chairman Tim Waycott.

A teenager accused of having sex with an underage girl has appeared before a judge.

Animal lover Phil Newbury and his faithful horse Frankie were out filling Chippenham with Christmas cheer.

A man has been remanded in custody accused of raping a woman in her seventies at Yatesbury.

Teenage cancer patient Becky Oatley is the star of a charity advert which sees her bossing around Premiership footballers.

Police in Chippenham are urging witnesses to come forward after two separate attacks in the town involving a Samurai sword and a medieval-type mace.

An alleged fraudster has been arrested after a £25,000 cheque he used to buy a Ferrari convertible from eBay bounced.