Chippenham & Beyond news

STAFF at a drapers in Chippenham were shocked to arrive for work to find the store's display window shattered.

A SECURITY firm which claims to have cracked crime on an industrial estate in Chippenham said it may have to pull out as companies are refusing to pay for the service.

MEASURES to curb alcohol-fuelled anti-social behaviour in Chippenham could come into effect this summer.

A MOTHER-of-two from Chippenham believes a serial flasher could be at large after her daughter was confronted by a man outside her home.

THE Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre was officially opened by HRH The Princess Royal today.

THE Princess Royal is due to officially open the purpose-built Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham later this morning.

NORTH Wiltshire District Council is encouraging people across the district to help find possible sites for the gipsy and traveller community.

THOSE who were banking on a trip to the circus this weekend will have to re-think their plans thanks to a spell of bad weather.

DAREDEVILS Caroline Garnett and Kelly Gough of Chippenham's Job Market recruitment agency have successfully completed their parachute jump for Breast Cancer Care.

POLICE are hunting a man who exposed himself to a 12-year-old girl in Chippenham yesterday.

WILTSHIRE County Council is looking at an option of locating youth and social care services on the same site in Chippenham.

A MOTHER-of-three who raised the alarm after seeing her neighbour's house on fire said she has grave concerns for her family's welfare.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a kitchen fire at a house in Chippenham this morning.

THE former husband of Princess Anne was in court today to hear a judge halt a prosecution against his eventing company Equiland.

POLICE are hunting two men who broke into the house of a pensioner in Queens Crescent, Chippenham, at the beginning of April.

A GRANDMOTHER from Kington St Michael near Chippenham will undertake a 200-mile charity horse trek starting on Thursday.

A MOTOCROSS rider was killed after he crashed into a tree at an event in north Wiltshire yesterday.

THE Bowood Estate will be opening its gates later this year to host a 10km run in aid of Cancer Research.

A CONVICTED paedophile caught on camera delivering food to a nursery in Corsham has had his complaint to the Press Complaints Commission dismissed.

EFFORTS are being made to ensure the safety of a Chippenham man after Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service was called to fires at his home twice in two days.