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• Art show success

  ARTISTS have brightened up Warminster library by proudly showing off their hard work. read more

• Will TV Jamie open school's restaurant?

  CELEBRITY chef Jamie Oliver has been invited to open a £300,000 school restaurant which will provide healthier food to hundreds of pupils. read more

• Kids urged to walk to school

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: CHILDREN are being encouraged to walk to school by teachers in Chippenham. read more

• 'These yobs won't win'

  POLICE say the prosecution of a yob who smashed a funeral parlour window shows antisocial behaviour will not be tolerated in Highworth. read more

• Police move in on rural thieves

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: DISTRACTION burglars and walk-in thieves have been told they have nowhere to hide, as police sent out extra officers into villages this week. read more

• Village strives to wrap up poverty

  bold statement: Schoolchildren and parishioners at Neston Church join the Make Poverty History campaign (30414/1)A CHURCH was wrapped up in a huge banner as part of a global drive to make poverty a thing of the past. read more

• Arts centre to get £1.2m makeover

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: MORE than £1million will be spent on providing an arts centre for north Wiltshire. read more

• Record breaker

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: THE 15-year-old daughter of the first man to conquer the Explorers' Grand Slam of the North and South Poles has completed her own feat after breaking the arctic world record. read more

• Boy's death an accident

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: A SCHOOLBOY died after a car crash involving an RAF Lyneham worker, an inquest into his death heard this week. read more

• Duchess Camilla

  Camilla pictured on an engagement in Wiltshire earlier this year CHIPPENHAM NEWS: MILLIONS watched as Lacock bride Camilla Parker Bowles finally got her prince on Saturday. read more

• Mark back as Bluebirds face promotion rivals

  MARK Badman is poised for a return in tomorrow's home game against Bedford for a match boss Steve White has described as "our most important game of the season." read more

• Mother's plea to get help for autistic son

  DESPERATE FOR HELP: Mandy Lovelock with sons and daughter Alicia (30410/1)CHIPPENHAM NEWS: A SINGLE mother is desperate for help for her seven-year-old autistic son, who has been refused teaching support. read more

• Hygrade Foods expansion plan

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: THIRTY new jobs could be created in a planned £6m extension at a cooked meats factory. read more

• Arts centre to get £1.2m makeover

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: MORE than £1million will be spent on providing an arts centre for north Wiltshire. read more

• Man denies petrol hoax on motorist

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: A 35-YEAR-OLD man has denied conning a driver out of £60 at the Leigh Delamere M4 services near Chippenham. read more

• Bands pay tribute to rock legend

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: A NIGHT of rock 'n' roll music to mark the 45th anniversary of the death of Eddie Cochran is on the menu in Chippenham on Saturday night. read more

• Pupils' Diana award

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: SIX Hardenhuish pupils have won the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to their school. read more

• £100m for lifesaving invention

  The AD237 is being billed as a lifesaver for patients suffering from failing lungsCHIPPENHAM NEWS: A LIFESAVING drug and device that fights 'smokers lung' has netted its Chippenham inventors almost £100m. read more

• Anne's seal of approval

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: PRINCESS Anne will give her royal approval to a new global business headquarters opening in Chippenham. read more

• Postman died doing job he loved

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: A POSTMAN and Royal British Legion campaigner collapsed in front of colleagues at Chippenham sorting office. read more

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