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Chippenham News

• Appeal on hit and run

  JOHN and Barbara Feerick are appealing for witnesses to a hit and run on Sunday morning outside the Three Crowns pub on London Road. read more

• Sex offender told he faces jail sentence

  A 25-YEAR-OLD Chippenham man who admitted committing sex offences against a young girl, has been told he could go to jail. read more

• Problem park to close

  BOROUGH Parade, the Chippenham car park which is now so congested shoppers go out of their way to avoid it, will finally get a revamp this summer. read more

• Exploring road safety

  YOUNGSTERS at Charter Primary School in Chippenham put their knowledge to the test yesterday at a special road safety event. read more

• Bike racer back on track after break-in

  MOTORBIKE fanatic Sean Kirk is celebrating getting back on two wheels after callous thieves swiped his bike in a £25,000 garage raid. read more

• New name for festival

  THE annual Chippenham Arts Festival is to change its name to Chippenham Community Festival. read more

• Pupils go down under

  PUPILS at St Paul's school, Chippenham, had a go at playing a didgeridoo this week. read more

• Rescue for leisure firm

  NORTH Wiltshire Leisure threatened to close three of the district's six leisure centres on Tuesday unless it was given another £150,000 lifeline to pay its staff, the Gazette understands. read more

• Is it fake or fortune?

  ANTIQUES specialists from the BBC programme Antiques Roadshow will be casting an expert eye over family heirlooms, trinkets and hidden treasures in Lacock today. read more

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