Nathan Tiley, known as drag queen Bambi Violet, has applied for a new premises licence for the Rose and Crown, Market Place, Chippenham, to sell alcohol to 12.30am daily and play music until 1am.

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Severe delays affected rush hour drivers on the A350 at Chippenham on Monday, after a wide load with no escort got stuck leaving Malmesbury Road roundabout for the motorway. About 20m of kerb was damaged. The lorry was stuck from 4.30pm to 8pm.

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Burglars ransacked a house in The Tinings, Monkton Park, Chippenham, last Friday, taking up to £10,000 of items between 7am and 5pm.

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The Kingfisher in Hungerdown Lane, Chippenham, has a raffle on Sunday, in aid of cerebral palsy sufferer Kitty-Boo Cox.

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A Malmesbury resident has reported that someone has been regularly entering their back garden, occasionally causing damage and sometimes stealing rhubarb. The incidents have been going on for as long as nine months.

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Lights and outside Christmas decorations were stolen from a house in Avenue De Gien, Malmesbury, overnight on Monday December 8.
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Charlton Parish Council has been working with the Malmesbury Community Area Transport Group to encourage drivers to slow down when entering the village. White ‘entrance’ gates have been installed to act as a reminder to drivers that they need to reduce their speed to 30mph when entering the village.

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A large amount of make-up was stolen from a chemist in High Street, Malmesbury, at around noon on Friday, December 5. Police believe the thieves were from out of town.

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Melvin Gillingham has applied for outline planning permission to build six three-bedroom semi-detached houses in Patterdown, next to Warwick House in Melksham Road, Chippenham. Access would be through the Coppice Close entrance road.

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John Miller Garden Machinery in Bath Road, Chippenham, has applied for planning permission to improve its car parking and manoeuvring area.
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GreenSquare Housing has applied for planning permission to convert the listed building Parklands in Malmesbury Road, Chippenham, into four flats, offer the four existing bungalows next door as affordable housing, and build six homes and a coach house.

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Indent Investments Limited of Chippenham has applied for planning permission to build two two-bedroom bungalows at the back of 88 Bristol Road.