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• Hundreds attend A419 crash victims' vigil

  HUNDREDS of friends and family of the victims of a car crash on the A419 this morning have gathered at Town Gardens for a lantern vigil. read more

• Mystery over why car left road in A419 fatal crash

  TWO teenage girls were killed when the car they were travelling in left the A419 for 'unknown reasons'. read more

• Police confirm names of pair killed in A419 crash

  WILTSHIRE Police have confirmed that the two girls killed in a fatal crash on the A419 this morning were Shaya Leigh and Kerry Staniford. read more

• Police plea over A419 crash flowers

  POLICE have pleaded with mourners not to stop on the A419 in an attempt to lay flowers at the crash scene where two teenagers died this morning. read more

• Plans to release lanterns in memory of pair killed on A419

  FRIENDS of the teenage girls killed in an accident on the A419 this morning plan to release lanterns in their memory tonight. read more

• Bitter-sweet time for newly knighted rider

  EVENTING legend Sir Mark Todd was one of a number of sports stars who were honoured at Bucking-ham Palace yesterday. read more

• We’re in this together, says Swindon's new mayor

  THE New Mayor of Swindon was elected at a council meeting held yesterday. read more

• Author recalls his boyhood in town

  AN INTERNATIONAL lawyer who grew up in Swindon has just published his second volume of autobiography. read more

• Stroke patient praises care home

  IF IT hadn’t been for a fellow fisherman, Trevor McGlynn might not be around today to tell his tale. read more

• Sentence delayed in Sam Rees' case

  A JUDGE has postponed the sentencing date of the man who has admitted a serious assault on a 27-year-old father-of-one. read more

• UPDATED: Teenage girls killed in crash on A419

  TWO teenage girls have died after the car they were travelling in left the A419 and crashed into a hedgerow. read more

• Mum’s anguish as crash driver is given 21-month jail term

  THE devastated family of Constantine Voulgaris have cried injustice after the teenage driver who killed him was jailed for less than two years. read more

• Royal Wootton Bassett carnival to start with a real bang

  ROYAL Wootton Bassett High Street will be alive with music and dancing today, as the carnival gets under way. read more

• Student builds Twin Towers out of matchsticks

  A NEW College student has used 31,086 matchsticks, 215 tubes of superglue and 15 tubes of PVA glue to make a replica of New York’s Twin Towers. read more

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