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  • Salon celebrates a big milestone

    SISTERS Vanda and Becky Tanner welcomed clients and staff to their Faringdon Road beauty salon yesterday to celebrate its 10th birthday.During the past decade OMG Hair and Beauty has seen more than 150,000 clients and earned 16 awards.A proud Vanda said

  • Big kicks for Keira

    MARTIAL arts enthusiasts have got a kick out of helping a young girl battle leukaemia.More than 70 people descended on Swindon Martial Arts and Fitness on Sunday aiming to deliver 50,000 kicks for Keira in an hour.The kickboxers were raising money to

  • CHEESE WIRE: The hunt for a vio-ble alternative continues...

    IT may come as a bit of a surprise that I am writing about vegan cheese again so soon after the horrors of the Violife Dairy Free Platter which almost ruined Christmas. But it is down to that abomination I find myself with another of their vegan cheeses

  • NATIONAL LEAGUE: Bluebirds make a point against Braintree

    CHIPPENHAM Town boss Mark Collier believes Saturday's 1-1 draw with National League South high-flyers Braintree Town was just the tonic required for the Bluebirds to put a troubled spell behind them. Collier's men made a brilliant start to the

  • HELLENIC LEAGUE: Bassett hit for six

    ROYAL Wootton Bassett Town slipped to a fourth straight defeat in the Hellenic League Premier Division after they were hit for six away at title-chasing Thatcham on Saturday. Rich Hunter’s side registered no points from their final three games

  • Banks pleased to see Town cash in

    OLLIE Banks was not surprised his Swindon Town debut was a nip-and-tuck affair after they edged to a narrow 1-0 home win over West Country rivals Forest Green Rovers on Saturday. Banks became Town’s first signing of the January transfer window

  • Ex-nurse tells of six hour ambulance wait

    A COMMUNITY leader has slammed patient transport cover – after claiming she waited SIX HOURS for an ambulance.Former nurse Nazma Ramruttun says that she was left waiting after contracted firm Arriva failed to send a vehicle to Banbury’s Horton General

  • Go waste free for February says wildlife trust

    WILTSHIRE Wildlife Trust is challenging people to go waste free for February.The initiative is aimed at encouraging householders to ensure every piece of waste their homes produce can be recycled, reused or composted in some form or another rather than