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Mystery over why car left road in A419 fatal crash

The accident scene where a car left A419 on Saturday morning.

1:43pm Saturday 18th May 2013

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

Police confirm names of pair killed in A419 crash

The accident scene where a car left A419 on Saturday morning.

5:30pm Saturday 18th May 2013

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

Police plea over A419 crash flowers

The accident scene where a car left A419 on Saturday morning.

6:11pm Saturday 18th May 2013

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.

Plans to release lanterns in memory of pair killed on A419

A glow lantern in the sky

5:20pm Saturday 18th May 2013

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

Bitter-sweet time for newly knighted rider

Mark Todd receives his knighthood from Prince Charles

5:10pm Saturday 18th May 2013

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

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

New Mayor Nick Martin at the Civic offices with retiring mayor Mick Bray

4:40pm Saturday 18th May 2013

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

Author recalls his boyhood in town

Author David R Bradshaw with his book

12:00pm Saturday 18th May 2013

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

Stroke patient praises care home

Trevor McGlynn wants to thank staff at Edgehill Care home for looking after him. He is pictured with Mandy Hemmings and Marie Cousins

11:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

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

Sentence delayed in Sam Rees' case

Abuzer Erdem

10:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

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

UPDATED: Teenage girls killed in crash on A419

UPDATED: Teenage girls killed in crash on A419

9:49am Saturday 18th May 2013

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

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

Friends gathered in Greenbridge in June last year to remember Costi Voulgaris,  who died in a car crash

9:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

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

Royal Wootton Bassett carnival to start with a real bang

Kaya drumming at Royal Wootton Bassett Academy in preparation for this year’s carnival

8:30am Saturday 18th May 2013

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

Student builds Twin Towers out of matchsticks

Danny Iles spent a year and four months creating his replica Twin Towers out of matchsticks

8:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

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.

Teenager jailed for causing death of Costi Voulgaris

A Facebook picture of Costi Voulgaris

1:58pm Friday 17th May 2013

TEENAGER Luke Cowley was jailed for 21 months today for killing his best friend while speeding on Marlborough Road last year.

Specsavers raised £8,000 for air ambulance

Paramedic Ross Culligan, Specsavers Swindon store director David Grieves and PC Kevin Reed at Wiltshire Air Ambulance HQ in Devizes

5:10pm Friday 17th May 2013

A town optician has helped raise £8,000 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance, bringing a year of fund-raising for the charity to a close.




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