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  • Permission to speak, sir ? Don't panic !

    Written by David Latham Don't panic ! Don't panic ! Can you speak out at work ? If you are stressed and feeling vulnerable - could you tell your boss or colleagues ? How honest can you be in the workplace ? For me that is the crucial

  • Work harder, two schools told

    ‘MUST try harder’ is the report for two Swindon schools from Children’s Minister Ed Balls. Churchfields School and Dorcan Technology College both have work to do before they meet national standards, according to Mr Balls, who was in Swindon

  • Mum's plea after treasured artwork stolen

    IRREPLACEABLE artwork has been stolen from a car. Gay Wood, 41, had taken her university artwork out of the house for the first time in 10 years to show to a friend. But her car was broken into and the work was taken from the front seat

  • Howell struggles in Spain

    BROOME Manor pro David Howell endured a miserable start to his Castello Masters Costa Azahar campaign in Spain this morning. In windy conditions at the Club de Campo del Mediterráneo in Castellón, the Swindon star bogeyed the par three 12th

  • Dance show addict takes to the ballroom

    ANYONE who thinks they have two left feet and can’t dance needs to think again. That’s the message from Jenny Marks and Noel Herman, who run The Barn, a ballroom and Latin dance school in Wanborough. With the new series of Strictly Come

  • Hammer Case: Official review 'flawed'

    An official review into a "racist" hammer attack on teenager Henry Webster while at Ridgeway School was so flawed that it must be quashed, the High Court ruled today. Henry, 18, was attacked in January 2007 by a gang of Asians with a claw hammer. He

  • Pupils' artwork goes on display

    Artwork by pupils at Wootton Bassett School is being displayed in the former Tesco Express shop in Wootton Bassett. The three dimensional work by Year 11 GCSE students is beind displayed as part of a move by the town’s Chamber of Commerce to brighten

  • Huge protest at school closure

    HUNDREDS of people have opposed a plan to close a primary school in Highworth. A total of 393 residents and parents have objected to a proposal to close Northview Primary School and expand Westrop Primary School during a pre-statutory consultation

  • More families are living in fuel poverty

    THE number of Swindon families living in fuel poverty has risen by more than 10 per cent according to new Government figures. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) released statistics showing 5,008 households in the town were classed as

  • Postal workers: 'striking is the only option'

    POSTAL staff feel they have a moral obligation to strike even though they are frightened about the consequences of taking on Royal Mail bosses, says a union leader. Chris Rye, branch secretary of the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU), spoke

  • We couldn’t reach Kate, inquest told

    A TEENAGE Swindon girl had become a “lost soul” as her heroin addiction spiralled out on control, an inquest heard. Kate Walsh, 16, a former Highworth Warneford School pupil and talented flautist became addicted to the class-A drug and had

  • School takes stand on poverty

    AN ENTIRE school has taken a stand against poverty. About 1,200 pupils at St Joseph’s Catholic College stood up against poverty last Friday morning. Their pledge was part of an international campaign – Stand Up Against Poverty, which sees more than

  • Diving club raid

    AN ORANGE inflatable boat was among items taken from a diving club. Burglars struck at the Swindon British Sub Aqua Club, based within the grounds of Supermarine Sports and Social Club in South Marston, between 7.30pm on Monday and 8.15am on Tuesday.

  • Appeal after break-in bid

    WOULD-BE burglars failed in their early morning attempt to take items from a shop. The attempted burglary took place at Handy Garden Machinery, on Hyde Road, Stratton St Margaret, last Sunday. At 1.30am three people got into the building and tried to

  • Hammer Case: 'The next thing I knew someone hit me'

    HAMMER attack victim Henry Webster was “egged on” by fellow white pupils towards a confrontation with Asian pupils hours before the attack that has blighted his life, London’s High Court heard yesterday. In the second day of a million-pound lawsuit brought

  • Sally’s heartache over stolen dog

    FOR Sally Bickford, her dog Freddie was much more than a pet – he meant everything to her. And the 35-year-old, of Akers Way, Moredon, who is severely disabled, has been crying and calling for him ever since he vanished Wednesday. Freddie, a four-year-old

  • Police launch online crime map

    SWINDON people can find out more about crime in their area following the launch of an online map. Wiltshire Police worked with the National Policing Improvement Agency for months ahead of the launch of the “crime map” on Wednesday. The map allows anyone

  • Cox gunning for Salari

    SWINDON boxer Jamie Cox must see off seasoned campaigner Manoochi Salari to set up his dream British title shot. Cox takes on the 35-year-old Nottingham boxer on October 30 at Liverpool Echo Arena, in what is the Swindonian’s biggest fight

  • Sporting champs set to do battle

    SWINDON’S mayor kicked off a drive to bring football with a difference to the masses. Coun David Wren was at the @Futsal arena on the Techno Trading Estate, off Bramble Road, Stratton, to highlight the sport. The event was in advance

  • Door always open for Cox, says Fitton

    Simon Cox is unlikely to make a return to the County Ground, despite chairman Andrew Fitton opening the door for a potential loan switch back to Swindon. Since his £1.9million summer move to West Bromwich Albion, the striker has struggled

  • Fitton reveals County Ground blueprint

    TOWN chairman Andrew Fitton is expecting plans for the new-look County Ground to be submitted by March, as they prepare for a “phased redevelopment” of the current site. Fitton has made no secret of his desire to keep the club in the heart