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Nathan on course to fulfil fundraising goal
10:20pm Sunday 21st March 2010
FOOTBALL fan Nathan Taylor is 500 miles into his gruelling homage to the World Cup but has already been stopped by police and detained by borders agency officials.
We're being forced out, say street traders
8:10pm Sunday 21st March 2010
UP with the lark come rain or shine they are selling their wares before the clock strikes nine and the shop shutters begin to rise.
Ex-paras' tribute to fallen soldiers
7:00pm Sunday 21st March 2010
MORE than 100 people turned out as veterans of the Parachute Regiment paid their respects at Wootton Bassett war memorial.
Businessman heads bid to boost railway line
6:22pm Sunday 21st March 2010
A WILTSHIRE man is spearheading a fresh bid to rejuvenate the TransWilts railway line which runs from Swindon to Salisbury.
Courses are facing cuts
11:00am Sunday 21st March 2010
ADULTS look set to lose out on vital numeracy and literacy services as college funding is cut.
Back street dog breeding is ‘rife’
9:40am Sunday 21st March 2010
AT three years old Staffordshire bull terrier Peewhe should be a healthy 17kg – instead he weighs as a dog half his size and was so malnourished he began to eat his tail.
Dyson technology wins fans at gwh
4:10pm Saturday 20th March 2010
Great Western Hospital is stepping up infection control measures by introducing bladeless fans on its wards.
Work ‘on track’ despite asbestos
12:10pm Saturday 20th March 2010
SWINDON Council says the demolition of Headlands School remains on track despite the discovery of asbestos in its foundations.
More space for sports
10:20am Saturday 20th March 2010
NEW sporting facilities at Swindon schools have been credited with strengthening community ties.
Teenagers burgled homes while owners slept
9:10am Saturday 20th March 2010
A teenager who broke into two family homes in the same street as the occupants slept upstairs has been jailed for 15 months.
We will not budge, say street traders
7:50am Saturday 20th March 2010
WE won’t budge – that’s the message from street traders who face being banned from the town centre.
On your marks, get set, go!
8:10pm Friday 19th March 2010
SWINDON went the extra mile yesterday as people of all ages ran, walked, skipped, swam, cycled and even spaced-hopped for Sport Relief.
Take a movie trip around the world
7:40pm Friday 19th March 2010
WITH the Cannes Film Festival still a couple of months away, Swindon is getting in first with its own touch of movie magic A new Swindon Film Festival is being held next month and, with an impressive line up of international movies, it is being called Around The World In 80 Hours.
Man held on suspicion of murdering Donovan
7:45pm Friday 19th March 2010
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of missing Chippenham resident Donovan Van-Lill, pictured.
History: Happy memories of games in park
4:10pm Friday 19th March 2010
Twenty one of the roads built on the Greenmeadow estate were named after English rivers. Thames Avenue, Dart Avenue, Isis Close, Kennet Avenue and Stour Walk, which changed its name to Stour Road in 1971 and then changed back to Stour Walk in 1974, were all built in 1961.
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