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‘Legal’ drugs linked to two users’ deaths

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:30:00 +0000

THE number of drug users hospitalised from taking legal highs in Swindon is soaring – with two deaths in the last three months alone.

Author Sparkes some extra interest in children's stories

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:30:00 +0000

PUPILS celebrating National Storytelling week came face to face with a children’s author to help them learn more about writing.

Store manager is off to help out in Tanzania

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:30:00 +0000

A STORE manager is off to Tanzania on Sunday to help improve a rundown village primary school.

Prostitutes told to accept help, or face the law

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000

WILTSHIRE Police are introducing a new approach to tackle prostitution and help sex workers to give up working on the streets of Swindon.

Help raise cash during White Horse walk

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:20:20 +0000

DISCOVER some of the county’s White Horses and raise money for the life-saving Wiltshire Air Ambulance at the same time.

School sets out plans to become academy

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:21:46 +0000

A CONSULTATION has been launched on a proposal to turn Nova Hreod School into a United Learning Trust academy.

Getting tough on TV licence dodgers

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:23:49 +0000

MORE than 900 people were caught watching TV without a valid licence in Swindon in 2011, TV Licensing has revealed.

VisitWiltshire chief joins partnership

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:24:51 +0000

PETER Wragg, chairman of VisitWiltshire, has been appointed to the board of the newly-created Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership.

Community groups draw up plans for town’s future

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:15:41 +0000

COMMUNITY leaders had the chance last night to sketch out their ideas for a masterplan to guide the development of the town centre over the next 20 years.

Nominations wanted for outstanding community policing

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:17:02 +0000

THE public are being asked to nominate a community police officer who stands out for their work in policing their area.

Go into battle

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:19:07 +0000

A new gaming centre is aiming to drag children away from the TV and into an interactive world of fun.

Town centre management firm gets five more years

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:01:35 +0000

THE firm inSwindon will be responsible for managing Swindon town centre for another five years after traders decided in a ballot to grant it a second term.

Blankets plea for homeless as temperatures plummet

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

WITH temperatures poised to drop to minus six, Swindon’s homeless charity has launched an urgent appeal for blankets.

Killer’s prison diary tells of lasting love

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:30:00 +0000

A DOUBLE axe killer has professed his continued love for the woman that he hacked to death, in bizarre entries to his prison diary.

Drink-related A&E cases rise sharply

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000

THE number of people being admitted to Great Western Hospital due to alcohol consumption has more than doubled in under a decade.