1 Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens is just the place for anybody who fancies a giraffe’s-eye view while being eyed by giraffes. Thanks to some deftly-placed walkways, visitors can get closer than ever to these graceful giants. The venue is also home
A POSTCODE Lottery celebration has been called off tomorrow because of high winds and rain. Storm Hannah threatened to bring gusts of up to 75 mph to large parts of the UK, including Swindon, during Friday and Saturday. The People's Postcode
DAVID Howell extended his tough run of missed cuts on the European Tour to a 10th tournament after another difficult day at the Trophee Hassan II in Morocco on Friday. Swindon star Howell shot a seven-over second round of 80 to drop back to 11-over
TRAINS are running again after a person was killed by a train between Swindon and Didcot Parkway. Both lines between the Oxford station and Swindon were blocked in the fatal incident at around 3pm today. Services coming back from London Paddington
Fussy kids will refuse to eat two meals a week, while two more are thrown away practically untouched. A survey of 2,000 parents of kids aged four to 16 found three in five consider their child a 'fussy eater'. The research by the UK’s leading
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A YELLOW weather warning for high winds will stay in place until 3pm for Swindon today as Storm Hannah hits the UK. Gale force winds of 42 mph are expected in Swindon with higher ground and coastal areas seeing gusts of up to 75mph. The Met
SWINDON has fewer GPs than the England average, it has been revealed. And NHS bosses are worried they will continue to struggle to recruit and retain young family doctors, as Swindon loses out to the bright lights of Bath and Bristol. Figures
Housebuyers who have ever fancied living within walking distance of an all-weather artificial polo pitch could be in luck. Developers A&J Gantlett have been given permission by planners at Swindon Borough Council to convert barns on a farm in
A CCTV image of two suspects wanted in connection with the brutal mugging of an 81-year-old has been released. John McGhee, known to many in Swindon as the accordionist Johnny Mac, was the victim of a savage and unprovoked attack on Easter Monday
UKIP's south west chairman has quit the party over controversial MEP candidate Carl Benjamin. Richard Ford, also formerly chairman of UKIP's Gloucestershire partym said he was concerned about the direction the party was taking, with UKIP leader
DEBENHAMS’ Swindon store is not one of the 22 across the UK set to close in 2020. The department store chain announced earlier it would close shops in towns around the country as part of a restructure deal. Around 1,200 jobs will be lost. It
A UKIP candidate from Swindon has defended the use of racial slurs in a social media video. Carl Benjamin, who lives in Peatmoor, is said to have called an Asian person a “ch***” and used the N-word in the 2015 video. The footage is said to
TESCO has recalled some of its own-brand yoghurt bars over salmonella fears. The superstore's apricot and almond bars are the ones that have sparked the alert. It specifically effects the boxes of four with the batch numbers 9100 and 9101.
Here's the latest from the roads this morning. It's beginning to build on the Cricklade Road approaching the Moonrakers Roundabouts, extra travel time of around four minutes. A long queue has tailed back from the Beechcroft and Hyde Road roundabout
MAINTENANCE work on bridges along the M4 will begin this weekend. The westbound section of the motorway over junction 13 at Chieveley in West Berkshire will be closed from 10pm on Friday to 6am on Monday while concrete repairs, waterproofing, and
ONE unsuspecting radio listener got the surprise of his life when he heard a marriage proposal from his partner over the airwaves. Lyn Bayliss asked her long-term fiancé Brian Burrows to marry her while she took part in Swindon 105.5’s Girls About
A SWINDON hotel received more than 600 applications for 20 jobs. The manager of the new 70-room Travelodge Swindon West on Barnfield Close felt overwhelmed by the surge of CVs she received from people who wanted to be part of her top team.
Loud & Clear with Vincent Poole, Perish the Thought and Nicola Wallis Friday May 3 to Sunday May 19 THE Beaumont Gallery in Mere welcomes Vincent Poole, Perish the Thought and Nicola Wallis with their fabulous exhibition of mixed media
The Swindon Advocacy Movement has settled into a new home after moving for the first time in 24 years. The charity packed its bags and emptied its old office near the Savoy on Regent Street to set up shop inside a disused old building that used
THE amount of recorded crime in Wiltshire has dropped over the last year - but robbery and stalking are on the rise. New figures from the Office for National Statistics show that the county's police recorded 42,483 crimes in 2018 - three per cent
WILTSHIRE Olympian Shelley Rudman will be taking part in a Snowdon Challenge with Wiltshire Air Ambulance critical care paramedics Richard Miller and Ben Abbott to raise funds. The challenge on June 8 is a new fundraising event for Wiltshire Air
The Quarryman's Arms Box Hill, Corsham SN13 8HN 01225 743569 www.butcombe.com/pubs/the-quarrymans-arms Parking: Yes Disabled access: Yes Child and dog friendly Ratings: Food: 9/10 Decor: 9/10 Service: 9/10 Choices:
Royal United Hospital, Bath EASTER activities and generous donations made Easter on the Children’s Ward that little bit more fun at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). Over 150 eggs were donated by staff and customers
PENHILL: A drug dealer jailed earlier this month after he was found outside a secondary school with hundreds of pounds of crack cocaine has been charged with weapons offences. Kevin Thomas-Fuller, 24, formerly of Leigh Road, Penhill, is accused
A councillor who quit Labour for the Conservatives, then recanted 24 hours later, and then left Labour again to be an independent has now, finally, joined the Conservatives Matthew Courtliff, who was elected for Lydiard and Freshbrook in 2016 has
There are no distractions for voters in Priory Vale. The only two parties to put up a full slate of candidates – and therefore the only two parties with a realistic chance of taking control at Euclid Street, the Conservatives and Labour – are in
An EMPTY corner shop in Old Town could be converted into four one-bedroom flats. The store on the corner of Eastcott Hill and Stafford Street is the subject for an application for planning permission from Swindon Borough Council to change its use
A TEENAGER bought his cannabis in bulk to save costs, magistrates were told. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was fleeing police in the town centre when he dumped a rucksack containing 18 bags of cannabis, including six large
A FORMER Conservative councillor and leader of Swindon Borough Council for seven years has endorsed a Liberal Democrat candidate in May 2's local elections. Rod Bluh, who stepped down from leading the council in 2013, has said he thinks voters
POCKET money pills bought on the dark web and sold on Swindon’s streets have the potential to cause serious harm to children in the town, it has been said. The council’s youth drugs service, U-Turn, said it was seeing more young people in Swindon
The establishment of a new exchange organisation mean links between Swindon and Nepal have got even closer. The Swindon-Madhyapur Thimi Friendship Group launched last Saturday with the aim of encouraging cultural, educational and social exchanges
PLANS to permanently double the capacity of a composting site near Cricklade have received the green light even though local councillors claim lorries are already shaking the town to pieces A Wiltshire Council planning committee has approved the
EMPLOYEES are the biggest risk to letting cyber attacks breach a company's security, a leading IT firm in Swindon has warned. Graham Ford, operations director at Excalibur Communications, which provides IT services to businesses across the region
THE challenges of recruiting staff post-Brexit will be one of the issues covered at a Juice Recruitment event in May. The south west recruiter, which has an office in Kingston House, Lydiard Fields, and also sponsors the Wiltshire Business Awards
ALMOST 250 people in Swindon have died since 1981 from exposure to asbestos, figures show. The death toll was labelled a terrible legacy of the use of the material in workplaces. In Swindon, many of those who have died from mesothelioma, a
A selection of photographer Les Aubrey's pictures from Swindon Robins' 48-42 defeat at Ipswich Witches on Thursday, April 25, 2019
‘IT HAS been a frustrating time’. That seems to perfectly sum up how Swindon Town goalkeeper Luke McCormick is feeling after a run of four consecutive draws and a defeat to Crewe Alexandra on Easter Monday that has all but ended Richie Wellens’
PROMOTER Mark Neilson admits to feeling a mixture of nerves and excitement ahead of the inaugural Fight Town I show at the Oasis Leisure Centre on Saturday night. Set to feature 15 fights, including bouts for Paddy Fitzpatrick-trained talents Luke
JOE Romanski’s future at Swindon Town has been plunged into doubt, with manager Richie Wellens explaining he has not got time to wait for the teenager to realise his true potential. Romanski was one of three second-year scholars to be offered a
HIGHWORTH Town manager Jeff Roberts is aiming to sign off their debut season in the Southern League with a win as they host already relegated Fleet Town at the Save on Tyres Stadium on Saturday. Playing at the highest level in their 125-year history
SWINDON Supermarine manager Lee Spalding knows his team cannot let upcoming opponents Hendon’s relegation dogfight affect them when they travel to Greater London on Saturday. Marine secured their safety in the Southern League Premier Division South
RICHIE Wellens is struggling to offload players under contract at Swindon Town who he no longer requires in the squad. The Town boss revealed a minimum of two players who already have deals at SN1 for next season will be allowed to leave the club
A man appeared in court charged with damaging another man’s cat. Lee Webb-Hammond, 39, of Henchard Crescent, pleaded not guilty to criminal damage. His case was adjourned to August 5 for the trial.
