Hundreds of new houses are in the offing for rough grazing and other fields between Swindon and Wanborough. The land, in a triangle of open fields between the A419 and the Wanborough Road as it approaches the flyover the dual carriageway has been
FORMER Swindon Town player Jon Gittens has died at the age of 55. Gittens made a total of 165 appearances for Town between 1987 and 1991 and was part of the side that won the 1990 Division Two play-off final, defeating Sunderland 1-0 at Wembley.
A NEW application to build a warehousing, manufacturing and research and development facility in east Swindon with good access to the A419 and M4 has led campaigners to suggest there’s a ready-made tenant already in town. The developers behind the
THE winners of the 25th Wiltshire Business Awards were announced at a glitzy ceremony at Centre Parcs on Friday night. Judges narrowed down hundreds of entries into a set of finalists which they then visited before making the difficult decision
MEDIA makeup students from New College have opened an exhibition of their work in the town centre. The free Make-Up Your Mind exhibit of props, costumes, wigs and prosthetics for film and TV is available to visit from 11am to 3pm in the unit next
PREVIEW beginnings The Studio Roundway Farm House, Roundway, Devizes Until June 29 A TRIO of Wiltshire photographers who have admired each other's work for some time have joined forces to set up what they hope with become a creative
PEOPLE in Broad Town have been celebrating the completion of works to improve the Village Hall. A commemorative plaque was presented at a well-attended community coffee morning in the hall. The refurbishment of the kitchen and toilets was made possible
A STATE of the art technology studio worth £8,000 will put New College pupils at the “cutting edge”, say teachers. The college landed the new kit - which includes a 3D printer and virtual reality headset - after it was among six winners in a national
SLEEP specialists will share their top tips at Great Western Hospital today. To mark Sleep Apnoea Support and Awareness day today the team at GWH's Sleep Service will be sharing their best ways on getting a good night's rest. Sleep apnoea, which
CLOSELY guarded off-road prototype plans of Wiltshire's first electric car have been released by Dyson. The company revealed the patent plans - which have been kept secret since they were submitted 18 months ago - for the unnamed electric car, which
A PUBLIC consultation has opened over the proposal to close part of a road on the Wichelstowe development. Swindon Borough Council is asking for views on the proposal to close the northern section of Mill Lane to cars. The requirement to close
A PUB described as the “centre piece” of the village has been saved from permanent closure. The Sun in Lydiard Millicent has been under the same management for 10 years, but the current publican announced the doors would close this week, plunging
A LIVE art exhibition from local painters will be open all weekend next week. Hook village hall will be exhibiting finished watercolours, pastels, and an array of landscapes, seascapes and portraits by the Royal Wootton Bassett Art Society. Visitors
DAVID Renard, the Conservative leader of Swindon Borough Council, looks very at home in his office in Euclid Street, after an election campaign Slightly to my surprise, it’s not a big or fancy office at all. It’s very much a working room, desk,
WILTSHIRE’S Callum Browne collected the Plate trophy during the 10th and final leg of the Cuestars U21 Gold, Silver and Bronze Tours at Chandlers Ford Snooker Club. British universities and colleges individual snooker champion Browne, from Trowbridge
TEENAGER Harry Woods smashed his personal best in the first 3,000m of the summer season at the British Milers Club PB Classic, held at Millfield School in Somerset. The Swindon Harrier slashed 25 seconds off the time he set last year as he clocked
MIKE Jackson, Wiltshire’s most capped men’s player with 131 Middleton Cup appearances, has taken over from Neil Smith as the county’s team manager for the competition. The 51-year-old, who hails from Caldicot in Monmouthshire, began playing bowls
A FARMER has hit out at the ‘disgusting behaviour’ of fly-tippers after finding illegally-dumped waste on her land. Kay Lacey, whose farm is in Chiseldon, is angry after discovering grey garden slate, chippings, soil and piles of dog poo. She
ALUN Rossiter will not look beyond tonight’s Race-Off in his quest to lead Great Britain to Speedway of Nations glory. Team boss Rossiter, who also manages Swindon Robins in the SGB Premiership, masterminded a world silver medal for Team GB 12 months
STRIKER Theo Robinson is open to a return to Swindon Town next season, although says any prospective deal is out of his hands. Robinson joined Town on loan from League One side Southend United on transfer deadline day in January and swiftly established
WILTSHIRE ladies return to competitive action early next week following a splendid campaign last season as they begin the defence of their South West Counties League title. They travel to Devon on Tuesday to the neutral venue of Tiverton West End
A SLEEPING pensioner died in the fire that spread from lit smoking materials. David Ridley, senior coroner for Wiltshire and Swindon, this week recorded a conclusion of accidental death at the inquest of 76-year-old David Johnston. The Park South
A WROUGHTON man who tried to groom young girls online and had previously been arrested over abuse images has been spared jail. Damien Whitehouse told mental health workers that he had been looking at pictures and videos of child rape to stop himself
CLIMATE conscious teenagers blasted town centre litter louts as they spent their lunch hour picking rubbish off the streets. The youngsters, part of the Extinction Rebellion movement of campaigners aimed at tackling climate change, described the
A HIGHWORTH churchgoer is one step closer to his goal of getting the Methodist Church to declare a climate emergency. John Ranford, who last month joined the Extinction Rebellion protests in the capital, took the climate emergency motion to the
The importance of older people becoming vaccinated has been reiterated at the Swindon Seniors Forum Spring Opening Meeting. Helen Trudgeon, South West Screening and Immunisations Manager was guest-speaker on May 9 at the Central Community Centre
