A controversial proposal to fill the green spaces between Blunsdon and Kingsdown with houses – and effectively removing the separation of the village from Swindon proper, is set to get the go-ahead next week.
Vital services in Swindon like libraries, community transport like Dial-a-Ride, adult social care and even streetlighting will see significant changes, or even have funding withdrawn, as Swindon Borough Council desperately tries to save money.
More than 99,000 households had either their rubbish or recycling collected from the kerbside last week – in the first week of Swindon Borough Council’s new waste collection regime.
The combustible cladding and render on a significant apartment building in Central Swindon will be replaced following the change in law after the Grenfell Tower fire, but it is still tin use more than six years after the disaster.
The biggest ever cuts in Swindon Borough Council’s spending are set to be made in the budget being drawn up for 2024-25.
The views of potential homebuyers have led a developer to reduce the number of houses it wants to build on a new estate in construction near Swindon.
Plans for a new school to be built as part of Swindon’s significant expansion to the east will return to the borough council’s planning committee next week.
Food waste collection seems to have been a success after the first week of its borough-wide introduction, with tonnes of compostable waste being collected in just a week.
Cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology is helping people in Swindon who have learning difficulties live more independently.
Boffins who might come up with a major leap forward in sustainable tech could soon be working in Swindon now work has now been completed at the new Innovation Centre for Applied Sustainable Technologies unit at the Carriage Works.
