SWINDON Council has decided to opt out of plans to support Wiltshire County Council's unitary bid. A unanimous decision by councillors was reached within 27 minutes at an extraordinary council meeting at the Civic Offices tonight. It followed Wiltshire
YOUNGSTERS from King William Street School have taken over the town's art gallery to display their first public exhibition. And it is also the first time Swindon Museum and Art Gallery has shown work from an entire school. The gallery is currently showcasing
A FAMILY'S garden has been wrecked by vandals who slashed a children's trampoline, cut a swing down and set fire to part of a tree house. Police say the behaviour of the yobs is reprehensible. And mum-of-three Helen Stacey says she cannot understand
A PARAMEDIC has said the town's dirty ambulances could be the cause of superbug infections such as MRSA. Figures released by medical watchdog the Healthcare Commission showed that three out of the four NHS trusts running the town's health services were
SWINDON Robins' Elite League clash at Wolverhampton was called off tonight. Heavy rain in the Midlands had left puddles on the track and, although the rain stopped and Monmore Green track staff worked tirelessly, it was unable to recover. Match officials
A DRUG dealer has been told to pay back more than £10,000 of his ill-gotten gains - or face another six months behind bars. Sydonia Willis was jailed for four years in September last year after he was convicted of possessing crack cocaine with intent
CONTROVERSIAL comedian Bernard Manning has died at the age of 76. The Embassy Club, his comedy venue in Manchester, confirmed his death yesterday afternoon. He shot to fame in the 1970s on ITV programme The Comedians and was renowned for his off-colour
POLICE are hunting thieves who plundered rock stars Wheatus' tour bus in Stratton. While the band, famed for their Teenage Dirtbag hit, rocked the Area 51 nightclub, thieves sneaked on to the bus and stole their laptop. The computer belonged to back-up
A VEGETABLE has ensured the shows will go on at one of the town's theatre venues. The Arts Centre, in Devizes Road, had to take drastic action to plug a leak in a pipe last week. And, being creative souls, a member of their staff came up with a very
JAINE BLACKMAN meets a couple of local food producers who are determined to make a difference. HELEN Browning and Tim Finney aren't a couple to do things by halves. When Helen, who took over Eastbrook Farm from her father in 1986, was told you couldn't
YOU wouldn't normally expect to get much of a gourmet experience downtown in Swindon. With the best will in the world, it's well accepted that most of the pubs are aimed at the drinking crowd rather than the eating crowd. There's nothing wrong with
CHAIRMAN Cliff Puffett is celebrating his "dream come true" after Swindon Supermarine were granted planning permission to redevelop their Hunts Copse ground. Swindon Borough Council rubber-stamped the plans at a meeting last month, and Puffett has not
ALUN Rossiter sees no reason why Robins cannot serve up another television treat at Wolverhampton tonight - despite missing nearly HALF of his regular team. Swindon have become the undoubted box office stars of Sky Sports' Elite League coverage this
Swindon Speedway has announced that season ticket holders at Oxford will have those tickets honoured for domestic fixtures at Blunsdon for the remainder of this season. The Cheetahs' season ticket holders will have the same rights as those who have Swindon
GREAT Dane Charlie Gjedde holds the key to yet another television victory for the Elite League-leading Swindon Robins tonight. Gjedde, out of sorts for much of the Robins' campaign so far, roared back into some semblance of form last Thursday, recording
THE town's main library has shut its toilets for good after drug addicts left them in a disgusting state. Library staff and visitors were regularly confronted with a mess and vandalism. But when someone defecated in the middle of the floor it was the
THE news that Swindon Council has decided to close the toilets in the town's main library is very sad indeed. We are all well aware of the drug culture in our society and this newspaper has reported on several incidents where drug addicts have left their
BROOME Manor ace Miles Mackman will fly the flag for Wiltshire today at the British Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes and St Annes Old Links. Swindon's England under 21 international is bidding to go one better than 2002 finalist Martin
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