A leading Swindon pharmacist has spoken out at a shortage of drugs which, it has been claimed, is a result of some healthcare organisations who have been selling UK drugs to Europe, where they can get a better price. As a result, the Royal Pharmaceutical
THE chief executive of Swindon Borough Council, Gavin Jones, has said the idea of pulling the plug on parking charges in the town is simply not a reality. Speaking on the idea of scrapping all car parking charges in the town in the future, Mr Jones said
WILDCATS player-coach Ryan Aldridge has urged his troops to fight on in the race for the final English Premier League play-off spot. Swindon beat Sheffield 4-2 on Saturday and took a point from a 6-5 overtime defeat at bottom side Romford tonight
ANTIQUE lovers packed out the Oasis in search of cold hard cash, valuations and a chance to meet TV star, David Dickinson. Organisers of Dickinson’s Real Deal, which is to be aired on ITV1 in the near future, said Swindon topped all predictions, breaking
AFTER years of planning wrangles and broken promises, it has been revealed that the dilapidated former Swindon College site in the heart of the town will be torn down this year and replaced with a £100m flagship leisure complex. The site, which has been
In this blog I’m supposed to be talking about leaving university and entering the “real world”. But since being a resident of this place for several months now I’ve found it to be a little bit bonkers. So I hope you don’t mind but for this instalment
Would you allow your nine-year-old daughter to wear a padded bra? Or how about a nice pair of jogging bottoms designed with an added piece of material, so it looks like she has her underwear hanging out of her joggers? These are just two of the
A SWINDON shop worker has blamed his fasting during Ramadan for selling booze to a youth. Bhatia Stores in Crombey Street were pulled before a licensing panel to explain themselves after a Trading Standards operation on August 21, last year
A SWINDON charity worker’s achievements with the homeless in Swindon have been honoured by the Queen. Cher Sawyer, who has worked for the Threshold Housing Link for 25 years, was awarded the MBE by the Queen yesterday in a ceremony at Windsor Castle.
SINGLE mum Judy Choules has set up a support group for the profoundly deaf and their families in Swindon. Ms Choules, 43, will be kick starting the group with a dinner dance fundraiser tonight with Pop Idol runner up Matt Dillion. She was inspired to
cystic fibrosis sufferer Danielle Fuller could be forgiven for thinking only of herself but she was thinking of the sick children she could help when she baked dozens of cakes for the Have A Heart Appeal. The 14-year-old from Toothill, West Swindon
