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Drivers warned to expect delays ahead of M4 and A419 roadworks
Drivers have been warned to expect delays due to road closures in and around Swindon. National Highways is responsible for maintaining motorways and major A-roads and there will be three road closures on the A419 and M4 this week. Motorists
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Sports bar, pub and chippy among new food hygiene ratings
A Swindon town centre sports bar and a local fish and chip shop are among the businesses to receive new food hygiene ratings. The Food Standards Agency has published updated results for nine establishments around the town that serve food and drink
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Police seek man after bike stolen from garden
Police have issued an image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the theft of a pedal bike in Swindon. The bike was stolen from a garden on Theobald Street near the town centre on Saturday, July 13 and police are now appealing
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Photographer reveals top tips to take best back to school photos
A Swindon photography business owner has shared top tips on how to take the best back-to-school pics. Ian Jones of Great Western Cameras on Market Street is encouraging families to capture the moment their youngsters start a new term of classes
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Town prepared for EFL Trophy opener 'like they are playing Man City'
Mark Kennedy said that Swindon Town will approach their Bristol Street Motors Trophy opener at Exeter City with the same desire to win as if they were playing Manchester City. Town travel to Saint James’ Park on Tuesday night in the opening group
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Some of the 'worst' roads in Swindon have been resurfaced
Nine roads have been repaired as part of a major maintenance programme over the summer holidays. The improvement work formed part of Swindon Borough Council’s annual major and minor road resurfacing programme, which will see just over £4m invested
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'Objections' to proposed plans to ban HGVs from heavily polluted road
Plans to ban HGVs from using Swindon's most polluted road are now being considered after consultation. Swindon Borough Council introduced the idea of preventing heavy vehicles from using Kingshill Road earlier this year after detecting high levels
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Historic building to show off cutting edge skills for Heritage Open Days
When Create Studios opens its doors for Heritage Open Days visitors will be able to see how a historic industrial building is being used in the 21st century. The studio which operates as both a digital video production company, and a social enterprise
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Police smash down door in raid as five arrested
Five people have been arrested and a quantity of drugs have been seized following a police raid in Swindon. Officers from various teams including the Stratton, Central North and West Swindon neighbourhood teams collaborated on an operation to target
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Swindon Wildcats kick-off pre-season in style
It was debut delight for new signing Jake Brickell as he scored twice to help the Swindon Wildcats to a 4-1 victory against the Telford Tigers. Player-coach Aaron Nell was “very impressed” with his side's performance and had positive words for
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Travellers set up camp next to primary school days before term begins
Travellers have set up camp on a community green which backs onto a primary school, just days before the start of term. Reports from members of the public on Monday, September 2, stated that caravans, cars and vans had pitched up on Nythe field
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Two arrested after Old Town attack leaves man with deep cut
Two people have been arrested after police were called to an assault in Old Town. At around 1pm on Sunday, September 1, an incident involving a man and a woman took place at an address on Victoria Road and left one man with a laceration to his
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Mark Kennedy on Exeter, selection, and injuries: as it happened
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Swindon sex offender, 27, jailed for 'sexting child' from fake account
A Swindon man who was a known sex offender has been jailed for sending sexual messages to children from a fake online account. Danny Gould, 27, of Whitehead Street, Swindon, was already on the Sex Offender's register when he set up fake accounts
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Kennedy explains Longelo and Ofoborh missing Notts County match
Mark Kennedy explained the reasons behind Rosaire Longelo and Nnamdi Ofoborh missing Swindon Town’s 2-1 home defeat against Notts County. Following a busy final week of the transfer window, two moments of David McGoldrick magic undid Swindon despite
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Swindon Storm win American football national title
Swindon Storm under-19s have been crowned BAFA National Division Two champions after triumphing in the play-offs in Oxford. Having finished in the top three in the regular season, Swindon headed to Oxford to face the South Wales Warriors and Oxford
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Budget increase helped Swindon make late squad additions
A late injection of finance saw Swindon Town bring in five players during the final week of the summer transfer window. After a slow start to the season, Swindon brought in Kabongo Tshimanga, Gavin Kilkenny, Danny Butterworth, Dan Barden, and George
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The multi-million-pound park and ride lying empty
Surreal pictures show a multi-million-pound park and ride which has no access road lying empty. All major construction work at the 19-acre park and ride on the A40 eastbound in Eynsham was completed in January. The site could prove a perfect
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Drivers warned stretch of A34 to close
A stretch of the A34 in Oxford will be closed from this evening. The southbound carriageway between Botley and Hinksey Hill, south of the city, will be closed from 9pm tonight (Monday, September 2) until Tuesday, September 3, at 6am. Oxfordshire
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Wiltshire Police officer paid more than £30,000 in overtime
Wiltshire Police has given the ten largest overtime payments to male officers in the last year, a freedom of information request has revealed. The police force employs around 2,500 officers and staff, has five response hubs and is supported by
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Chair, bike and vacuum cleaner among rubbish dumped in supermarket car park
Residents have taken to social media to express their disappointment after seeing rubbish including a bike, vacuum cleaner and chair being dumped in a supermarket car park for the second time this week. ASDA shoppers in West Swindon were shocked
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Car full of people all caught with illegal drugs after stop on M4
Three people travelling in a car on the M4 have found themselves in trouble with the law. Wiltshire Police received a call from another member of the public that a car on the M4 was full of people suspected to have been smoking cannabis.
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Organisers of town's third annual Paint Fest say 'hard work has paid off'
The third annual Paint Fest has taken place in Swindon and now more drab walls and grey buildings have been injected with life and colour. That is the aim of the event with organisers Caryn Koh and Helen Salter officially kicking things off at
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Work starts transforming former Fleet Street nightclub into church
The former Remix nightclub on Swindon's Fleet Street is in the process of being turned into a church. Planning permission was sought for the closed building's change of use last year and approved by Swindon Borough Council in November. Several
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Local Homeline services could be affected by digital phoneline switchover
Advice has been issued to Homeline users and their families to prevent them from getting cut off as phone companies prepare to switch over all analogue landlines to digital ones by 2027. It is understood that over 3,000 vulnerable Swindon residents
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Rogue builder's 'shoddy' £72k work led to ceilings collapsing in two homes
A rogue builder who took £72,000 from his victims and carried out work so shoddy that their ceiling collapsed has been punished. An investigation by Swindon Borough Council's Trading Standards team led to the prosecution of 52-year-old Kerry Sharland
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Cat hotel to be demolished and replaced with four luxury houses
A cattery building in Swindon will be knocked down to build luxury houses in its place. Permission has been granted for developer Richard James’ plan to knock down the modern cattery building in the grounds of the Grade II-listed Westleaze Farmhouse