Unit will put more cops back on beat
8:40pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
A NEW police task force has been set up to target prolific offenders responsible for the majority of crime in the town.
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Police dog on Twitter patrol
8:00pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
POLICE dogs proved they could tweet as loud as they bark when they gave followers on a social network an insight into their busy working lives.
Day out at the track is a roaring success for SUNS
7:20pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
MENTAL health service users took time out to get physical yesterday.
Town crier picks up yet another major accolade
6:40pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
ROYAL Wootton Bassett’s town crier will be shouting from the rooftops after he picked up another accolade at the weekend.
Budding young boxers wanted for summer camp
6:00pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
A GYM is looking for a new class of budding boxing stars as a professional trainer looks to put them through his school of hard knocks.
Why do people gamble their lives away?
5:36pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
“I WITNESSED my wife trying to hang herself.
WI group calls time with a parting gift
5:25pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
LADIES from the Upper Stratton Women’s Institute have donated £12,000 to the Great Western Hospital after a fall in membership forced them to disband.
Firm fined over apprentice fall
11:00am Wednesday 16th May 2012
AN APPRENTICE electrician is lucky to be alive after he fell through a ceiling while working in the loft space of a Swindon youth centre.
Children desperate for foster families
10:40am Wednesday 16th May 2012
TWO children a week come into care and need a foster family in Swindon, the town’s fostering service has revealed.
Classmates fundraise for cerebral palsy boy
10:30am Wednesday 16th May 2012
CLASSMATES of cerebral palsy sufferer Corey Cummings are planning a busy timetable of fundraising in a bid to help him walk.
A Dickens of a good time
10:33am Wednesday 16th May 2012
THE audience at the Arts Centre last night may have been small, but it was perfectly formed.
It’s a treemendous honour
10:25am Wednesday 16th May 2012
TWO white flowering cherry trees were planted in Queen’s Park yesterday to mark the Jubilee.
More than one string to Janie’s bow
10:31am Wednesday 16th May 2012
THE story of cellist and composer Janie Price enthralled the lunchtime audience at the Arts Centre Yesterday.
Dancers can audition for Banxy
10:13am Wednesday 16th May 2012
HIP hop choreographer Banxy, in association with Swindon Dance, will be holding auditions to look for talented youngsters with urban dance skills to take part in a special Olympic event.
Polished sound of Polish folk
10:21am Wednesday 16th May 2012
THE first of this year’s Swindon Bowl shows takes place on May 26 – and the fun kicks off with the Warsaw Village Band.