Swindon news

• Wiltshire warning over high-value scam using courier

  11-12-2022 09:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Vulnerable people are being targeted by fraudsters who claim to be police officers or bank staff.
  
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• Mystery GP on train saves passenger's life

  19-02-2026 07:27 via bbc.com
  The unknown doctor used a defibrillator at Reading Station to save 69-year-old Ian Drewery.
  
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• 'Dangerous' road damage in award-winning village

  19-02-2026 07:13 via bbc.com
  A 70m stretch of the highway was left crumbling after a traffic diversion.
  
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• Locals oppose 'inappropriate' industrial estate

  19-02-2026 07:12 via bbc.com
  Residents have raised concerns about environmental damage, noise pollution and poor access roads.
  
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• Council to investigate its own housing companies

  18-02-2026 19:31 via bbc.com
  The two firms are said to have racked up debts to the council of £53m.
  
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• Man laundered £500k in IT scam manipulating elderly

  18-02-2026 16:38 via bbc.com
  Gyaltse Yolmo is jailed for his role in a scam which saw victims pay for needless computer repairs.
  
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• Reporter confronts council over punchbag photo

  18-02-2026 14:01 via bbc.com
  A council officer has apologised for the "bad joke" that left councillors in shock.
  
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• Arrest after indecent assault on 14-year-old girl

  18-02-2026 12:44 via bbc.com
  Police said the man was riding a mobility scooter when he exposed himself and assaulted the girl.
  
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• Wisteria felled over fear it helped spread rodents

  18-02-2026 07:18 via bbc.com
  The wisteria was cut back as the local council believed it encouraged the spread of rodents.
  
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• Constable oil painting to go on display at museum

  18-02-2026 07:12 via bbc.com
  A View of Salisbury from Harnham will go on display in the city in June.
  
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• Men who supplied cocaine wholesale jailed

  17-02-2026 18:59 via bbc.com
  Wiltshire Police said the two men were high tier dealers who were supplying a number of people.
  
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• Man who ran a red light and hit children sentenced

  17-02-2026 17:37 via bbc.com
  Harold Small, 89, injured two six-year-olds who were using a pedestrian crossing in 2023.
  
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• 'Miracle' recovery of dog who escaped on motorway

  17-02-2026 13:56 via bbc.com
  Two-year-old Mabel escaped at Leigh Delamere service station during a house move.
  
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• Teen who murdered 18-year-old named for first time

  17-02-2026 13:55 via bbc.com
  Ciaran Newman is one of two teenagers convicted of murdering Owen Dunn in 2022.
  
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• 'Focus solely on potholes', council workers told

  17-02-2026 07:20 via bbc.com
  Thousands of potholes have been reported across the county since the start of the year.
  
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• SEND debt write-off is 'positive' for councils

  17-02-2026 07:18 via bbc.com
  Wiltshire and Swindon councils will both see their deficits for SEND education cut dramatically.
  
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• Teenager arrested on suspicion of rape

  16-02-2026 19:41 via bbc.com
  The 18-year-old teenager is released on bail as inquiries into the incident in Swindon continue.
  
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• Residents 'incredulous' after gas plant approved

  16-02-2026 13:57 via bbc.com
  The renewable gas plant, featuring 22 shipping containers, will sit on a former farmer's field.
  
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• Council to take Openreach to court over roadworks

  15-02-2026 15:00 via bbc.com
  Wiltshire Council is angry that the firm did not get permission to close roads.
  
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• 'Moral imperative' to reintroduce at-risk species

  15-02-2026 08:21 via bbc.com
  Conservationisists explain the benefits to humans, land and wildlife that reintroductions can bring.
  
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• In pictures: Charity cold water dip and pupils help the homeless

  15-02-2026 08:14 via bbc.com
  A round-up of photographs from across the west country this week.
  
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• Public to get say over huge solar park plans

  14-02-2026 17:13 via bbc.com
  Island Green Power has submitted plans to build a 500-megawatt solar farm between Malmesbury and the M4.
  
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• City school plans expansion to 1,500 pupils

  14-02-2026 17:02 via bbc.com
  Plans for the school include a new science block and refurbishment of existing buildings.
  
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• 'Home of Stonehenge' in UK Town of Culture bid

  14-02-2026 08:23 via bbc.com
  Amesbury joins the Wiltshire town of Mere, which is also bidding to take the title in 2028.
  
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• 'Baseball bat attack' and 'gorillas moving house'

  14-02-2026 08:16 via bbc.com
  A roundup of stories from local newspapers and the BBC from the past week in the West of England.
  
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• How teaching inspired Lord of the Flies author

  13-02-2026 19:22 via bbc.com
  Bishop Wordsworth's School is celebrating its connection with the author of the classic novel.
  
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• 'Heartbreak' as 1,000 fish found dying in canal

  13-02-2026 17:59 via bbc.com
  Schools of fish are discovered dead or dying in the Kennet and Avon Canal in Wiltshire.
  
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• Derelict museum to become 'flagship destination'

  13-02-2026 17:24 via bbc.com
  Work has begun to revive the Grade-II listed Apsley House into a social and co-working space.
  
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• Drinan can get to any level - Robins boss Holloway

  13-02-2026 16:03 via bbc.com
  Swindon top scorer Aaron Drinan can reach any level of the game, believes manager Ian Holloway.
  
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• Man admits rape of former councillor's ex-wife

  13-02-2026 15:12 via bbc.com
  Dean Hamilton, 46, is one of six men accused of dozens of offences in total against the woman.
  
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