Dear subscriber, An ongoing TV Licensing phishing campaign, first identified by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) in September 2018, continues to be reported to Action Fraud in high numbers. Fraudsters are sending the public fake TV Licensing emails that are designed to steal their personal and financial information. Since April 2018, Action Fraud has… read more
Taxpayers in Swindon are being advised to keep an eye out for a special delivery that is being put through the letter boxes of every home in the town. This year’s council tax information booklet, which tells people exactly how their council tax is spent, has already started hitting doormats, and residents are being encouraged… read more
Take a look at the Swindon Advertiser news story regarding the Junction 15 roadworks that are due to start September 2019.
Three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated vehicle taking after members of the public helped a police officer detain suspects following a pursuit south of Swindon. A police officer was on patrol in the Chiseldon area at around 7.30pm last night (12/03/19) when he was overtaken on The Ridgeway by a 4×4 vehicle… read more
Significant upgrades to Swindon’s cycling and pedestrian routes have been completed, and loc Swindon Borough Council has for the past few years been delivering a series of cycle improvement schemes off the back of a successful funding bid to the Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership. A total of £3.75 million was secured to deliver… read more
Swindon Borough Council has agreed a deal in principle to sell the freehold of the town’s football stadium. Swindon Town Football Club (namely Swindon Town Football Company Limited) and Swindon Town Supporters (represented by Swindon Town Community Mutual Ltd) have been in negotiations with the Council for several months to purchase the freehold, and have… read more
This Order is being introduced to allow carriageway patching works and will prohibit vehicles from proceeding on the B4005 Hodson Road between Chiseldon and the Toll House. Traffic will be diverted via B4005 New Road (Chiseldon), A346 Marlborough Road, A419, A4259 Marlborough Road, B4006 Marlborough Road, B4006 Pipers Way, Swindon Road and B4005 Brimble Hill/Overtown… read more
The Leader, Cllr David Renard has received a response from the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to his letter regarding the issues associated with Integrated Medical Holdings (IMH) at a number of Swindon Surgeries. The letter to the Chief Executive of the CCG, Nicki Millen, followed a SO15 from Cllr Dale Heenan at Full Council on… read more
Map of the closure of Mays Lane for re-surfacing work, currently scheduled for 28th and 29th May. Residents will receive a leaflet drop with information a week before the work starts.
Services for care leavers in Swindon are improving, according to Ofsted. Inspectors carried out a two-day focused visit of Swindon Borough Council’s Children’s Services department at the beginning of last month and found that progress had been made since its last inspection. “Changes to the organisation’s structure, the stabilisation of the senior leadership team and… read more
WHAT’S ON IN MARCH 02 March Borough Councillors’ Surgery, Calley Memorial Hall, 11.30am – 12.30pm 04 March Salisbury Cathedral Choir, Ogbourne St George Church, 7.30pm (tickets from Oakley’s Spar store, Chiseldon) 04 March Craft Club, Chiseldon House Hotel, 10am – 12 noon 05 March Chiseldon WI, Holy Cross Church Hall, 7.30pm 06 March Swindon Recital… read more
More than 90 per cent of Year 6 pupils have been offered a place in their first choice secondary school for this September. Swindon Borough Council’s School Admissions team have worked extremely hard to ensure that 91 per cent of students in Swindon will attend their first choice secondary school this year, while 99 per… read more
Join the Tennis Club’s Family Cardio fitness class each Saturday at 4:30pm. Adults do cardio and kids do fun stuff. £8 for adults and £2 for their children for the kids zone. If kids only then £5.
The Parish Council have been reporting a high number of broken street lights in Castle View Road recently. SBC report back that these lights are being shot out by catapult or BB gun. (Something using a small metal ball) This is worrying for 2 reasons – this could be a precursor to house break-ins by… read more
Take a look at the latest highways E-Newsletter for information regarding scheduled road improvements, pot hole repairs and other travel news
Points of interest from the meetings held in Feb 2019 Memory Café The next memory café is Friday 22nd February at the Church Hall from 10.30am. Everyone who is caring for someone with dementia is welcome to attend. Neighbourhood Watch meeting The next meeting is Monday 25th March at 6.45pm in the Recreation Hall off… read more
Royal Wootton Bassett fire station is hosting a charity car wash and on-call firefighter recruitment event this Saturday (2 March). Between 10am and 2pm, the crew will be washing cars to raise money for the Fire Fighters Charity and Wiltshire Air Ambulance. During the same times, there will also be the opportunity for anyone interested… read more
Swindon’s community spirit and generosity has come to the fore this week following Honda’s announcement on Tuesday of its intention to close its plant in Swindon in 2021. The Council and partners have received practical offers of support from businesses and individuals from across Swindon, Wiltshire and beyond. Earlier this week a Taskforce met in… read more
Take a look at the February E-Newsletter from Brighter Futures and see how you can help them raise some more money.
In early March there are planned road closures of Mays Lane, High Street and the lower part of Station Road. This will allow for road resurfacing over three days, Monday-Wednesday, 4th-6th March, during the hours of 8.00am-6.00pm. These roads are currently in a very poor condition and are to be completely resurfaced, rather just patched… read more