Bridget Phillipson will decry ‘a national scandal’ when she speaks at a Government regional improvement conference on Friday.

Mourners are to gather to honour Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota at a wake in Portugal on Friday morning, a local parish priest has said. The 28-year-old father of three, who had married his long-term ...

More than 500 towns across England and Wales have signed up to the Home Office’s safer streets summer initiative, which will run to September 30 ...

Police swooped to arrest a man following a “disturbance” on a busy Swindon road. Nearly a dozen officers were called to Queen’s Drive near Burger King at around 10pm on Monday, June 30. They were ...

More than 300 members of the public have made their opposition to the refurbishment and remodelling of the Oasis leisure centre without a ...

A man has appeared in court following a serious assault in broad daylight in Swindon town centre. Matthew McKechnie, 39, of no fixed abode, was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm without ...

Stratton Fire Station firefighters paid a visit to Stratton Youth Club. According to Stratton Saint Margaret Parish Council, the fire station visited this week. The visit was described as "interactive ...

For the second year in a row, Wessex Auction Rooms near Chippenham will be hosting the Bargain Hunt Children in Need celebrity special. This year, the show will be filmed at the auction rooms on ...

The group will perform Much Ado About Nothing in the gardens of Cleeve House, Melksham, from July 7 to 12. Set in the English Civil War, Shakespeare Live described the show as "a joyous mixture of ...

A charity shop on the outskirts of Swindon is closing this month after 32 years in business. The Sue Ryder charity shop in Cricklade will close its doors to customers for good on Saturday, July 26, as ...

The St Benedict Beer Festival will be held on July 12, from noon to 10pm at St Mark’s Church, Church Place, Swindon. The festival will have more than 20 different beers and ciders. Other food and ...