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Last week residents across our town had the opportunity to shape the future of Swindon by voting in this year’s crucial local elections.

But he has a new deputy leader. The 36-strong group of Conservative councillors had two decisions to make just three days after a stunning election in last week. The group elects its leaders every year- Coun Renard had already put his name forward to continue for a ninth year – but former deputy leader Russell Holland was also standing for the top job. Coun Holland was standing on a joint ticket with fellow cabinet member Gary Sumner who stood for deputy leader. His opponent was Dale ...

David Renard, left, and Russell Holland are vying for the council leadership tonight Swindon Borough Council could have a new leader tomorrow. Both the Conservative and Labour groups of councillors are to meet tonight to vote on their respective leaders for the coming council year.  And David Renard, the Conservative leader for eight years, faces a challenge from deputy Russell Holland, the cabinet member with responsibility for education and skills who oversees the council’s budget and...

LOCAL ELECTIONS Clockwise from top left: Sam James (Labour), Fiona McAnespie (Green), Gary Sumner (Conservative) and Kevin Ritchie (Independent) RIDGEWAY is the most atypical of all Swindon’s electoral wards.  In a borough with a large town and extensive suburbs, Ridgeway is Swindon’s rural idyll – it is the second largest ward by area and has by some distance the lowest population density.  Its largest settlement is Wanborough – a beautiful west country village and there are a ...

How the green houses in Berricot Lane could look A small housing development given enthusiastic backing by Swindon Borough Council’s planning committee could be turned down – by the very same people. Councillors voted overwhelmingly in December to approve Bower Mapson Homes’ plan to build 11 houses in the tiny village of Badbury, east of Chiseldon. This came despite opposition from locals and the council’s own planning officers, who had recommended the plan be turned down. The off...

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BT recently revealed that another 4,000 kiosks are up for grabs. James Browne, BT’s head of street, said: ‘With most people now using mobile phones, it’s led to a huge drop in the number of calls made from payphones.  Shock tactics: Swindon Borough Councillor Gary Sumner with the soon-to-be defibrillator At the same time, mobile coverage has improved significantly in recent years due to investment in masts, particularly in rural areas. ‘We’re currently rationalising our payphone esta...

Swindon Local Elections 2018. Pictured Andy Spry.03/05/18 Thomas Kelsey. The death of two sitting councillors, the resignation of another, and a year’s delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic have transformed what would have been routine local elections into something quite unusual. The 57 borough councillors in 20 wards are elected in thirds and 19 seats are up for grabs every year for three years, with no elections every fourth year. The successful candidates serve a four-year term. ...

Debenhams closed earlier this year Included in the Adver’s count were Regent Street, Canal Walk, The Parade, Bridge Street, Fleet Street, Farington Road, Market Street and Havelock Street, as well as Regent Circus and the Brunel Shopping Centre. Starbucks left this unit in 2019 The total of 54 units does not take into account the empty tented market. The abandoned tented market Among the brands to leave the town centre in 2020 were Debenhams, Sainsbury’s and Top Shop which came on top...

PEOPLE living in villages on Swindon’s outskirts may miss out on super-fast fibre optic broadband if not enough pledges are received for a government-funded scheme. Neighbours in Wanborough, Chiseldon and Liddington have been signing up for vouchers which will pay for Openreach to install gigabit broadband in their homes - but the target amount of properties has not been reached. If it is still not close enough to being reached by the end of the month, the £1 million in allocated fundi...