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SWINDONS Labour group hopes the town continues to be a manufacturing hub post-Honda.

Developers are keen to come to Swindon and and help regenerate the town centre.

A RADIO station is providing two councillors with a platform to discuss concerns members of Swindons black and Asian communities have over access…

By Matthew Mclaughlin and Kirsten Robertson An officer on the beat in Devizes during lockdown ALL four declared candidates for the role of Wiltshires Police and Crime Commissioner say they see fighting off the County Lines drug dealers and scaring hardened criminals away from the county’s borders as one of their top priorities The role was created to replace police authorities, and those elected are meant to give communities a voice ...

ALL four declared candidates for the role of Wiltshires Police and Crime Commissioner say they see fighting off the County Lines drug dealers and…

The swimming pool at the Oasis leisure centre THERE are calls for an investigation into Swindon Borough Council’s dealings with landlord Seven Capital after the closure of the Oasis Leisure Centre. And Labour councillors are also keen to find out whether Oasis’ last operator, GLL, is moving equipment from the venue in North Star to other leisure facilities it runs in the borough or elsewhere – and if any of it belongs to the council. GLL says the items removed are its property and n...

A FORMER mayor hopes he can persuade people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes to give running a go as the new year begins.  While councillor Junab Ali knew he was at risk of developing a condition as both his parents are living with, it was still a shock when he was diagnosed at the age of just 38. At the time he was about to join the Territorial Army after a successful six months of training and was looking forward to the future.  The 46-year-old Labour councillor said: “I thought I w...

The doors of the Oasis have been shut since the second national lockdown A CROSS-PARTY effort to get the Oasis Leisure Centre reopened is under way. Swindon Borough Council leader David Renard has set up a taskforce – known as a Cabinet Member Advisory Group – after news the iconic facility in North Star is to close after 44 years. He will chair a group featuring four of his Conservative colleagues and three Labour councillors, who will look at the options for bringing the Oasis back to...