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Flood alerts are in place for four areas in Oxfordshire this morning after heavy rain on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Flood alerts are in place for four areas in Oxfordshire this morning after heavy rain on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

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Residents worried about plans to build hundreds of homes on railway sidings say building on the land could cause a disaster CAMPAIGNERS fighting a bid to build hundreds of homes on a former railway sidings site, say if the plan went ahead it could cause a disaster of contamination and flooding. Developer One Swindon has lodged an application to build 368 flats and houses on land running alongside the railway line between Rodbourne Road and Wootton Bassett Road. But nearby residents say t...

First published on Fri 21 May 2021 05.48 EDT The UK is on track for its wettest May on record, with further heavy rain forecast as lockdown rules start to lift. According to provisional figures from the Met Office’s national climate information centre, Wales has already recorded 129% (110.6mm) of its average rainfall for the whole of the month, while the UK as a whole has had 88% (61.1mm). All countries in the UK are recording rainfall well above the amount usually expected at this point in M...

A developer’s attempt to build around 80 houses on land near Shaw has been turned down for the third time in as many years. Planners at Wiltshire Council have refused Beechcroft Land’s bid to build 79 houses on a triangle of land north of Purton Road The site close to Nova Hreod School is bound by the railway line to the south west and the River Ray to the north. Despite being on the very edge of Swindon the land is under the control of the county council. The plan for the housing e...

Haydon Wick flooding in 2007 Haydon Wick – originally small village distinct from Swindon – was part of the rapid post-war expansion of the town in the latter half of the 20th century. Now it is one of the town’s inner suburbs, with Priory Vale and Blunsdon St Andrew forming the outer boundary of the borough further north and west. It’s an area of modern family homes designed in the fashion of the late 20th century with lots of cul-de-sacs coming off curving primary roads. It ha...

LOCAL ELECTIONS Clockwise from top left: Pam Adams (Labour), Geoffrey King (Lib Dem), Rod Hebden (Green) and Sudha Nukana (Conservative) One of Swindon’s best-known buildings sits towards the margins of Rodbourne Cheney ward – but will be at the heart of the campaign running up to the May 6 elections.  The famous Oasis dome is prominent in the south part of the ward but arguments about how the leisure centre – leased by Swindon Borough Council to Seven Capital – came to be closed, ...

Vehicles will be diverted via from Marlowe Avenue, Maitland Road, Frobisher Drive and Courtney Road. The traffic order (reference STR000151) is being introduced to allow works in connection to a highways agreement which will begin on April 5 and is expected to last until October 29 2021. WESTMEAD: Works associated with the Mead Way scheme will stop pedestrians and cyclists using the path between Westmead Drive and Rivermead Drive. People travelling by foot or by bicycle will be diverted...

Groundwater flooding in the Great Shefford area: Locals are being warned that groundwater levels have responded to the recent rainfall across the area and have risen in Northfield Farm in the Great Shefford area. Groundwater levels are above normal for this time of year and have now reached a level where communities may be affected within the next few days by flooding from groundwater. Experts expect levels to continue rising over the next few weeks in response to recent rainfall across t...