Simon Stevenette News Today

A Swindon church is currently hosting a range of concerts which will features thousands of LED candles.

The vandalism of a historic Swindon church has shocked the town.

The building was bought for £1.3m.

A SERVICE of thanksgiving for the life of Queen Elizabeth II will be held at a Swindon church later this week.

IT was a fairly unremarkable Tuesday afternoon in Swindon when news of the tragedy broke at 1pm.

And more bells will sound tomorrow morning.   Last night, bells rang out in Wanborough and Liddington – with Tower Captain Tony Pullan also tolling a tenor bell 99 times at Bishopstone’s St Mary’s Church. Mr Pullan, of St Andrew’s Church, Wanborough, and All Saints Church, Liddington, said: “It has happened at a time when there is very little bell ringing going on. Because of the coronavirus all the bell ringers are out of practice at the moment so the ringing that I did was re...

CALLS for compassion and moving stories of those who escaped genocide filled this years Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony. The restrictions caused by the pandemic did not stop the annual remembrance event that has been held in Swindon for 20 years from going ahead. Though this year, councillors, MPs, community representatives and Swindonians gathered in a Zoom meeting rather than in person. Matt Holland organised the virtual ceremony, which began with the midday bells of the town centre c...