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Four council car parks are going contactless TICKET machines in four of the town's major car parks will only be accepting card payments for the time being. Swindon Borough Council has introduced contactless card machines in its car parks at Brunel North and South, Fleming Way and Whalebridge sites, so the option to use cash will not be available from Monday, February 8. The move is designed to protect is staff during from having to handle cash and the machines during the coronavirus pandemic. But a spokesman insisted it was a temporary measure and there are still plenty of other car par...

It was nice to see two separate reports this week, which showed Swindon as being in a strong position to bounce back from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic Normally when the Centre for Cities’ Outlook report is published at the start of each year, we are rubbing shoulders near the top of the leader board with some powerful cities and outperforming many others on a number of different economic indicators. This year, we hardly got a mention. But that is cause for encouragement because this year’s report focused on the impact of COVID-19 on urban life and the prospects for the fu...

THE Conservatives emerged from the 2019 Swindon elections looking stronger than ever. They entered polling day with a majority small enough to attract TV news crews to the Oasis centre, sniffing a possible change – but by the end of the night had a five-seat majority. If elections had been held last year as scheduled, David Renard’s administration would have been confident of keeping control of the chamber and enjoying a year off from campaigning this spring. Former Conservative prime minister Harold Macmillan said the thing that most affected governments and prime ministers was �...

November started with another national lockdown in response to a rise in Covid-19 cases.  All shops had to close, unless they were classed as essential stores, while pubs, restaurants and cafes could only operate as takeaway or delivery.  Schools remained open throughout the month-long lockdown and it was revealed Swindon would enter the new system at Tier 2 in December – meaning football fans could return to the County Ground for the first time since March.  In more sad news, November was the month that saw the Oasis Leisure Centre close for good.  The landmark site was alrea...

IT was great to see Swindon making national headlines on Boxing Day after the government announced we had been successful in our bid for £25m from…