Prince Edward visits Uplands School.
Prince Edward pays a visit to Uplands School as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Diamond Tour. Gallery of the visit:
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Swindon Apprenticeships Award 2016
Apprentices recognised at awards ceremony (Copy from Swindon Council Press Release.) The light of the Apprentice Torch shone on 19 of Swindon’s brightest apprentices in a special awards ceremony last night. The Swindon Apprenticeship Awards, held in the Legends Lounge at the County Ground, were organised by Swindon Borough Council to celebrate the positive impact
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Duke of Edinburgh open REME’s new home at Lyneham.
As royal visits go this was quite low key, but true to form Prince Phillip turned on the charm and the one liners. The Prince was there to name the former RAF base as the new home for REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) after himself: The Duke of Edinburgh Barracks. He waked a short
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Lydiard Park scene of Search and Rescue exercise.
Wiltshire Search and Rescue teamed up with other emergency services to practice a search and rescue scenario in Swindon’s Lydiard Park. The main action was around the lake with Lydiard House as the backdrop. Gallery:
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Greenbridge re-opened!!!
The work on Greenbridge is finished, and to celebrate there was a ribbon cutting to celebrate. Dale Heenan cut the ribbon before cars were allowed back over the modernised bridge. Gallery:
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Josh teams up for charity.
Local schoolboy Josh Seller aged 11 is fundraising to provide football coaching to young people with disabilities in Swindon. Josh, who is a student at Red Oaks, enjoys playing football for Reading and Dorcan Academy and wants to share his love of the sport by raising enough money to pay for football coaching sessions for
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Jobs Fest very busy.
A packed house at Steam Museum for Swindon’s Jobs Fest showed the success of the event. Gallery of the event:
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Ladies night as Shane and Matt teach self defence.
Swindon ladies packed the floor at St. Joseph’s Academy for a lesson in self defence in the presence of Boy’s Zone Shane Lynch and Swindon’s master of martial arts Matt Fiddes. Gallery of the night
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Tara meets Shane. No not in a soap opera but in a martial arts class.
Boy’s Zone star Shane Lynch held a martial arts self defence class for ladies at St. Joseph’s Academy. Tara King, a longstanding Shane Lynch fan decided a hug was much better than thumping the star’s hand held targets , which was part of a self defence exercise. Tara said afterwards,”I have been waiting twenty years
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May be you got held up on Queen’s Drive today. Here’s why.
Burst Water main causes chaos on Queens Drive early today. Hope the Taxi didn’t have a fare. Gallery:
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