Swindon’s New College fashion week.
Swindon’sNew College let it’s fashion students loose this week with workshops and a fashion show. Gallery of images:
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Swindon Festival of Literature launched.
Swindon is said to lack culture by its critics, but they haven’t accounted for the annual arrival of writers, thinkers, novelists, poet, storytellers and performers who make up the world renowned Swindon Festival of Literature. With the usual panache, Festival Director Matt Holland launched the event at the towns Central Library, with a little help
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Hannah hoops to have raised over £200
Former Miss Swindon, Hannah Golding, has raised £200 for Prospect Hospice with a hoopathon at Kiss Gym in Swindon. “The plan in the future is to do a 25 hour event.” said Hannah who works as a Personal Trainer at the gym. For the record: The longest hula hooping marathon by an individual using a
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Pride of Swindon.
The Pride of Swindon Awards were handed out at STEAM on March 13 by Cllr David Renard Leader of the Council, Angus Macpherson the PCC for Wiltshire, The High Sheriff of Wiltshire W F Wyldbore-Smith Esq DL, and the Mayor of Swindon Cllr. Nick Martin. The Pride of Swindon Awards recognise people who have made a difference
Rachel Reeves visits the New College.
New College Swindon received a special visit from Parliament this week to discuss employability and work experience opportunities. Rachel Reeves, Labour MP for Leeds West and Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, came to meet the Employability team and a number of students at New College. The visit involved discussions about the latest
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Neighhhhh you can’t go under there!!
Horse box gets jammed under Whitehouse Bridge, the most hit bridge in UK. The compact horse transporter was empty at the time and caused traffic chaos throughout the town during the evening rush. Railtrack did a demonstration of what happens when a bus hits a bridge. Other victims
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This day 25 years ago
Twenty Five years ago this week. Page 3 Girl Linda Lusardi starred in a production at the Wyvern Theatre. She has gone on to a busy TV career including The Bill, Emmerdale and Brookside. She is a regular in Celeb Reality TV shows and with husband actor Sam Kane appear in Christmas Pantos. Picture taken
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High flyers make skatepark in Abbey.
For the sixth year in a row Skate boarders and scooter riders of all ages took over historic Malmesbury Abbey and turned it into a skatepark for a few days. The 12th Century former Benedictine abbey was transformed for a 21st Century use, with volunteers from the Abbey’s congregation joining with Christian Skaters UK to
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We don’t waste it any more.
Swindon’s waste now powers a cement works and German homes. George Eustice MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for farming, food and marine environment, at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs watched tons of Swindon resident’s rubbish speed in front of him on conveyor belts after he cut the ribbon to officially open
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Duke of York checks out the UTC.
HRH The Duke of York KG visits UTC Swindon The Duke of York visited UTC Swindon to check out the UTC site and meet with UTC Swindon’s board of directors before the group was joined by head teachers from secondary schools across Swindon to discuss the development of the University Technical College and what
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