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Bombay Lounge charity cashback nights 2010 totals
Bookings being taken for 2011
The charity curry nights every Monday and Tuesday evenings at the Bombay Lounge restaurant at Peatmoor Village Centre in West Swindon, in association with Swindon Link magazine, have raised nearly &...
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Click on the links below to find stories featured in Swindon's Link magazine. Most stories are longer and there are more images with them From the December edition Calyx TV records Prince Harry at W...
Local talent on show at Swindon Arts Centre - Sunday 28 November
Applause! - spectacular night of entertainment by local stars and Richard Digence
What makes a great show…To be honest there isn’t a single answer but if you come along to the Swindon Arts Centre on Sunday 28 November you can find out what makes a spectacular night of ...
Aid boxes needed for Pakistan flood victims
Swindon families join worldwide appeal for help. Watch the video here
Appeal to Swindon people to assist The flood waters in Pakistan might be subsiding - and media attention is turning elsewhere - but the major relief effort to help the millions of displaced a...
Dracula’s castle no attraction to Bradon workers
Swindon pupils spent two weeks on World Challenge trek and orphanage project in Romania
Nine pupils from Bradon Forest School were so committed to completing a playground at an orphanage in Romania that they cancelled a trip to the lair of the famous count to complete the job. The young...
Prior Park school open day 1 October
Exciting academic year ahead for Cricklade school
Prior Park Preparatory School in Cricklade is looking forward to an exciting new academic year, with the opening of a new kindergarten class for 3 to 4 year olds in September and the arrival...
West Swindon Asian restaurant is one of the best in the land
Taj Mahal proprietor wins prestigious national award
The Taj Mahal at Shaw Ridge Leisure Park run by Freshbrook resident Arju Miah won the Federation of Bangladeshi Caterers Outstanding Restaurateur of the Year Award on 18 July. Mr Miah, who was presen...
Swindon Wildcats back in action
Cats mark 25 years at Link Centre. Tickets on sale for pre-season games
Ice hockey fever back in Swindon as Wildcats celebrate 25th year of action at Link Centre The 2010/2011 ice hockey season is upon us and the Swindon Wildcats chase for the English Premier League ti...
Freshbrook Centre going from strength to strength
Swindon mayor relaunches centre after closure
Swindon Mayor Rex Barnett officially reopened Freshbrook Community Centre recently, saying, “everyone has worked together so well to re-open this brilliant centre. I’m so glad that the vol...
Free blood pressure checks for Swindon people
Co-op Pharmacy asks ‘Are you gambling with your health?' and offers to help you find out if you're at risk from heart disease
Midcounties Co-operative Pharmacy in Swindon will be asking local residents ‘Are you gambling with your health?’ when it provides free blood pressure checks during Know your Numbers! Week ...
Swindon photographer repatriation images praised
Work by University of Gloucestershire graduate Deborah Coleman has sensitivity at loss of life
With a passion for photography and eye for an image, photojournalism student from Swindon Deborah Coleman, 49, has attracted the attention of the New Yorker's visuals editor. Elisabeth Biondi of th...
Three’s no crowd at Swindon’s meerkat manor
Name the new male meerkat and you could win a year's pass to Studley Grange Butterfly World
Studley Grange Butterfly World’s newly arrived meerkats Thelma and Louise have been joined by a new male partner in their compound; good times for the girls, but they don’t know what to ca...
John Lewis at home Swindon takes shape
Look behind the scenes at John Lewis Swindon store
John Lewis at home Swindon opened its doors for the first time on 2 September to give a behind-the-scenes tour and offer a first glimpse of the shop as it transforms at pace. The £7 mi...
TV star Julian to open new school in Cricklade
Julian Clary to cut the ribbon at opening ceremony of Meadowpark School's new building on 11 September
Meadowpark independent school for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 in Cricklade is opening its new building after the summer holidays, with television personality Julian Clary officially cutting the ribbon...
Bumper divi for Swindon credit union members
Members to receive 4 per cent pay-out on their average savings
It was good news for Clivey Credit Union members who agreed a dividend at the Annual General Meeting in June after an external audit. Unlike infamous big financial institutions, there are no staff bo...
Lottery to give Toothill huge community development boost
£1 million has been allocated by the Big Lottery Fund (BIG)
At least £1 million has been allocated by the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) to help Toothill become a stronger and more capable community over a ten year period. The area is one of the first 50 of 150...
New Oakhurst set for September opening
Staff, pupils and parents at Oakhurst Primary School set to move into the brand new building on Pioneer Road
One year on from first opening its doors in mobiles, the staff, pupils and parents at Oakhurst Primary School are finally set to move into the brand new building on Pioneer Road. For headteacher Dale...
New Prospect shop needs goods and volunteers
Newly opened Abbey Meads charity shop looking for local support
A new shop in aid of Prospect Hospice has just opened its doors at Abbey Meads village centre. Charly Rich, head of retail for the charity, is delighted about the outlet. “We hav...
Find out about Queer Jobs in Swindon
British Pathe bring together fascinating newsreel film clips featuring life and times in the town
The town’s birth rate has always been high but it rocketed when the soldiers returned from World War II, as can be seen in a 1947 news clip at http://bit.ly/bYrr7O reporting how flocks...
Swindon's Nova Hreod sends positive message to business
Partnership working is key to school's development
From ‘not achieving’ to ‘one of the most improved school nationally,’ Nova Hreod School headteacher Julie Tridgell gave a positive assessment of the future to business guests a...
Tesco Community Fair Swindon - 19 September
Tesco initiative to support local communities, suppliers and charities
Following a hugely successful trial in 2009 across 20 stores, Tesco are holding a series of Community Fairs across 100 stores throughout the UK, including Swindon on 19 September, as part of an ...
Redhouse residents discuss water reduction
Redhouse Residents’ Association meeting on 9 September at Red Oaks Primary School on the Learning Campus
Redhouse Residents’ Association holds it next meeting on 9 September, 7.30pm, at Red Oaks Primary School at the Learning Campus. Heather Large of the Save Water Swindon Project will talk about ...
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Swindon man builds own business to beat the recession
John takes the plunge to start his own property maintenance business
Being made redundant is never easy, and it is especially difficult if you have a mortgage to pay and a family to support. When John Curtis was made redundant from a building company in September 2009,...
Last Swindon play area launched
Shaw Ridge play park before spending cuts hammer comes down
Thanks to the Labour government, twelve of Swindon’s old play areas have been renewed in the last two years. But soon after the coalition was formed in May, unspent money allocated to the counci...
Swindon company sets out to root out the rogue tenants
TenantVet will wage war on tenants who rip off home owners. British lettings industry could save millions
TenantVet has said ‘enough is enough.’ Their ground breaking database will wage war on tenants who rip off home owners. British lettings industry could save millions says a ne...
Final comments needed on Grange Park homes
Objections to 175 houses off Hook Street have to be submitted by Tuesday 31 August
Comments and objections to an application by Swindon planning consultancy DPDS on behalf of Primegate Properties (Hooknorth) Ltd. to build 175 houses with associated open space and landscaping on a gr...
