ANN Fazey has always sported eye-catching long dark hair but decided to have it shaved off for charity in memory of good friend Jo Jardine who died of cancer.

YOUNG performers from Stagecoach are hoping for chart success when a single they star on is released this month.

RESIDENTS in Wichelstowe are calling for a greater number of firms to provide Internet services in the area.

FESTIVAL fever swept the Town Gardens on Satuday as the Old Town Festival got under way.

FESTIVAL fever swept the Town Gardens on Satuday as the Old Town Festival got under way.

BOXING coach Paddy Fitzpatrick has been given an 18-month breathing space in which to save his boxing gym after Swindon Council found he established it without planning permission.

BOXING coach Paddy Fitzpatrick has been given an 18-month breathing space in which to save his boxing gym after Swindon Council found he established it without planning permission.

COFFEE lovers will be pouring into The Parade next month when a new Costa store opens its doors.

RESIDENTS have signed a petition to voice their opposition to the proposed closure of a cut-through route used by commuters.

MORE than 200 workers are losing their jobs as Biomet begins moving the company out of the town.

MORE than 200 workers are losing their jobs as Biomet begins moving the company out of the town.

OLD Town will be alive with music today as the area’s annual festival gets under way.

A MAN who dangled a three-year-old child upside down by the ankle and hit him three times, causing him to swing to-and-fro, has been jailed.

‘NURSES should be dressed in green and are special because they work over Christmas.’ This is just one idea of what a good nurse, is from youngsters in Swindon.

SWINDON Council is considering buying a long-term derelict home in Covingham, which residents say poses a fire risk and lets down the area.

THE Government has signed off on a controversial scheme allowing Swindon Council to use cash normally reserved for council homes to set up a back-up fund for those hardest hit by the bedroom tax.

THE committee responsible for spending a £1m lottery grant in Toothill has moved to reassure residents that the money is still there and waiting to be used.

NOREMARSH Community Junior School, in Royal Wootton Bassett, has risen two Ofsted gradings in the space of a year.

A NEW licensed cafe, selling beer, cakes and other snacks, made a welcome arrival in Old Town yesterday.

A SWINDON band is looking forward to getting on the road after announcing their first tour.