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A plan for 11 lock ups behind Newport Street has been withdrawn amid fears that anything built to keep things safe might also help someone climb into next door's garden.
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Council confirms no date for a verdict on whether to keep the experimental scheme, the non experimental scheme, or simply the reviewing itself.
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A parish council has declared itself the last line of defence against dandelions after the borough's spraying programme arrived fashionably late, with some weeds now old enough to have families of their own.
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The Trident Fish Bar has topped Swindon's Tripadvisor chippy league, prompting some diners to describe portions they apparently could not finish and others to ask whether that is really a point in its favour.
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The Met Office has confirmed, to several decimal places, that it is going to be wet, windy and then slightly less wet, before being wet again.
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The K9 Resort on Marlborough Road says demand has arrived from Cardiff and Plymouth, prompting a new ramp, an automatic filtration system, and quite possibly a waiting list.
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Full Council will spend Thursday working out exactly how many people are allowed to live near each other before it stops being a neighbourhood and starts being a problem.
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Rail passengers through Swindon are warned that the scariest thing this Halloween will be the 10.53 to Bristol, which simply will not exist.
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Plans for a new bakery on Cheney Manor Industrial Estate raise the question nobody asked: is there a ceiling on sausage rolls, and if so, has Swindon found it yet.
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Two benches, some planters and a small fence have been declared a fresh and welcoming new era for Regent Street.
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Swindon Borough Council considers giving electric car owners their own dedicated groove in the pavement, so the rest of us can go back to tripping over dog leads like God intended.
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Officers conclude enforcement would be pointless against a thing that had already happened, a principle residents now hope to apply to extensions, hedges and Gary Tench's expense claims.
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