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Wichel Way opens beneath the M4 after seven years in planning, with a welcoming gateway mural pencilled in for roughly never.
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Swindon Borough Council confirms it is taking a measured, evidence led approach to lorries that are neither measured nor particularly evidence led about where they park.
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Fifty five years after Prospero reached orbit on a British made rocket, the government promptly cancelled the whole programme, a decision Swindon recognises as a familiar shape.
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A plan for 11 lock ups behind Newport Street has been withdrawn amid fears that anything built to keep things safe might also help someone climb into next door's garden.
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St Nicholas returns to the historic dovecote this winter, booking slots tighter than a toddler's grip on a free gift they didn't want anyway.
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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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Monster Mia, Wildwood, a mad scientist sheep and a volcano full of dinosaurs are among the distractions on offer, snacks sold separately and parental sanity included at no extra charge.
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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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