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News published April 2019

• New scheme helps teenagers find the back of the net

  A group of teenagers have kicked off a new initiative that will help them reach their superstar potential.

  Published: 30th April 2019

• Residents reminded to register to vote for European Parliamentary elections

  Swindon residents who are eligible to vote must register by Tuesday, 7 May in order to have their say in the European Parliamentary elections.

  Published: 17th April 2019

• More than 90 per cent of children get place at first choice primary school

  Ninety-five per cent of four-year-olds have been offered a place in their first choice primary school for this September.

  Published: 16th April 2019

• Kind-hearted Intel employees donate sweet treats for isolated residents

  More than 160 Easter treats were donated to the Council to put a spring into the step of isolated residents across the town.

  Published: 16th April 2019

• Book charting history of Swindon wins national award

  A local history book about life in Swindon has won a prestigious national award.

  Published: 12th April 2019

• House extensions made simple with free Council workshops

  Residents in Swindon are invited to a series of free workshops with Swindon Borough Council planners and surveyors to discuss their home building projects of all sizes.

  Published: 8th April 2019

• Speed into STEAM this Easter holiday

  Children will be able to take part in some special activities to coincide with a new exhibition that is opening at STEAM over the Easter holidays.

  Published: 5th April 2019

• Multi-agency conference on protecting the vulnerable hailed a success

  A conference looking at how to protect vulnerable children and adults against drug gangs and human trafficking has been hailed a success.

  Published: 4th April 2019

• New exhibition at STEAM looks at the GWR’s race to become the world’s fastest

  A brand new exhibition charting the Great Western Railway’s (GWR) drive to be the fastest railway in the world will launch at STEAM on Saturday (6 April).

  Published: 4th April 2019

• Five men banned from the town centre for string of anti-social offences

  Five men, who have blighted the lives of town centre shoppers and business owners by engaging in more than 150 separate recorded acts of anti-social behaviour, have been banned from parts of the town centre for the next 18 months.

  Published: 3rd April 2019