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News published March 2024
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New home for Museum and Art Swindon on track to be completed this Spring
The new home for Swindon’s nationally-recognised collection of modern and contemporary art, as well as artefacts telling Swindon’s history, is on track to open this spring.
Published: 19th March 2024 -
Food waste prevention tips could help residents save money
Swindon households could cut down the cost of wasted food by taking practical steps being promoted during national Food Waste Action Week (18 to 24 March) by Swindon Borough Council.
Published: 19th March 2024 -
Swindon to take important step towards Net Zero with hundreds of new EV charging points
Up to 600 electric vehicle charging points will be installed across Swindon in early 2025, thanks to a successful funding bid.
Published: 19th March 2024 -
Fun for all the family at Lydiard Park Easter Egg Trail
Lydiard Park’s popular Easter Egg Trail will once again provide fun for all the family on Easter Sunday (31 March).
Published: 15th March 2024 -
Council staff donate comfort teddies to support children at funerals
More than a hundred teddy bears have been donated by generous Swindon Borough Council staff members to give out to children who have lost a close relative.
Published: 15th March 2024 -
Council continues to improve road safety outside local schools
Twenty-three schools will benefit from Swindon Borough Council’s School Safe Environment Zone Scheme (SSEZ) this year.
Published: 14th March 2024 -
Views of Swindon public to feed into Council’s priorities for coming years
One of the biggest engagement exercises carried out by Swindon Borough Council in recent years will be discussed by councillors next week (13 March).
Published: 12th March 2024 -
Butchers to stay shut after severe rat infestation discovered
A town centre butchers will remain shut after Swindon Borough Council’s Environmental Health team found a large rat infestation during the course of a food hygiene inspection.
Published: 11th March 2024 -
Swindon’s biggest Council-led affordable housing scheme at heart of new masterplan
A masterplan to create a well-managed housing development on land close to Marlowe Avenue and Greenbridge Road will be discussed by councillors next week (13 March).
Published: 6th March 2024 -
Nine in 10 Swindon pupils receive their first-choice secondary school
Ninety-one per cent of pupils in Swindon have been offered a place at their first-choice secondary school for this September.
Published: 1st March 2024