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News published December 2017

• Design for multi-million pound Mead Way upgrade underway

  Congestion reduction plans reach detailed design stage as key Swindon road gets set for £4m investment.

  Published: 28th December 2017

• Parents urged to meet primary and infant school places deadline

  Online applications encouraged as admissions period enters final three weeks.

  Published: 27th December 2017

• Over two hundred acts of Christmas kindness from local people

  ‘Give a gift at Christmas’ scheme will see presents delivered to Swindon residents spending Christmas Day alone.

  Published: 21st December 2017

• Refuse and recycling collections over the Christmas holiday period

  Council notifies Swindon residents of Christmas and New Year collection changes by attaching tags to affected bins.

  Published: 15th December 2017

• Education and Skills Funding Agency delay opening of primary Free School

  New school was due to open next year but has been delayed by the Education and Skills Funding Agency.

  Published: 15th December 2017

• Education leaders salute contribution of long-serving head teacher

  Tributes paid to Laurie Griffin, a head teacher of Stratton Education Centre for almost thirty years.

  Published: 12th December 2017