Swindon News

Swindon - "It is going to be a disaster for the town," said Mary Day, one of many residents in the English town of Swindon in shock on Tuesday after Honda announced it was closing its local plant after more than 30 years."I didn't see it coming.

Swindon - A 48-year-old teacher has been jailed for 16 months after having sex with one of his students in a classroom. Mark Westcott, originally from North Wraxall, Wiltshire, taught design and technology at a school in Bath.

Swindon - The BBC ‘Breakfast’ programme this morning featured a car made from gold that will set you back £3 million, and another that runs on hydrogen that cost £9 million.

Swindon - A 22-year-old personal-assistant and avid Facebook user has gone missing following an evening out at a night club in Swindon on Friday night. Sian O'Callaghan's disappearance is completely out of character and she has never gone missing before.

A town in England which is best known for its Honda motors plant, for producing the singer turned actress Billie Piper and for its railway heritage has won a competition to be twinned with Walt Disney World in Florida.

Swindon Borough Council, in cooperation with the private sector, has made Swindon the first city in the UK to have free Internet access for all residents.

The singer Morrissey has been dramatically rushed to hospital after collapsing on stage during a concert in Swindon in the UK.