We’ve teamed up with brand new pamper party company, Holly’s Sparkle, to give away a princess party for up to 5 children. Holly’s Sparkle specialises in pamper parties for young children and model experience days for teenagers! We’ve got a princess party to give away worth over £100. It’s very simple to enter this great competition! Firstly, [...]
We’ve got 2 pairs of tickets to see Wheatus at the MECA to give away to our readers. Wheatus are coming to Swindon MECA on June 2nd 2012. Enter to win your tickets, right here on FLIC Wiltshire. All YOU have to do to enter the prize draw is the following: Follow @FLICWiltshire on Twitter > ‘Like’ the [...]
According to the Environment Agency, increased river and reservoir levels have lead them to remove the drought status for certain areas of the UK, including Wiltshire. The Met Office announced that last month was the wettest April since records began. The rainfall has restored many rivers and reservoirs, easing the pressure on the environment, and has been welcomed by farmers, [...]
Over the May Bank Holiday weekend, one of Wiltshire Police’s drugs dogs, Patch, joined the central Swindon Neighbourhood Policing Team on patrol in Old Town and the town centre area. Each evening Patch and his handler, PC Steve Duffy, accompanied officers patrolling the streets and assisted night time economy staff by searching for drugs in [...]
A derelict house in Deburgh Street, Rodbourne was set ablaze last night. 5 fire crews from across Swindon attended the scene at around 9.45pm last night. A Wiltshire Fire and Rescue command vehicle from Stratton and an aerial appliance from Swindon also attended the fire. A spokesperson from Wiltshire Fire and Rescue commented: “The firefighters were unable to enter the property to extinguish the blaze due to the risk of [...]
Roves Farm based photographer, John Holdship talks about the loss of all of this work during the devastating Roves Farm fire last Wednesday. John Holdship of Openspace Photography said that the fire destroyed all of this work: “Harold Wilson said a week is a long time in politics – well the same is true in photography. It [...]
Wiltshire Police are appealing for information regarding a suspicious fire which occurred in Warminster. At 1:15 am on Friday 11th May 2012, Wiltshire Fire and Rescue and Wiltshire Police were called to The Teasels following a report of two vehicles having being set alight. The vehicles were completely destroyed, one of which was very close [...]
Are you staring at me? Picture this: you’re sitting across from a beautiful human being, staring in to their eyes over soft candle light. You’re wondering what they’re thinking about, so you stare, stare and yes stare some more longing to know who they are… Now for the questions – do you come here often? [...]
He’s just not that into you… I’ve been going to a little bar in my local town now for quite some time, and I took a liking to one of the guys that worked there. It wasn’t one sided, he did everything that he could to glance my way, smile, the occasional wave and then [...]
You’ve all been waiting for it. Our very own Daniel Webb grabbed a chance to Q&A interview renowned actress, Holly Matthews. Holly’s character Emma Miller was a lead character in the Byker Grove for over 7 years, where she had many exciting storylines and worked with some very established actors and directors. Holly was then [...]
What was that? A loud thump interrupted my vegetative state in front of the television. With my brain still in potato mode I simply assumed it was yet another shunt between careless drivers on the road outside my home. Even with government statistics to prove me wrong, it still happens now and then. I was [...]
Crowds lined the streets of Royal Wootton Bassett today as the town held its 40th annual carnival. The procession included a variety of colourful floats, with themes ranging from the 2012 Olympics through to Top of The Pops 1972, the year that the first carnival took place. A wide selection of colourful characters paraded through [...]
inSwindon are inviting both businesses and families to be part of their Olympic Torch celebration right here in Swindon town centre. Olympic Torch comes to Swindon Wednesday 23rd May – 12pm until 2pm BBC Big Screen – Swindon Town Centre The event will welcome the Olympic torch to the stage during its 8,000-mile UK relay [...]
A Vintage Fair will take place at the Victoria in Old Town this coming Sunday (May 20th) 12pm – 4pm. A variety of Vintage clothes will be on sale, and there will be various furniture and craft stalls. There will also be a cupcake stall and mulled wine. Vintage classic hair demonstrations will take place [...]
We’ve got 2 pairs of tickets to see Wheatus at the MECA to give away to our readers. Wheatus are coming to Swindon MECA on June 2nd 2012. Enter to win your tickets, right here on FLIC Wiltshire. All YOU have to do to enter the prize draw is the following: Follow @FLICWiltshire on Twitter > ‘Like’ the [...]
Ed says… it’s time to put a stop to the culture of industrial action that is creeping its way very determinedly into the ranks of public sector workers up and down the country. Hundreds of thousands took part in the 24-hour UK wide strike earlier this month – how dare they! Fair is fair, there [...]
Roves Farm based photographer, John Holdship talks about the loss of all of this work during the devastating Roves Farm fire last Wednesday. John Holdship of Openspace Photography said that the fire destroyed all of this work: “Harold Wilson said a week is a long time in politics – well the same is true in photography. It [...]
Ed says… that the promises made by political parties are sometimes very short lived. Sometimes they are of little consequence and so when they are dropped, altered, or simply fade into obscurity it does not matter very much. Sometimes however they are important – vital in fact. And sometimes they are, quite literally, a matter of [...]
Ed says… that it is quite something when civil servants are found using tax loopholes to avoid paying tax, especially at a time when all government departments are struggling to cut spending in line with the ever more biting austerity measures being rolled out by central government. And it’s not one or two isolated cases; [...]
