Her Majesty awarded the George Cross to the organisation on its 73rd birthday. In a personal, handwritten message, the Queen said NHS staff have carried out their work “with courage, compassion and dedication” for more than 70 years. The George Cross was instituted by King George VI on September 24 1940 during the height of the Blitz, and is granted in recognition of “acts of the greatest heroism or of the most courage in circumstances of extreme danger”. In a statement, Labour councillors and members in the town said: “Swindon Labour would like to congratulate the NHS for the Queen’s award of the Victoria Cross on the 73rd anniversary of its creation. We can’t think of any other organisation or group of workers which deserve it more.
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Of £20m granted to Swindon Borough Council for seven regeneration projects for the town centre, the largest amount – £6m – will be spent on enabling the Kimmerfields development. The work on the site – which will have a new headquarters tower for finance company Zurich – is the most expensive of all the schemes put forward by the council and its Towns Fund Board, a report reveals. The cheapest is the plan to create a new marketplace in the town centre – although that still needs to have a site identified. The Kimmerfields plan will also need £10.5m of the council’s own money to be brought to completion – the report says the project will create 100,000 sq ft of office space, 250 flats and will include a new access off Corporation Street and will see public areas revamped and made into green space.