Clockwise from top left: Francisco Goes (Conservative), Mohammed Miah (Labour), Sharon Newham (Independent) and Dawn Pajak (Liberal Democrat) are standing in Walcot and Park North on May 6 Walcot and Park North represents two separate periods of growth for Swindon – and those eras can be seen geographically. In the west of the ward, sometimes called Old Walcot, is an area of housing mainly built in the 1930s, butting up to Old Town. Over Queens Drive Walcot East is part of the post-war expansion of Swindon along with Park North – featuring hundreds of mid-century social housing. For an area of dense housing the green swathe of the park separating Walcot East from Park North is a welcome respite, and the Queens Drive campus of New College Swindon is a popular educational and training establishment
Meet the candidates standing in Walcot and Park North
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Prosecutors drop Park North closure order charge
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Dangerous driver is warned he ll be banged up if he puts a toe out of line
Composite image showing Swindon Magistrates Court and car wheel Pictures: ADVER/PEXEL A DANGEROUS driver was warned he’d be “banged up” if he put a toe out of line. Jay Lucas, 22, had been due to be sentenced at Swindon Crown Court on Monday for driving a VW Golf dangerously on Bath Road, Kingshill Road and Faringdon Road on June 28, 2019. He had already admitted driving the car without a licence and while over the cannabis drug-driving limit. The Walcot man had also pleaded guilty to assaulting two police officers on July 4, 2020.