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Like most youngsters around the country the Haydon Wick Primary pupil is being educated online in lockdown. Three of his older siblings have moved out, while sisters Rubi, 15, and Letitia, 13, both go to Nova Hreod Academy. Theo has special educational needs and although he hasn’t yet been diagnosed, it’s believed he has ADHD. Kelly has shared her home schooling experiences with the Adver and here’s her first diary. January 18: Theo’s timetable was sent through on Classdojo last night with all the links set out for Teams. His days’ work is on Purple Mash, and we only had two things to print out. ....
Harkiran Popli outside Swindon Magistrates Court A Haydon Wick man will stand trial on an allegation he ran over and killed a cat called “Lucky”. Harkiran Popli, 45, is said by prosecutors to have struck the cat, which belonged to his neighbours, with his car near his home in Haydon Wick on November 21 last year. Harkiran Popli outside Swindon Magistrates Court Appearing before Swindon Magistrates’ Court yesterday, Popli, of Coriander Way, pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal damage and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. He was granted conditional bail and his case adjourned for an administrative hearing on February 10. ....
A ROTARIAN was awarded a fellowship for his vital work in helping to secure funding for the Great Western Hospital’s new radiotherapy unit. David Pratt from Haydon Wick received one of the Rotary’s highest honours for his outstanding contribution in obtaining a grant for GWH’s charity Brighter Futures. Overall, Rotary clubs of Swindon and Wiltshire have donated £369,000 to support the project. Brighter Futures’ appeal helped raise £2.9m to help kit out the centre, with the build is expected to be completed by the end of 2021. David wrote a Global Grant application in 2018 with the support of fellow Rotarians, including Peter Hayman and Peter Wells, which secured the funding. ....
A CGI of the Institute of Technology Rodbourne: A plan to convert the abandoned telephone exchange building in the historic GWR works district into seven flats, which had been previously turned down, has been refused again. Highworth Homes’ proposal to covert the late Victorian building in Firefly Avenue into apartments was refused by members of the council’s planning committee in November 2019. Members thought the need for an external staircase and landing running past bedrooms in the flats, and the lack of car car parking and cycle storage, which is only accessible when the underpass between the works district and Bristol Street is open, were unacceptable. ....
DOG-LOVER Dean Allen thought he had lost his dog forever after it was stolen in Wakefield. But it had actually been innocently bought by a Swindon woman and had been living here for the past nine months. The connection was only made after new owner 20-year-old Tayla Smyth took the Staffordshire bull terrier, Molly, to get chipped at her vets, only to discover she had one already. When she found out her dog was stolen, Tayla made contact with real owner Dean Allen. And dog and owner were finally reunited at Swindon station after Dean made the 10-hour round-trip to pick up Molly, whose original name was Storm. ....