News Is Put On Ice, With Ice Fall Council Sue Fluff 'Story'

Yes, the headline says it all.

A woman from Upper Stratton fell in Old Town during the cold weather and is blaming the council for it. It includes legal action for not salting the pavement.

Swindon Centric Says ; Mrs Ireson seems to think it is directly the council's fault for the fall by saying, "I want to show them I wouldn’t be suffering if it wasn’t for them".

Well, no, the cold weather caused you to fall. If it had been salted and you'd still fallen, would you still have blamed the council?

Meanwhile, a duck held up traffic somewhere, it sounds more interesting, we'll get you the details.

What We've Learnt For This Bank Holiday Weekend

There's usually a very thin spread of news over Bank Holiday weekends and Swindon hasn't missed out on any of it.

As a result there are two surefire ways to keep yourself, your property and your money safe this weekend.

1. Do not attempt to dump any garden waste this weekend as Swindon Borough Council staff will be hiding in bushes ready to catch and fine anyone disposing of domestic waste.

2. Meanwhile Wiltshire Fire & Rescue (the Fire Brigade) are warning stupid people who decide to spend the weekend doing DIY projects to be careful and not set fire to their houses.

Swindon Centric Says ; At least there's not been a huge story feature about Bank Holiday weather and traffic. But it is only Saturday, oops, that'll be Monday's lead story, damn!

Good God, Is Nothing Sacred?

People are parking in a church carpark while they nip to shops nearby, shocking, just shocking.

What Reverend Burles hasn't grasped is the chance to get these people in his church. Why not put leaflets on driver's windscreens, inviting them in.

Swindon Centric Says ; If he doesn't fancy that, how about getting people to buy tickets, like in a Borough Council carpark. He could put issuing machines in the carpark, that dispense tickets and holy proverbs.

They could be called Pray And Display machines. We couldn't resist.

PS - Or maybe he should just invest in a Sherman tank!