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A police custody image of Matthew Brown. He has short brown hair and a short beard and is wearing a light-grey jumper and white t-shirt.

Man jailed for 'vicious' GBH crowbar assault

Matthew Brown is jailed for the "unprovoked act" of forcing his way into a man's home and attacking him with a crowbar.

An underpass with a mural on one side, with a background in different shades of blue with paintings of a Roman soldier, the Domesday book and a church

Underpass mural features crocodile and dragons

Centuries of history and legends referenced in new mural in Stratton to deter graffiti.

Cllr Barrie Jennings, James Arkell and descendants of John Arkell gathered to view the commemorative plaque

Blue plaque unveiled for town's brewery founder

Still making beer today, John Arkell set up Arkell's brewery in Swindon in 1843.

Norman Barbeau

Heroic spitfire pilot honoured with blue plaque

A memorial to Sgt Norman Barbeau is unveiled 80 years after he died in a plane crash.