The price of a check-up at the dentists can vary by as much as 200 per cent depending on where you live in the country.
Swindon
Like this page on Facebook for updates
On Google+
On Twitter
Top writers
Places
Politics
The Independent
i Newspaper
Family doctor who used 'James Bond-style' wristwatch to film himself abusing patients is sentenced to 12 years for string of sexual assaults
Thursday 23 May 2013
Dr Davinder Jeet Bains, 46, used his position as a GP in Royal Wootton Bassett, near Swindon, Wiltshire, to assault more than two dozen women
The NHS’s worst sex offender? GP used secret camera in watch to film sex abuse on 200 female patients
Friday 15 March 2013
Bains admitted 39 offences over two years, filmed on a camera in his wristwatch
Swindon promotion push entrusted to Kevin MacDonald
Thursday 28 February 2013
Swindon have appointed former Republic of Ireland assistant Kevin MacDonald as their new manager. The 52-year-old, who was caretaker manager at Aston Villa in 2010, takes over at the County Ground after Paolo Di Canio resigned last week.
Paolo Di Canio linked with West Ham after quitting Swindon post
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Current Hammers manager Sam Allardyce out of contract in the summer
Jaguar boosts Solihull plant with 800 new jobs
Sunday 13 January 2013
Luxury car-maker bucks sector's moribund trend as it responds to international demand
Honda's job cuts spark fears for UK car industry
Friday 11 January 2013
Weak demand across Europe is blamed as company joins Rolls-Royce, Ford and Vauxhall in sending out distress signals
Honda to axe 800 jobs with first UK cuts in 20 years
Friday 11 January 2013
Japanese car giant Honda is to cut 800 jobs at its UK factory after a slump in demand across Europe.
I only got hit by lightning because I was on detention says schoolboy, 11
Saturday 03 November 2012
Joe Compton remembers little of the day he was struck by lightning outside his school gates, but he does recall one important fact: he might not have been there at all had his teacher not kept him back for detention.
Taxi driver Christopher Halliwell is jailed for 25 years for murdering Sian O'Callaghan but will escape justice over second murder because of police blunder
Saturday 20 October 2012
He also confessed to police that he had killed drug addict Becky Godden-Edwards, but he will never stand trial for her death. Why? Because the police failed to follow procedure
Arson and neglect leave landmarks in a tight spot
Thursday 18 October 2012
Historic buildings across the country are now a “shadow” of their former selves because of poor council planning, neglect, and arson attacks, a preservation body has warned.
'Passion' books set to make racy reading for WH Smith as it aims for £100m pre-tax profit
Sunday 07 October 2012
WH Smith chief executive Kate Swann will thank the hot demand for "passion" books, notably Fifty Shades of Grey, for a sizzling set of results this week.
Rhodri Marsden: The spirit of rock – as seen through a shared Travelodge suite
Tuesday 07 August 2012
Police make fifth arrest in Swindon stabbing case
Monday 11 June 2012
Police made a fifth arrest in connection with the murder of a man who was found lying in a street with stab wounds in Swindon.
Boy has surgery after dog attack
Monday 04 June 2012
A two-year-old boy viciously attacked by a dog has undergone surgery to his face after one of his ears and part of his nose was torn off.
- 1 Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
How will you make today delicious?
Tell us how you plan to make today delicious and you could win a £50 M&S gift card.
Win a three-night weekend break for two in Stockholm
Hesperus Press are offering the chance to win a three-night weekend away for two to Stockholm.
Summer food reader survey
Take our grocery shopping survey for your chance to win a £100 M&S store gift card.
See Norway’s spectacular coastline
There is no finer way to discover and explore the dramatic Norwegian coastline than aboard an authentic Hurtigruten cruise.
Where's Wallonia?
War and peace: history revisited in the cities of Southern Belgium - a travel guide in association with the Belgian Tourist Office.
Win first-class inter-rail passes
Win first-class rail passes to explore the sights and sounds of Europe with redspottedhanky.com.
Celebrate the joy of reading with NOOK®
You can buy a NOOK Simple Touch Glowlight at £69, or the NOOK HD 8GB Tablet for just £99 - until 3 September.
Enter the latest Independent competitions
Win anything from gadgets to five-star holidays on our competitions and offers page.
Business videos from commercial thought leaders
Watch the best in the business world give their insights into the world of business.





