The incident happened on Restrop Road in Purton, at around 1150 GMT on Wednesday.

Fire crews from Cricklade and Westleigh released the pair who were trapped inside, using high pressure cutting equipment.

They were not thought to be badly injured.

The future of a company's plans to unload stone and gravel in the middle of Swindon could be decided by a High Court Judge.

Hanson Quarry products have been granted permission by a government planning inspector to transfer material from trains onto lorries.

Swindon's planners want to stop them, and they are asking a High Court judge to overturn that decision.

There is concern the site will create dust and noise.

A video demonstrating the virtues of one of Swindon's famous roundabouts is being exported to France.

People from Brest visited the town recently and were impressed by the traffic system around the "Magic Roundabout".

Officials from the French town have now asked Swindon Borough Council to make a film for their traffic engineers.

The video instruction manual for the traffic scheme was eventually produced in both English and French and could be repeated on the continent.

An optician failed to carry out adequate tests on elderly patients at caring homes, a disciplinary inquiry has heard.

Philip Leeb du Toit from Abergaveny is accused of rushing through eye tests on patients at several homes including one in Melksham and another in Swindon.

An expert witness calculated during the hearing that Mr Leeb du Toit spent just eight minutes on average with each of the patients.

Mr Leeb du Toit denied the allegations. The hearing continues.