Hostel 'is victim of own success'

Managers at a Wiltshire town centre hostel have been forced to turn away 200 homeless people over the past six months because the facility was full.

A spokesman said the 20-bed Culvery Court hostel in Swindon had been a victim of its own success.

The hostel is run by the Threshold Housing Link (THL).

THL is funded from a variety of sources, including local councils, central government, companies and grant-making charities and trusts.