A SWINDON bowel cancer specialist is urging people across the town to be aware of the disease’s symptoms. Dr Manish Hegde, consultant physician and gastroenterologist at BMI The Ridgeway Hospital, is making the plea during Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
TOWN fans will be allowed to watch their team play at Gillingham after a dispute between the Kent club and the police was resolved yesterday. Swindon’s penultimate away game, at Priestfield Stadium, was at risk of being played behind closed doors because
REVIVED and revamped, the Castle Inn has gone back to its roots as an historic music pub tucked away in the Old Town side streets. Band nights each and every weekend and plans to mark the Queen’s Jubilee are part of the turnaround in recent years.
A POP concert, dog show and a bigger parade than ever are just some of the treats in store for revellers at this year’s Old Town Festival. Organisers of the annual event, which this year is from June 16-23, are looking for people to take on stalls and
THE GRAND 100-day countdown to the greatest show on earth began in Swindon today. Children from five primary schools walked from the Cenotaph to the town centre to the live site at Wharf Green before forming a giant 100 figure for an aerial
FIVE lucky Adver readers made sporting history last month when they became some of the first ever to cross the London 2012 finish line. The National Lottery Olympic Park Run saw a ballot for 5,000 people to take part in the five mile run past a number
OFFENDERS have been saved from being kicked into touch after a rugby club reached out to them. Swindon Rugby Club has teamed up with Wiltshire Probation Trust and the Wiltshire Youth Offending Team to provide placements for offenders on the Community
THE number of officers being sent to help police the Olympics will not have an impact on the day-to-day resources in the town during the Games, Swindon’s top officer has said. Wiltshire Police’s exact commitment to the summer sporting event
PAOLO Di Canio will be putting his shooting boots back on as his handpicked team take on former Town legends in a charity match at the end of the season. The game, in aid of the club’s chosen charity Wiltshire Air Ambulance, will take place at the County
DAD Roger Perrie is set to take part in a midnight marathon dressed completely in drag and minus his beloved beard. Roger, 61, of Rodbourne will take part in the 15th annual MoonWalk event, which happens in the middle of the night in London
CARRYING his trusty camera, Albert Beaney cycled the streets capturing childhood moments in the lives of tens of thousands of people. Now the lifelong Swindon resident will have his own memory enshrined for the future after a road was named
A MAN whose young cousin drowned at the Cotswold Water Park has told an inquest into her death he did not see any warning signs which might have prevented the tragedy. Akshay Kumar, 18, was giving evidence at the start of a five day inquest into the
Looking for your next European mini-break destination? Laura Wurzal discovers the delights of Estonia’s capital city Why does tiny Estonia always do so well in the Eurovision song contest? Only when I went to Tallinn, its capital, did I realise
Some holidays result in impressive photos and others a haul of souvenirs, but Gabrielle Fagan’s Greek escape to a hotel catering for singletons yielded some great memories and a string of precious friendships A recent survey by Which? Travel found
What will be built on bus depot land? THE Stagecoach bus depot site and the Regent Circus redevelopment are at the top of the list of concerns for residents in the new Eastcott ward. The ward has the same name as an existing ward but its boundaries
The days immediately prior to the First World War were some of the most successful during Swindon Town’s long history. Inside-forward Harold Fleming was undoubtedly a great influence as the then non-League club reached two FA Cup semi-finals. Left-back
IF you are one of these long-haired young men, pictured one late summer day in 1970, a reunion beckons. The same applies to all of the 2,400 or so teenagers who studied at the Works Training School in Swindon from its opening in 1962 to its final intake
March was a trying time for guide dogs in Swindon, with attacks on a working guide dog in West Swindon and a trainee guide dog in the town centre which was well documented in the Swindon Advertiser. We have also lost two of our guide dogs. Amara, who
An IT specialist used his work and personal computers to create a library of over 40,000 child and animal sex abuse images. Gary Warner, 41, pleaded guilty to a total of 21 charges relating to making and possessing images of children and extreme
Shop owner Memis Dogus must be admired for his courage in repelling raiders from his store in Hythe Road, not for the first time either. The Adver states there have been three attacks in Swindon and one in Royal Wootton Bassett in just over a week.
A SAFE from a house in Freshbrook was seized by police in an early morning drugs raid today. Around 10 officers executed a warrant at around 8.15am in Godolphin Close, Freshbrook, and a sniffer dog searched the property for around half an hour
COUNTERFEIT cigarettes and illegal tobacco have been seized in a major operation by Swindon Council and Wiltshire police. Around 340 cigarettes and 400g of tobacco were found during the raids on four stores in Manchester Road this morning.
I am writing to say thank you so much for the positive coverage the Advertiser has given the Swindon Mela over the years and still continues to give us. I was pleased to see your feature on the Mela over the Easter break, and delighted to see that your
LONDON’S O2 stage is just one step away for an up and coming band which struck a chord with the judges. The Fixed, made up of pupils from Isambard Community and Bradon Forest schools, have made it through to the area final of the Live And Unsigned competition
Roads to Nowhere from Chippenham have taken the judging panel of the UK’s biggest original music competition by storm and are now just one good performance away from playing at London’s O2 in the Grand Final of Live and Unsigned which is part of
SWINDON fans will be able to watch their team take on Gillingham at Priestfield this weekend after a dispute was resolved. The League Two clash - in which Town could win promotion - was at risk of being playing behind closed doors due to a
SWINDON'S visit to Poole in the Elite League tonight has been postponed. Poor weather resulted in the decision to call the meeting off. Swindon are next in action at Coventry on Friday as they look to notch up their fifth win in a row
Feelings running high on school plan THE controversial Croft school saga is dominating the political agenda in Old Town, which is the most contested ward in the local elections. Old Town is breaking its old partnership with Lawn to form
THE Queen will receive a right royal welcome from Swindon people when Her Majesty visits Salisbury as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations next month. Scores of local residents star in a special film telling their stories and showcasing Swindon’s
SWINDON Carers Centre has taken the decision to transfer its relief care service to Bluebird Care due to funding cuts. The charity’s relief care team provide a domiciliary care service to about 40 clients, as well as a sitting service for a further 26
FIVE members of a social club are saddling up to raise funds for Prospect Hospice on Sunday. The five riders, joined by the 15-year-old son of one of the team, are all taking part in Prospect’s Big Bike Ride and have chosen the gruelling 40km off-road
A PARROT which escaped through a bedroom window at the weekend has been returned to his owner, thanks to Adver readers. Laura Fairbridge, of Penhill, appealed through the paper yesterday for help finding the blue and gold macaw, called Indigo. He was
A SOLDIER who bit off a chunk of a colleague’s ear in a drunken attack has been jailed for 18 months. Leslie Ellison had earlier bitten another man’s nose in an unprovoked attack during a booze-fuelled rampage at RAF Lyneham. Now the 32-year-old corporal
A DISPUTE which could have seen Swindon fans banned from this weekend’s game at Gillingham has been resolved. Swindon’s penultimate away game, at Gillingham’s Priestfield Stadium, was at risk of being played behind closed doors because of a disagreement
CLIMBING a hill on foot can be a challenge for most people. But for motor neurone disease sufferer Paul Wilkinson, as if climbing a hill in his wheelchair wasn’t tough enough he went one step further yesterday when he climbed Victoria Hill in his wheelchair
A PEVERTED sailor who sexually abused two young boys 20 years apart has been jailed for 14 years. Anthony Newman targeted the children, the youngest when he was just six years old, before going on to abuse them over a number of years. The 57-year-old
Parents Kelly and Rob Davies were distraught when they found out six-year-old Robbie had been refused NHS funding for the operation. Mum, Kelly, of Lower Stratton, describes their experience so far ROBBIE suffered a brain haemorrhage when he was born
WHEN mum Kelly Cummings was told the NHS would not pay for an operation to enable her son to walk because it was not “cost effective”, she refused to accept it. Instead, the mum-of-three set about researching cerebral palsy and the care her
A DATE has been given for the start of a vital community bus service. Last month it was announced the number 21 bus service would be reinstated thanks to funding from Swindon Council. The temporary service, which will start on Monday, April 30, has
RAILWAY volunteers are warning residents of the fatal dangers of walking along the tracks in North Swindon. It comes after a mother and her three children were seen on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway tracks near Blunsdon Station over the Easter holidays
AUSSIE charger Jason Doyle says Swindon should target victory at ‘top-heavy’ Poole as they aim to continue their excellent start to the Elite League season. The Blunsdon side have so far clocked up two wins over Birmingham and triumphs against King’s
SWINDON manager Paolo Di Canio has been named on the shortlist for the best goal in the history of the Premier League. Di Canio’s iconic strike for West Ham against Wimbledon in the 1999/00 season is one of 10 goals put forward for the awards
SWINDON rounded off their home campaign in tremendous style with a thumping 101-7 victory over bottom side Olney. The 17-try victory at Greenbridge Road saw Neil Loader’s side move back into fourth place in the South West 1 East table with one game remaining
SUPERMARINE still face a wait to find out where they will be playing their rugby next season despite sealing second place in Dorset & Wilts 1 North with a 52-7 victory over Calne. Marine went into their final game of the season knowing only a win coupled
CAPTAIN Paul Caddis admitted the better side won as Town crashed to a 2-1 defeat at Aldershot last night. Goals from Guy Madjo and Danny Hylton did the damage as Town were guilty of two defensive slips, one in either half. Caddis scored
SWINDON’S promotion party was postponed until Saturday at least as goals from Guy Madjo and Danny Hylton secured Aldershot a 2-1 victory at the EBB Stadium last night. Madjo followed up well after Wes Foderingham palmed Hylton’s shot away after
TOWN boss Paolo Di Canio questioned the professionalism of his players following last night’s 2-1 defeat at Aldershot. Goals from Guy Madjo and Danny Hylton did the damage at the EBB Stadium, and Di Canio revealed that his players were guilty
