THE Government is being asked to provide funding for a road that could ease congestion in the town. Haydon Wick Parish Council has been campaigning for years to have a road built linking Thamesdown Drive and Barnfield Road. They say it will
PROSECUTORS have been asked to explain why a jailed burglar was brought to court from his cell accused of an offence in 2007 – only for the case to be dropped. Hannah Squire, for the Crown, accepted colleagues were ‘cutting it fine’ when they sent
A TRADITIONAL butcher’s shop is hoping to give shoppers the perfect place to buy their meat. Wilson’s Family Butchers opens its doors to the public in Old Town today, offering freshly produced cuts of meat. The shop, in High Street, will be
PEOPLE across Swindon now have the chance to snap up a reduced price ticket for the Summer Session concerts at the County Ground. There is less than a week to go before the first set of acts takes to the stage, organisers have slashed the price
WILTSHIRE Chief Constable Patrick Geenty is warning that his force is being pushed to the limit by continuing funding government cuts. Chancellor George Osborne’s austerity measure has seen Wiltshire being forced to cut more than £15 million for
NEW College got their pre-season campaign off to a winning start with a 2-0 victory over Wootton Bassett last night. In conditions more suited to beach volleyball than football, Rob Hopkins' troops edged out their rivals at Rylands Way. Goals
PEOPLE of Swindon are being urged to support the town’s Jahmene Douglas when his debut album is released on Monday. Love Never Fails, the first offering from the X Factor runner-up, has received some negative reviews in the national press, but
THIS year’s Crusader Cup crown belonged to James French after he edged out Ian Meek on countback at Ogbourne Downs. Making the most of the easier front nine, French notched three birdies and began his closing nine on one-under-par gross. He
GOATACRE have been dealt a hammer blow with seven weeks of the WEPL Premier Two season remaining by the news star batsman Ed Kilbee has been poached by Cannock. Kilbee is believed to have been offered a bumper pay package by the Birmingham &
AUSTRALIA skipper Troy Batchelor hopes his side’s Speedway World Cup race-off triumph in Prague will give them the edge in today’s final. The Roos join the Czech Republic, Poland and Denmark in the last four after Darcy Ward handed them a last-heat
LOCAL bowlers feature in three of the six Bowls Wiltshire ladies’ county national championship finals being held at Salisbury today. They will be competing in the under 25 singles, ladies’ triples and ladies’ fours finals. Purton’s Alison Fail
SUPERMARINE coach Andy Minturn will be on hand to command first-team affairs in Tuesday’s friendly against New College should he be required. Assistant manager Lee Spalding, who has taken charge of the last two pre-season games against Newport
TWO former European Championship winners have been put forward to Swindon Town as the club’s potential new management duo. The Advertiser understands that Danish duo Peter Schmeichel and John Jensen have been presented to the Robins as manager
WESTLECOT were beaten in midweek in the Dorset and Wiltshire area final in the national club two fours competition. In a topsy-turvy game that went right down to the last bowl, they were beaten by four shots by Wellworthy (Weymouth) on the neutral
WESTLECOT and Wootton Bassett bowlers dominated the men’s county and national championship semi-finals day staged at Westlecot in the scorching heat last Sunday. They supplied seven of the eight winners who booked their places in four events in
NEIL Smith will become the fourth player in Wiltshire history to make 100 Middleton Cup appearances when he lines up at Winscombe, North Somerset today in the quarter-final of the inter-county championship against Devon. Wiltshire, who lost to
TOMORROW the Swindon Town squad head to Portugal for a week of pre-season training. The media has not been invited. What follows is an attempt to bridge the gap between infantile petulance at not getting our own way and serious concerns as to how
