THE Adver understands Swindon Mayor Nick Martin is to resign from his post on Tuesday following a meeting of the Conservative Group on Monday night. Coun Martin (Con, Shaw) has come under immense pressure to resign from the post of mayor after
SWINDON Swimmer Tilly Gray bagged a silver in the women's 200m Buttertfly at the British Swimming Championships in Glasgow. Gray, looking to improve on her last place in the 100m Butterfly on Friday, turned for the last 50m with leader Aimee Wilcott
SWINDON'S Jazz Carlin set the fastest time in the world this year as she stormed to the British 800m freestyle title in Glasgow on Monday evening. The Swindon Tigershark destroyed the field to finish in 8:18.36, nearly 15 seconds faster than second-placed
FORMER Chippenham youth cricketer James Vince enjoyed a good day with the bat for Hampshire, as he made 144 against Gloucestershire at Bristol. Vince hit 23 fours and one solitary maximum from 184 balls in a little under four hours as Hants went
COTSWOLD Flyball Club enjoyed a successful opening event the season at Didcot, with five of its six teams entered placing. The Typhoons’ team of Reuben, Cerys, Dylan and Rona stole the show with a clean sweep of five wins to take first place in
I know there are a number of people complaining about the work being done by Thames Water on upgrading Swindon’s sewer system, and I happen to be one of the motorists inconvenienced on a daily basis by the congestion caused around the Bruce Street
SWINDON... 1947: Ferndale Youth Centre and Fairford Town will contest the final of the Advertiser Cup competition. In the semi finals Ferndale defeated Highworth 3-0 while Fairford ran riot against Swindon GWR Corinthians Swindon and District League
SWINDON Rugby Club have been awarded £50k by Sport England to improve their facilities at Greenbridge Road. Swindon are one of 1,300 local sports projects to receive the funding through its Inspired Facilities project, part of the Olympic and Paralympic
SWINDON Robins have drafted in Benji Compton at reserve for their Good Friday double-header with Poole Pirates. Compton, who races for Kent in the National League replaces Steve Worrall, who is unavailable. Swindon Robins: Peter Kildemand,
GOATACRE batsman Ed Kilbee returns to the Wiltshire squad for the county's final pre-season warm-up fixture, which starts on Easter Monday. Lechlade's Joe Breet is also involved for the game against Dorset, which is scheduled to take place at South
AT least a fifth of British people are tattooed, if the latest statistics are to be believed. For people aged 16 to 44 the proportion rises to about a third, with designs ranging from discreet one-offs seen only by loved ones to full-body murals
IN 1942 the British light cruiser HMS Edinburgh was scuttled north of Murmansk, having been wrecked by German torpedoes. When she sank more than half a mile to the bottom of the Barents Sea, she took with her the souls of 56 men and the best part
WILTSHIRE Fire and Rescue Service chief fire officer Simon Routh-Jones has been answering your questions today. Here's what he had to say as he took to the hotseat. How important do you think it is the government changes the law so all landlords
It drives me up the wall when I think about wallpaper. At precisely 8.35pm last Tuesday, I removed the steamer from the wall of our front room and aimed my scraper at the chimney breast. Half a second later, the last little scrap of wallpaper in our
WEST SWINDON: Archaeological survey work will now commence at the site of the Ridgeway Farm development in West Swindon, after the first phase of construction including drainage work and roads infrastructure has been completed. Following the investigations
NORTH SWINDON: The meeting of the Swindon North Central locality will take place tomorrow at St Barnabas Church in Gorse Hill at 7.30pm. It is an opportunity for residents to meet with their councillors and local neighbourhood policing team to
FREE play is the name of the game at Hi5 children’s camp, which runs every school holiday to provide childcare for parents. Based at the Haydon Centre, the camp is open to children between four and 12 years old and provides a range of activities
Sally Sprason, 48, is Swindon borough’s electoral services manager and deputy returning officer, and is overseeing the preparations for the forthcoming local and European elections. She lives in Cheltenham with her partner, a software company director
SWINDON: Record Store Day 2014 will be celebrated in Swindon this weekend at Holmes Music, as the shop hosts the release of a number of exclusive and limited vinyl releases. The store will also have a showcase of local artists as they put on a
THE person who shot Cleo the cat, leaving the animal needing an amputation, must be identified. We say this not just because they have clearly committed a particularly revolting crime, but also because they present a grave danger to human beings
I wonder if the 150th anniversary of the arrival in Marlborough of GWR trains from Savernake Junction should be recorded. The first revenue earning broad gauge train ran into Marlborough high level station on April 14, 1864. It was not until
An MP has again admitted their role in theft and fraud from public funds and has got the full support of the Prime Minister in their actions. This has shown the hypocrisy and contempt of politicians and parliament in general to the people that
Last week the railway line to the south west of England at Dawlish Warren was restored by Network Rail permanent way engineers ahead of schedule, which was a truly amazing, Herculean achievement in the face of such adversity. At a triumphal ceremony
On March 22 at 2.57pm I told Swindon Council about a pothole in Carstairs Avenue and Cranmore Road, ref: 0395-2457. The council put a yellow marker around it. On the 27 March at 8.28pm I told the council AGAIN about this pothole, (ref: 0395-2565
I have never written to any paper before but this is something I wanted to do. I recently spent four weeks in the Great Western Hospital in Neptune Ward. Not only did they save my life, but I couldn’t have been treated better had I been royalty.
Qualmy, queasy and querulous understate the quandaries I’m currently feeling. Possibly destined to become one of Great Britain’s 14,000 centenarians ought to be a privilege but I may depart with our world in its worst mess since World War II. Market
George Humphries and Harold Rushden wrote to say Capitalism is the only system which can work and that “man is inherently greedy and selfish”. Mr Rushden says we have a natural inclination to capitalism. We don’t. Capitalism has only been the
I am writing to you today about the new tax cut for businesses and charities that started on April 6. The new Employment Allowance could take £2,000 off your employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs). Britain has been through some very
THE CHURCHILL pub in Royal Wootton Bassett is disappointed at being left out of a ‘Tube station’ map of watering holes. The London Tube-style map was created by maths teacher John Coats and shows many of the pubs in Swindon, Royal Wootton Bassett
LYNEHAM Youth Club is celebrating after having received more than £2,000 from the Armed Forces Community Covenant Grant Scheme. The scheme aims to support projects which connect the armed forces and local communities. And now money has been
A new exhibition by charity group Artsite was due to come to Swindon Central Library today. Showcasing The Last Supper was created at Artsite’s Experimental Drawing Hub, and will open for a private viewing today from 5-7pm before opening to the
THE Wiltshire Coroner’s office is appealing for anyone with information regarding David John Smith to come forward. Mr Smith was born on April 27, 1949 and lived at Flat 32, Gardner House, Trinity Close, Swindon. He has been described as a
SHAW RIDGE: Swindon Laser Quest holds a fundraising night in aid of Swindon Children’s Cancer And Leukaemia Movement (CALM) on May 13 from 7-10pm. There is a special rate of £5 for three games. Bookings can be made by calling 07772 558459.
CRICKLADE: The MP for North Wiltshire, James Gray, holds a surgery on April 19, 10-11.30am, at Jenner Hall, Bath Road.
SWINDON: Four bus stops in Fleming Way were out of action yesterday as road resurfacing took place on the street. Swindon Council made the decision to close stops Q, R, S and T in Fleming Way to allow for the works to go ahead. Normal service was
SWINDON: Children can revisit the classic tale of Peter Pan when it comes to the Wyvern in musical form today. For full information, call the box office on 01793 614837.
SWINDON: The Swindon General Branch of USDAW (the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) will meet tomorow at 7pm at Pinehurst Community Centre in The Circle. For more information, call branch secretary Thomas Jeffery on 01793 421933.
HAYDON WICK: The next full meeting of Haydon Wick Parish Council will be held tomorrow at 7.30pm at the parish council offices. The agenda will include a grant to North Swindon Community Group and a three-year performance plan. For more information
WANBOROUGH: A meeting of the Hoopers Field management committee will be held tonight at 7.30pm at the Sports Pavilion on Hoopers Field. The committee will discuss the potential uses of the field while construction work on the village hall is carried
WROUGHTON: A full meeting of Wroughton parish council will be held tonight at 7.30pm at Ellendune Community Centre. The agenda includes the Kings Farm Wood appeal, a review of Swindon Council’s complaint handling procedure and a report from the Benet
HIGHWORTH: Police are appealing for witnesses after a number of items were stolen from a garage in Highworth. Between 7am on March 17and 9pm on April 1, the garage in the Windrush area of Highworth was broken into, and a gas heater, an electric heater
NORTH SWINDON: A North Swindon man who allegedly stood outside Isambard School in Redhouse shouting racist abuse and foul language towards a teacher and students will appear in court next week. The male, in his 40s, is also charged with making
THE Easter Bunny will be welcomed to the Brunel Centre every day until Easter Saturday. Children can visit the Easter Bunny in his garden and receive an Easter egg. Opening times are Monday to Saturday, 11.45am until 5.30pm. The cost is £4.50
SWINDON: Police are appealing for information about a bracelet which was stolen from a property in Stratton in February, particularly if anyone has been approached to buy a gold bracelet studded with sapphires in the past few weeks. Call PC Craig Thomson
SWINDON: Matchday One of the Swindon Storm American Football team’s season was marred yesterday after an opposition player was injured. Shortly before the end of the second half at Swindon Supermarine Ben Boss, number 44 for the Farnham Knights, was
SWINDON: Shadow Secretary of State for Communties and Local Government Hilary Benn will be in Swindon today, to meet councillors and campaigners working to safeguard the future of Lydiard House and Park, at Lydiard House at 2.30pm.
SWINDON: Two lanes of the M4 were closed for over an hour yesterday after a man came off his motorbike at around 2pm between junction 17 at Chippenham and junction 16 at Swindon. He was taken to GWH with what were described as non life-threatening
A 15-year-old boy has been assaulted and robbed by a gang of 10 young men while walking along an alleyway between Dorcan School and the Patheon building last month. Just before 6pm on Sunday, March 30, the boy saw a group at the rear of Dorcan
Swindon Guide Dogs for the Blind would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who generously donated to our collection at Tesco Extra, Ocotal Way, Swindon on Friday 4 April 2014. We raised an amazing £459 which will support a guide dog
THE body of a 49-year-old Swindon woman has been discovered in a river in Gloucestershire in the early hours of yesterday morning. Gloucestershire Police were called to the river at Coln in Bibury at 7.20am on Sunday to reports of the body being
With Easter fast approaching we know that many people with diabetes and their friends and family might be unsure about whether they should be enjoying chocolate eggs and other treats. When you’ve got diabetes it’s really important to eat a healthy,
Could I please through the letters page say a massive thank you to the staff of the Great Western Hospital and the people of South Marston village? I went into hospital last Thursday for a knee operation and unfortunately ended up spending the
I attended the SBC Scrutiny Committee on Monday and told the meeting that I hadn’t received any prior notice of the Croft Consultation despite being in the immediate area and despite the fact a small area of my and my neighbours front gardens, which
It appears that even at this stage , our Mayor is unable to understand the seriousness of what he said. He says that he used a “word” that was offensive. No. He made a statement that was deeply offensive. He then denied it, prior to
PARK NORTH: Students at New College are being asked to share their experiences of the college with prospective applicants. Anyone happy to be photographed and offer their opinions should e-mail sophie.moore@newcollege.ac.uk.
WANBOROUGH: Ham Road will be closed between Wanborough and Liddington from Monday from 8am until 6pm until Friday, May 2.
OLD TOWN: Springfield Road will be closed between Devizes Road and Grovelands Avenue for three weeks from Monday, April 14. The closure will take effect from 8am until 4pm every day until Friday, May 2. Motorists will be diverted along Bath Road
SWINDON: The driver of a blue Fiat Punto ploughed into a set of lights on Thursday after a man ran out into its path. At 9pm, Wiltshire Police were called by a member of the public after the Fiat crashed into the pelican crossing outside Thamesdown
SWINDON: The winners of the Prospect Hospice lottery draw which took place yesterday have been announced. The £1,000 prize winner was ticketholder 32317, while number 18836 won £100, numbers 01997 and 45808 take home £50 and four ticketholders,
CHENEY MANOR: Firefighters attended a fire on Cheney Manor Industrial Estate after reports of a quantity of tyres being burned at 4.40pm on Thursday. One crew from Westlea used water jets to extinguish the blaze.
LIDEN: Heavy delays are expected in Dorcan Way and the Coate Roundabout from April 14. Vodafone is working on the verge by the westbound carriageway, west of Holiday Inn, and requires two-way traffic signals Work should finish on April 16.
OLD TOWN: A sharp-eyed passerby managed to prevent any serious damage to the Locarno by alerting fire crews to smoke coming from the building at 11.30am on Wednesday. One crew from Swindon attended and used water jets to put the fires, which were
NORTH Wiltshire MP James Gray has met Network Rail bosses to discuss the road closures around Royal Wootton Bassett and Lyneham. The bridge at Dauntsey’s Lock and Skew Bridge will both be closed over the next few months to allow Network Rail to
A 69-year-old local man has been seriously injured in an accident on the Great Western Way this morning. Police were called to the eastbound carriageway outside B&Q at 9.42am. A spokesman for Wiltshire Police said: "A 69 year old man has
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PURTON assistant boss Steve Hall did not expect that aged 53 he would be lacing up his boots this season but, with eight players missing, he was required to ride the bench as his side won 2-0 at Tuffley Rovers. Hall could have joined his two sons
SHRIVENHAM sorrows of conceding two late goals at Binfield to suffer a 2-1 defeat were quickly lifted as they discovered that they could no longer be relegated from Hellenic League Premier Division. With Newbury suffering a 4-3 home loss to basement
BRENTFORD manager Mark Warburton was left to rue his side’s lapse in concentration before the interval in the defeat to Swindon Town. The Bees chief felt that his side were in control at the County Ground before Louis Thompson ghosted in to steal
MARK Cooper said that he told his players to go out and gauge themselves against a side that will be playing Championship football next year. While Brentford still require six points to reach the second tier of the English pyramid after Louis Thompson
CHAIRMAN Lee Power and manager Mark Cooper are set to sit down to start planning for next season in the next couple of weeks. With more than 20 of the current Swindon Town squad coming to the end of the current contracts, including striker Nile
ON-LOAN defender Jack Stephens hopes Saturday’s success over Brentford will help ease some of the misery of last weekend’s trip to Carlisle United. Nearly 300 Swindon Town fans made the 550-mile round trip north to see their side slump to a 1-0
WOOTTON Bassett boss Jeff Roberts said that his side’s win in the quarter-final of the Supplementary Cup gives them something to look forward to in a season when they have little to play for. Bassett went back down to Cheltenham on Saturday, the
CIRENCESTER Town have tightened the title race in Southern League Division One South and West with a 2-0 win over Cinderford Town. The victory puts Ciren level on points Merthyr at the top of the table as the Welsh side could only manage a point
TROY Batchelor will have a quieter time this week after flying halfway around the world and back again prior to returning to help Swindon Robins claim their first win of the Elite League season. The Aussie arrived back in the UK early last week
IF Swindon Town aren’t to achieve the impossible this season, then they are going to make sure that anyone who watches them in the remaining four games are going to be entertained. Of course, the play-offs are still within reach according to the
TRIUMPH is pulling the plug on its distribution centre in Swindon four years after setting up a new arrangement with logistics firm Menlo. In 2010, Menlo came in at the lingerie firm’s Groundwell Industrial Estate base and operated the distribution
THE 700-home development at Ridgeway Farm will take twice as long as residents first thought as the site is not due to be completed until 2023. According to projections released as part of the Wiltshire Council Core Strategy, the development on
Swindon swim star Jazz Carlin is bidding for another medal at the British Swimming Championships after booking her place in tonight’s final of the 800m freestyle. Carlin secured her place in the final after winning her heat yesterday. The Swindon
TARIQ Quaddus says that training with the Great Britain amateur boxers has given him an extra buzz for the sport. The Swindon-based light-heavyweight has been up at the Institute of Sport as he prepares for his next fight on April 26 in Gloucester
UNITED Arab Emirates Derby winner Toast of New York will join the list of stars on parade at The Betfair Lambourn Open Day on Good Friday. The winner of this year’s $2 million United Arab Emirates Derby at Meydan, Toast of New York, will join recent
LOUIS Thompson said that being able to give his brother Nathan victory as Swindon Town captain was amongst the proudest moments of his career. The young midfielder struck on the stroke of half-time to seal a 1-0 success over promotion-chasing Brentford
YASER Kasim is unlikely to play again this season. The Iraqi midfielder is set to discover today whether or not he has a stress fracture to a metatarsal bone and Swindon Town boss Mark Cooper revealed after Saturday's 1-0 victory over Brentford
GARETH Davies said he had mixed emotions after his Malmesbury Victoria side’s 3-2 over Fairford. Davies was a player at Fairford for a number of years but returned on Saturday to pick up a surprise win over his promotion-chasing former club.
CHIPPENHAM Town chief Mark Collier was delighted as the Bluebirds ensured their stay in the Southern League Premier Division with a win over Banbury United. The 2-0 victory at Hardenhuish Park kills off Chippenham’s threat of relegation, with AFC
SWINDON Supermarine manager Dave Webb was left to rue Sarturday’s last-minute 4-3 defeat at Stratford Town. Richard Gregory’s injury-time winner for the Warwickshire club now means that the Webb’s Wood Stadium outfit are relying on Shortwood United
WHILE the top level of speedway is expanding into the bright lights of the Friends Arena in Stockholm, PARKEN in Copenhagen and Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, there is a slightly less glamorous side to the sport which fans don’t get to see. Driving
NEW recruit Dan Greenwood is hoping to get more time on the Blunsdon track after being thrown in at the deep end last week. The 20-year-old has been drafted into the Robins side as a replacement for Darryl Ritchings, who remains in hospital after
AS soon as the Elite League fixtures were published I was immediately drawn to the home and away double-header between the Robins and Poole. These double headers were the highlights of the year when I was growing up in Suffolk, with the Witches
WES Foderingham has backed under-fire striker Michael Smith to bounce back from Saturday’s penalty miss in Swindon Town’s 1-0 win over Brentford on Saturday. The big forward was the target of plenty of barracking from a section of the home supporters
THE mother of Becky Godden-Edwards has welcomed the discovery of new evidence in the field where her daughter was buried. Karen Edwards hopes it will bring her a step closer to justice. She has said she was surprised to learn of the new discovery
SWINDON runners went toe-to-toe with 36,000 others in the 34th London Marathon. After months of training, people of all abilities took to the gruelling 26-mile route with the sun beating down on them, having taken inspiration from their own personal
PARIS Steenson’s family are rallying around the 20-year-old after she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma three weeks ago. The Toothill 20-year-old, a qualified hairdresser, faces eight gruelling months of chemotherapy and the loss of her beloved
“WE’RE only beginning to realise she was the strongest of us all,” said one of Maria Vitale’s 11 daughters following her death. The much loved grandmother to 28 and great-grandmother to 14 had already battled through several strokes before she
ADVER paperboy Sam Robinson has his freedom back after Swindon Cycles offered to replace his stolen bike free of charge. Sam, 15, of Corsham Road, had his bike stolen just three weeks after he saved up the money to buy it, while he visited a friend
MEMBERS of the Swindon and District branch of Parkinson’s UK marked the final day of Parkinson’s Awareness Week by re-enacting common situations that sufferers find themselves in. Two of the most common symptoms of the degenerative disorder of
Tom, who was given the Empire Legend of a Lifetime gong at the 2014 Jameson Empire Awards, said fans of the franchise will not be disappointed.
NEARLY three decades after he set out to trace his long-lost family, an Australian man has finally met the sister he never knew even existed growing up. Derek Maguire, 56, met his sibling Marie Withers, of Chiseldon, for the very first time at
WORKERS under threat of redundancy at South Marston Distribution Centre and TS Tech are not in line to benefit from the Honda Task Force. The Honda suppliers have each announced to their staff that they will be forced to trim their workforces.
THERE were tears of pride when Royal Wootton Bassett schoolgirl Eloise Lovesey had her waist-length hair cut off in support of her mum. The 12-year-old had her head shaved on Saturday in front of friends and family at her Briars Close home, after
A CAT had to have a leg amputated after being shot. Cleo faces a long road to recovery after vets were forced to remove the limb, which was shattered by a BB pellet. The five-year-old cat is thought to have been sunbathing in one of her favourite
RESTORE’S project manager is taking on a marathon next month to pay for the refurbishment of the charity shop’s new garden. Shortly after Ian Howard joined the Christian community organisation in Whitbourne Avenue earlier this year, the 50-year-old
