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TOWN CENTRE: Charity Swindon & District Samaritans are looking for volunteers for their shop in Curtis Street. Anyone interested can call 01793 420557.

DIABETES UK is looking for volunteers to take part in the Healthy Lifestyle Roadshow, run in partnership with Bupa, in July. The roadshow was created to identify people at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, or undiagnosed sufferers. Risk

RESIDENTS will still be able to visit Prospect Hospice’s Bluebell Walk throughout June despite maintenance work being carried out. The remembrance area will be accessible through the hospice building, between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, while

TEENAGER Tyler Ody had the surprise of his life when he spotted popstar Gareth Gates ten pin bowling with his family on Thursday night. The 13-year-old music fan from Haydon Wick was on an evening outing to Shaw Ridge with an Autism Spectrum Disorder

ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT: Chinese restaurant Oriental Aroma raised more than £1,400 for cancer charity Shark Attack at a special event last weekend. Diners enjoyed a two course meal with entertainment from Legacy Cover Band. The evening was organised

PINEHURST: Firefighters were called to a block of flats in Whitworth Road, after a cooking hob fire in one of the apartments. A crew from Swindon Fire Station attended and found the fire was out by the time they arrived. Firefighters gave safety

KEVLIN Young and Lawrence Bennett both looked in relaxed moods as they weighed in for the respective fights tomorrow night. The Penhill pugilist puts his IBO super-middleweight inter-continental title on the line against Cameroon-born Frenchman

AUSSIE midfidler Massimo Luongo won’t be the only Swindon-man representing the town at the World Cup this summer, Swindon Supermarine will be making their presence felt in the stands. Chairman of the club, Jez Webb, will be making the trip down

THE World Cup provides the perfect opportunity for football fans to socialise and enjoy a month of high quality sport. For most people this does not create any problems. However, when alcohol is mixed with the high-running passions of the World

ALAN McLoughlin admits that his call-up to the Republic of Ireland squad for Italia ‘90 came as a complete shock. The midfielder was called into Jack Charlton’s squad that headed to Italy on the back of a successful campaign for Swindon Town.

WRAG Barn player Josh Loughrey has made it through to the final two rounds of the Asiago Open in Italy. Sitting fourth overnight after carding a 68 in round one, Loughrey was only able to finish with a one-over par 72 in his second round but it

JAN Age Fjortfort admits that he nearly had to leave Swindon Town to save his place in the Norway 1994 World Cup squad. The towering striker had been at the County Ground for five months and had failed to score for the Robins in the Premier League

MASSIMO Luongo’s inclusion in the Socceroos’ squad for the World Cup was a reward for an excellent season at the County Ground. Ange Postecoglou has showed he is more than prepared to take some risks with his selection. Luongo has just a solitary

DAKOTA North fears he may have torn ligaments in his knee but his hopeful his prognosis may be a wrong one. The Australian crashed with compatriot and close friend Sam Masters during the Robins’ meeting with Leicester on last night, clipping the

IT was the largest amphibious assault ever launched, and turned the tide of the Second World War. And 70 years since D-Day, the world’s focus will return to Normandy today to mark the historic invasion and the sacrifice of those who lost their

THE facts speak for themselves. The average Brit consumes three cups of tea a day and, after water, tea is the second most consumed drink in the country. Most days, approximately 40% of the nation’s fluid intake will be, yes, tea. But while many

THE VICTORIA, Victoria Road, Old Town. Tel: 01793 535713 WHAT’S IT LIKE? The Victoria is one of the town’s best known pubs and music venues and plays host to local, national and international talent. The venue has continued to thrive after

JANE STEWART, marketing manager at The Brunel shopping centre, tells us about her life with food... Do you cook a lot yourself? What is your failsafe dish? I’m a qualified Cordon Bleu chef and cook every day. My husband and I use cooking time

Gustoso 11 Queen Victoria House, Victoria Road SN1 3BG   Tel: 01793 978342 ASK most people what the best bit about a BLT is, and without a doubt they would say the bacon. But ask me what stole the show in my BLT from Gustoso in Old

SALLY HARRISON finds a new favourite restaurant when she stops off in Ramsbury for a bite to eat... The Bell at Ramsbury The Square, Ramsbury SN8 2PE Tel: 01672 520230 WE had spent an impromptu day at the coast and were travelling back

Market manager Kardien Gerbrands talks about Swindon’s farmers’ markets... THE good news of the week is that the Wiltshire-grown new potatoes are now available at both the Outlet and Havelock Square farmers’ markets every Sunday and Thursday respectively

Shareen Campbell and Phil Saunter, owners of Los Gatos and Bistro Les Chats in Wood Street, and the Swindon Business People of the Year, talk about life in the restaurant business... ONCE a week in our house the chore of putting the bins out on

EMMA DUNN visits the enterprise helping people back into employment... through making lunches for others... SANDWICHES aren’t normally associated with helping to turn lives around. But since The Sandwich People started in 2008, more than 50

LUKE O’Brien, who held up three businesses with a knife last month, pleaded guilty to four counts of robbery and two counts of possessing a bladed article in a public place, at Swindon Crown Court yesterday (FRI). The 24-year-old, of no fixed abode

A CONFERENCE aimed at all practitioners with an interest in how memory affects learning is being held later this month. The Swindon Dyslexia – Specific Learning Difficulties Service is holding its fourth annual conference on Friday, June 20, at

THE valuable community work carried out by volunteers, police officers and Police Community Support Officers across Wiltshire and Swindon has been recognised today at the first Neighbourhood Policing Awards presentation in Devizes. The awards were

22 JUMP STREET (15) Starring: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Amber Stevens, Wyatt Russell, Peter Stormare, Jillian Bell, Jimmy Tatro, Nick Offerman. Directors: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller. WITH a knowing wink and a profusion of expletives

GRACE OF MONACO (PG) Starring: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Frank Langella, Paz Vega, Parker Posey, Derek Jacobi, Geraldine Somerville, Robert Lindsay, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Andre Penvern. Director: Olivier Dahan. THIS fictionalised account of

THERE are times I still pinch myself that I am actually lucky enough to be an MP and on Wednesday we had the Queen’s Speech, one of the most exciting times to witness first-hand all the pomp and ceremony of Parliament. The Queen’s Speech sets out

EARLIER this week we told you the story of D-Day veteran Ken Scott. For some 30 to 40 years, members of the Normandy Veterans’ Association have been visiting the beaches and graveyards in France to pay tribute to their fallen comrades. Ken

YOU have to laugh at UKIP supporters complaining about critical comments in the media. It`s a bit rich considering the past 18 months have been like one continuous Party Political Broadcast for UKIP. The coverage on the BBC in particular beggars

I WRITE in response to Bob Pixton’s suggestion for a Jedi academy. To be honest, such an academy would probably be more stimulating, imaginative and fun for students than one that has business, ICT and employability at the core of its vision.

UKIP under scrutiny You have to laugh at UKIP supporters complaining about critical comments in the media. It`s a bit rich considering the past 18 months have been like one continuous Party Political Broadcast for UKIP. The coverage on the BBC

I WRITE in reference to your article on Tuesday June 3, regarding the huge queues at the waste and recycling centre. I welcome the fact that Councillor Hurley, the then relevant cabinet Member, has acknowledged that the large queues are a result

I HOPE B Williams will not be offended but my feelings are not the least troubled by the “stick” Mr Thompson has taken over his inaccurate, and often offensive, letters to your paper over the years (‘A lot in common’ June 4). My suggestion to Mr

WE would like to offer an unreserved apology to the people in the Ferndale Road area for the horrendous traffic problems this week as a result of the road resurfacing in North Star Avenue. We are having to apologise because local residents are

OLD TOWN: A screening of the Patrick Swayze film Dirty Dancing is taking place at the Old Town Bowl at 7.30pm tonight. For tickets, visit www.cultscreens.co.uk

OLD TOWN: A karaoke competition is taking place at The Vic at 8pm on Sunday. To take part, call 01793 535713 or email thevicswindon@gmail.com.

TOWN CENTRE: Tribute act, the Bon Jovi Experience, is performing at the Wyvern Theatre at 7.30pm tonight. or tickets, call 01793 524481 or visit www.swindontheatres.co.uk.

A CONTRACTOR working on the roof of The Link Centre fell and broke his wrist on Tuesday morning. The man, 56, was carrying out a routine inspection of the roof of the centre, in Whitehill Way, when he slipped at 9.36am. An ambulance was called

A MAN from North Swindon has been found guilty of killing wild birds in his garden. Edmond Ephgrave, 25, from Abbey Meads would wait until the birds landed on a bird table and then shoot them with an air rifle. He would then proceed to photograph

WALCOT: Courtenay Road will be reopened today. Swindon Council spent two days resurfacing its full length.

OLD TOWN: Delays are likely in Marlborough Road and High Street from tomorrow until Wednesday. Thames Water will have stop and go boards in the latter, between Dewell Mews and Newport Street, as well as traffic lights near the Wood Street junction

BISHOPSTONE: Swindon Council will begin winter damage repairs in Nell Hill and Oxon Place today. Roads will be closed to traffic until Thursday.

TOM Edwards, who went missing after a night out in Swindon last year, died from multiple traumatic injuries after falling out of a train, an inquest has heard. The 32-year-old Nationwide worker, from Derry Hill, disappeared after a night out with

LYDIARD TREGOZE: Runners of all abilities are welcome to take on a 5k course at the grounds of Lydiard Park from 9am tomorrow. Call 01793 770401.

PEATMOOR: Two-way traffic signals in Purton Road, between the Swinley Drive junction and Sparcells roundabout, will be removed today. Swindon Council has been connecting a water mains service from Purton Road to Ratcoombe Road since Tuesday.

SWINDON... 1945: Youths were blamed for damaging mail destined to be sent to Swindon soldiers, sailors and airmen serving overseas after fireworks were put in pillar-boxes. Fireworks had just gone on sale for VE Day but not all were used for celebrations

AN INQUEST into the death of Tom Edwards, who went missing after a night out in Swindon last June, has concluded he died 'accidentally'. Tom, 32, of Derry Hill, went missing on June 28 after a night out in Rudi's. His body was found five days later

IN Aldbourne many people still refer to the playing field as The Camp. The name is a clue to the key role the village played in some of D-Day’s most pivotal Allied successes. So were the bullet holes found in the old weathercock on St Michael’s

The Advertiser’s coverage of the ’44 invasion was extensive, but most people knew someone taking part anyway, as BARRIE HUDSON reports... SWINDON didn’t really need the Adver to tell it that D-Day had dawned on Tuesday, June 6, 1944. Having

Wootton Bassett GP Peter Mitchell wrote a powerful memoir of his wartime service, in particular his part in the D-Day landings. BARRIE HUDSON reports... OF all the surviving accounts left by local D-Day veterans, Peter Mitchell’s is the most comprehensive

WEST SWINDON: Purton Road will be closed for a few days due to essential maintenance works. The road is closed from Battlewell in Purton to the Lydiard Millicent and Greenhill crossroads. Diversions are in place at Lydiard Millicent.

SWINDON: The new Mayor of Swindon will be officially sworn in after an election being held today at Swindon Council. The first full meeting of the council since the local elections last month will be held at 2.30pm in the Council Chambers of the

COUNTY: A £250m expansion of Dyson’s headquarters in Malmesbury has been approved by planners. The outline plans are set to bring in between 2,000 and 5,000 jobs in the next ten years. Planning conditions regarding archaeological issues and addressing

STRATTON: White Horse Care Trust in Masefield Road, which provides residential and nursing care for adults with complex physical and learning disabilities, has passed a recent inspection. On April 15, the Care Quality Commission assessed the care

RODBOURNE: An application to turn part of McArthur Glen’s Kemble Drive car park into a car wash has been withdrawn. The application was made by Essex-based firm Jeeves Hand Car Wash & Valet Service on April 2, but it was pulled on Tuesday.

WILTSHIRE Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious road traffic collision in Swindon. The incident took place on North Star Roundabout, Great Western Way on Sunday, June 1 at approximately 1.20pm. A motorcyclist riding a Triumph

A TEENAGER who stabbed a lad in the penis during an organised gang fight has been ordered to complete a youth rehabilitation order. The 17-year-old member of North Young Guns, or NYG, had been on trial accused of producing a knife during a scrap

RYAN Watt will not be returning to Swindon Wildcats next season after Bracknell Bees confirmed his signature. The forward was part of the Link Centre side that reached the EPL play-off finals weekend in April. Cats head coach Ryan Aldridge

5:36pm That's all from LIVE NEWS this week. We'll return on Monday morning. The website will be updated with breaking news throughout the weekend. 5:32pm The new

THE wet weather may have stayed away for once but instead it rained injuries at the Abbey Stadium as the Robins beat Leicester 48-40. The hosts took three vital points from an eventful evening of racing, but also saw three riders involved in nasty

FRANCIS Tchoffo has warned Kelvin Young that he is ready to knock him out and steal his IBO super-middleweight inter-continental title. The pair came face-to-face for the first time yesterday at the Asiana Restaurant in Old Town before they go

WRAG Barn professional Josh Loughrey is well in contention at the Alps Tour Asiago Open after carding an opening round of three under par. His superb round of 68 left him tied fourth, just two shots back from leader Jurgen Maurer, with one round

ENGLAND are not going to do well at the World Cup and fans in Swindon are likely to turn to God in hope, according to a report from bookmakers William Hill. The betting shop has surveyed more than 100 people from the town and found just five per

WROUGHTON farmer and member of the Parish Council, Mike Hinder, died last week after losing his nine month battle with cancer. The 70-year-old was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma last August, but two months later he returned to have a minor

THE Hop Inn has been crowned the 2014 Pub of The Year by the Campaign for Real Ale’s Swindon and North Wilts branch. The Devizes Road pub, run by Jason and Karen Putt, will now battle against South West pubs in the regional round of the national

THIS week marked a milestone in the life of Luca Railton as the ten-year-old was able to stand with both his feet flat on the ground for the very first time. Luca, who was born with no bone in his right knee, no right tibia and only a partial left

WALKING the halls of the Great Western Hospital, you might be surprised to find Prospect Hospice nurses assisting staff, supporting patients and sharing valuable advice on palliative care. But the charity’s work at hospital is as crucial as its

KEITH Mayo has urged Swindon fight fans to keep an eye on Joe Pigford as he boxes on the undercard of Kelvin Young’s title defence tomorrow night. The Southampton welterweight will arrive at the Oasis Leisure Centre with a record of five fights

TARIQ Quaddus admits that he has found it a little hard to tone down his training during fight week. The Swindon-based super-middleweight steps up to six round contests for the first time tomorrow night when he faces Jamie Ambler. But the 23

A HEAVY metal devotee and popular DJ who never missed an opportunity to sneak a bit of ‘Screamo’ into his gigs will be honoured on the first anniversary of his death at two club nights in the town. Tom “Himself” Humber died on June 14 last year

AFTER 75 years at Faringdon House, Swindon Citizens Advice Bureau is shutting up shop and moving its operations to Sanford House, where a new era awaits. The advice charity will take up a prominent role at the newly created Swindon Advice and Support

HUNDREDS of CCTV cameras will now watch the streets of Swindon as a centralised network went live this week. The final high-definition feed will be connected to the network from the new Whalebridge car park today, bringing more than 500 live feeds

HEALTHY eating and the work of dietitians across Swindon to set residents on a more wholesome path will be at the centre of a large awareness campaign next week. From Monday, June 9, to Friday, 13 June, experts at the Great Western Hospital will

THE Clifton pub is being transformed by new landlords Darren and Vicky Turner as part of a £20,000 investment aimed at satisfying existing customers and welcoming new ones. The husband and wife team already run The Kings, in Wood Street, and The

WOOTTON Bassett will look to stretch their lead at the summit of Wiltshire County Cricket League Division One tomorrow. The current table-toppers entertain the side they jumped above last weekend, Hinton Charterhouse, looking to building on their

MATTHEW Brown has called on Shrivenham’s bowlers to “maintain their high standards” for the rest of the season after their superb display in the cup last weekend. The Shrivenham seamer was elated with the effort from last week’s bowling attack,

GOATACRE are facing a weekend on the road as they look to secure league and cup glory. Tomorrow, Brad Dawson’s side head to Minehead in Premier Two and then 24 hours later they make the journey to Dorset League Premier One outfit Parley in the

NATIONWIDE House captain Russell Arkley has labelled tomorrow’s derby clash with Purton as ‘must-win’. Although the season is only five games old, Nationwide find themselves sitting at the bottom of the Wiltshire Division yet to taste success.

WITH just three days left to register for one of Swindon’s largest fundraising events, walkers and Prospect Hospice supporters are being urged to take the plunge and join this year’s Starlight Walk. More than 500 people have signed up to take part

EARLIER this week we published a list of Swindon's 20 best restaurants, as voted by the public via Trip Advisor. As usual, the list generated plenty of debate, many outraged at omissions. So we've produced a counter list of our own on the same

SPECIAL measures school St Joseph’s Catholic College has appointed an Ofsted inspector as deputy headteacher as part of their efforts to improve their grade. The secondary school was put into special measures after being found inadequate by Ofsted

HUSBAND and wife team Hadi and Dan Brooks are celebrating after their Old Town diner received an award from review website TripAdvisor honouring their customer service. The couple, who opened The Café, in Devizes Road, 18 months ago, have been

DRUG raids have uncovered two cannabis factories just streets apart in Gorse Hill as police fired a warning shot to dealers in the area this week. On Wednesday warrants were executed at properties on Bright Street and Tiverton Road as officers