THE field has been confirmed for Swindon Rugby Club’s annual sevens tournament on July 19. Sixteen teams will contest the Vase, Plate and Cup trophies at Greenbridge Road, on a day which will also include a BBQ, hog roast, bar and children’s activities
A MAN from Swindon has been charged with murdering his wife following a crash on the M1 earlier this year. Tracy Maria Walters, 48, was the passenger in a black Mitsubishi L200 Animal 4x4 which was travelling on the southbound carriageway of the
WILTSHIRE got their Minor Counties Championship campaign off to a perfect start as they beat rivals Oxfordshire by 10 wickets. Having bowled their hosts out for 228 in the first innings at Banbury, Jayden Levitt’s big hundred took Wilts to 377
AFTER the subjective storm created by our recent top 20 restaurants lists, we take shelter in more sedate territory: the library. Here we bring you the current top 10 most requested books, in order of popularity, at Swindon's Central Library.
AS A church school, Broad Town Primary aims to develop Christian values which encourage children to be kind and considerate towards each other. The teachers seek to provide a caring and Christian environment where stimulating learning encourages
AN EVIL spirit had the run of a Swindon couple’s home this week in 1980 – and the council was calling in an exorcist. Perry Boyce, 17, and his 16-year-old girlfriend Donna said an invisible force tried to kill their three-week-old baby, Emma.
AS regular Rewind readers know, we sometimes invite you to help us out with information about items we find in our files. This week we have two invitations, each relating to a local showbusiness performer whose file contains precisely one cutting
SWINDON: The BIG Home Improvement Show 2014 will be held at the National Self Build and Renovation Centre from June 20 to 22. The event is designed to give a comprehensive ‘one-stop-shop’ for all your home improvement projects. For more information
SOUTH CERNEY: A Father’s Day Family Fair will be held at South Cerney Outdoor on Sunday from 12 noon to 7pm. There will be an old school style village fair, with live music, beer tipi tent, hog roast, coconut shy, village stocks and more. Tickets
SWINDON: The Dreamboys will be at the Wyvern on Friday from 7.30pm. There promises to be music, muscle, magic and mayhem. Tickets are £22.50. Call the box office on 01793 524481.
TOWN CENTRE: Author James Aitcheson will give a talk and signing at the Central Library on June 19 from 7.15pm. He will be reading from his new, just published novel, Knights of the Hawk, as well as discussing his own personal creative process
SWINDON MP Justin Tomlinson has been named as one of the country’s most responsive MPs, according to website WriteToThem.com. WriteToThem provides an easy way for people to contact their elected representatives, even if they’re not sure who they
A STRATTON woman is appealing for help to locate the engagement ring she lost in the Havelock Street area last month. Tunna Dee believes she lost the diamond ring, worth more than £1,300, between Havelock Street and the Iceland car park. Anyone
TOWN CENTRE: The next Swindon Mobility Club coffee morning will be held on Thursday from 10.30am until 12pm at the Civic Offices. Places must be booked in advance. To book contact Wiltshire & Swindon Users Network on 01380 871800 or email swindon.wsun
SWINDON: Dieticians at the Great Western Hospital will hold a Twitter Q&A on managing obesity and weight loss between 3.30pm and 4pm today. To ask questions tweet @GWH_NHS and use #AskGWH. You can also tweet your questions in advance or email
NORTH STAR: Swindon College will hold a Big Bake Off in aid of Cancer Research on June 21. Amateur bakers will enter ten categories including Victoria sponge, pastry, junior baker, bread and cupcakes. Entry is £5 per adult or £12 for three categories
HIGHWORTH: The Highworth-based White Horse Folk Club has joined forces with the River Folk Acoustic Club to stage Live at the Tithe 2 on Saturday at Great Coxwell Tithe Barn. The music, art and storytelling festival will start at 11.30am. Entrance
SWINDON: Rotary Community Corps is looking for hearing aid wearers who want to make a difference to their community with a very small commitment. The group is hoping to recruit volunteers to check on the availability of hearing loops in Swindon and
SWINDON... 1947: A report by the Medical Officer of Health for Swindon showed that the infant mortality rate in 1945 was the lowest in the history of the town and there were no maternal deaths during the year. 1955: As part of a plan to widen
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build up to 103 homes on fields behind Marlborough Road are expected to be refused at a planning meeting tonight. The plans, which have earmarked land to the east of Marlborough Road in Wroughton, have caused several concerns
HAS there ever been a more belligerent group of letter writers than those UKIP voters whose letters appeared in the Adver from 30 May to 5 June? Their target – Steve Thompson. Why? Because Steve condemns UKIP’s policies and their constant bigotry
K HENDERSON wrote “you’d have thought that the recent success of UKIP would have been welcomed as a breath of fresh air”. Firstly, UKIP is pretty stale, being a haven for ex-Tories whose views are too extreme even for the present lamentable regime
IN her letter “Rethink waste policy” (SA 6 June) Councillor Fay Howard outlines all the problems with taking green waste to the recycling centre and blames just about everyone (but the real culprits) for the problem. She seems to suggest Labour
I’M writing to invite all your readers, old and young, to request and sign the Love The Bus Pass petition. The campaign is non-partisan and aims to get all major parties contesting the General Election to pledge to retain the England bus pass as a
THERE is no doubt the police have their work cut out. With an ever decreasing budget due to cuts, they still have to deal with muggings, burglaries, violent crimes and con artists. We all know they have a difficult job to do and they are stretched.
THE cancellation of this year’s Swindon Mela should come as a major blow to the town. It is a shame that one of the summer’s brightest, busiest and most exciting events will not now be taking place. And it is a shame that there seems to be
TOWN CENTRE: Swindon Epilepsy Support Group will meet at the Savoy in Regent Street on Saturday, June 14, between 11am and 12.30pm. For more information visit www.swindonepilepsy.org.uk.
SWINDON: The Swindon Dial A Ride AGM will take place at the Salvation Army, Chapel Street, at 12.45pm on June 24. After the business Jennifer Green from GWH will give a talk on the changes affecting the Trust. If you wish to attend, call 616050
OLD TOWN: Serrated Edge theatre will bring its production of Behind the Blinds to the Swindon Arts Centre on Saturday, June 14 at 8pm. To book visit swindontheatres.co.uk.
AN EVENT to help people cope with Parkinson’s will take place today. Held at the County Ground from 10am to 2pm, the event is organised by the Swindon branch of Parkinson’s UK. It is open to sufferers, their families and carers, health and social
SOUTH MARSTON: All Psychic Fayres due to take place at the Madison Hotel, which is closing down, will now take place at the Mercure South Marston Hotel. The next fayres are listed to take place on June 29, August 3 and September 28 from 11am to
COATE Water Miniature Railway will be open to the public on Wednesdays from 5pm until dusk throughout the summer. The weekend of June 14 and 15 is We Remember Sam weekend. There will be visiting locos but the railway will still be open to the public
A FREE awareness event for Swindon employers focusing on bereavement and suicide takes place this week. On Friday, from 9.45am at the Jurys Inn, in Fleming Way, employers will be helped to understand the complex issues associated with bereavement
BLAGROVE: Delays are likely in Great Western Way from today. T-Mobile is replacing a roadside cabinet near the Blagrove roundabout and requires a lane closure. Work is scheduled to end on Thursday.
PENHILL: Road resurfacing in Penhill Drive, between Durnford Road and Lacock Road junctions, will end today. Swindon Council has had that section of the road closed since last Wednesday.
ELDENE: Overbrook will be reopened today. Swindon Council has been carrying out winter damage repair works since last Wednesday and had the cul-de-sac closed for the duration.
COATE: Delays are likely in and around Coate roundabout from today. Thames Water is carrying out surveys of the roundabout’s carriageway, footpath and verge until Thursday. One lane will be closed between 9pm and 5am each night.
LAWN: The winter damage repairs in Dunster Close are scheduled to finish today. Swindon Council has had the cul-de-sac closed since last Wednesday.
OLD TOWN: Diversions will be in place from today as Swindon Council closes Springfield Road between Croft Road and Quarry Road. Whilst the road is being resurfaced, traffic will be diverted via Devizes Road, Bath Road and Goddard Avenue before
VOLUNTEERS in Shaw and Nine Elms will be opening their gardens this weekend. Now in its 12th year, the charity event has raised over £24,000. This year proceeds will be split between local charities, SMASH, which matches volunteers from the local
WOODLAND management, guided walks, event support, administration and gardening are just some of the tasks people can get involved with as a volunteer at Lydiard House and Park. With a busy programme of summer and autumn events being rolled out
A TALK focusing on how Swindon was affected by the First World War will take place at the Central Library this Thursday. Local historian Mark Sutton will present War: Swindon in the Great War, in the Regent Circus library’s Second Floor Reading
WITH Father’s Day approaching, Swindon & Cricklade Railway has announced a kind of reverse offer. The normal offer is Kids Go Free, with a full fare paying adult. This time, the offer is reversed on Father’s Day, this Sunday, to Dads Go Free
WILTSHIRE Fire & Rescue Service is joining with other services across the country for a national week of activity, promoting road safety to local communities. The overarching message of this year’s UK Road Safety Week, organised by the Chief
CHISELDON: Race night will be held at Chiseldon House Hotel and Restaurant on June 21 from 7pm. Celebrate the last day of Ascot for £35 per person, including a three course dinner, glass of bubbly and an evening of race night entertainment. Call
SWINDON: On June 14 Teresa’s School of Dance will perform at the Wyvern Theatre from 7.30pm. Students will perform a variety of dance pieces from ballet, tap, jazz, musical theatre and break dance performed to music of the greatest stars that have
SWINDON: The Royal Wootton Bassett Arts Festival takes place from June 19 to 22. On the Thursday there will be school choirs and singing from 1pm in St Bartholomew’s Church, followed by adult singing and choirs from 6.30pm. On June 20, in the memorial
PROSPECT Hospice’s Bluebell Walk is still open 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 builders finalise a path
CENTER Parcs Longleat Forest has won Event Venue of the Year, at the inaugural Bath Events, Hospitality and Tourism Awards. The awards, held at the Assembly Rooms in Bath on Friday, recognise fresh and exciting talent in the events, hospitality
TWO new garden sheds will be erected on agricultural land at Burderop Barns in Chiseldon after Swindon Council granted planning permission last week. Ray Disson, who lives in Burderop Barns, applied to change the land use from agricultural to domestic
EAST Swindon Neighbourhood Policing Team is urging residents to lock up their bicycles, even if they are considered safe in a garden. Four bikes were stolen from a garden in Oakley Park over the weekend. Offenders reached over and unbolted the
WESTLEA: An electrical fault caused a fire in a Volkswagen Passat travelling on the M4 between junctions 16 and 17 at 3.50pm on Sunday. A crew from Westlea Fire Station attended and put the blaze out with the vehicle being parked on the hard shoulder
TOOTHILL: Firefighters attended a smoke fire in a kitchen of a house in Eddington Close at 7.55pm on Saturday. After dealing with the problem they gave safety advice to the residents.
RACING legend AP McCoy and former world eventing champion Zara Phillips will be among a host of famous faces doing battle in the JCB Champions Challenge during next month’s St James’s Place Wealth Management Barbury International Horse Trials.
SWINDON Town Ladies have announced the appointment of Steve Robertson as their new first-team manager. Robertson takes over from Jason Brizzell and will be assisted by Shane Hewlett and Kim Reeves. Brizzell will now take charge of the Ladies’ development
OLD TOWN: The annual Lethbridge 10k race will take place tomorrow, taking on a mixture of footpaths, country trails and main roads through the town. Entries are now full. The maximum limit of 400 runners was reached on May 29. The race will start
LITTLE kitten Khaleesi has gone missing from her home in Croft Road and a Facebook appeal has been set up to try to find her. The tabby and white cat was last seen last Sunday morning at about 4am in Croft Road. Her owner is desperate to get
SWINDON: An application to build 103 houses on greenbelt land east of Wroughton will be up for discussion in the Swindon Council planning committee tonight. The meeting will be held at 6pm in the council chamber of the Civic Offices, and also up
WEST SWINDON: A 23-year-old Vietnamese man has been charged in connection with the cultivation of cannabis following a police raid on a property in Malvern Road last Thursday. More than 100 plants were discovered in the property in two upstairs
SWINDON Town have been seeded for the Capital One Cup first-round draw. The draw will be released next Tuesday, June 17 at 10am, with the Robins set to face one of the following sides: AFC Wimbledon, Cambridge United, Cheltenham Town, Colchester
THE County Ground Bowls Club was broken into over the weekend and £100 was taken from a till unit inside the main clubhouse. Derek Caddy, 65, the club secretary, has appealed for anyone to come forward with information and assist Wiltshire Police
A 22-YEAR-OLD man is to face trial accused of trying to rob a man and woman. Lee Page pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault with intent to rob and one of common assault when he appeared at Swindon Crown Court. He is alleged to have tried
A SECTION of the town centre was cordoned off by police throughout the day on Sunday due to an unexplained incident. Police tape had been erected from the entrance to the Liquor Lounge on Bridge Street to cover an area stretching back to the town
WILTSHIRE Air Ambulance will be staying at Wiltshire Police’s hangar when the joint helicopter agreement ends in December this year. Wiltshire Air Ambulance Charitable Trust (WAACT) is looking for a permanent base where it can also build a visitor
THE Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon, Angus Macpherson, is out of the Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) at the Royal United Hospital in Bath and continuing his recovery on a ward. Mr Macpherson was taken ill on Friday May 30 whilst
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Hurst’s hat-tick, Banks’ save, Tardelli’s goal celebration, Gazza’s tears, Brazil’s goal of the century in 1970, the Cruyff turn, Owen’s goal against Argentina. These are the moments that come to mind when you think about the World Cup. Football
A CHILD at Haydon Meadow Pre School reported as missing by Ofsted had only wandered as far as the corridor, according to manager Debbie Waldron. In a report from the education watchdog, which declares the Haydon Centre organisation ‘inadequate’
WILTSHIRE Fire and Rescue has welcomed the potential offer of land in North Swindon for a new fire station but has said it is not something it can progress with in the near future. The companies behind the Abbey Stadium development have put in
DOCTORS and nurses at the Great Western Hospital signed a charter last week to benefit patients with Motor Neurone Disease. Staff backed patients by signing a charter that said they would care for patients to the best of their ability and with
MORE than £2m could be spent on rolling out electronic prescriptions at the Great Western Hospital in a bid to increase patient safety and build up continuity of care. Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded £250,000 from
CRICKLADE’S Laura Halford always knew she was likely to make the Wales squad for this summer’s Commonwealth Games but she was still able to feel a huge sense of pride after her selection was confirmed yesterday. The young rhythmic gymnast stormed
SHAMED Snooker player Stephen Lee conned a fan who bought his cue, a court heard. Lee, 39, of Birch Gardens, Hilperton, appeared at Swindon Magistrates’ Court, yesterday, and pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud by false representation. The former
FAMILY fun was on the menu as visitors to Vowley Farm learnt about their meat business during an open day. Around 300 people attended the event at the Royal Wootton Bassett farm on Sunday. Visitors could meet the animals, find out more about
THE ANNUAL Indian celebration of culture has been cancelled this year as organisers of the Swindon Mela say they lack the funds to stage the event. Every year the Town Gardens are transformed into a field of colour as the town comes together to
A VICIOUS attack has left three alpacas dead and four wounded after two dogs broke into a family farm near Brinkworth and mauled the defenceless animals. Dave Taylor, 62, owner of Farmtastic in Grittenham, has been left devastated on the third
CIRENCESTER Seniors slumped to a narrow defeat against Cotswold Edge recently. Visiting teams always find the attractive but tricky course on the edge of the Cotswolds tough to handle and Ciren were no exception on June 2, as they went down 3.5
SWINDON Storm recorded the biggest victory in the brief history of the club as they demolished Cornish Sharks 52-12 at Supermarine. With the game tightly poised at 14-12 at the half-time interval, Storm kick returner Joel Prowting rushed down to
LECHLADE remain top of the Glos/Wilts Division after easing home to a 70-run victory in a low-scoring encounter at Chipping Sodbury. Batting first after winning the toss, Asanka Vithanage and Brad Dial put on 38 for the first wicket for Lechlade
SHRIVENHAM slumped to a disappointing 60-run defeat to newly-promoted Cowley Internationals in OCA Division One, writes James Harris. After inviting Cowley to bat first following the morning’s rain, Haroon Khan (63) and Hajji Sadiqi (43) helped
GOATACRE’S adventure in the National Village Knockout Cup is over after they were beaten by 19 runs by Parley on Sunday. Having been asked to bowl first by their hosts, Goatacre gave themselves a good chance of getting out of the Dorset & Wilts
SWINDON captain Liam Tucker was left to rue yet another disappointing batting display as they slumped to a 74-run defeat at home to Gloucester City Winget. The County Ground skipper had called for his top order show a vast improvement following
SWINDON found life tough going at Bath in Premier One 2nd XI as they suffered a four-wicket defeat. Having been asked to bat by the North Parade hosts, the County Ground side were dismissed for just 129 in 35 overs. Opener Christy Millar and
WITH the Wiltshire Division table getting congested near the top, Purton captain Elliott Hill feels “four or five” teams will fancy their chances of finishing top of the pile as the season approaches its halfway stage. Hill’s side comfortably dispatched
SWINDON Croquet Club’s first team travelled to Worcester on Saturday one player down because of illness and eventually fell to a 3-2 defeat. The day started badly for Swindon in the pouring rain, with the doubles pair of John Airey and Diana Trott
OVER 110 teams from across nine age groups enjoyed an action-packed festival of football at Wootton Bassett Town’s youth six-a-side tournament at Ballards Ash this weekend, writes STUART SMEDLEY. Fighting through heavy rain and hail Greenmeadow
COTSWOLD Flyball Zephyrs managed a second place finish in their latest tournament at West Woodlands Showground in Frome, Somerset. The Zephyrs and sister team the Siroccos, running in Division Five, had a very close day’s racing, with both coming
SQUIRES Netball Tournament returned last weekend for a second edition, with Spitfires and We Are Family taking the cup and plate respectively. Despite rounds one and two being played in torrential rain and hail - which led to a team of broom sweepers
SAM Lawro might have racked up another ton as Wootton Bassett beat Hinton Charterhouse by 106 runs to stay top of Wiltshire League Division One, but it was Harvey Cummins’ flashbang cameo at the top of the order that was singled out by captain Darren
MALMESBURY maintained the pressure on leaders Wootton Bassett at the top of the Wiltshire League with an 81-run success over Collingbourne. James Gillespie fired an unbeaten 104 to help Malmesbury to 260-5 off 45 overs. Josh Langley then took 6
SWINDON Supermarine have swooped to sign defender Ross Adams from Conference South side Basingstoke. Marine manager Dave Webb stated his desire to strenghten his back-line following their Southern League Division One South and West play-off defeat
MIDFIELDER Massimo Luongo knows he faces a fight for game time at this summer’s World Cup but, even if he doesn’t get on the pitch for Australia, he’s determined to make the most of his big chance. The 21-year-old was rewarded for an impressive
TWO years ago, overwhelming anxiety and debilitating panic attacks threatened to ruin Jennie Warren’s prospects of ever finding a job. Now the 19-year-old from Old Town, who enrolled in social enterprise SEQOL’s Supported Employment scheme, is
BEING diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes before her 16th birthday, at a time when little information or support was available was the beginning of a daily struggle to remain healthy and out of the danger zone. But through the next two decades, despite
BURLY thug Ricky Irving-Chatfield is back behind bars for 18 months after admitting assaulting his fifth different partner. The 33-year-old, who had only just completed a domestic violence course, caused the woman to briefly pass out when he again
“A MIXED package with some damning comments” was the outcome of SUNS’ independent survey into patients’ treatment at the hands of the mental health services according to the charity. Determined to re-focus Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partner-ship
THE FIRST combined Wyvern Theatre and Swindon Arts Centre’s programme will be landing through letterboxes this week. Earlier this year, the Arts Centre became a sister venue of the Wyvern in a rearrangement of the borough’s entertainment and leisure
MORE than 25 staff left work at Menlo for the final time yesterday as Triumph’s first round of redundancies swept through their Groundwell base. Distribution is being moved from Swindon to France by Triumph despite successful efforts to cut costs
ROGER Deane went into The Merlin for a quiet pint of ale yesterday afternoon and came away £50 better off. The lifelong Swindon Town fan, who is currently studying a foundation degree in criminology and criminal justice with the University of the
FIREFIGHTERS will be taking to the picket lines again on Thursday as their pension dispute with the Government shows no sign of ending. The 24-hour action, starting at 9am, will see staff from Swindon, Stratton and Westlea stations take part in
IMPROVING Swindon’s health was experts’ mission yesterday as the first Dietitians Week got underway in the town. Dietitians were on call at the Great Western Hospital to answer questions from patients and residents and promote healthy eating to
