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HANNAH Miley has picked up a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley this evening. The Swindon-born Scottish swimmer finished third in the event behind winner Siobhan-Marie O'Connor from England.

ALUN Rossiter has admitted anything his Great Britain side achieve now is a bonus following their World Cup Event One success on Saturday night. The Lions were always in control as they secured their place at Bydgoszcz on Saturday with a win over

ENGLAND’S netball team, coached by Swindon’s Anna Mayes, moved back into contention for a place in the semi-finals with a 41-35 victory over South Africa this evening. The win moves Mayes’s side into second in Pool B, which would be good enough

HE was already a star but a failed trouser seam would soon make him a notorious one. He was all set to play McIlroys but then he said he wouldn’t. He was PJ Proby and the story of his Swindon no-show was told in the Adver exactly 50 years ago

THERE is indisputable evidence that we do not need GM to feed the world. Taking the main excuse being put for GM, “that there is growing human population”. Well even if that was taken at face value, why is it that so-called developing countries

LAST year, during a two-month period of unusually warm weather, six people drowned in former quarry lakes across the UK. Quarry operators know that the warmer weather heralds an increase in young people and adults entering quarries uninvited with

WHY do some dog owners have to be so selfish and thoughtless? It was a beautiful Monday morning so I decided to take the scenic route to work along the riverside footpath. But my pleasure was short-lived. A woman approached me with a large,

ROBERT Buckland absolutely should stand down on the back of his recent ‘embarrasment’, shall we say. Although with a bit of luck he won’t need to as the nation will come to their senses at next year’s General Election and vote this cosy little

IN one of Steve halden’s recent letters he said it is no good public sector workers striking for more pay – there is no more money. At the time of the floods earlier in the year when the effluent hit the affluent in the towns along the Thames Valley

IN a cloud of smoke and with a thunderous blast three historic towers were demolished today after dominating the skyline of a nearby town for more than four decades. The three southern towers of Didcot A power station were brought down by more

JAZZ Carlin has booked her place in the 800m freestyle final at the Commonwealth Games. The former Swindon Tigershark won her heat at the Glasgow event this afternoon in a time of 8:22.69 - a new Games record - and will now swim for gold tomorrow

FORMER Marlborough College student Jason Dunford has won his heat in the 100m butterfly at the Commonwealth Games. Dunford took victory in heat three in Glasgow in a time of 53.27 to progress in the competition.    

SWINDON-born Hannah Miley has progressed through from the heats of the 200m medley at the Commonwealth Games. The 400m gold medalist reached the final of the event in Glasgow by winning her heat in a time of 2:12.45.

Shrek star Mike Myers and Sherlock actor Mark Gatiss are two of a number of comedy actors to reveal their all-time favourite Monty Python sketches. The League of Gentlemen's Reece Shearsmith and comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar also have their say on their