RYAN Aldridge admitted that his team’s 5-1 victory over Bracknell Bees didn’t really get his pulse racing but the Swindon Wildcats chief was happy to settle for a comfortable home victory. In their only game of the weekend, the Wildcats breezed
SWINDON Wildcats ensured that they earned their Sunday rest with victory over the Bracknell Bees at the Link Centre this evening. With no road game on the menu for Sunday evening, Ryan Aldridge’s men ensured that they took maximum points at home
TOWN boss Mark Cooper was reluctant to give a diagnosis on the extent of Louis Thompson's shoulder injury until he had been through all the correct medical assessments after the midfielder was stretchered off during today's goalless draw at Crewe.
BRISTOL City stretched their lead at the top of the table with victory against Rochdale. Aaron Wilbraham headed the only goal of the game, his 15th of the season, to move Steve Cotterill's side eight points clear at the summit. The experienced
SWINDON Town boss Mark Cooper felt his side were good enough to take all three points from their trip to Crewe Alexandra but bemoaned a lack of luck in front of goal after being held to a goalless draw. Town shaded the play at Gresty Road but struggled
HIGHWORTH Town's dreams of an appearance at Wembley remain intact after their FA Vase quarter-final against Tadcaster Albion ended in a 1-1 draw this afternoon. The sides will meet again in Yorkshire next weekend after honours were shared in front
SWINDON Town’s winless away run stretched to a fourth game in a goalless draw at Crewe Alexandra on Saturday. The result sees Mark Cooper’s side drop to fourth in the League One table after being leapfrogged by Preston, although they are actually
Wes Foderingham: Made a good save midway through the first half to deny a deflected Greg Leigh low to his right but apart from that did not have a meaningful save to make. (7) Nathan Thompson: Solid performance at the back with some key blocks
A person was hit on the line between Swindon and Kemble around lunchtime today. Travellers faced delays of up to 30 minutes between Swindon and Gloucester. First Great Western has now said that all lines have been reopened. In a mesage
6:01pm Thanks for your company but that's your lot for today. Join Tom Bassam and I on Tuesday night when Gillingham visit the County Ground. 6:00pm There is no word on
Ed Sheeran admits it took him "about three years" to get used to being famous. The A-Team singer said his first year in the limelight was "really, really not nice at all". Speaking on the red carpet at The Brit Awards, he said: "You go from complete
NEIL Smith will be back competing on the world stage in a World Bowls Tour event this weekend. The 48-year-old Westlecot indoor player, from Peatmoor, has been awarded one of the two wildcards into the Co-operative Funeralcare International Open
CLASSROOMS at Holy Cross Primary School are specially designed to help prepare children to learn, in line with recommendations from new research. According to a report from Salford University, primary school children perform better academically
PATIENTS across Swindon and Wiltshire are being asked to nominate NHS staff who have gone above and beyond for a prestigious award. The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wants the public to put forward names of those winning their People
EMPLOYEES at a Swindon renewable energy company have raised a total of more than £18,000 in the past year for various causes. Charitable workers at RWE Innogy UK, a wind-farm developer based in Auckland House, got involved in a diverse range of
A MAN is fighting for his life after falling 30ft from a window of a town centre pub. The incident happened at 8.58am yesterday when the man, named locally as Johnny Webb, fell from a window at The Cricketers Arms pub in Emlyn Square. Passersby
PLANS are already under way to increase the number of beds available next winter at the Great Western Hospital in a bid to prevent the problems which have occurred in recent months. Earlier this week, the hospital declared a “black alert”, meaning
MOREDON Primary School’s dedicated work supporting their young carers was honoured yesterday. The school has reached level three status in the project overseen by Swindon Carers Centre. Helen Wollington, assistant principal, said: “We have
THE boards are down at the site of H&M’s new flagship store in the town centre – and contractors working on the interior layout are expected to move in over the coming weeks. The units in The Parade which once housed Primark and latterly Peacocks
RYAN Walklett’s new career is all sewn up – despite being knocked out of the Great British Sewing Bee on Thursday night. The 21-year-old from Old Town made his small screen debut on the third series of the BBC competition, and despite being knocked
WHEN Nicky Ajose gets home on a Saturday evening after playing for Crewe and flicks on the television the first result that he looks to is not his parent club Leeds United or his former employers Peterborough – instead it is Swindon Town. That
WORLD Championship semi-finalist Dennis Smith will top the bill as a host of professional darts players travel to Swindon tomorrow. They will be in action when the Abbey Meads pub holds its fifth open darts tournament, with the pros competing alongside
SWINDON Town legend Paul Bodin has tipped Louis Thompson to, one day, make it into the Welsh senior team. The 20-year-old, who has been involved with the Wales Under 19 set up, was an unused substitute for the Under 21s in their 1-0 win over Moldova
MORE than 7,000 extra train seats will be laid on for those runners descending upon Bath tomorrow for the 34th year of the city’s half marathon. First Great Western will be operating an additional 25 trains in and out of the historic location,
HAVING been waiting for the best part of a century, the Haines family deserve a trip to Wembley with Highworth Town more than most this spring. Rohan and Fraser Haines, brothers and Worthians alike, have been associated with the club since the
THE National Aids Trust (NAT) is demanding more be done to tackle the large number of HIV cases diagnosed late in the town. The charity’s research shows that 62 per cent of Swindon people disgnosed with the condition have had it for four years
A NURSERY damned by Ofsted inspectors last October for poor teaching and ineffective leadership has made significant improvements four months on. In its latest report, published this week, the education watchdog said Raindrops Nursery required
TRAIN operator First Great Western was named Rail Business of the Year at an industry award on Thursday. During the Rail Business Awards, which took place at London Hilton, in Park Lane, the firm, which operates services through Swindon and across
A CHILLING face-to-face encounter in the corridor of a Swindon care home followed the burglary of a safe containing more than £1,000 in residents’ personal allowances. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, a lone, 22-year-old female carer came
A WILTSHIRE business group will host its first conference for women just days before International Women’s Day. The Enterprise Network (TEN) in Swindon and Wiltshire has launched its first ever women’s business conference, in partnership with Wiltshire
A TEENAGE girl told a court how she was subjected to a savage attack during which her boyfriend punched, kicked, burned and whipped her in a jealous rage. Kane Jones blistered his 17-year-old girlfriend’s skin with a heated-up lighter and used
Life is good here in San Francisco and the sun has been shining all week long – it has been unseasonably warm. At times I’ve actually wondered whether I’m in southern California (SoCal, as the natives call it) rather than the typically cooler,
SWINDON Harriers’ Gary O’Brien claimed a fine 10k victory at the DB Max Castle Combe Chilly event last Sunday. The 10k started before the duathlon event in somewhat calmer conditions with 300 competitors taking on the three-and-a-half laps of the
On the morning of 28 February 1974, it was announced that Swindon Town had parted company with its third manager in as many years, Les Allen. A former Tottenham striker, he was that club’s second top scorer in the Double-winning season of 1960/
Swindon Town hope to play their first competitive game since the first week in January when they entertain Chichester City in the FA Women’s Premier League Division One South West tomorrow (2pm). Town lost top spot to Southampton last weekend,
AARON Nell has no doubt that Stevie Lyle has all the right attributes to make the transition from player to coach when he takes over at the Swindon Wildcats at the end of the season. Netminder Lyle will replace current boss Ryan Aldridge at the
HIGHWORTH Town boss John Fisher has stuck to his guns and not trained his squad ahead of this afternoon’s FA Vase quarter final at The Elms – despite the magnitude of the occasion. The recent volume of matches and the Worthians’ epic cup run has
WESTLECOT men failed in their bid to claim their usual end-of-season Wessex League play-off place as they suffered a nine-shot loss at the hands of Carterton in their final east group match. The Old Town club, four times overall Wessex League champions
