SWINDON Supermarine were unable to hold on to a 1-0 lead against out-of-form Southern League Division One South and West leaders Merthyr Town. The Webb’s Wood Stadium outfit took the lead against the Welsh side, who had not won in their previous
SWINDON Town were embarrassed by visiting Gillingham this evening as they missed out on the chance to reclaim a place in the automatic promotion places in League One. Town were unable to capitalise on dropped points for MK Dons and Preston as they
ADVER Sport's Tom Bassam hands out his ratings from Swindon Town's 3-0 defeat to Gillingham. Wes Foderingham (booked) Put under pressure by his defence with poor backpasses, which he dealt with well. Left stranded by all three goals. 6
10:26pm That's your lot for this evening folks, sorry we couldn't provide you with happier news. Hopefully it's a better story when Notts County visit the County Ground on Saturday. Make sure you join Tom Bassam for
TRAFFIC is delayed on the A313 Ocotal Way, between the Shrivenham Road junction and the A4312 Drake's Way junction, because of an accident involving a car and a scooter earlier this afternoon. Police said just before 5pm that traffic was delayed
A POLICE officer is facing an allegation of sexual assault which is reported to have occurred at the illegal rave in Swindon on Sunday. A Wiltshire Police spokesman said: "The matter is being referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission
John, Peter and Valerie would be ashamed of me. Here I am, a child of the Blue Peter generation, and my hands haven’t so much as touched a pipe cleaner or sticky-backed plastic in years, nor anything else you can use for making things. Yet
Hannah Parry, 30, is community development co-ordinator for the Mechanics’ Institution Trust, which recently launched a community allotment tended by volunteers. She lives in the Railway Village THE Mechanics’ Institution Trust is best known for
Police have issued two CCTV pictures in connection with the spraying of graffiti on the door of a property in Freshbrook. The incident happened at around 4pm on January 10. Anyone with information about the incident, or who recognises the men
FIRST Great Western has been named Rail Business of the Year. Many of the Swindon Advertiser readers who were greeted with that headline the other day got in touch. Some feared they’d inadvertently passed into an alternate universe. They were
SWINDON commuters pay most for rail season tickets to London at £8,200 a year, according to a new report. The Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) said long distance commuters were spending over £9,000 a year in rail fares and station
POLICE investigating the disappearance of teenager Becky Watts say they have found body parts at a house in Bristol. Detective Superintendent Mike Courtiour said her family had been told of the "devastating" news. Becky vanished from her home
Rebecca, Theatre Royal Bath until March 7. TACKLING a colossus like Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca is a bold and some might say foolhardy move. Armies of her most avid readers would recoil at just a smidgen of alteration to her tight plot
A CHILD rapist has again been caught with prohibited images of children he had downloaded from the internet. And Matthew Burren, 22, who has served time for a sickening sex attack on a five-year-old, was also found to be contacting children online
SWINDON Robins boss Alun Rossiter believes Troy Batchelor is on track to make his Elite League Riders’ Championship title defence this month. Batchelor is expected to take his place at Leicester for the showpiece event on Saturday March 21 – subject
A MAN who fell 30ft from a town centre window remains in hospital. The incident happened at 8.58am on Friday when the man, named locally as Johnny Webb, fell from a window at The Cricketers Arms pub, in Emlyn Square. Mr Webb, 56, was taken
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FORMER Swindon Town player-manager Dave Mackay has died aged 80. The former Tottenham, Hearts and Scotland midfielder, who was part of Spurs' 1961 double-winning team, passed away at hospital in Nottingham on Monday evening, Spurs announced.
Luke Evans, Jennifer Saunders, Nick Jonas and Olivia Wilde talk fashion on the 2015 Elle Style Awards red carpet. Evans was named actor of the year during the star-studded event.
ADVER SPORT'S COMPLETE GUIDE TO TOWN'S NEXT OPPONENT: GILLINGHAM The Chalkboard SINCE joining the Gills from Newport County at the start of February, Justin Edinburgh has been quick to imprint his style onto the team. The 45-year-old has
GILLINGHAM manager Justin Edinburgh has admitted that he would love to be putting the boots back on to face Swindon Town tonight. The Gills boss has warned Swindon to expect a side looking to bounce back from their first defeat in nine, having
SWINDON Supermarine may have scored four, five and six goals in their last three games but boss Dave Webb says he would take a 1-0 win in tonight’s match over a magnificent seven. That is because Marine are up against Southern League Division One
ITALY may have claimed a battling Six Nations win in Scotland and Chelsea may have vanquished Tottenham Hotspur to lift the League Cup at Wembley but the sweetest moment of the weekend for Nando Rossi was watching his Marlborough Town side claim their
DJC Marlborough bounced back from last weekend’s 8-1 drubbing at the hands of champions-elect Avtar Construction by thrashing Swiss Chalet Rangers 6-0 on the road. Adam Bukowski led Marlborough’s charge with a brace, player-manager Ian Bevan bagged
Walcot boxer Mikey McDonagh shook off a three-month ring absence to overcome Droitwich ABC opponent Clarence Hall in front of a packed house at the Civic Hall in Stourport last Friday, writes Dave Veysey. The 13-year-old made a fast start – landing
AFC Tap & Barrel boss David Shephard will not be jumping the gun when it comes to his side’s potential Division Three title celebrations. Tap moved within a point of league leaders Cleeve Tech with a hard-fought 2-1 win at home to FS Swindon
POLICE officers who faced hordes of violent ravers over the weekend have been praised for their bravery. Angus Macpherson, Wiltshire and Swindon’s police and crime commissioner, commended their ‘courageous’ actions following an illegal rave which
SWINDON is set to welcome a new chief fire officer ahead of the merger between Wiltshire & Swindon and Dorset fire and rescue services. Chief fire officer Darran Gunter, the existing chief fire officer (CFO) for the Dorset Fire and Rescue Service
EAGER residents packed into the Highworth Recreation Centre on Saturday to see the official opening of the new swimming ‘changing village’. Opened by former employees Ray Parry and Sandra Chivers, who between them worked for more than 50 years
SWINDON Spitfires clinched a 4-3 win over Bristol Ladies Union in the South West Women’s Football League Premier Division – but had to come from 3-1 down to do it. Despite early chances for Katie Wadey and Emma Skinner, Bristol grabbed the lead
SWINDON Shock have claimed a place in the National League play-offs for the first time thanks to a dominant 98-59 victory at home to Woking Blackhawk Flyers. The win means Shock are guaranteed to finish second in Division Four South West and will
HIGHWORTH Town will give themselves the best opportunity of facing North Shields in the FA Vase semi-final according to boss John Fisher. The Worthians are potentially just three games away from Wembley, but must first successfully negotiate a
DESPITE having doubts across his midfield Town boss Mark Cooper is remaining calm ahead of the visit of Gillingham. Louis Thompson, Anton Rodgers and Jack Stephens are all certain to miss out tonight against the Kent side, through injury and, in
LAMBOURN A beat Fallen Angels in the semi final of the Swindon & District League’s 12-a-Side Knockout Cup 677-612 with Anita Westall and Simon Mooney notching 60 point maximums. In the James Walker six-a-side cup for B teams Lambourn C B beat
JOHNNY Varey made history when he stepped into the ring at Merlin’s Bridge ABC. The 12-year-old was the first boxer to compete for the newly-formed Cirencester ABC, which is led by former Penhill ABC coach Simon Knowles. And fighting in the
SWINDON-based building society Nationwide has started work planting 3,000 trees as part of a commitment to be more eco-friendly. The number represents a tree for every employee at the firm, with the first packed into the ground at Ravensroost Wood
THREE illegal immigrants have been arrested during an operation to tackle the influx of illegal tobacco and labour into the town. On Thursday, after weeks of gathering local intelligence, officers from the police and Trading Standards launched
CHILDREN having parties across Swindon this summer could be left deflated after thieves stole a trailer containing £12,000 worth of bouncy castles. The former Metropolitan Police trailer was taken from its parking spot just off Whitehouse Road,
FC ABBEY Meads Youth made it 10 wins in a row after overcoming Swindon Supermarine 3-0 in Under 13 Division One. Charlie Begley, making his debut, opened the scoring after a good move started off by Chelsea Babieri. In the second half Meads
THE pint glass runneth over for Swindon drinkers as beer prices continue to rise, according to a new study. The study, by Lloyds Banking Group, reveals the average price for a pint has grown 294 times in 100 years and estimates that by 2040 the
A GROUP of youngsters from Swindon will be strutting their stuff in the house of Mickey Mouse after securing an opportunity to perform at Disneyland Paris. The group, who all train at Stagecoach Swindon and are aged between eight and 18, will set
ARTWORK from Swindon’s impressive modern art collection is on tour across the south west. Pictures from the Modern Art in Britain project are being loaned to the centres as part of a collaboration called the Frameworks partnership, between Swindon
A MAN who threatened a petrol station employee with a baseball bat and smashed up a newspaper stand during “five minutes of madness” handed himself in after he was caught on CCTV. Lee Stanton, 22, of Shrewton Walk, admitted using threatening language
LIDEN Primary School has been crowned a good school by Ofsted following an inspection by the education watchdog last month. The school, in Liden Drive, is celebrating its achievements this week after improving from a ‘requires improvement’ level
VALIANT walkers braved downpours to trek the track and raise money for Swindon and Cricklade Railway’s new steam engine. Walkers set off from Mouldon Hill/Taw Valley Halt at 9.30am on Saturday to take part in a rare chance to officially walk along
