ALUN Rossiter immediately set his sights on victory against the King’s Lynn Stars at Blunsdon tomorrow night after the patched-up Swindon Robins were bested in Norfolk. The Robins, who were forced to field guests Chris Harris and Dakota North in
THE PATCHED-UP Swindon Robins slumped to a second successive away defeat as they suffered a 13-point loss at the King’s Lynn Stars this evening. The imperious form of reserve Lewis Kerr was the driving force behind the hosts’ efforts, with the
MENTAL health services in Swindon are coming together to raise awareness about depression this week.The Service User Network Swindon (SUNS) charity- which provides help to those with mental health conditions and runs the confidential listening- line is
A SCHEME to help people pay their council tax on time is to be extended after more than 1,500 court cases were avoided. Last August, the council introduced a pilot project that saw households who were falling behind on their council tax payments
A FORMER bank worker accused of murdering his wife in a motorway crash has told a court he regarded her as his “world” after the break-up of his previous marriage. Ian Walters, 51, is accused of killing Tracy Walters by deliberately steering their
THE annual St George’s Day procession will pass through the town centre at 11am tomorrow. The parade will begin in Wharf Green, with a knight leading the group, followed by Mayor Teresa Page and schoolchildren dressed as dragons and a host of mock
AFTER years by her late father's side watching her mother run in London, Leanne Rouse will toe Sunday's start line and raise money for a special cause. The Nationwide employee remembers making the trek to London each April for seven years during
TEARS of sorrow and joy marked the funeral of beloved rocker Daniel Struve today with dozens turning out to say a heartwarming farewell to the popular philanthropist. There was not a dry eye in the house after friends and family gathered for the
JUSTINE Miliband, the wife of Labour leader Ed, says she is not thinking about the impact of moving to Number 10 should her husband win next month’s election. She was in Swindon to meet campaigners and help Anne Snelgrove in her battle to win the
A TEACHER who smashed her husband over the head with a hair drier has been jailed for 16 months. Meena Chivers, who stands 5ft 2ins, swung the appliance by its electrical flex and smashed into the head of 20-stone hubby Paul, also a teacher, in
MANAGING director David Scott bowed out after 39 years at agricultural company TH White with two parties.Mr Scott, who celebrated his 65th birthday on Monday, held a reception at the company's Nursteed Road head office, where staff presented him with
HAVING won the Al Shaqab Lockinge with Olympic Glory last season, Wiltshire trainer Richard Hannon could have three runners in this season's renewal. Last year's 2000 Guineas hero Night Of Thunder, the 2013 champion juvenile Toormore and Shifting
JORDAN Turnbull was relieved to break his duck in a Swindon Town shirt as he was keen to make amends for his earlier misdemeanour. Turnbull leapt highest to meet Ben Gladwin’s free-kick with ten minutes to go to pull Town back from behind for a
BOWOOD'S Rhododendron Walks will return in blaze of multicoloured glory this week. Spanning more than seventy acres, the extensive range of thriving rhododendrons, azaleas and magnolias, were first introduced in the mid-nineteenth century by the
SWINDON Robins have announced that Hans Andersen and Kyle Newman will guest for them at the Abbey tomorrow night as they play host to King's Lynn Stars. The injury hit Robins have called on the services of former Robins Andersen, who also guested
SCARECROWS visited a Swindon healthcare provider yesterday as part of an open day — but didn’t scare off visitors. Service users and staff at Seqol’s OK4U day centre in Upham Road enjoyed activities including music, a free buffet, a tombola, raffle
WILTSHIRE boss Neil Shardlow conceded that his troops were always playing catch-up as their first match in the Unicorns Knockout Trophy away against Wales ended in a 72-run defeat.Wales won the toss and chose in Newport to bat and made the most of a superb
HUNDREDS of shoppers had their blood pressure tested at The Brunel Centre on Saturday. The Rotary Club of Swindon Phoenix held the free event, in association with The Stroke Association, in a vacant shop unit. It was the fourth time the group
DUE to popular demand an extra night has been added to this year’s Larmer Tree Festival. The event, celebrating its 25th anniversary, was due to run between July 15 and 19 at Larmer Tree Gardens, in Salisbury. It was scheduled to see Sir Tom
TONY McCoy's final ride as a jockey is set to be Box Office in the Bet365 Handicap Hurdle at Sandown on Saturday. As long as the ground is not considered too quick for the Jonjo O'Neill-trained runner, the legendary pilot will sign off in the famous
WHEN the report of the cross-party inquiry into the Swindon Skips affair is published, we have a right to expect it to be thorough and complete. The only valid reason for not releasing so much as a single sentence of evidence to the public will
CONGRATULATIONS to Matt Fox, Jessie Thompson and the Madame Reynards team for hosting a most successful Swindon Mini-Fringe recently. I wondered if many people in Swindon knew that a week-long series of thought-provoking and innovative artistic
CAN any prospective MP who is out there angling for votes answer my question — and if I get a honest answer you may get mine, which is quite simply: Why is it that England is still paying for prescriptions at £8.05p per item when in 2007 Wales decided
WITH the benefit of hindsight, I can see and am willing to admit that I have made a few a mistakes in my life. To be honest though, haven’t we all? To the young people, I say, learn by your mistakes, it is called experience. Try not to repeat
RECENT stories in the media about recruitment firms in Swindon now going overseas, mainly to the continent and eastern Europe, to find HGV drivers to fill vacancies here in the UK. Can I ask if these drivers, when they arrive, will have a legitimate
MANY would-be migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe in search of a better life. Their boats often sink because they are overloaded as they desperately try to flee civil wars in their own countries. The three main
BRITISH-BORN Tony Abbott (Australia’s current prime minister) is not allowed to have a beer at a rugby match celebration! What greater sacrilege by the — Left-wing dominated — Aussie media than to breast-beat, wail like banshees, and wring their
WHEREAS I am personally really saddened to hear of all the lives lost at sea in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, the question we all should be asking is WHY. When Colonel Gaddafi was president of Libya we never heard of incidents on this
THE stream of refugees from the African continent and Middle East countries is escalating with almost daily accounts of these poor people taking to flimsy, overcrowded boats in an effort to get away from their countries, now in upheaval, and who can
A FORMER bouncer who set out to make 'easy money' by dealing cocaine has been ordered to hand over more than £4,600 of ill gotten gains. Adeshina Teniola, who used his knowledge from working on the door to pay off his debts by selling hard drugs
Clint Sherwood was just 32 years old when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Eight year on, the former football player is a shadow of his former self. A prisoner in his unresponsive body, he is now unable to move or utter a single word.
THE Midcounties Co-operative is to receive a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development. The co-operative, the UK’s largest independent co-operative society, has been honoured with the award in recognition of its positive environmental
SIGNALLING problems between Oxford and Charlbury have left some Oxford-bound lines blocked, meaning some rail users face long delays this morning. Train services running through these stations may be cancelled, delayed or revised, said operator
Olly Murs and Caroline Flack are to present The X Factor following Dermot O'Leary's departure after eight years, the show's supremo Simon Cowell has confirmed. The pair previously co-hosted ITV2 spin-off show The Xtra Factor for two years.
DUNLOP MSA British Touring Car Championship racer Simon Belcher was within just 0.4 seconds of securing his second outright points finish in as many race weekends during round six of the season at Donington Park on Sunday after taking a competitive
SWINDON Town certainly got back to scoring ways against Walsall, but sadly their defence decided to take a night off - at least in their own penalty area. Jordan Turnbull struck with just under 10 minutes to go to give Town a pointless point in
SWINDON College Old Boys are preparing for life in Southern Counties North after returning at the first time of asking. Mark Lea’s side have enjoyed a successful season, which has seen them only lose two games to league-winners Reading Abbey, as
SWINDON finished the season in a winning fashion by edging to a hard-fought 19-17 success away at Grove. The result means Sean Lynn’s side have finished fourth in the South West One East table, holding off Witney by a single point. That is
DAKOTA North hopes he can capitalise on riding on his favourite UK track when he guests for the Swindon Robins in their Elite League clash away at King’s Lynn Stars tonight. Ex-Robin North will ride in place of injured skipper Troy Batchelor, who
ALUN Rossiter wants the Swindon Robins to bounce back from their Lakeside hammering and kick-start their Elite League season at King’s Lynn tonight. A Robins line-up featuring no fewer than four guests were thrashed 62-28 in Essex in their last
ROYAL Wootton Bassett were made to pay for a shocking start after they were beaten 25-20 at Bicester in their final game of the season. Alan Low was forced to take a youthful side to Oxfordshire and Bassett were slow out of the blocks and found
AN investigation into the finances of the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust found it was in breach of its licence to provide services to patients, it has emerged. Yesterday, health watchdog Monitor said it found the trust had breached
CATHERINE Wayte Primary School has been praised by Ofsted, and head teacher Emma Brown is adamant the school has not stood still, despite a drop in overall effectiveness since its last inspection. The Abbey Meads school, in Elstree Way, was visited
A CRIMINAL investigation is under way into a steam train operator whose engine missed a high-speed service by seconds when it passed a danger signal at Wootton Bassett last month. The Office Of Rail And Road has found ‘significant weaknesses’ in
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