PRESTON boss Simon Grayson was surprised by the number of changes made by opposite number Mark Cooper as North End won out 3-0 at Deepdale.Grayson was anticipating some alterations to the Swindon side from the draw against Walsall, but did not see Cooper
HIGHWORTH Town boss John Fisher has signed up for another season in the Hellenic League Premier division. Fisher took over as Highworth chief for a second time in 2012 but last week cast doubt over his future saying that he was finding the schedule
LITTER pickers have had a boost after funding from Highworth Lions Club bought them new equipment ahead of their second outing in the town. Highworth Community Clean Up recovered more than a dozen black bags of rubbish at its inaugural litter pick
SWINDON groups can apply for a slice of £100,000 in funding to help improve the lives of people in their neighbourhoods. Community groups are being urged to apply for cash from the Grand Ideas Fund, which will offer grants of £1,000. The fund
CHIPPENHAM Town boss Mark Collier was happy to take a point in what he described as a tame end of season affair with Bideford.Both sides cancelled each other out during the 1-1 draw as the Bluebirds failed to capitalise on the visitors having ten men
IT WAS a bitter-sweet ending to the campaign for Dave Webb after watching Supermarine conclude their Evo-Stik League Southern Division One South & West commitments with a 2-0 win over Cinderford Town.The win was a sign of what could have been for Webb
WOOTTON Bassett Town have this morning announced that Paul Braithwaite will stay on as first team manager for next season. After a successful first season in charge, which saw Bassett secure an 11th place finish in the Hellenic League Premier Division
MK DONS boss Karl Robinson was less than happy with Mark Cooper’s decision to rest seven key players against Preston North End on Saturday. Robinson would have been looking at the fixture between the sides fourth and second in the table as an opportunity
DAVID Howell took the positives from a successful two weeks in China despite bogeying the 72nd hole to lose the Volvo China Open in Shanghai this morning. Wu Ashun became the first Chinese player to win a European Tour event on home soil as Swindon
SWINDON golfer David Howell is still searching for his first win of the year after a bogey on the last hole of the Volvo China Open cost him the title. The Broome Manor pro went into the last hole of the weekend level with China’s Ashun Wu but
CHILDREN as young as 11 have been caught with drugs at Wiltshire schools and colleges, new figures reveal. Partial data obtained via a Freedom of Information request detailed 35 incidences of drugs found on Wiltshire school and college premises
“COMMUNITY radio,” said Shirley Ludford, of Swindon 105.5fm, "Provides opportunities you can’t get anywhere else.” “It really is giving people a voice, and we really are part of Swindon, the community. “We’re used by so many, we work with so
A CHILD rapist who has been caught with prohibited images of children for a second time has again been spared jail. Matthew Burren, who served time for the sickening sex attack on a five-year-old, was also found to be contacting children online
THE Scarlet Lardydars group played host to 11 chapters of the Red Hat Society on Saturday with a day of events to celebrate their 27th birthday. More than 100 women, all aged over 50, descended on Alexandra House in Wroughton as the members of
STRANDED Stratton residents are pleading with a Swindon bus company to keep the service that takes them to the hospital and shopping. Thamesdown Transport will terminate the number 20 service from May 31, with the nearest existing routes on the
A GROUP of fundraisers have taken the plunge to kick off Swindon’s MS Awareness Week. The Swindon MS Society Support Group is overseeing the town’s festivities, which aim to inform the people of the support available to those with the condition
START the jets – the Royal International Air Tattoo is returning this summer with a spectacular programme of treats lined up. The event, taking place at RAF Fairford between July 17 and 19, will feature the French Air Force’s Ramex Delta team of
