HIGHWORTH Town ended their season with silverware after beating Western League Bradford Town to lift the Wiltshire Senior Cup this evening. Second half strikes from Ryan King and Dan Drewett sealed Highworth’s coronation as kings of the county,
THE countdown to the annual charity ball has officially begun, and with only a few tables left time is running out to join in one of the town’s largest fundraisers. Now in its 27th year, the event, founded by the Rotary Club of Swindon, has supported
With the Swindon Festival of Literature beginning next week, MARION SAUVEBOIS previews a visit by model and fitness guru Nell McAndrew AS A full-time mother, Nell McAndrew has learned to squeeze in a spot of exercise whenever and wherever she can
MANY pubs, hotels, households and schools faced a second day without running water today after a burst pipe drained a reservoir, cutting water supplies to thousands across Swindon and North Wiltshire. Wiltshire businesses have suffered losses as
FORMER Swindon Town striker Andy Rowland has overcome his own demons and now wants to help others tackle mental health issues. Andy, 60, one of the club’s all-time top goalscorers, spent many years dealing with mental illness, until everything
GOLDEN couple Janice and Sandy Campbell shared their love on their 50th wedding anniversary when they raised £1,300 for the Prospect Hospice. The Royal Wootton Bassett pair, who married on March 29, 1965 in Dundee, Scotland, celebrated their special
WILTSHIRE Police Federation has issued a warning over budget cuts in the face of an almost 50 per cent rise in recorded sexual offences last year. Last week, crime figures showed a 43 per cent rise in recorded sexual offences in 2014 compared with
A SECOND World War veteran is on a one-man crusade to change the public’s perception of care homes. Norman Raven, 91, who lives at Wroughton’s Ladymead care home, was incensed by a recent national newspaper article labelling care homes overpopulated
SPEEDING traffic along a Highworth road is forcing residents to take their lives into their own hands as they walk their children to school along a narrow footpath. For years, householders living in a cluster of houses along the A361 Swindon Road
EVEN furry four-legged family members can get in on the Old Town Festival fun this year with a series of canine-themed events set for June.The Fun Family Dog Show will set the tails a-wagging at The Lawns on June 7, from noon. The event will raise money
STAFF at Stratton St Margaret care home Tony Long House are delighted with the result of their latest Care Quality Commission report. The organisation rated the home, in Casson Road, as being good following an unannounced inspection in February
SWINDON College’s Big Bake Off was a sweet success in raising cash for Cancer Research UK. The event saw students, staff and the public compete in six different categories The results were released yesterday and college student Zara Clarke
Singer Nancy Sinatra - the daughter of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra - has criticised today's "sexy and raunchy" pop videos. Her comments come after Miley Cyrus attracted criticism for going fully nude in her Wrecking Ball video. The star - whose
or telling people they’re not good enough to pursue their dream of stardom, Amanda Holden reckons she should win it. Because while she may appear ultra-professional, cool and decisive as a judge on Britain’s Got Talent, slickly dashing the hopes
THERE’S something magical about summer that lifts spirits, boosts motivation levels, relieves tensions and generally makes everything seem happier and more fun.For many of us, it means spending more time outdoors, topping up our minds, bodies and souls
WHILE the pollsters are saying it is not possible to call the South Swindon seat winner, most bookies say the Conservative will win – just. Today Lord Ashcroft released his latest round of 'swing' seat polls showing Robert Buckland was leading
Q What can I do at home to firm up my arms a little? A Spring has sprung and with longer days and soaring temperatures, men are donning vests and women are shopping for shorter sleeved tops. Cardiovascular health and core strength now take
Fiona Caine resolves dilemmas Q. MY husband is due to retire shortly and he’s just announced that he plans to take out a long lease for a house near his favourite fishing spot in France. He says he plans to use it on his own and that it’s not
Q I am considering starting my own business but I’m not sure whether it should be as a sole trader or limited company. Can you help? A One of the most important decisions that a person makes is that of the type of business vehicle by which the
GIVE it as a treat, withhold it as a punishment, use it as a learning tool, reward it for completed chores. Reasons for giving pocket money vary widely — and many parents don’t give it at all. While one recent study suggested that only half
Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm. Clevedon Road, Wraxall, City of Bristol BS48 1PG 01275 852606 TIGERS, lions, giraffe and camels are just some of the animals found roaming the grounds at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm. The attraction is a unique hands-on zoo and
2015 is a really important year for Sustrans – it marks the 20th anniversary of the National Cycle Network.The National Cycle Network (NCN) now boasts over 14,000 miles of traffic-free and quiet on-road walking and cycling routes across the UK. In 2013
Shan Williams award winning personal stylist harks back to the 1970s with the revival of casual dungarees and stylish jumpsuitsTHIS is the time of year I particularly love about my job, when I take lots of my clients on personal shopping trips.Their ages
MIDWEEK hero Ben Gladwin reckons Jermaine Hylton could be Swindon Town’s secret weapon when the League One play-offs come around. Gladwin’s second-half header helped Town come from behind to earn a 1-1 draw on the trip to Colchester United last
WITH the warmer weather on the way, it’s time to stock up on the essentials — suncream, sunglasses and sun hats. However, pet owners shouldn’t forget to protect their animals in the heat, so that they too get to enjoy the sunshine just as much as you
POLICE have received a number of reports of burglaries overnight last night in the Rodbourne area as a group of teenage males have been seen attempting entry into sheds and garages. CCTV images from one offence apparently show a group of three
A MAN who was found with heroin and heroin subsitute Subutex and £200 worth of stolen perfume from Boots, two mobile phones, and meat from the Co-Op, has been imprisoned for three weeks. Bryan Chubb, 33, of Imber Walk, Swindon, pleaded guilty to
A MAN accused of receiving stolen goods and making multiple indecent images of children will stand trial in the summer after pleading not guilty to the offences. Gareth Rayner, 35, of Poplar Avenue, Swindon, denies 13 charges in total, including
IT WAS a champagne moment on Tuesday night as Malmesbury Victoria secured the Wiltshire League title with a 2-0 win over Marlborough Town.The Flying Monk Ground side have made a dramatic turnaround in the space of the last year after nearly closing their
YOUNGSTERS received a mayoral visit as they basked in the red-and-white glow of St George’s Day celebrations. Pupils at St Mary’s and St Catherine’s Catholic primary schools in Swindon were visited by town mayor, Councillor Teresa Page, on the
A FORMER Swindon councillor has found himself in hot water over a column he wrote more than ten years ago in the Adver. Peter Heaton-Jones used to present the BBC Wiltshire Breakfast Show and write a column in the paper. Last year, he stood
AS we prepare to mark the 70th anniversary of VE day, it’s difficult to imagine the hardships endured by ordinary people during that perilous time. In our modern world, we can scarcely conceive of what it was like, for example, to queue for basic
BORED to tears with the General Election? May I lighten the day with a story sent to me by my only sister? She knows a farmer, a long time family friend, who tills the soil in the harsh beauty of the Scottish highlands. He had 100 hens and
A HUNDRED years ago on April 24, 1915, the Ottoman Empire started moving Armenian Christians from their homeland and drove them on a long march into the Syrian desert. Along this cruel march over a million Christians died. The treatment of the
I HAVE been following in the letters page the views of a few Muslims, and the views of a few non Muslims. Although some good points have been raised on both sides in the past, I now, nevertheless, fear for these correspondents’ sanity. Letting
TO KAREN Magee (April 25), with her wonderful drippy-hippy view of us all getting on together in a wonderful world. Are you serious? The only thing we have in common is that we’re living on the same island. Religious and cultural differences are
THE letter pages currently carry a notice to the effect that during the current General Election campaign there will be no letters on “political” subjects printed. This, it seems to me, has given more space to a topic which is popular among far
SOMEONE has been putting up posters by the canal that goes from Kingshill to Waitrose (didn’t know there was one? Go and have a look!). Unfortunately, the posters contain misleading information which has caused some concern amongst towpath users
A SALOON car collided with a plant box in Penhill this morning leading to road closures. The silver BMW left Grafton Road, hitting the box, and a 40-year-old man was taken to the Great Western Hospital by ambulance suffering with breathing difficulties
MOTORISTS going abroad after June 8 are being warned they may need to take a special code with them if they want to hire a car.From that date the paper counterpart of British driving licences – which records endorsements and fines – is being computerised.Anyone
AROUND 10.30am on a warm Sunday in July I am drinking a cup of coffee, lazily munching a slice of toast, maybe with some marmalade, and contemplating a dubious series of digits that I have scribbled onto a scrap of paper after being assured that they
SPEEDING traffic along a Highworth road is forcing residents to take their lives into their own hands as they walk their children to school along a narrow footpath. For years, householders living in a cluster of houses along the A361 Swindon Road
The Swindon Festival of Literature begins next week. MARION SAUVEBOIS catches up with writer and funnyman Tony Hawks ahead of his show at the Arts Centre "LOVE thy neighbour." Tony Hawks was vaguely familiar with the theory but putting it
SANDY Read’s life careened off course nine years ago, when her memory started to fail her. Resolved to reclaim her existence, the Alzheimer’s sufferer from Haydon Wick began attending Swindon’s younger onset dementia service, the Forget Me Not Centre
A ROYAL Wootton Bassett couple have spoken of their difficulties after the burst water pipe cut the water supply to thousands of homes in Swindon and North Wiltshire. David and Kay Woolett, of Hyde Road, started the day without their traditional
6:45pm RT @LordAshcroft: Still too close to call in South Swindon: http://t.co/jktc3riLsU — @Michael_Benke 29 April 2015 5:05pm RT @swindonadver
AS Britain wakes this morning the SERVE ON rescue team, which has its headquarters at Salisbury, is already hard at work searching remote rural areas of Nepal for survivors of Saturday's devastating earthquake. The team, many with occupations from
Water pressure in Wootton Bassett and Lyneham should begin to recover from midday today with engineering work completed to repair the broken mains pipe that affected thousands of people yesterday. An estimated 500 homes across Wootton Bassett and
AFTER allegations of disrespect to the competition following Saturday’s defeat to Deepdale, Town responded by denting Colchester United’s survival bid, securing a 1-1 draw in Essex. With a team close to full strength and featuring nine changes
SWINDON-based Judoka Stuart Jackman, who is diagnosed with Austism Spectrum Disorder, fought his way to silver in the European Special Needs Open in Beverwijk, Holland. Competing in the over 100kg open weight category, he beat the reigning Dutch
SWINDON will have a boxing world champion in Luke Watkins, according to trainer Paddy Fitzpatrick. The 25-year-old is currently out in Northern Ireland preparing for what is likely to be his first title fight, having been approved by the Boxing
JOHN Fisher has called on his Highworth Town players to turn a good season into a great one tonight. The Worthians head to Hardenhuish Park this evening to do battle with Western League Premier Division outfit Bradford Town in the final of the
A SURGICAL sponge was left inside a patient following an operation at Great Western Hospital, it has emerged. The error happened when a man was having 10 teeth removed at the hospital. The Great Western Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the hospital
