SWINDON Robins ace Kyle Howarth booked his place in next month's British final at tonight's semi final at King's Lynn. British Under 21 champion Howarth carded 11 points to finish joint top scorer on the night and ensure a place at the final a
RECYCLED hair-grips and hand-me-down dye was the call to order at New College yesterday(may20) as students cut, styled, and blow-dried their way through the annual hairdressing competition. Each year, students studying for their Level 2 hairdressing
SWINDON’s biggest solar farm to date was officially opened by the town’s mayor yesterday afternoon. Located at Roves Farm, the site will now generate nearly 12.5 megawatts of power, enough to power 3,500 homes over the next 25 years. Permission
A COUPLE have been left isolated after their car was destroyed by a fire which also wrecked a mother’s mobility scooter on the night of her birthday. Shirley and Mike Garrad of Penhill have been left heartbroken after the blaze wrote off their
THE plans for a new museum and art gallery will have to be looked at again before a new bid for cash can be submitted, the council leader has said. Yesterday, it emerged Swindon had not succeeded in its attempt to secure £12.4m from the Heritage
ONE especially lucky, lifelong Swindon Town supporter will have a pitch-side view of Sunday’s Wembley clash – and he won’t even be paying for the privilege. Harrison Painter will be cheering on his beloved Town all the way from the sidelines in
WITH thousands of Wembley tickets unsold, police in Swindon are expecting a busy night on Sunday as many fans remain in the town to watch the match. Around 9,000 of the Robins’ allocation has not been sold ahead of Sunday’s League One play-off
THE climbing wall at Swindon’s Link Centre is to be closed to make way for a trampoline park, it has been announced. Plans for the 1,200-sq metre facility come less than a year after Swindon Borough Council handed over management of the Whitehill
A FRAUDSTER who posed as an airline worker to con Brazilian migrant families out of thousands of pounds has admitted the offences. Tiverton man Fernando De Carvalho targeted the Swindon community with tempting offers of flights and board at discount
A TEENAGER broke into the home of a elderly Asian couple in Grange Park while they were in hospital and stole thousands of pounds worth of gold in the most recent in a spate of burglaries in Swindon. The 17-year-old boy, offrom Chippenham, who
A PRE-SCHOOL which caters for some of the most deprived families in Swindon has been rated good across all three areas in its latest Ofsted report. The education watchdog visited Seven Fields Pre-School, which is based at Seven Fields Primary School
THE council leader has selected his team which will run Swindon over the next year and is confident they are the right people to lead the town through a tough time. Cllr David Renard (Con, Haydon Wick) has named his cabinet, bringing in several
A DYNAMIC dancer who won places at three performing arts schools is asking for the public’s help to follow her dreams. Talented Emily Gara, 19, who studies at Old Town’s Judith Hockaday School of Dance, won the trio of highly sought-after places
SWINDON artist Ken White’s work will be the guest star at a special cocktail evening this month. Old Town coffee shop and hair salon, Vu:Du, which has recently applied for an evening alcohol license, will welcome the renowned artist, known for
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PARISHIONERS and the wider public are being asked to comment on plans to bring one of the town’s oldest churches into the 21st century. Christ Church, in Old Town, was built more than 160 years ago with the inside having not changed a great deal
SPORTS clubs in Wanborough received a welcome boost in membership following an annual sports open day. This year’s Sports Open Day took place at Hooper’s Field at the weekend (May17). Each year the recreation ground at Hooper’s Field is filled
SUCCESS blossomed for two gardening enthusiasts this week who scooped top trophies at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show – with one receiving special praise from Gandalf himself, Sir Ian McKellen. The duo overcame weeded out the competition to
David Jones store manager at Pets at Home, Swindon Bridgemead writes about your pets SUMMER is just around the corner and no doubt you’re thinking of packing up the car and going off on a holiday adventure – but if you’re considering taking your
Rob Derry, of Swindon BUG (Bicycle Users Group) Steering Committee, says: WITH the bank holiday approaching, we’re almost guaranteed to have a weekend of rubbish weather and congested roads leading to busy tourist attractions which we can all
DON'T be surprised if you get a sense of déjà vu when visiting Lacock for the first time... you're not going mad, you really have 'been there' before.The 13th century village and its medieval nunnery are so atmospheric that they have been used as the
WOODEN sculptures inspired by the beauty of nature kicked off a Purton primary school’s annual art week. St Mary’s Church of England Primary School in College Road invited chainsaw artist Tom ‘Carver’ Harvey to do a demonstration for the school
Stylist Shan Williams guides us through the skirt shapes to watch out for this season DRESSES have been our friends for so long, I think we have almost all forgotten about wearing separates. A skirt and a top — what’s that, I hear you say?
A CHARITY boss threatened his staff with violence if they did not carry out the work he wanted, a jury has been told. Nerijus Gudelevicius also put psychological pressure on workers and confiscated their passports so they could not leave, one of
THE owner of a waste tip which caught fire and burnt for two months has been charged with six offences under the Environmental Protection Act. Lee Averies was the owner of Averies Recycling before it went into liquidation. The company was based
EXPERIENCED campaigner Sam Ricketts hopes his knowledge of Wembley will come in handy ahead of Swindon Town’s play-off final against Preston. The 33-year-old previously played in a League One play-off final defeat with Swansea City before achieving
Q IS the UK still borrowing lots every year? The contentious subject of the Government deficit, as discussed by all the contending parties in this year’s general election campaign, was brought into sharp focus in April. Back in March, the independent
BRIDGE Street has now reopened after police responded to reports of a suspicious package left at the Halifax. Members of staff in the town centre branch alerted the police just before 1pm after a black handbag containing a brown package was left
THE climbing wall at Swindon's Link Centre is to be closed to make way for a trampoline park, it has emerged. Plans for the 1,200-sq metre park come less than a year after Swindon Borough Council handed over management of the Whitehill Way centre
ALL this week Adver Sport will be bringing you Town play-off final memories straight from the players' mouths. First up today, club legend Steve White reflects on their first play-off triumph, over three legs against Gillingham in 1987: IT
CHISELDON'S Jonny May has been included in England's 50-man World Cup training squad. Former Royal Wootton Bassett RFC youngster May, who lost his place in the team during this year's Six Nations Championship, has been in impressive end-of-season
JAMES Doyle is set to be reunited with Wiltshire-trained Al Kazeem in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh on Sunday. Doyle partnered Beckhampton trainer Roger Charlton's stable star to a hat-trick of Group One victories during a glorious 2013
PREDICTIONS LEAGUE: April Results and Updates part 2 So now we know our fate lies with the biggest match of the season. The League One Play Off Final against Preston North End. But before we all make the trek to the Hallowed turf under the
A DEPRESSED musician who was spared jail for drugs offences said he was not fit to do unpaid work, even though he was still advertising himself as available to perform, a court heard. Lucien Cox showed probation officers a sick note from his doctor
When Georgia Randall left home at 18, she had her sights set on a bright future and her first taste of freedom... but tyrannical flatmates put paid to that and she almost ended up homeless. She told her story to MARION SAUVEBOIS “I FELT trapped
THE air was thick with gun-smoke as sharp-shooting sheriffs, lassoing cowboys, pony racing cowgirls, the US Cavalry, wagon-trains, outlaws and the good old Deadwood Stage mingled with hordes of fiery, shrieking “Red Indians” gaudily daubed in war paint
SWINDON Robins riders Kyle Howarth, Charles Wright and Lewis Rose will aim for places in the British final at tonight's second semi final in King's Lynn Seven more places are up for grabs at the Adrian Flux Arena, former champion Chris Harris having
SWINDON has failed in its first attempt to secure lottery funding for a new museum and art gallery but says it will try again next year. Last December a bid was submitted to the Heritage Lottery Fund in attempt to secure £12.5 million for a new
There are no reports of any major problems on any of the roads around Swindon and there are no reports of any delays to trains in and out of Swindon. The recent unpredictable weather looks set to continue today despite a bright start to the day
WOMEN in Swindon only have two weeks left to sign up for this year’s Race For Life. Thousands of women and girls have already sign up to join the pink army to take up the fight with cancer for this year’s event, which will take place on May 30
SWINDON Town’s Massimo Luongo is delighted to be in the League One play-off final but is looking for a better performance from himself, according to his mentor David Magrone. The Australian star is no stranger to performing on the big stages, having
SWINDON Town captain Nathan Thompson has said the club is giving him every chance to be fit in time to lead his team out in front of up to 60,000 fans for the League One play-off final at Wembley. The defender limped off with a hamstring injury
ROYAL Wootton Bassett coach Kevin Pamphilon was delighted that his side managed to follow up their big win at Urchfont with an eight-wicket success over Box. The victory at Rylands Way means that Bassett, who were last season’s runners-up, have
SWINDON-BASED side the Silverbacks kicked off their summer sevens campaign by winning the Plate final at the Hartbury Sevens tournament. The Silverbacks are an invitational team that represents Swindon-based company Silverback Sportswear, who are
SWINDON St George picked up their first victory of the new season with dominant 42-16 success at home to Somerset Vikings in the West of England Premier League. The two sides were closely matched in the early stages but Swindon showed their class
SWINDON’S David Howell is looking forward to the prospect of playing alongside model Jodie Kidd as they tee off in the BMW PGA Championship Celebrity Pro-am this morning. The pair will be hoping to stay on pitch at Wentworth as they are joined
SWINDON Wildcats head coach Stevie Lyle is predicting that there could be as many as eight new faces in his final 2015/16 roster. The new Link Centre boss has been busy overseeing his recruitment drive during the closed season but thus far, veteran
“I WOULDN’T change my career in childcare for all the world.” Those were the words of Christine Webb, who, on Friday, will step down from the day-to-day running of the two Swindon pre-schools she co-owns. But the 60-year-old, who left an office
A CLEAR sign of the untapped treasures in Swindon Museum and Art Gallery’s archive has come from their latest discovery in the collection. As part of a project investigating their extensive collection, much of which can’t be displayed, for space
