ALUN Rossiter lauded an all-round good team effort as the Swindon Robins continued their impressive home form with a 50-40 success over Leicester Lions this evening. Swindon have now won their last five Elite League matches at the Abbey Stadium
SWINDON Robins made it five wins in a row at the Abbey Stadium with a dominant performance against Leicester Lions this evening. Skipper Troy Batchelor looked back to his best after a spate of injuries so far this season, claiming three wins from
DAVID Howell knows he is going to need a big second day at the BMW PGA Championship if he is going to make the cut for the weekend. The Swindon golfer hit a disappointing four-over-par round of 76, 11 shots behind leader Francesco Molinari, to
THE Alzheimer’s Society is making the public aware of the support they provide as part of Dementia Awareness Week. Representatives from the charity held a stall at The Brunel shopping centre today, where visitors were given information about the
There is a controlled drinking zone outside around the stadium where the consumption of alcohol in public places is not permitted. People seen with open cans & bottles containing alcohol will have them confiscated, therefore it is advised supporters do
A TRAFFIC jam at any stage along the M4 on Sunday (MAY 24) and it could be curtains for a father and son’s dream of making it to Wembley to see Swindon Town.Lee Trinder was the lucky winner of two tickets given away by Town player Harry Toffolo (CORR)
A MAN with an IQ of just 70 has been jailed for three years and put on the sex offenders’ register indefinitely after indecently assaulting three disabled women. David Burgess was sentenced for a total of five offences against three different women
WILTSHIRE’S Bobbies on Bikes conquered the 900-mile trek from John O’Groats to Lands End as part of the fight against cancer this month. On May 7, dog handler PC Steve Duffy and PC Nigel Lord from the Swindon Drugs Team joined forces with colleagues
THE significance of Joe Hughes’ IBO international light-welterweight title defence next month has intensified immeasurably after he was finally sanctioned for a shot at the English belt. The 24-year-old Malmesbury fighter is set to defend his international
GROUPS and organisations seeking community grants from Swindon Borough Council will have to apply using a new method designed to ensure a greater level of accountability. A fund of £75,000 exists to pay for various local activities events around
AN ALCOHOLIC who has been fined and imprisoned for repeatedly breaching her Asbo ‘cannot possibly’ abide by the order, according to her brief. Homeless Deborah Morris, 51, who previously lived in Nythe, has spent two terms in prison over the last
DOMINIC GILBERT reports on the surge in photography as one club exhibits its work and recruits new membersFROM sweeping landscapes to intimate portraits, amateur photographers from Highworth have unveiled the fruit of three years of labour at a pop-up
ALDBOURNE Pre-school is top of the class after Ofsted inspectors rated it as outstanding in their latest report. The education watchdog visited the "exceptional" provision for tots and toddlers, which is based at St Michael’s C of E School, in
A 12-MILE swim in chilly waters at 6am would be beyond most of us. But for Swindon man Graham Smedley, it is merely the beginning of an epic effort which will see him take part in the Enduroman Continuous Quin Triathlon, raising money for the James
AN AVID skateboarder has launched a petition to save the Oasis Skate Park, fearing it could be lost when the land around the leisure centre is redeveloped. The skate park, along with the adjacent cycle speedway and BMX track, has been a popular
CARING pupil Maddy Howell has had seven inches of hair chopped off in aid of a children’s cancer charity. The seven-year-old had her long blonde hair cut off in front of an audience including her parents, grandmother, classmates and teachers, at
TWO Wroughton children took to the streets of Bath to raise funds for their elderly neighbour who suffers from motor neurone disease. Nine-year-old Lewis Sandwith and sister Hope, seven, took on the Run or Dye 5k challenge in an effort to raise
11:26pm YOUR VIEW: 11:25pm That's your lot for tonight. Thanks for your company and we'll see you at the Abbey on Tuesday when Coventry Bees come to town. Goodnight
JOHN Welsh is well aware that history is firmly against Preston’s play-off bid as they gear up for Sunday’s League One shootout with Swindon. Preston have failed to emerge victorious from nine play-off campaigns, the most recent coming just last
WES Foderingham has learned from his previous Wembley experience and is ready guide Town into the Championship. Swindon’s number one played in the 2012 Johnstone’s Paint Trophy final defeat against Chesterfield and believes the lessons from that
SWINDON'S parking ticket hotspots can be revealed today. The town's top ticket traps have been listed in data obtained under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act by the Adver. The lists reveal the top 20 streets ranked by the number of tickets
I THINK the play-offs had just come into being so everybody was still trying to get their head around the fact that they finished in a certain position but they had to go into the play-offs. We had some tough games with Gillingham in the past.
The Chaos Brothers, with former Swindon landlord Dave Young, are back in town. As all Neil Young fans know, rock ‘n’ roll will never die. "It can, however, get older, mightier of girth and sparser of hair... '' said Dave. The boys will be unleashing
Traditional skills produce useful goods — and give their creators a sense of satisfactionIn the Wild by Tim Kaye of Wiltshire Wildlife TrustGreen woodworking was, in the past, an essential skill, passed down from generation to generation. The ability
HE has dealt with politics (Hitler Moustache), religion (Christ on a Bike), tackled the serious subject of love (What is Love, Anyway?), death (We’re All Going to Die!) and even spam-javelins (Talking Cock). In a frivolous mood for his 11th show in as
TOMORROW is the council’s annual meeting. This is a wonderful civic, rather than political, occasion where we acknowledge the outgoing mayor for her work, and elect her successor. I would like to place on record my thanks to Coun Teresa Page, who
A SENIOR police officer has been appointed to the position of Temporary Assistant Chief Constable to develop the strategic alliance between the Wiltshire and Avon & Somerset forces. It was announced in January that the forces would co-operate
Harmonies sweet as sugar candy, but with a melancholy or dark twist, mark the vocals of The Cadbury Sisters, direct descendants of the chocolate giant who founded Bournville.William Cadbury was the great great grandfather of the three sisters. He was
WHEN Melanie Garside first unleashed her new musical vehicle, Maple Bee, it possibly confused a whole swath of people who knew her from stints with Queenadreena and Mediæval Bæbes. But creativity is an evolutionary process and some of the dark sensuality
PUPILS at Lawn Primary School will have more opportunities to explore the wildlife around them after volunteers from Nationwide transformed the school's outdoor learning areas.Fifteen volunteers from the Pipers Way based building society visited the Cleeve
CUSTOMERS making their minds up in the aisles of Morrisons today and tomorrow (FRI and SAT) will be doing so to the strains of past Eurovision songs.Ahead of Saturday's contest, the store will be playing a number of past Euro favourites, including the
Step Out of the Haze by Bren Haze. Out now on Haze Music This album is about looking back to see the next step forward. Many of the tracks are about saying a sad farewell, yet looking ahead with hope. Real kicks off the album with a classic
A LITHUANIAN brought in to the country to work for Swindon charity boss Nerijus Gudelevicius told a jury dogs are treated better than he and his colleagues were. Deivadas Daucinas, 23, said he came over from the Holland with his pregnant girlfriend
WITH a couple of major music gatherings taking place this week, we shall go once more unto the breach without further ado.The big one for your musical diaries is that stalwart of the local listings, Riffstock. Taking place throughout this weekend and
THE rail strike planned over the Bank Holiday, which would have crippled services and led to widespread travel chaos, has been called off after Network Rail tabled a new pay offer. Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association were due to
SWINDON'S Midcounties Co-operative stores have helped to raise £40,000 in just more than a week for the victims of the Nepalese Earthquake.The shops launched several emergency fundraising initiatives to support the International Co-operative Alliance’
Unearthed, Swindon Arts Centrre, Old Town ONCE firmly kept in the shadows, carers have now hit the headlines. The plight of those in care and the people who look after them is now firmly in the limelight. The stage has so far steered
ON the morning of the final, Duncan Shearer, Steve White and myself took ourselves off for a walk around Hyde Park. I remember seeing Speaker’s Corner for the first time and it helped to ease the nerves seeing all those people spout off – it was
SWINDON Robins have suffered a blow ahead of tonight's Elite League clash against Leicester Lions at the Abbey Stadium with Danish star Peter Kildemand ruled out through injury. Kildemand crashed in his home country last night and aggravated the
A Swindon nurse, Lynette Corengia, is arranging a fun day of song in aid of charity this summer.She is hoping to attract local choirs to perform at the fun day in the Old Town Bowl on Sunday, July 12 in aid of the Open Door charity, which helps support
FORMER Swindon Town striker Charlie Austin has been included in England's squad for upcoming games against the Republic of Ireland and Slovenia. Austin has scored 17 goals for QPR this season. Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton, who played 14 games
THE Swindon Advertiser offers no comment on the charging of Lee and David Averies over events involving Swindon Skips last year. Even if we were not rightly forbidden from doing so by law, we would still refrain. As with any other people charged
ON SATURDAY, when travelling to Cherhill Cricket Club for the Calne v Wanborough Match, my Austin 7 Countryman Mark 1 Mini estate (55 years old on August 11) developed fuel pump problems. As result the last eight miles of the journey took three with
HIGHWORTH and District Branch of the RNLI have received the sum of £117.50 as a donation in memory of Mrs Pam DeFrates who along with her late husband was a staunch supporter of the RNLI, and will be sadly missed. Our thanks and condolences go
THE Tory win was a shock to the system, certainly to my system! But, we must remember that only one in four registered voters actually voted for the winners. It is also clear that winners under our ‘first past the post’ system will never make sensible
I HAVE just watched the BBC news reporting on a study issued by a body representing British Wildlife. This study showed that in the last five years we have lost 80 per cent of our river wildlife, this includes the near extinction of water voles, rates
THE General Election having been concluded, how long before the Government starts to interfere with the makeup of the Parliamentary system with new appointments to the House of Lords, an Upper Chamber already over populated with rejected and retired
HAVING being brought up a loyal subject of her majesty the Queen and retaining that respect all through my life, I must admit I was a bit concerned about The Guardian’s vigorous campaign to let the world see the letters sent to government ministers
HERE are the 2015 General Election Results, represented by songs from Les Miserables: Conservatives — Master of the House Liberal Democrats — Empty Chairs at Empty Tables UKIP — On My Own Green Party — One Day More SNP — Do You
I’M WRITING to appeal to your readers to get involved and show their support for the Harrison’s Fund Blue Hair Day on 26 June. The aim of the day is to increase awareness of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and raise money for researchers, who are working
NOW that our Mayor Teresa Page is nearing the end of her term of office I would like to pay tribute and also sincerely thank her for her tireless commitment to her mayoral duties during the past year. She has been so dedicated to her position and
THE rejection of Swindon’s Lotto bid for museum and art gallery funding is a very bitter blow. It should not, however, be interpreted as a cue for weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth, rending of garments, recriminations or any related activity.
DOCTORS retiring and emigrating in droves; all main services, hospitals, schools etc overwhelmed. A rapidly deteriorating environment – all this brought about by the actions of traitor Blair. Correspondents (me included) who, over the past several
RE CAMERON Antal’s bike being stolen. Maybe if they have a conscience, they may return it. My niece came out of work on Friday to find some kind soul had pinched the wheel off her bike in daylight in Old Town. Go to work and buy your own goods
NOTHING changes when the elections come around and the end results are the usual Labour/Tory victories. Oh yes, let us permit other parties, UKIP, Greens etc have a say, but due to this archaic, out of date system, it’s like letting goldfish swim
ON MONDAY, May 11, while waiting for the Number 17 bus on Fleming Way, I had a fit of coughing. A lady me offered me a soothing menthol sweet which I accepted and the cough subsided. She then went into her bag and handed me an un-opened packet
ON THE evening of Monday, May 11, I went to the Swindon Arts Centre where, as part of the Swindon Festival of Literature, Peter Tatchell the LGBT and Human Rights activist, spoke in length about the fact that he was born into a strong Christian household
I REFER to the letter of May 14, ‘David Renard says Swindon’s voice will continue to be heard’. The Conservatives had good election results across Swindon but the one he referred to which interested me was that of Cathy Martyn, who was elected
THANK you to everyone who donated to our collection at Pets at Home, Stratton store on Saturday, May16. We raised £271 which will help to pay for four full guide dog harnesses. We would also like to thank the manager and staff for their help and
I WONDER how many readers took in the splendid news that the town of Royal Wootton Bassett has gone into the superfast broadband age of 4G? It would seem the councillors who run the town must have some street cred about them, as they didn’t go
MAY I thank everyone who helped me when I had a nasty fall in Sainsbury’s car park at Bridge Mead on Monday, April 20, especially Linda Day who phoned the ambulance and Sainsbury’s first aid staff Karen and Tamzin. These ladies names were given to
I SOMETIMES do not believe what I read. I have no sympathy with people who dabble in drugs. It causes so much misery and for a couple of drug dealers to be fined £1 each in Swindon is a bit of a joke. Then I read about a case in another part of
AS LABOUR’S parliamentary candidate for North Swindon I would like to say thank you to everyone who voted for me and those people who helped me in the election. Also those who contacted me to wish me well. I am very lucky to be surrounded by such
ELLA March demonstrates a level of political conviction which is absolutely admirable. However, some of her comments do need to be challenged. She claims the Conservatives have damaged the education system but offers no example to substantiate
WHILE teens at three Swindon schools bury their heads in a summer of reading for the Gr8 Debate, research shows more youngsters than ever are choosing to read in their spare time.Data from the National Literacy Trust has shown more children are opting
NURSING auxilliary Patricia Hanlon has been honoured with an award for her caring work.She has been given the Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Mental Health Liaison team's first Pride of Mental Health award.The award, a crossover between Great Western Hospitals
TAKE 35 blokes from North Wiltshire. First, get them to grow beards. Then, dress them in black and silly hats. Finally throw them on stage and there you have it: The Magnificent AK47. The singers will be joined by Swindon Community Choir (formerly
WE are born, we live, we die. But what happens before we draw our last breath – presumably in the care of home somewhere? This question is at the heart of Ship of Fools Theatre Company’s From The Cradle To The Bin. The play follows Mr Whitey, an
IT’S amazing how just one line from a song can take you straight back to a moment in time, and not always a good one.“Close every door to me, keep those I love from me,” sang Lloyd Daniels as Joseph, in the glare of the spotlight for his big solo, and
MARION SAUVEBOIS looks ahead to rockers’ headline performance at Lechlade Festival LEGENDARY rock band Status Quo are poised to headline Lechlade Music Festival tomorrow. Led by Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi, the rockers have been notching
THE mastermind behind the Swindon Town mosaic which will dominate the red end of Wembley on Sunday has revealed it will cover blocks 108 to 115. Jay Collett, the Bath-based web designer behind the mosaic and the streamers for the League One play-off
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, of Chippenham, who cannot
WITH the big day on Sunday fast approaching, here's your chance to leave good luck messages for Mark Cooper and his Swindon Town squad as they prepare to face Preston North End in the League One play-off final. Show your support for Town as they
SCHOOLS and businesses will be doffing their caps and other hats to a charity which helps people who have suffered head injuries. People are being urged to wear hats of all shapes and sizes on Friday in support of Headway. Since 1989, the organisation
The Parade in Marlborough was blocked at the A4 New Road junction because of a car fire this morning just before 7.30am. There was congestion in A346 Herd Street to The Common junction with firefighters being at the scene until about 9am. This
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
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
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. On Tuesday, it emerged Swindon had not succeeded in its attempt to secure £12.4m from the Heritage
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
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
IRAQ international Yaser Kasim is looking forward to making his Wembley debut after dealing with the stress of sorting out play-off final tickets for his family and friends. The 25-year-old midfielder believes the experience he picked up playing
ALUN Rossiter says it is too early for Adrian Miedzinski to return for the Swindon Robins ahead of tonight’s meeting with Leicester Lions. The Robins’ Polish number one has been out of action since suffering a serious hand injury on the opening
DAVID Howell has claimed he is in the form of his life as he looks to secure his second BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. The 39-year-old has picked up three second-place finishes in his last seven tournaments, the latest coming on Sunday at the
I’VE been mega busy this season but have had three days off this week and it’s important to make the most of that when you get it. My calendar is starting to look a bit busy again quite soon, so I am just enjoying whatever time off I do get.
WITH the national qualification window closing at the end of May, Swindon Dolphin’s performance level training program was largely geared towards yielding best times at the Regional Youth Championships in Plymouth. In the lead up to this event,
HOLY Cross RC School lifted the Bloor Homes’ (Girls) Cup with after a 4-1 penalty shootout win over Shaw Ridge at the Swindon Primary Schools finals day at Millbrook Primary. Whelan-Rossi and Skoczek went close for Holy Cross with Cleminson impressing
