THE council is to launch an investigation after one of its bin lorries was caught on film driving through a red light. The footage, captured on a dashboard mounted camera, was taken in March and submitted a week later but it is has not been considered
SWINDON Robins star Jason Doyle and his Australia team-mates will head to the last-chance saloon on Friday night as they bid to join Alun Rossiter’s Great Britain in the Speedway World Cup final. Doyle’s Aussie quartet will take on Denmark, Russia
A RODBOURNE family got more than they bargained for at dinner time when they discovered part of a child’s dummy in a bag of rice from Iceland. Justin Rivers, 42, noticed a strange clear rubber object as he was sitting down to eat with his partner
GRAPHIC design student Chris Lawton has taken a wry, tongue-in-cheek but ultimately endearing look at his home town to produce a stylish, snappy booklet celebrating the 175th anniversary of the birth of ‘New Swindon.’ Former youth worker Chris,
Cycle of one night sex After my divorce three years ago, I thought my world had crumbled. My husband left me for a woman I’d regarded as a close friend for many years and it took me a long time to get over that pain. I did eventually start
Q “I’ve read that putting babies to sleep in boxes could help prevent cot death. Is this true, and if I use one for my new baby do I need a special box, or can I just put a baby mattress in any cardboard box?” A Jenny Ward, director of services
A MAN with a “protracted career” before the criminal courts and more than 90 theft convictions on his record has found himself back before magistrates in Swindon after he made off with more than £60-worth of Ferrero Rocher. But hearing that he
Market manager Kardien Gerbrands talks about Swindon’s farmers’ markets HOPE you’re all feeling the benefits of the fabulous fruit selection at the market? With the extreme heat we are having at the moment (and the copious sweating that goes
MURDERER Charice Gassman, 20, who is serving a life sentence for stabbing grandmother Alison Connolly in Evelyn House, Park South, has had her court fines of £1,320 wiped off and added to her sentence instead. Magistrates on Tuesday were asked
BRINKWORTH Dairy is in the running for a top food title after its tasty produce was nominated for the Great British Food Awards. The business, which was started by farmer’s daughter Ceri Cryer, recently won a gold award for its new strawberry yoghurt
WILTSHIRE Police are appealing for a witness to come forward after reports of a man indecently exposing himself in the Penhill area of Swindon. The incident happened on Monday 21 June 2016 between 5pm and 6.30pm on the footpath between Pond Street
BOY racers who use Victoria Road as a race track late at night could have their cars confiscated. The warning comes after nearby residents were woken in the early hours of Sunday by the sound of engines racing and cars backfiring. “There were
GRADUATION is an event normally associated with universities or American high schools, but yesterday the youngsters of Busy Bees Nursery in Peatmoor got to join in the fun. Wearing special child-size mortar board hats for the occasion, the senior
Sam Wylie-Harris parades some medal-winning wines to raise a glass to the Summer Olympic Games (August 5 to 21) While Team GB are preparing for the Rio Olympics in the hope of winning a cache of medals, wine competitions have been handing out a
WITH all eyes on the Rio this summer, as the 2016 Olympics limber up, it's little wonder there's such an appetite for all things Brazilian right now. And if you're in the mood to jazz up dinnertimes in celebration of the Games, look no further
AFTER almost two years of making Swindon more accessible to those with hearing difficulties, volunteers at Let’s Loop Swindon are starting to see their hard work pay off.The community project was established to improve both awareness and the provision
A MAN has found himself back behind bars after stealing more than £200 of meat from Morrisons over the weekend before lashing out at a security guard and buckling a window frame. Mark Thirkettle, 43, was on a suspended sentence order for previous
SWINDON Foodbank has announced its support for a local youth worker who has set out on a daunting 500 mile walk across northern Spain to raise funds for the charity.On Monday Rob Burns, 30, of Upper Stratton, set off along The Camino de Santiago, also
LOCAL stories generally played second fiddle to a wedding in London this week in 1981. As it was the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, though, nobody seemed to mind. “The Greatest Show on Earth,” said the headline of our Royal
WE revealed a new and sorry chapter in the history of the Swindon’s Baptist Tabernacle in July of 1979 – a year or more after the historic structure was demolished. The 300 tons of stone which once made up the frontage of the Regent Circus building
CHILDREN at The Playhouse Day Nursery were treated to a special visit from a prize pooch last week after a woman with hearing difficulties brought along her dog to meet the kids. The nursery, situated near the Greenbridge Industrial Estate, held
A DEDICATED and caring teaching assistant has retired after 38 years’ service at the same Swindon primary school.Audrey Tilling, of South East Swindon, was given a warm send off by staff and pupils at Ashbury Primary School last Wednesday.Marcia Northeast
Something fishy with Simon Rhodes from Lobsterpot Fishmongers, Wood Street Food Hall THE other week I invited my parents over for a meal. Now, as we all know, this is not as simple as it seems. Parents and in-laws are the most difficult
Head Chef David Witnall Jesse's Bistro 14 Black Jack St, Cirencester Phone: 01285 641497 This a great dish to enjoy in the early evening sun, even in the UK. It serves four people. Two sprigs of thyme Two sticks of celery One
A SWINDON salon picked up a winners award at the BABTACS annual award in London recently.The salon, OMG Hair & Beauty in Faringdon Road, won Best UK Salon Marketing Strategy and was the only salon in the south west to make this category's finals.
THE M4 was blocked with traffic queuing westbound between Junction 14 for Hungerford and Junction 15 for Swindon East because of a car fire. One Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service crew from Ramsbury and two Royal Berkshire fire crews
A MAN has admitted breaching his restraining order after his former partner gate-crashed a party he was attending to drop off their children. Dwayne Bryan appeared in the dock from custody at Swindon Magistrates’ Court on Monday wearing a blood-stained
A TEENAGER due to appear the crown court has been banned from the whole of Swindon after breaching his curfew for the fifth time. The 14-year-old, who grew up in Swindon where the rest of his family live, is currently living at an address in North
SEVERAL young people were assaulted and one was taken to hospital with a broken cheekbone in an altercation at a beauty spot near Faringdon. Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses in the wake of the incident at Buscot Park on July 19 when
Part of Swindon and District Netball Association, it is a friendly club for all ages who would like to play netball. Contact: treasurer.ferndalenc@virginmedia.com Club meets at Lydiard Park Academy, Grange Park on Mondays from 8pm to 9pm
BT has welcomed Ofcom proposals to make its Openreach division a "distinct company" within the BT group rather than face a full sell-off. BT shares rose three per cent after Ofcom proposed major reform of the division of BT which develops and maintains
ARRIVING in the UK on a hollow promise of work a woman stole more than £600 of clothes from Ralph Lauren at the designer outlet village after hearing Swindon was a good place to go thieving. But after being caught red-handed Constanta Focaru found
Kathy Ratcliffe, 53, is organising The Mind, Body and Spirit Event, a free and open gathering which will meet at Swindon’s Goddard Arms on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm from August 16. Its purpose will be to discuss issues such as belief, consciousness
A CRASH between a car and a motorcycle delayed traffic on the B4553 southbound this morning. Police said they were called to a report of a Nissan Juke and motorcycle colliding at about 8am today at the junction of the B4553 and Washpool at Common
FOR the second year in a row Stagecoach West has honoured its staff at its Customer Services Awards with two Swindon employees scooping awards. Throughout the year the company receives many commendations from customers by phone, email and twitter
WHAT began life 34 years ago as a vision to highlight multi-faceted music, arts and culture from across the globe has blossomed into the planet’s most prestigious world music festival….and it all takes place just a 30 or so minute drive from Swindon
A JEALOUS man who stamped on his former partner's face during a campaign of harassment has been jailed for 26 weeks. Joseph Powell stalked the woman, sending her threatening messages, despite having been made subject to a restraining order.
A HONDA worker has claimed they were bullied and threatened by management in an attempt to make them stay on when their official shift ended. Around 60 workers at the South Marston Factory downed tools at noon on Friday after management told them
MOVING from primary to secondary school can be a scary experience for children so with this in mind Commonweal School embarked on a three day project to make the transition a little less traumatic for pupils joining in September.The Social Science and
Stay-at-home mum Nadiya Hussain won the nation's hearts along with the Bake Off trophy last summer. Ahead of her much-anticipated visit to Bowood’s Great British Food Festival next month, she tells the Adver how her kitchen kudos has brought about
A humble boiled egg makes MARION SAUVEBOIS forget her table manners when it turns up as part of a Michelin-starred tasting menu “BOILED egg and soldier?!” I snorted - under my breath of course. I’d have hated to make a scene before the aperitifs
Teenager Erika Cowie is living with a condition that could take her life any day... and so is her mum. They talk to MARION SAUVEBOIS about how they are making every minute count ERIKA Cowie’s 18th birthday cannot come soon enough. Crossed-legged
A TEENAGER who was spared jail after taking part in a knifepoint robbery lied to probation officers about why she missed an appointment and is now behind bars. Sharisse Page, 18, claimed she had missed a meeting because she had been arrested for
IS it too much to ask that at least something – anything – funded by our taxes can be made fit for its intended purpose? The other week a 67-year-old cyclist called Paul Thomas, pictured here, was left with three broken ribs and other injuries
POLICE appealing for witnesses - especially those with dashboard cameras - after a cyclist was hurt in a hit and run incident.A white van collided with the cyclist on the Mannington Roundabout at around 8.30am on Saturday, July 9. Police said the driver
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If you drove a different Audi model every week it would take you 10 months to go through the entire range as they now produce 44 models with their variations. And the company is on target to hit the 200,000 sales mark in the UK by the end of the
WHILE most people were working or enjoying the start of the summer holidays yesterday, a group of teenagers decided to spend the day doing something completely different by taking part in a dance-a-thon in front of hundreds of shoppers. Multi-coloured
JAZZ Carlin is not letting events away from sport have an impact on her build-up to the Olympic Games as she prepares for the biggest performance of her career. The build-up to the Games in Rio have been over-shadowed in recent weeks as health
SWINDON St George let a 16-point lead slip as they were pegged back by West of England League Pool Two leaders Cheltenham Phoenix in a 30-30 thriller. The South Marston side, who sit third in the table, were trailing in the opening five minutes
ROYAL Wootton Bassett rugby club have picked up two awards at the Dorset & Wilts RFU annual general meeting. Chairman Chris Elias won the Bowden Wildash Award for D&W volunteer of the year, while the club as a whole received the Bob Stock
NINE Swindon Dolphin swimmers have earned the right to compete in this summer’s series of national championships. The open water event kicks off proceedings with Dolphin represented by Cathy Naus in the three kilometre event at Rother Valley Country
JASON Doyle is hoping that his greener-than-usual Australia side can cause a few upsets this week and meet Alun Rossiter’s Great Britain in the Speedway World Cup final. Whilst Swindon boss and GB chief Rossiter is preparing his team to ride in
SWINDON Robins rider Nick Morris says that missing out on a place in Australia’s World Cup team will only serve to fuel his fire to return to racing at the highest level. Morris, who turned 22 last month, made his senior international debut 12
STRIKER Jonathan Obika is expected to be back in contention for tomorrow’s visit of Premier League side Swansea City. The 25-year-old missed Swindon Town’s final game of their tour of Ireland and has also sat on the sidelines during the defeats
