SWINDON Town head coach Luke Williams conceded that Swansea City were a cut above his side last night after they slipped to a third successive pre-season defeat when the Premier League outfit cruised to a comfortable 3-0 victory at the County Ground
A selection of pictures from Swindon Town's pre-season friendly with Premier League side Swansea City by Dave Evans
SWINDON Town slipped to a third successive pre-season defeat this evening as Premier League side Swansea City cruised to a comfortable victory at the County Ground. Town were never totally outclassed by their illustrious opposition and contained
At the time of the millennium The Artful Dodger were huge clubbing acts and dance music gurus. Today Dodger is still pushing the plastic and producing solid dance tunes but with a new fresh, earthy urban streets beat. Next month Dodger will be
Appearing in a music video for indie rock band The Wombats is a strange stepping stone to performing on a floating theatre, but for Matt Jopling it is a summer to treasure. The musician/actor has jumped aboard the Tyseley, a vintage narrow boat
SWINDONIANS are being encouraged to take a trip to Lower Shaw Farm tomorrow evening to meet the team behind their local Green Party. Members and non-members alike are invited to a meet and great event at the Old Shaw Lane venue between 7.30 and
MORE than one in three child car seats tested in Wiltshire recently were not fitted correctly.Free safety checks carried out around the county on 141 child seats by trading standards officials from Wiltshire Council and nursery products retailer Baby
PROPOSALS for a 60-home development in Lydiard Millicent on what residents describe as a ‘wildlife haven’ has been met with anger.Nearby householders insist it is outside of the county’s planning vision for where building can take place and are determined
TWO thefts of alcohol from supermarkets are being investigated by police.The first incident happened at Waitrose in Mill Lane on Monday, June 27, while the second happened at the Co-op in Old Town on Tuesday, June 28. In both cases a man took bottles
AN ASPIRING young actor has landed a place at a prestigious drama school after beating 6,000 applicants all vying for just 30 places. Earlier this month, 21-year-old Sam Stafford discovered he had been accepted into the world-famous London Academy of
A LOCAL charity café has received a welcome boost thanks to a £1,000 donation from Nationwide.The Olive Tree Café provides opportunities for people fighting to overcome struggles with mental health and managers say the recent gift has made a world of
POLICE are on the hunt for witnesses after a man between 60 and 70 indecently exposed himself in West Swindon. On Monday around 4.50pm, a woman was walking along a footpath between Sleaford Close and Tewkesbury Way when a man in nearby bushes exposed
A MAN who hid a packet of cocaine under his foreskin while naked in the car park of Homebase has appeared in court. Joshua Hare was shouting and making a nuisance of himself at around 8.30am on Tuesday, June 17, which prompted concerned members
THESE photos are from a remarkable archive belonging to Swindon man Mike Dolman. In the mid-1980s he set out to photograph every pub in Swindon and the communities around the town. Some of the pubs whose images he preserved forever are easily
SWINDON’S newest train station will open on Sunday as four years of work for the volunteers of the Coate Water Railway (CWR) comes to fruition. The opening of Richard Jefferies Halt will coincide will the official unveiling of the new loop extension for
INSPIRATIONAL transplant survivor Stacie Pridden will show her superhuman strength when she flies the flag for Swindon at the British Transplant Games this week.The 25-year-old from Pinehurst will travel to the Echo Arena Liverpool today (JULY 28) to
A MAN who lives in a tent in Coate Water Country Park and is battling a severe alcohol problem will be sentenced today for having a Stanley knife in his possession while sitting outside a town centre shop. Joseph McLaughlin, 27, pleaded guilty
SWINDON strongmen proved that two sets of muscles are better than one as they pulled a pair of trucks for a good cause. Don Bryden, 46, of Stratton and newly crowned Europe’s strongest man Laurence Shahlaei, 33, of Sparcells, showed their superhuman
TEAMS will be allowed to make a fourth substitution during extra-time in the final three rounds of next season's FA Cup. The Football Association is trialling a new format, subject to approval from the game's law-makers the International Football
SWINDON Town have been handed a plum draw in the group stages of the EFL Trophy as they are set to face local rivals Oxford United and Chelsea’s U21s at the County Ground. With Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur
FORMER Swindon Town loanee Louis Thompson has been linked with a move to League One rivals Charlton Athletic. Thompson, who made 34 appearances with Town before joining Norwich City for an undisclosed fee two years ago, has been back on loan at
THERE are already so many wonderful ways to raise money for the appeal and now you can help by opening a Tribute Fund on the Brighter Futures website. A Tribute Fund is an online page that allows people to celebrate and remember the life of a loved
ROYAL Engineer Alastair Bartlam wanted a challenge to mark the end of his 36-year military career.He has already tackled marathon running and mountain climbing, so in September he and four of his mates will be setting out on a 900-mile cycle marathon
A SERIAL burglar caught on CCTV plundering thousands of pounds worth of jewellery from a shop has walked free from court. Frederick Moulton, who has previous convictions for break-ins going back almost 40 years, stared straight down the lens of
FIRE fighters came to the rescue of a stricken cat stuck on a Taw Hill roof yesterday.(JULY 26) The ginger cat and its would-be rescuer became trapped on the roof of a house in Lavinia Walk just after 6pm. Fire fighters immediately sprang into
WILTSHIRE Olympic medallist Shelley Rudman and teenage Para-cyclist champion Lauren Booth have become charity ambassadors for Wiltshire Air Ambulance. They have also been joined by broadcaster Alan Dedicoat - best recognised as the Voice of the
DESPITE having an A-Level in photography, Sheri O'Reilly didn't pick up a camera for years, But her interest was rekindled when she began doing portrait shoots at the Timpson store where she works. Now a keen member of the Trowbridge Camera
WHEN Stephen Jordan first started cycling three years ago, it was a way to save the bus fare on his way to work. But besides helping his finances, the 30-year-old from Woodhall Park has also boosted his health, helped raise money for good causes and shed
A SWINDON woman was hurt when the Fiat 500 she was driving overturned on the A361 Swindon Road today. It is understood that the incident happened near Upper Inglesham at about 8am. Traffic was delayed in the area as the road was closed while
DONATIONS to the Radiotherapy Appeal come from many weird and wonderful places, none more so than this.One morning, about a fortnight ago, James Hussey woke to find a crop circle had mysteriously appeared on his land overnight.And in memory of his wife
THEY had been lording it over the people of Swindon since the early years of Elizabeth I, influencing crucial aspects of daily life from meteing out justice, decreeing the size of wage packets, rents for farmland and housing to raking in profits from
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AS THE school term ends for the summer, the House of Commons has also risen until September. After the extraordinary events of the last month, the Recess comes as a welcome period for me to re-charge my batteries and to carry on working here in Swindon
A STRIKER is top of the shopping list for Swindon Town chairman Lee Power, with just 10 days to go until the start of the season. While there is more than a month left of the summer transfer window, Power is keen to bring a forward and a defender
THE English Football League will reveal which clubs opted to accept their invitation to enter their academies into the revamped EFL Trophy when the group-stage draw takes place later this morning. The decision to invite 16 category-one academy
SWINDON Town head coach Luke Williams says that he won't be pressing any panic buttons as his side prepares to play host to Premier League side Swansea City this evening. Town have failed to win either of their two pre-season friendlies since returning
FLEETWOOD Town manager Steven Pressley has resigned from his role at Highbury after just nine months in charge of the League One club. The announcement comes just 10 days before the start of the new season on Saturday, August 6, when Fleetwood
CHARLIE Nesbitt continued his domination of the Hel Performance Motostar Championship as fellow Swindon rider Max Cook swept back inside the overall top 10 at Thruxton. Nesbitt shrugged off a qualifying session crash to extend his championship
PAUL Crichton is aiming to take a fatherly approach to his new role as Swindon Town’s goalkeeping coach. The 47-year-old former Grimsby Town stopper, who enjoyed a professional career spanning 25 years, which included a loan spell at the County
THE battle for the Division One crown took another twist this weekend as Bear Flat returned to the summit after Royal Wootton Bassett fell to a defeat. Heading into the weekend’s games, Darren Beasant’s men held a 14-point lead at the top, however
LOWER Stanton St Quintin eventer Kitty King admits there is a temptation to keep her horse, Ceylor LAN, wrapped in cotton wool as she prepares for her first Olympic Games appearance. The Wiltshire duo were selected to represent Great Britain in
