AFTER a turbulent ten days for the team behind the proposed new Swindon Museum and Art Gallery vision, this evening presented an opportunity to regroup and to inject a new energy into the project. With a November deadline looming for a £10m Heritage
JAZZ Carlin admitted that she is still getting over some early season rustiness as she claimed her first gold medal of the British Championships. Having secured a bronze medal on the opening day of the championships in the 200m freestyle on Tuesday
A NEW project to provide disabled people with access to fitness facilities and boxing skills has been launched in Swindon. In January, the team at the Swindon Children’s Scrapstore secured a grant of just over £8,000 from the Big Lottery to help fund
THE long forgotten work of the men and women who re-trained problem horses for the army in the First World War has been immortalised in a new memorial.The sculpture, made from horseshoes, overlooks fields at Purton where the animals grazed in the weeks
A HEROIN addict and prolific shoplifter avoided jail after her solicitor argued she would have more access to drugs in prison than on the outside.Swindon Magistrates were also told her child had warned her he would never forgive her if she was jailed
Young Swindon singer, Tayler McNally, has been asked to support The Bon Jovi Experience at the Wyvern Theatre this week. Being dropped at the audition stage of TV's The Voice Kids was a devastating blow to the 13-year-old singer/guitarist, despite
COATE Water is to be turned into a superheroes’ playground next month as an annual fun run returns in style.Last year, throngs of caped crusaders took part in Brighter Futures’ Superhero Run around Lydiard Park.Around 300 runners dressed as Batman, Superman
A HOSPITAL employee will pull on her walking boots at the weekend to hike 30 miles through the Devon countryside along a picturesque former railway line to raise funds for Brighter Futures.Jackie Baker, 52, who lives in Blunsdon and works as personal
A BRAVE eight-year-old girl has her golden locks lopped off to raise funds for a motor neurone disease charity. Summer Regan, who goes to Lawn Primary School, has so far managed to raise more than £400 for MND North Wiltshire, a charity which cares
DAVID Howell resumed his quest to make a cut on the European Tour for the first time in 2017 when he got under way in the first round of the Shenzhen International in China in the early hours of tomorrow morning. Swindon star Howell failed to make
MENTAL health groups praised Prince Harry’s emotional and open discussion of his struggles with anxiety and grief.The prince described how he sought counselling to deal with the death of his mother Princess Diana after suppressing his emotions for almost
A YOUNG mum told the drink-driver who killed her husband he had destroyed their family and taken away their future. Twenty-seven-year-old Stephanie Dix’s husband Michael, who was born in Swindon, died instantly when Beaumont’s Vauxhall Corsa smashed head
A SWINDON man who tried to hide a bag containing drugs and a knife while being chased by police officers has been told to do unpaid work for his crime. Levi Iles, 18, of Norman Road, appeared before magistrates in Swindon on Wednesday charged with
A MANHUNT has been launched by police for thieves who stole £50,000 worth of copper cabling from Swindon Railway Station last month. Officers from the British Transport Police hope that newly-released CCTV images will encourage witnesses to come
THIEVES who stole pet ducks from a field near Cricklade have broken the hearts of two young children. Poppy and Tiny were taken sometime between Monday evening and early Tuesday morning from their secure pen in a field just outside the town.
A 49-year-old woman from Toothill was brought before magistrates charged with using threatening and abusive words or behaviour in a public place and obstructing a police officer. Deborah Amer pleaded guilty to the offences and was handed a six-month
A HUGE asteroid zoomed past Earth today in the closest encounter for over a decade. Object 2014 JO25 will be visible in the sky tonight as it passes 4.6 times further away than the Moon. The rock, known as The Rock after Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
Staff from Thrings’ offices in Swindon have made their latest donation to a local charity which provides emergency food supplies to income-deprived individuals and families in the town. Swindon Foodbank – which relies on food and monetary donations
A BALLOT to decide whether or not teachers will boycott SATs for primary school pupils will not go ahead after a debate at the National Union of Teachers conference. The motion was voted down on the final day of the conference yesterday, despite widespread
RESIDENTS of Stratton St Margaret have been urged to attend the parish council’s annual assembly to hear all the things the council has been doing during the past year.The event will provide the perfect platform for residents to ask questions about any
THOUSANDS of miles of paths across Swindon and the south of England are being improved for nature including sections of the Chiseldon to Marlborough path south of Swindon. Charity Sustrans created the National Cycle Network in 1995 and now, 22 years later
A UKIP candidate standing in next month’s parish council elections has taken to social media to outline a strange electoral strategy. Martin Costello, who is standing in the newly enlarged Nythe, Eldene and Liden parish, encouraged voters to spoil
Yesterday, the Prime Minister announced that there will be a General Election on June 8th. There will be a vote in Parliament today on this but as the Labour Party have indicated their support, then the motion is likely to be passed. Now will be the
A 47-year-old man has been banned from driving for 44 months after he was caught drink driving for the second time. Kevin Liston, of Milling Close, Swindon pleaded guilty to driving while over the drink-drive limit on January 5 at Spine Road, Cirencester
RECORD Store Day, on Saturday, is extra special this year as it marks the 10th anniversary of this worldwide celebration of the vinyl record. Special vinyl releases and collectors’ items are made exclusively for independent shops and, as none of the
CROWDS of competitors and onlookers packed into Swindon’s only indoor skatepark for an Easter extreme sports extravaganza.Scooter riders, skateboarders and BMXers from Swindon and beyond took to the ramps and rails of the ATBShop Skate Warehouse to compete
There’s nothing unusual about a retired bank manager running the Swindon Half Marathon... unless he’s 80, has had a hip replacement and only took up running five years ago. Basil Miles tells DENISE BARKLEY his story... RETIRED bank manager Basil Miles
WORKERS at BMW’s Plant Swindon took to the streets this morning in protest at the company’s decision to scrap the employee pension scheme. With flags and banners in hand, disgruntled members of staff were out in force from 6am this morning and
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PET owners are often accused of having some pretty barking ideas when it comes to treating their four-legged friends. But shoppers at Swindon's Pet Shed have been getting the paws up for a new product designed to really include pets in all family
SWINDON Wildcats owner Steve Nell believes he is making the right move for the sustainable future of the club in applying to join the National Ice Hockey League Division One South from next season. The application has been put in by the Link Centre
SWINDON Town defender Dion Conroy says the task in hand is a simple one, win their remaining two games if they are to stand any chance of staying in League One. It may sound easy enough to the players but back-to-back wins is a feat the club have only
HANDY Motorsport delivered on its pre-season pace at Donington Park as Rob Austin claimed his first podium of the fledgling 2017 British Touring Car Championship season. Having also secured their first-ever pole-position in round four, the Swindon
NICK Morris has put a blistering start to the 2017 season for the Swindon Robins down to having a clear head as he looks to take his form into Friday night’s meeting with Somerset Rebels. The 22-year-old has come in for his fair share of criticism
PRODUCTION at Plant Swindon is expected to fall silent today when around 750 BMW employees walk out in a dispute over pensions. Members of the union Unite walked out in the first day of strike action this morning at the panel production plant in
