POLICE have appealed for information on the whereabouts of a 'builder from hell' who fleeced a 76-year-old out of tens of thousands of pounds, John Hart, 62, from Pokedown, Bournemouth was found guilty of one count of fraud at Swindon Crown Court
ARMED police officers were seen on the streets of Swindon, days after the UK's terror threat level was raised to critical. Wiltshire police officers will go out and about in local communities primarily in the town and in Salisbury, to provide reassurance
THE Manchester Arena attack was condemned by Wali Rahman, secretary of Wiltshire Islamic Cultural Centre. He said: “We echo the sentiments of the Muslim Council of Britain and hundreds of other mosques and Islamic organisations up and down the country
FIRE fighters were called to a three vehicle collision in Queens Drive this afternoon. Crews from Swindon and Westlea stations attended the scene at 2.15pm. No people were trapped in the vehicles and the Swindon crew made the vehicles safe.
A 46-year-old man breached a restraining order by threatening his former partner, a court heard.John Loveridge, from Caxton Close, must now pay more than £100 after admitting the charge when he appeared at Swindon Magistrates' Court.Prosecutor Keith
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: SALAZAR'S REVENGE (12A, 129 mins)Starring: Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Bush, Kaya Scodelario, Brenton Thwaites, Orlando Bloom, Lewis McGowan. Directors: Joachim Ronning, Espen Sandberg.THE third and fourth voyages
A teenage boy was left with injuries to his face and legs after being assaulted by a gang of hooded youths in North Swindon on Sunday May 14.The gang hit the teenager in the park on Lyme Way around 3pm. They were seen loitering in the park before injuring
DAVID Howell declared himself more than satisfied with his first-round performance at the BMW PGA Championship this afternoon after the Swindon star opened up with a one-under-par 71. Howell has made just one cut on the European Tour so far this calendar
A 'BUILDER from hell' who fleeced a 76-year-old out of tens of thousands of pounds wasn’t in court to hear himself being jailed for five years. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of John Hart, who in 1998 featured on the TV programme, after
Wiltshire Police have urged residents across the county to help them prevent an increase in hate crimes.“There can never be any excuse for hate crime in any shape or form and this criminality will not be tolerated,” a police spokesman said. “More than
A DRUNK teenager racially abused white people after being refused entry to a Swindon nightspot, magistrates heard. Nitant Gurung was celebrating his 19th birthday on Tuesday and had drunk a bottle of port before going into town. Prosecutor
BEFORE we get down to the nitty-gritty of exploring the music too closely, right from the off the two things that scream out at me as I dip my toe in its sonic waters are the sheer eclecticism and the texturing of sounds. It’s the same feeling
SO following on from last week’s punk all-dayer and Fieldview Festival Launch party, we stay in celebratory mode for a show at The Victoria tonight. The Night of The Ocelot is the local entertainment guide’s annual gathering, a showcase of music
LAST Wednesday I popped into a local record shop for a lunchtime treat – not the Co-op hot smoked salmon salad I often treat myself to on a Wednesday lunchtime; this was a free musical treat in the form of a live show from DJ Format & Abdominal.
MICHELLE TOMPKINS finds Monday mornings a whole lot more pleasurable at a country manor on the Devon coast THERE’S a perverse pleasure in knowing that the world and his wife are getting up for another grey day at work while you are waking up in a king-size
CHISELDON'S Jonny May has been named on the wing for England's non-cap international against the Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday. Gloucester flyer May joins an England selection in which boss Eddie Jones has named eight uncapped players in the
A WILTSHIRE Police chief said he is 'profoundly saddened' by the devastating Manchester Arena attack, as he paid tribute to the unity shown across the country. Chief Constable Mike Veale sent his heartfelt condolences to the parents and families
THE purchase of the County Ground by Swindon Town Supporters’ Trust could provide the foundations for a bid to buy the club, according to external director James Phipps. Speaking at last night’s fans’ meeting at the MECA, the Trust, led by chairman
COMEDIAN Carl Hutchinson brings his show, The Fixer, to Swindon Arts Centre at 8pm tomorrow. Carl has appeared as a guest on The Chris Ramsey Show on Comedy Central and won the Magners Pub Comedian of the Year, Beat the Frog World Series Competition
FANS of Johnny Cash are in for a treat tonight when Clive John takes to the stage as The Man in Black. The only show to be endorsed by the Cash family, the Johnny Cash Roadshow recreates with astounding accuracy what it was like to be at a real
BOYCOTT’S 100th Hundred - The 40th Anniversary Tour will be at the Wyvern Theatre on Tuesday, May 30. Legendary batsman and commentator Geoffrey Boycott will take the audience back to Headingley on August 11, 1977. With a century in each of his two
The English Football League has announced new three-year deals for national radio rights with talkSPORT and the BBC. The current agreements are set to expire at the end of the play-offs, which will see Blackpool take on Exeter for the last promotion
Pub is setting for classic play SCHOOLHOUSE Productions are bringing northern classic Two by Jim Cartwright to the arts centre in Swindon. The play follows the high and lows of pub life and all those that ‘ale in her’. From the beleaguered
Swindon DJs Antonio Montauro and Shaun Skinner decided to go back to the future by recreating the heady days of House music at a special night called Retrospective. Tickets have just gone on sale for the dance event that will conjure up memories
Kiss DJs Neeve and Steve Smart are heading for Swindon this week. Swindon's MECA in Regent Circus is pulling in some top names and on Sunday, May 28, award winning DJ Neev Spencer from Kiss FM UK will be wowing her fans, along side fellow presenter
Retail giant Marks & Spencer has seen annual profits tumble by nearly two thirds and revealed sales across its under-pressure clothing arm have plunged back into reverse.Chief executive Steve Rowe admitted the group's overhaul has "come with
An award winning male choir will be coming to STEAM in July for a summer concert. The Wessex Male Choir are bringing along some talented friends for their concert at the museum on Saturday July 15. The Swindon-based choir’s principal accompanist
LEAGUE One side Charlton Athletic have made a contract offer to Swindon Town captain Nathan Thompson, according to reports in London. The Valley club have reportedly tabled an offer to the 26 year old, who becomes a free agent at the end of next
TWO young men are sought in connection with a lunchtime house burglary in Royal Wootton Bassett. A kitchen window was smashed to get into the home in Vale View between noon and 2.20pm yesterday and jewellery was taken along with cash. The suspects
Swindon 1951: Pat Briancourt, 17, son of Divisional Officer G A Briancourt of the Wiltshire Fire Service, is to take up farming in Australia. 1951: Mr H Cook of Osbourne Street, Swindon, listened with great interest to the broadcast of the
A BIG high five to all the brave and brilliant souls who took part in Race for Life and Pretty Muddy at the weekend. We’ve made great strides in the battle against cancer in recent decades and it is thanks in no small part to the various and valiant
LEADERS from the worlds of business and politics have come together to celebrate the re-opening of one of Swindon's largest office buildings. Last Thursday, then Deputy Mayor of Swindon, Coun Maureen Penny, joined the business community to celebrate
A COUPLE who cashed stolen cheques for almost £30,000 have been warned they could be facing a jail term. Carl Potter and Jodie Thompson made the eight deposits between the end of June and Tuesday September 6 last year. Potter, 27, and Thompson
A PAIR of thieves targeted an elderly woman and stole her purse as she shopped in a Royal Wootton Bassett supermarket. The victim was in aisle one of Sainsbury’s in Boroughfields between 3.20pm and 4pm on Saturday, May 20, when she was distracted by
CONTENTIOUS plans to remove traffic light controlled crossings in Old Town have been dropped as a result of public opposition. In an effort to improve the passage of buses from Wichelstowe to the town centre, Swindon Borough Council had been considering
A CREW from Swindon helped paramedics gain access to a house in Pinehurst last night after concerns were raised about the welfare of the homeowner. Firefighters were called to the address in Severn Avenue just before 10.30pm. After gaining
A MAN who lost his sight after a car accident has been reunited with the doctor who saved his life. Ryan Simões-Hibberd, 27, co-presents a weekly radio show for the visually impaired with Gary Law on Swindon 105.5 and has worked at the station
YOUNG performers are being offered the chance to showcase their talent at this summer’s Avebury Rocks music festival.Emerging local musicians are invited to enter a free competition to be in with the chance of winning one of three slots to perform at
DRIVERS using Cross Street, in Old Town, have been left going round the bend, quite literally, this week after the late arrival of a Swindon Borough Council one-way sign.The sign had previously been on a lamppost at the junction of Prospect Hill but last
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ROYAL Wootton Bassett girls U16s have completed a league and cup double after thrashing title rivals Westbury Amazons 5-1 to lift the Wiltshire County Girls League crown. Bassett went into their final game of the season three points behind the
TROWBRIDGE captain Mike Reynolds hopes the fact his side were able to beat the first wet weekend of the summer – as well as opponents Great Bedwyn – will pay dividends in their promotion push in WEPL Wiltshire come the end of the season. While three
SWINDON Wildcats player-coach Aaron Nell is unconcerned by the unexpected changes to the NIHL South section for the coming season, believing they best suit both the club and the league. Earlier this month, an NIHL meeting had agreed a new format
JOHN Costello is hoping that Jamie Cox’s switch to Matchroom Boxing will help move his fighter closer to a dream world title shot. The Swindon southpaw returns to the ring on Saturday night at Bramall Lane in Sheffield when he faces Lewis Taylor
MY HAND is still a little swollen and sore at the moment but it should be alright and I will be back racing for Swindon on Monday night. I just fell awkwardly in heat one of our fixture at home to King’s Lynn last Thursday. I got sandwiched between
DAVID Howell sees no reason why he can’t put his troubles on the European Tour this year behind him when he takes to the greens of the BMW PGA Championship today. The 41-year-old Swindon golfer admits that 2017 to date has ‘not been fun’ as he
