NICK Morris believes he proved a lot people wrong this season after winning the Swindon Advertiser’s Swindon Robins’ Rider of the Year award. The Aussie, who enjoyed a successful fifth season with the Abbey Stadium side, was a mainstay throughout
DAVID Howell faces an uphill task to make the cut at the Andalucia Valderrama Masters tomorrow after carding a five-over-par 76 on the opening day in Spain. Swindon's Howell, who made his first cut on the European Tour since mid-July at the Italian
THE A419 has reopened following a crash between a lorry and a car this morning. Police said the southbound carriageway, which was completely closed from Cricklade towards Swindon, was clear just after 4.30pm. Five hurt in crash with lorry
AN article that appeared in the Swindon Advertiser on September 13 wrongly stated that former Brunel Rooms boss Jason Ranford had been convicted of driving a vehicle without a valid MOT. Ranford, 31, of Hinton Parva, contested this in court, and
THE DEATH OF STALIN (15, 107 mins) Starring: Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Jeffrey Tambor, Olga Kurylenko, Dermot Crowley, Paul Chahidi, Paul Whitehouse, Adrian McLoughlin
MARKET-LEADERS of Swindon and Wiltshire’s thriving business community came together on Thursday morning to toast the success of the 2018 Wiltshire Business Awards. More than 100 entrepreneurs, small to medium enterprises, and larger businesses
THE efforts of community volunteers to take over the running of Beechcroft Library have been praised by members of Stratton St Margaret Parish Council as they renewed their appeal for funding a month in to their tenure.Last month the parish council took
A RARE white rhino calf has been born at Cotswold Wildlife Park. Little Alan is the fourth white rhino to be born in the park since the first rhino birth there in 2013 and he weighed a whopping eleven stone when he was just one week old. He
Editors of the Good Hotel Guide reveal their favourite countryside stays. Still going strong after four decades of reviewing and rating, the Good Hotel Guide celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The newly-published 2018 edition features
Until last weekend, St Helena was one of the world's most remote inhabited islands. Set adrift nearly 2,000 miles from the tip of South Africa, it took a full six days to sail there on the mail boat from Cape Town - and that ship sailed only once every
IF you watched the recent XTC documentary, This Is Pop, then not only will you have gained a brilliant insight into the inner workings of the band and the factors which drove its evolution but you would have also seen Fassine. Amongst the celebrity
A SWASHBUCKLING adventure for youngsters, The Night Pirates, will be served up as a half-term treat at the Wyvern Theatre on Monday and Tuesday.Presented by Rose Theatre Kingston and Nick Brooke Ltd, the performance is adapted from the best-selling children
Online marketplaces like Amazon and eBay are profiting from fraud by sellers who dodge the VAT they should charge on sales in the UK, a Parliamentary report has said.The unfair and illegal practice allows sellers based outside the EU to undercut British
COMEDIAN James Acaster is telling tales from his first ever book, James Acaster’s Classic Scrapes, at Swindon Arts Centre on Wednesday. Released in August, the book became a Sunday Times best-seller in its first week – a success James is, unsurprisingly
ACCORDING to Bob Dylan “they say the darkest hour is right before dawn”. Whilst I can’t attest to the accuracy of that claim, I can confirm that after Friday night’s celebration drinks for the brief return of Davros-Davros Haney to the SN1 district
EMPTY homes can attract anti-social behaviour and, in some extreme cases, can even pose a risk to public safety, which is why I am fully behind Empty Homes Week, which runs from October 16-22. This campaign aims to highlight the issue of empty
Throwing and Catching by Henry Bateman.www.henrybateman.co.ukSimple, clean lines and stripped back voice and guitar are at the forefront of this album. Henry explores how we are influenced by our childhood, how we deal with life, how we want to be accepted
I JUST want to begin by wishing a happy birthday to Karl Wallinger who turns 60… blimey, where does the time go? Okay, not a name that everyone will have heard of but as part of the early line up of The Waterboys he was responsible for a whole
IT’S time to sink a pint of Scrumpy in the illustrious company of The Wurzels in Swindon this weekend.The Scrumpy and Western band from Somerset, who had chart hits with Combine Harvester and I Am A Cider Drinker, began in 1966 with lead singer Adge Cutler
SEAN Kelly, host of Storage Hunters, was working as an auctioneer when he came up with the idea for the successful TV programme.He had always wanted to create his own television show and it was during a storage auction that he finally hit on the perfect
ANDY Nye, musician, songwriter and record producer first saw Wishbone Ash perform when he was in the sixth form. Since then he has worked with the Michael Schenker band, Dennis Waterman, Sheena Easton, John Entwhistle from The Who, ELO, Barbara
Swindon1951: Thousands of sightseers packed Parliament Square, Westminster, for London’s biggest wedding of the season when the Marquess of Blandford, heir to the Duke of Marlborough, married Miss Susan Hornby, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Hornby
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THE bass guitar player of Dire Straits, John Illsley, will be playing classic hits Sultans of Swing and Money for Nothing during a concert at Swindon Art Centre tonight.Illsley has made a remarkable musical journey since 1977, selling over 120 million
IT is rare for a theatre show to give me goosebumps from start to finish.It is also rare that such a performance could leave a lump in my throat and bring tears to my eyes.But the opening night of the National Theatre’s production of War Horse at the
SIX men have been taken to hospital following a crash involving a lorry and a car on the A419 near Swindon and Cricklade. Two of the victims are suffering from life threatening injuries and have been ferried to Southmead Hospital in Bristol and
AN enraged ex-boyfriend smashed his former partner with a chair after she refused to let him move back in with her. Sajid Mahmood, 48, launched at the woman after unexpectedly turning up at her Shrivenham Road home on June 21 this year. The
A YOUNG man who stole his mother's bank details and went on an online spending spree has been spared jail.Jack Kington, 21, took photos of his mum and dad's cards before going on a two-month splurge between February 20 and April 21 this year.He
A judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of a teenager who is accused of again failing to comply with the terms of a suspended sentence.Ben Hughes was due to appear at Swindon Crown Court charged with not abiding by the conditions of the order.But
Orbital is holding a jobs fair on Saturday October 21, with hundreds of full and part-time positions available.Employers such as Marks & Spencer, ADSA, Outfit and McDonald's will be advertising retail and hospitality roles from 9am to 1pm, alongside
POLICE are urging drivers to avoid the A419 near Swindon and Cricklade in the wake of a serious crash involving and lorry and a car. The collision happened just before 10am on the southbound carriageway near to the junction with Seven Bridges Farm
PLANS to relieve pressure on a Westlea road have received a mixed reaction from residents. They say that cars have clogged Welton Road since the arrival of Oxford Brookes’ new health and life sciences campus last year. Plans to tackle the parking
Sarah Singleton looks at the top shows on offer in Swindon theatres this week THE smash hit Broadway and West End musical, Legally Blonde, is running at Swindon’s Wyvern Theatre till Sunday. Based on the popular film of the same name, it tells
Conservative MP for North Swindon, Justin Tomlinson has visited a development of Stonewater homes for shared ownership and affordable rent at St. Quentin Close, Swindon. His visit on Friday, 13 October was to see how local housing providers are helping
Swindon musician Ray Butt, has taken on the challenge of organising a jazz night at a new venue, Tetbury Goods Shed, in Tetbury. The venue was a local railway goods shed that has been extensively revamped, supported by the Tetbury Lands Regeneration
TTWO singles inspired by life-changing experiences will be performed this weekend.In Swindon, for Americana enthusiasts there will be a concert from The Black Feathers showcasing their new song, and for Uffington folk fans there is a gig from The East
The UK’s leading retirement housebuilder, McCarthy and Stone, is inviting Marlborough retirees to explore the benefits of downsizing at a special information day ahead of the launch of its age exclusive apartments, on Thursday 26th October. The info day
SO the developers behind Swindon’s bid for an all-singing, all-dancing new museum have revealed exciting news this week. Well, that might be putting it a bit strong. They’ve announced that they’ve done some pretty new drawings of what the weird
THE huge marble poppy put up to commemorate 355 fallen service personnel who were repatriated through Royal Wootton Bassett has collapsed three weeks before Remembrance Day. Wiltshire Police were called after the sculpture, dedicated by Princess
HIGHWORTH councillors expressed their fury and frustration with the decision to approve a development of 50 homes on Shrivenham Road during their meeting on Tuesday. The area was not earmarked for development in the town’s Neighbourhood Plan, which
This Is Pop Sky Arts Sky Arts’ documentary This Is Pop on XTC was is a true account of the band’s underrated musical career, when all around bands with nowhere near as much talent were wallowing in untold riches. These four men from Swindon
PERFORMING in front of thousands of people for a chance at superstardom was a surreal experience for 21-year-old Wroughton singer Shania Carver.She and her bandmates in girl group Lemonade sang for survival in the X Factor’s infamous Six Chair Challenge
DALMATIAN-obsessed Swindonians only need 40 more members in their walking group to reach the magic 101. ‘Swindon Spots’ meet once a month to let their Dalmatians loose for an hour-and-a-half, often at their favourite haunt Stanton Park. With
WHEN Michelle Maull opened the letter telling her she’d won a place on the London Marathon she couldn’t believe it. “I had to ask my husband to read it to check,” said Michelle. For the 35-year-old from Ferndale, who was fresh off running the Swindon
The Royal Ballet School gave more than two hundred lucky Swindon children their first taste of ballet dancing in an innovative dance education project.Year three pupils, aged seven and eight, from five Swindon primary schools gathered at Swindon Dance
A POTENTIALLY lifesaving defibrillator has been installed in The Brunel much to the relief of local man Colin Jarvis whose own life was saved at the centre. Colin, who lives in Royal Wootton Bassett, was enjoying a coffee at Muffin Break in The
SWINDON Town skipper Olly Lancashire insists his side were well briefed about the threat posed by Lincoln City following Tuesday’s 1-0 defeat at home. Goalless with 10 minutes to go, Town buckled at home for the fifth time this season across all
CHELTENHAM Town will have no days off this week as a result of their 3-2 home defeat by Grimsby Town on Tuesday night. It was their second setback in four days and boss Gary Johnson called his players in for extra training on Wednesday as they
SWINDON Shock player-coach David Colclough was reassured by the resolute performance put on by his side as they claimed their first league win of the season over Essex Blades. After defeat on the opening day of the National League Division Three
LAWN A made it six wins from six in Division One of the Swindon & District Winter League as Abbeymeads A were put to the sword 52-46. Abbey ended the first quarter six goals up, but with Jess Hembrough and Macy Dawson picking up loose balls
SWINDON suffered their first defeat of the season in Conference North as they lost 2-1 to fellow high-flyers Marlborough. The home team pressed well and Swindon struggled to break through and make a meaningful impression further up the pitch.
ALREADY crowned Hel Performance Motostar British Standard Class champion of 2017, Swindon youngster Max Cook finished the season with a flourish at Brands Hatch last weekend. Improving his time in the second of two practice sessions by more than
DAVID Howell was hoping to end his torrid 2017 European Tour season on a high as the Andalucia Valderrama Masters got underway today. The 42-year-old admits that even a victory at the Real Club Valderrama was unlikely to see him gatecrash the end-of-season
