CRICKLADE firefighters say their current recruitment drive is a matter of life and death. The retained station has only seven crew members and needs five more to serve its community effectively.
Teenagers sentenced for hammer attack 1:00pm Friday 9th May FIVE teenagers have been put behind bars for the horrific hammer attack on Ridgeway schoolboy Henry Webster.
Ten jailed for hammer attack 9:39pm Friday 9th May TEN young men are today starting a total of 17 years behind bars for their part in the brutal attack on Henry Webster.
Decision is a huge set-back 8:47pm Friday 9th May ARNEL Cabrera will not be able to fulfil his tragic wife's wish and bring up his son in Britain.
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Smith hopes to fly back for Wembley final 9:00am Friday 9th May SWINDON Town may have faltered in their own play-off challenge, but defender Jack Smith is still eyeing a trip to Wembley for the traditional end-of-season showpiece.
Jack facing exile for the play-offs 3:00pm Friday 9th May CHICAGO-bound Jack Smith admits wife pressure will leave him a peripheral figure to this season's Football League play-offs although he is still hopeful of getting to a blue-riband Wembley final.
FOOTBALL: Rangers fans' UEFA reunion 12:47pm Friday 9th May A FORMER member of the Glasgow Rangers Supporters' Club Swindon branch is trying to arrange a reunion ahead of the UEFA Cup final.
RUGBY LEAGUE: The Saints are coming! 10:11am Friday 9th May A FORMER Wigan Warrior will lead the revitalised Swindon St George into battle this season, 10 years after barking out his last orders with the Bulldogs.
Letter from Nicholas E Gough12:02pm Fri 9 May 08 HAPPY birthday, banker! Well, someone's got to say it and toast him with his favourite claret.
Stage Struck with Something Wicked. . . at Swindon’s Wyvern Theatre on May 15-175:54pm Fri 9 May 08 Wicked musical
By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes - in the shape of a new show by Stage Struck to mark the theatre company's silver anniversary. Jane Marie Osborne is the director. She said: "With this being our 25th anniversary show we have decided to combine some new selections with a couple of old favourites." Something Wicked... includes comedy sketches alongside songs from shows such as Wicked, Hairspray, The Producers, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, High School Musical and more. The show is on Thursday and Friday at 7.30pm and next Saturday (May 17) at 2pm and 7pm. Tickets are £10 from 01793 524481.
Letter from Lynda Sawyer11:55am Fri 9 May 08 YOU as a paper make me mad, you had a big piece on prostitution in Monday's Adver (May 5), about paying for sex, brothels, immoral earnings by running brothels. But as I go from page to page, look and behold I find 11 adverts for call girls and massage parlours.
wadams with Music Hall Shadows at Ellendune Centre in Wroughton from May 16 to 17 5:50pm Fri 9 May 08 Step back in time
Around 20 youngsters from the junior section of a performing arts groups are bringing a piece of British history to life by recreating the days of Vaudeville. Songs in the style of The Old Kent Road and Come And Make Eyes At Me are the backdrop for Wroughton Amateur Dramatic Society's show, called Music Hall Shadows. The show is both written and directed by Jean Leo and runs at the Ellendune Centre in Wroughton, near Swindon, next Friday and Saturday (may 16 and 17). Tickets are £8 from 01793 813847 or 813307.
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