Check the latest travel news in SwindonA TRAFFIC census caused chaos on the M4. The survey, which was taking place near Chippenham, forced drivers heading east who wanted to leave at Junction 17 to queue on the hard shoulder. Hundreds of cars had to
A WOMAN is asking people if they found a lost camera memory card. Pauline Rankin lost the card, which fits into a Samsung camera, during a trip to the town from her home in Melksham on Thursday, October 18. She visited the Great Western Hospital and
A DRUNKEN thug who attacked his girlfriend in front of their children has been jailed for 14 months. Jason Bristow, 21, had served seven months of a suspended sentence for using a knuckleduster to hit a man when he launched the prolonged attack on his
EMBATTLED North Wiltshire MP James Gray is facing a fresh bid to kick him out of office. Earlier this year the MP faced down a challenge by members of the North Wiltshire Conservative Association to deselect him. Now, nine months on, disgruntled Party
Today sees the average price of unleaded petrol across the UK rise above £1 a litre for the first time ever. Figures from PetrolPrices.com, show that both unleaded and diesel are at record highs, with unleaded now 100.08p per litre and diesel 103.32p
If you are an elfin faced sniveler/your granny has popped her clogs/you are delusional/this is everything to you/have lived all your 15 years waiting for this/are no good at singing/are a born 'entertainer', or if you would like to be working at Butlins
MOST men would be delighted to hear that their wife will never speak again, but it does not stop Bob Taylor's wife nagging him. Lorry driver Bob, 54, fell in love with Rita, 49, across a busy nightclub dance floor a year after the care worker was diagnosed
APPLAUSE echoed throughout St Bartholomew's Church in Wootton Bassett as family and friends of Bob and Deb Fry gathered to pay tribute to the couple. Mourners crammed in to the parish church leaving barely enough room to stand. It has been just over
GETTING up at 4.30am to drive to a race 270 miles away is not a bright idea. Originally, I had planned to head over to Kent this weekend to run in the Deal 5. After all the long distance races I have been clocking up lately, this run would be a spot
GETTING up at 4.30am to drive to a race 270 miles away is not a bright idea. Originally, I had planned to head over to Kent this weekend to run in the Deal 5. After all the long distance races I have been clocking up lately, this run would be a spot
GETTING up at 4.30am to drive to a race 270 miles away is not a bright idea. Originally, I had planned to head over to Kent this weekend to run in the Deal 5. After all the long distance races I have been clocking up lately, this run would be a spot
THE Velcro suit comedian Dom Joly wore to promote the Swindon's Science museum bid for Lottery money has gone on sale. It has just been put up on auction website eBay by the museum in Wroughton and will be up for grabs for seven days. The Trigger Happy
BUSINESSES backing the former Swindon Advertiser reporter Emma-Kate Lidbury have been celebrating her bronze-medal-winning performance at the World Triathlon Championships. Emma-Kate, 27, who now works for sister paper to the Advertiser the Oxford Mail
A COUNCILLOR is in Australia finding out more about an ocean liner, in which his family returned to England in after a short-lived immigration. Coun David Glaholm (Ind, Penhill), pictured, was only 10 during the home-bound trip, but remembers being awed
VOLUNTEERS are needed to lead brisk walks around Swindon. Active Swindon is holding two training sessions to teach local people to become walk leaders on the Healthy Walks Programme. The programme runs regular walks from Broadgreen, Pinehurst and Penhill
THE buy-to-let market in the UK looks set to continue enjoyiing prolific success in spite of recent interest rate rises, as a result of persistently high house prices and unsettled market conditions. Additionally, with rental income rising at the fastest
New administration and receivership figures from Deloitte, the business advisory firm, show a fall of 19 per cent in the South West in the nine months to September 2007. There were 83 appointments in the region up to September, a fall of 20 on last year
PARROT thieves Billy Trotman and Nicholas Davies will not have to do bird for smashing their way into a pet shop in a drunken raid. An Alexandrian ringback parrot died after the burglars used a forklift truck to smash their way into Paradise Pets at
By the end of last month every business in Swindon and Wiltshire had to have a system in place for treating their non-hazardous waste before disposal to landfill, says sustainable business expert Envirowise. The new regulations will affect the 5.7 million
FROM October 1 this year all businesses across the UK needed to comply with a broad range of new regulations that came into force. Now, one month into the new legislation does your company comply with the new rules and regulations? It is all about
THREE years ago, trying to raise money for a charity trek to Everest Base Camp, Ken Skehan had an idea that changed his life. "I'd written occasional articles for magazines, so asked Amateur Photographer if they'd pay me to write about learning to use
A MAN killed as he walked along the M4 in fog on Sunday evening has been named by police. Hungarian Ferenc Farcas, 37, who lived in Fishponds, Bristol, was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck by a recovery truck which was towing another car
DOGS do not have to be grounded when their high-flying owners go on trips to Europe. Private air travel company PropStar Aviation from Kemble has started carrying pets as part of the package of services it offers to its members. This means that fully
IF you're having a Christmas party, we want to hear from you. The Adver will be publishing people's Christmas party pix in the run-up to Christmas. All you have to do is let us know where you're going and what night you'll be celebrating. Click here
The New Swindon Company is delighted with the £50m deal which has been signed for the old industrial land around the Swindon Designer Outlet at the Churchward Village. This wasteland in Swindon is likely to be a thing of the past with the £50m deal with
The Swindon-based British Computer Society honoured its workforce at the town's refurbished Wyvern Theatre with the annual staff excellence awards. The event also coincided with culmination of National Customer Service Week, during which individual
A SWINDON woman, who has triumphed over personal adversity to successfully establish her own business, was named one of the country's Top 25 business heroes in The Barclays Trading Places Awards. Chrissy Davies, who started Polefect, was hoping to go
A SWINDON woman, who has triumphed over personal adversity to successfully establish her own business, was named one of the country's Top 25 business heroes in The Barclays Trading Places Awards. Chrissy Davies, who started Polefect, was hoping to go
THE deadline for people to apply to Swindon Council for flood relief money has been extended by a fortnight because of a late flurry of interest. As reported in Saturday's Advertiser only 30 people applied for a share of the cash, which is part of a
John Allen, who was Mayor of Wootton Bassett in 1998-99, has set up a new business to benefit crafts enthusiasts. Full of Surprises, his retail outlet in the High Street's Apsley House Arcade, features an interior graffiti wall on which two young artists
A medical manufacturing firm in Marlborough has received a boost in productivity, potentially worth £2m. It has completed a project with the Manufacturing Advisory Service, the Government manufacturing troubleshooters. Machine downtime at First Water
The amount of industrial floor space available in the West of England is back on the rise, according to international property consultants King Sturge. Six months ago the firm's nationwide survey highlighted the region as one of only two in England,
A GRAFFITI vandal who missed appointments to repay the damage he caused has been told he is not taking his punishment seriously. The 16-year-old, of Marlow Avenue, was given a reparation order on September 24, after being convicted of causing criminal
TO the kind and honest person who handed my wallet in at Sainsbury's Swindon on Monday, October 29, a big thank you. J EDWARDS. Queens Drive, Swindon
It's all very exciting, this brave new world of wheelie bins, orange boxes and a green council. The only bit of recycling advice I've missed is what I'm supposed to do with my old dustbin. Does it go in the clear plastic bag, the little box or the
I AM extremely disappointed that the former Labour councillor Derek Bye has tried to make a cheap personal attack out of what is a very serious issue (SA, November 1). Derek has completely missed the point. Nobody has questioned the high-quality service
GOOD to see Coun Mallinson again missing the point entirely when it comes to all things Labour. But then it's easy to do such a thing when political conviction is not your strong point. One thing that always strikes me about Coun Mallinson is the
I WAS horrified by your titillating headline "Student drank herself to death at raunchy undies party". This was a sensationalist headline better suited to The Sun, not the Swindon Advertiser. I worked with this girl Amanda at college and knew her
WE seem to have had a spate of mentally ill males attacking vulnerable members of the public. One never reads of cases where big, perfectly fit young men are attacked by these people, which begs the question "are so-called mentally-ill males really
The UK economy and housing market will become direct casualties of the current world-wide credit crunch, according to the latest Regional Planning report by Experian, the global information services company and leading economic forecaster. Five UK interest
I AM unable to equate the comments printed in Your Shout about our local buses with the excellent service we get in our area. For obvious reasons I can only write from personal experience but I always find our route 10 drivers kind, helpful and polite
The Farepak Hampers fiasco is an absolute disgrace for this Government. People saving up for a Christmas hamper in 2006 have still not received a penny. To think that working class people should lose their hard earned cash through no fault of their
A SIX-year-old little girl has not played with her dolls lately. Instead Chantelle Hill from Darlington has been raising money for her sick father who has lung cancer. The money is for the drug Tarceva. This drug is obtainable in Europe and Scotland
THAMESDOWN Transport operate a bus number 177 used by students in Cricklade, Purton and West Swindon, travelling to and from New College. I am a regular passenger on this bus; therefore notice that the vehicle allocated has an overall advertisement
THE GlobalExpense Rally Team of Highworth's Shelly Taunt and Julie Murphy, will this weekend compete in their final rally of the year when they enter the South Of England Tempest Stages. The Gravel Rally will start and finish at Rushmoor Arena in Aldershot
"YOU can stand up, you know. It's not against the law." The crowd at the Oasis leisure centre didn't need telling twice. And when soul diva Beverley Knight asked the 3,000 strong crowd if they were going to raise the roof, the screams echoed around
SWINDON Flames Youth manager Chris Rose said he was "really proud" of his team as they finished eighth in the British Inline Skater Hockey Association National Championships, in Rotherham. Flames Youth battled it out with 11 other teams for the title
POLICE have uncovered a drugs factory able to sell £300,000 worth of cannabis a year. Swindon centre officers raided the house in Plymouth Street on Friday night to find more than 400 skunk cannabis plants growing inside. Police were called to the terraced
Simon Belcher from Swindon took part in the Legends winter series championship at Brands Hatch in Kent. Belcher's Legends car is a 120 bhp Yamaha-powered machine which resembles American cars of the 1930s, and is capable of speeds of well over 75 mph
TEACHERS, pupils and parents are hoping a busy road outside a special school is made safer. Uplands School wants to see the 60mph speed limit on Tadpole Lane reduced, or more signs put up to warn drivers. Uplands teacher Lorna Breslin said drivers often
AFTER finalising a two-year deal to re-sign Leigh Adams, Robins co-promoter Gary Patchett admitted that life at Blunsdon would not be the same without the likeable Australian. The Advertiser revealed yesterday that Adams has agreed a new contract to
SWINDON Ladies 1st travelled to Exeter, and were unlucky not to come away with at least a point. Throughout the game Swindon held the majority of possession, and attacked well, only failing with the final pass or shot. Exeter managed to win a number
SWINDON entertained local rivals Devizes at Greendown in Premier Two, looking to maintain the good form that they had shown over the early stages of the season. Starting brightly, Swindon looked to dominate the game, and were unlucky not to be given
WOOTTON Bassett Ladies had mixed fortunes at the weekend, with a defeat and two victories. The 1sts faced stiff opposition and lost 2-1 at home against Plymouth Marjons, who started strongly with swift, accurate passes, and scored in the 20th minute.
WOOTTON Bassett's second string faced a key test against Swindon C, level on points in Wilts & NE Somerset Two at the start of the day, and cruised to a 6-0 victory. After a scrappy opening five minutes, with neither side able to find time on the ball
WOOTTON Bassett notched up their fifth win in a row in Wilts & NE Somerset Division 1, defeating Bath Buccs 6-2 at the Lime Kiln. Bassett never looked like losing in this encounter. The young partnership of Kyle Barnes and Matt Jakubiec up front was
THE mahogany coffins stood just inches apart with two delicate wreaths intertwined in a beautiful gesture of closeness the couple were best known for. With pillar candles providing a moving backdrop, one by one mourners arrived at St Bartholomew's Church
A TEENAGER accused of hitting a taxi driver in the face with a brick has appeared in court. The 15-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was told by magistrates at Swindon Youth Court that the crime was so grave he would have to appear before
