BOXER Jamie Cox has denied hitting a man in a nightclub brawl. Cox, 21, of Buckthorn Drive, Woodhall Park, appeared in the dock charged with assaulting Adam Osbourne in a town centre nightclub on June 2, 2007. Appearing at Swindon Crown Court yesterday
SWINDON Town has donated football kits to the town's Bangladeshi Association. The Bangladeshi Association Youth and Community Centre in Cricklade Road, Gorse Hill is home to a youth club, some of whose members reside in the Broadgreen area, and the kits
Today I spotted a bus, with an advertisement on it, for the army. Seems that they need lots of new recruits. The advertisement slogan was "Make Every Monday Morning Seem Like A Friday Night - Join the Army" I know that adverts are prone to exaggeration
THE Swindon-based Wessex Male Choir is performing at a charity concert at St Peter and Paul Church in Northleach, Gloucestershire next weekend. It will be the first performance of the year for the award-winning choir, which will play a variety of songs
DO you always have your mobile phone close at hand? Have you ever used it to get a picture of something that was happening right in front of you that no-one else would believe or a moment you wanted to remember for weeks to come? We want to see your
HOWARD Taylor from GWR will be let loose on the Wildcats rink on a quad bike tomorrow. The Swindon Wildcats are lending their support to GWR Kids Charity at the game against Wightlink Raiders. The audience will be asked to donate £1 to guess how long
CONCERNS are growing for a missing teenager. Stacey Clifford will turn 18 this weekend, but her parents and police fear for her safety as she hasn't been seen since Tuesday. Stacey left her home in Hewitt Close saying she was going to stay with
Today I will be mainly writing about Retail Psychology. You probably haven’t heard about that before because it seems I just made it up. Which is somewhat surprising – I thought when I googled retail psychology there would be a whole load of websites
A WIDER range of shops and more activities for young people are just some of the things people want to see in Swindon over the next 20 years. Opinions were canvassed between June and September last year and have now been collated to form A Shared Vision
TWO part-time firemen, whose workshop went up in flames, are back at work thanks to the generosity of Adver readers. Retained firefighters Pete Price and Jason Smith's workshop burned down on January 25 while they were responding to a 999 emergency.
THE four teenagers accused of attacking Henry Webster have been branded liars by the prosecution. Barristers in the case made their closing speeches at Bristol Crown Court yesterday. James Patrick, for the prosecution, told the jury: "It is four weeks
PREMIER Division leaders Wroughton travel to the Red House this weekend to take on Purton Reserves and will be well aware of the home side's reputation for beating some of the top sides in the section, writes RAY BURROUGHS. Having languished at the bottom
WALCOT boxers are facing up to the most important weekend of their season so far, writes DAVE VEYSEY. Tomorrow, Connor Wells, 13, Tommy McDonagh, also 13, and 14-year-old Joe Buckley compete in the Western Counties Final of the National Golden Gloves
If you thought that the yachty life was glamorous then think again.... The true glamour of ocean racing hit me yesterday as I had my head down a bilge trying to empty it of diesel, & then got down on my hands & knees to scrub diesel off the floorboards
GARY Darragh insists his Wootton Bassett 2nd side will not settle for a damage limitation exercise when they take on Dorset & Wilts One North leaders Minety tomorrow. Bassett's opponents have only lost one of their 15 games so far this season and inflicted
FITNESS fanatic Andrew Briggs is the latest entrant in our Fit Fellas contest. The 19-year-old, of the town centre, was nominated by his Nationwide colleagues Jade and Lynda.
WOOTTON Bassett boss Paul Burke is praying for a change of luck so his side can turn around their miserable Hellenic League Division One West season. But tomorrow they face one of their toughest games of the campaign as they entertain league leaders
AFTER facing an uphill struggle to get his side back to winning ways, Highworth Town boss Dave Webb will be up against another one tomorrow - literally. Highworth travel to Ardley United in Hellenic Premier Division action, where they will play on arguably
POLICE are warning drug addicts they may be putting themselves in greater danger after reports that a rogue batch of heroin is on Swindon's streets. The deadly cocktail contains date-rape drug rohypnol - a strong pre-anaesthetic which incapacitates the
IAIN Harvey has tipped his Chippenham Town teammate Aaron Cornwall to make a name for himself in the professional game after the winger landed a trial with League One outfit Bournemouth, writes GARETH MOORHOUSE. Cornwall turned out for the Cherries reserves
LEIGH Henry could make his long-awaited return from injury tomorrow afternoon when Supermarine travel to Rugby Town in the Southern League Premier Division. The 21-year-old central defender has been sidelined for six weeks with a knee injury, but after
IT IS not often reporters get the chance to show off their photographic skills, so when I was told I would be snapping away while covering my stories for the day, I grabbed the chance with both hands - until I saw my equipment. I regularly use small
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TIM Payne insists he is not daunted by the Italian job facing England's forwards this weekend as he prepares to lock horns with one of the most powerful packs in world rugby. The Wroughton-born loose head prop will win his sixth international cap at
HERE’S an unusual thing for an editor to admit – but I’ve never been the greatest fan of poetry. Maybe it has something to do with my childhood when my father would, John Gielgud-like, quote lines of verse with the passion of a Shakespearean actor. William
A ROBBER who staged a violent raid on a petrol station has been given an open-ended jail sentence, because of the risk he poses to members of the public. Colin Lewin, of Broad Street, Swindon, smashed his way through the night window at the Texaco garage
DAVID Howell was facing another spell of self-analysis after bowing out of the EMAAR-MGF Indian Masters at the halfway stage this morning. Howell, who detected a swing flaw after watching his first-round performance yesterday, crumbled to a second-round
WANBOROUGH'S Louise Hunt produced a career-best performance at the Cruyff Foundation International Wheelchair Tennis Junior Masters in Tarbes, France. She retained the girls' doubles title and narrowly missed out on a place in the singles final at the
DAVID Howell discovered exactly why the camera never lies after scrutinising his new-look golf swing at the EMAAR-MGF Indian Masters yesterday. The Swindon ace admits he has "slipped back into some bad habits" after limping to a two-over-par 74 in an
PATCHED-UP Lee Richardson will play through the pain barrier as he targets back-to-back wins in this weekend's crucial double-header against Telford Tigers and Wightlink Raiders. With Wildcats' EPL play-offs hopes hanging by a thread, Richardson insists
