THREE goals in eight minutes all but sunk Swindon Supermarine as they lost 4-2 to Nuneaton Town at a sodden Hunts Copse tonight. Following a goal-less first half in which Supermarine had the better chances as well as the majority of the play
A TEENAGER has created a design to get a Government message across. Sian Lawson Blake, who attends the Riverside Centre, Queens Drive, won an Apple iPod for her design, which was described as bright and strong. Sian, 15, said: “I am really, really
MORE than 40 per cent of Swindon’s household rubbish was recycled over the last year, new government figures reveal. However, the council claims the figure undervalues the work it is doing to prevent waste ending up in landfill sites. The Department
A WEEK of enforcement activities led to nine arrests and 40 fixed penalty notices. Part of Not In My Neighbourhood Week – coordinated by the the Community Safety Partnership – it included action against truancy, littering, unpaid court fines and advice
With the recent online release of the British Army’s World War One Service Records 1914- 1920, researching the military history of my two first cousins twice removed has rescued these men from mere names on a list of wartime statistics.
FINAL preparation are being made for a running race with a difference this weekend, over horse hurdles. The Wickstead Wander five-mile cross country race takes place around Highworth this weekend, with money raised going to the Riding for the Disabled
A 10-YEAR-OLD Swindon dancer has landed a part in an English Youth Ballet performance. Bonnie Brasier-Dinning, of The Lawns, starred in Giselle in Southsea, Portsmouth, much to the delight of her mother Rosie. Bonnie, who trains with the Estelle School
FREE Level 2 NVQ in IT (ITQ) In response to popular demand, Solomon Training Ltd based in Percy Street, Rodbourne, is running a Level 2 NVQ programme in IT. The programme would normally cost £70.00 for 80 hours of learning, but for a limited
YET another lot of brave soldiers passing through Wootton Bassett today (November 10), five of whom were slaughtered by a rogue police cadet they were training. The fact is: There’s virtually no chance of there ever being a real Afghan army or police
THE Swindon-built 150mph Civic Type R, regarded as one of the world’s best sports cars, is now on sale in Japan. It is rare for Honda in Japan to import cars from other factories in other countries so this is quite a feather in the caps of the 3,400
In 1853 the Swindon Railway Works was over the financial crisis and the recession had ended. It was working above its capacity and Gooch was about to launch his own plans for New Swindon. He understood that the GWR required more workers and needed
RADIO presenters have been sporting moustaches in aid of charity. Heart breakfast show presenters Jez and Greenie are letting their facial hair grow untamed for a month to raise money for the Prostate Cancer Charity. The charity is hosting
I READ with horror the letter from Mike Spry (SA, Nov 9) in which he calls me a Tory writer; now while I am prepared to be called many things what I absolutely refute is being a supporter of David Cameron et al and by association a Tory. I hope my letters
DOES David Cameron think that we are all as ignorant over the Lisbon Treaty as he seems to be? He has stated that any future handing over of power to the EU will be subject to referendum, he will make British law superior to EU law and win powers back
I PRESUME that we have been watching the same news items as Richard Symonds but the difference is that I have also been reading parts of the Lisbon Treaty. David Cameron will not have to legislate to avoid any more powers going over to the EU because
WHILE my sympathy goes out to the family of Alex Szymanski, we must somehow get the message across to young drivers the dangers of the road. How many times do we see young drivers in Vauxhall Corsas or Citroen Saxos speeding around with loud music going
THE Oxford English Dictionary defines a democracy as “Form of government in which sovereign power resides with the people” while a dictatorship is “State with absolute authority in any sphere”. The power in Europe now rests with the EU Commission. What
AFTER spending years as his mother’s carer, Danny Stepney has launched his own Swindon therapy charity to help others – but is struggling to meet growing costs. Danny, 25, of Oakhurst, had cared for Christine, 51, constantly in the past few
SO the Czech Republic has now ratified the Lisbon Treaty, so where does that leave Britain? Sadly at the mercy of the unelected European Commission. We await David Cameron’s policy statement but it will undoubtedly contain weasel words without a grain
HALLOWEEN, Guy Fawkes and Christmas fare all start in August or thereabouts, remembrance of Poppy Day on November 11 every year lags far behind, the remedy lies with the Royal British Legion whose distribution should get their act together and become
ONE former Honda employee has described a new and improved voluntary redundancy package as a “kick in the teeth” to many of the workers who left only months ago. Gary Pollock, 46, from Walcot, who took a £14,000 package in January, said a few people
SWINDON travelled to Bath on Saturday to take on an improving Bath Buccaneers side and left nursing a 5-2 defeat. Swindon ventured out of the blocks slowly in comparison to Bath, conceding an early short corner in the second minute that resulted in
A SWINDON Amnesty meeting on domestic abuse will take place tomorrow. Frank Mullane, the founder of the Swindon-based charity Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse, will address the audience at the Friends Meeting House, in Eastcott Hill, at 7.30pm. On
I NOTE with interest Steve Morgan’s letter printed in the Swindon Advertiser on November 9 defending the Vericool fingerprinting technology that has been introduced at Commonweal School. For anyone who isn’t aware of the facts, Vericool is a subsidiary
I WAS a long distance lorry driver for 45 years and covering two million non accidents, no convictions miles. I notice on the roads today drivers of various types of vehicles are driving more competitively and aggressively rather than defensively. Often
HAVING read of possible cuts in defence spending recently has given me much food for thought. First of all, recollections of World War Two. I, like many others, remember how unprepared we were for the Battle of Britain; had we lost this battle our future
ROCK wildman Pete Doherty is set to perform in Cricklade tonight. The Babyshambles frontman is due to appear with his entire band at the Vale Hotel in Cricklade High Street. The band will be supported by Fred Hot Chilli Peppers. Vale Hotel owner
THIS week, the Swindon Advertiser takes a look back over Swindon Town’s record of importing foreign footballers into the English leagues. Casting an eye over three decades of transfers involving players from outside Great Britain and Ireland
I AM writing to ask your readers to pull on their Santa suits and support the first ever Diabetes UK South West Santa Dash across Clifton Suspension Bridge on Sunday, December 6. Diabetes is increasing at an alarming rate and, as someone with Type 1
Ridgeway School's assistant head says he had no inkling that a breaktime “altercation” involving Henry Webster would be a prelude to the horrific violence that followed. Ron Piper told the High Court in London he interviewed Henry in the morning of
JUST come back from Bremen in Germany what a great city it is but one thing that really surprised me was that after a complete smoking ban because of the effect on trade in pubs, bars and restaurants there are signs up in their windows saying non smoking
TWO weeks ago I went shopping at the Tesco store in Ocotal Way. I have a small child and therefore use the parent and child facilities provided. When leaving the store the woman to my right was just about to reverse out, noticing that she did not have
THE LEADER of the far-right British National Party caused outrage when he turned up at the repatriation of six soldiers in Wootton Bassett yesterday – and handed out business cards. Despite whisperings that Prime Minister Gordon Brown was
ONE person had to be cut from a car after a two-vehicle collision. Two people were injured on Croft Road at the junction with Wichelstow just outside Wroughton at 8.45am yesterday. Police said a collision took place between a Vauxhall Astra and Audi
A late slump saw Cricklade lose 17-0 at home to high-flying Chippenham 2nds in Dorset & Wilts 1 North on Saturday. It looked as if the game was heading for an improbable 0-0 midway through the second half, but after Cricklade gave away a string of penalties
VETERANS and residents will stand shoulder to shoulder at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month today to honour Swindon’s fallen heroes. The town centre is expected to be full of people gathering to pay their silent respects as the town commemorates
HONDA workers say morale has plummeted with the news that up to 500 more employees could be out of work in the latest round of voluntary redundancies. Staff at the firm spoke out last night after it was announced they would be offered improved packages
MINETY gained their first league points in Southern Counties South on Saturday, overcoming fellow strugglers Bradford on Avon 15-5. Fielding a strong threequarter line but still reliant on recruits from the second team to complete the pack, Minety shared
SUPERMARINE’s 33-3 defeat at Marlborough in Dorset and Wilts 1 North on Saturday may appear to have been a hiding on paper, but player-coach Sean Millwaters insists that the scoreline was something of an injustice. The trip to top-of-the-table Marlborough
DANNY Wilson believes Town have proved they can challenge for honours in League One, after describing his side's second half display against Norwich last night as “exceptional.” Swindon exited the Johnstone's Paint Trophy at the quarter-final stage with
SWINDON put a halt to a miserable run of defeats with a composed and clinical 33-17 success over Bicester in Southern Counties North on Saturday. Defeat against the league’s bottom side was never an option for Neil Loader’s squad and they responded to
A DISJOINTED Swindon College Old Boys side overcame Thatcham 33-18 in the Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier, but their guests gave them a serious run for the their money. Old Boys manager Martin Peaple was surprised by the levels of performance shown by Thatcham
AUTHOR Patrick Ness has recommended pupils get stuck into trashy literature alongside the classics. He visited Dorcan Technology College, off St Paul’s Drive, yesterday to give Year 10 pupils from Dorcan and Kingsdown tips on writing and an
CRAIG Hogg’s return to the Wroughton frontline proved crucial as he bagged a brace in the 3-1 victory at Bradford Town. Hogg, who played in goal in the 1-0 defeat to Pewsey Vale the previous weekend, was restored to his favoured position and his goals
WORKERS at one of Swindon’s largest employers fear further pay cuts after Honda reopened its redundancy programme. The car giant’s workforce in Swindon is likely to shrink to 3,000 over the next few years, well down from almost 5,000 a couple of years
SPEAKING to Danny Wilson after last night's Johnstone's Paint Trophy quarter-final defeat against Norwich, you wouldn't have believed his side had just been dumped out of the competition on penalties. Most managers would have been bemoaning the lottery
SUPERMARINE boss Mark Collier has urged his side to work on the grittier aspects of their game after admitting their preferred style of play had been ‘worked out’ by their Southern League peers. The Hunts Copse outfit have struggled for wins in the
