POLICE are warning Swindon drug users it is only a matter of time before someone is killed from taking a rogue batch of substances. If follows a number of reports in the town that cocaine may be being cut with other dangerous substances, including mephedrone
MARLON Reid bounced back from defeat in his last fight to easily beat London's Pawel Trebinski on points. In truth Reid probably should have stopped his rival but after flooring Trebinski twice in the opening round, the Swindon middleweight entertained
KELVIN Young enjoyed a winning start to his professional boxing career after comfortably defeating journeyman Jamie Ambler. The ex-Penhill amateur dominated the early stages of the fight which was a scrappy affair. And despite Ambler coming on strong
A MAN who injected himself with heroin fatally caused his lungs to stop working as he choked on food, an inquest heard. Drug user Faycal Abdelaziz, of Milverton Court, Park North, was found dead by police after his former partner Donna Low
KM Promotions' boxer Andrew McCaffrey suffered defeat in his first professional boxing bout as Adam Wilcox from Wales outpointed him. Both fighters were bloodied as each of them connected with fierce shots but much to the dismay of the Swindon
SWINDON'S Alicja Dabrowska suffered a broken nose during her first professional fight at the Oasis tonight but still claimed victory against Svetla Taskova. Dabrowska, making her debut for Keith Mayo's Boxing Promotions, clinched victory 39
Shrivenham will be missing Darren Smart and Dan Thomas for tomorrow’s Hellenic Premier fixture against Wantage Town but captain Chris Flanagan and Glenn Armstrong return to the squad. Shrivvy beat the same opponents 3-2 away from home two weeks ago
SUPERMARINE’S front line options have been boosted by the return of Steve Cook ahead of this weekend’s Southern League Premier Division trip to Evesham United. Striker Ash Edenborough has also affirmed his desire to stay at the club after a bust-up between
SWINDON Academy is inviting residents to come and have one last look at the old Headlands School building before it moves to Pinehurst. On December 18, the Academy will be handing the keys of its old Headlands Grove site to Swindon Council, as students
ENGLAND have been drawn in Group C for the first round of the World Cup 2010, alongside USA, Algeria and Slovenia. Their first game will be against the USA on June 12 in Rustenburg. It will be a handy opening for Fabio Capello's men
I SEE you continue to publish the nonsense of Steve Thompson. No Mr Thompson of course we will not claim Mr Van Rompuy as President of the EU although he is of course, in any true democratic sense, unelected. Or maybe you can tell us the date that we
SWINDON 6-A-SIDE LEISURE LEAGUES ROUND-UP ABBEY MEADS SUNDAY STRATTON SIX were the big winners of the day in the Swindon Abbey Meads Sunday 6-a-side Leisure Leagues Premier Division, as they romped home to a massive 19-1 rout of Athletico FC.
WE'VE already had a cast-iron guarantee broken by David Cameron over the EU and this week we learn that pledge number one, as the Shadow Justice Secretary described it in June, on prisons will now be scrapped. In 2007 Cameron announced that he would
FOLLOWING publication of my letter in which I suggested that integration was essential for good race relations (SA Nov 28). I became the recipient of a rather disgusting postal response. Not only was the writer too much of a coward to name his or herself
MY previous letter emphasised my concerns about the effects of the much hyped WiFi system that is about to be installed and so I must thank Coun Mallinson for checking on its safety. I still maintain this safety check needs to be carried out by an independent
I WOULD like to express my anger and horror that Swindon Borough Council has on their website that Swindon Dial-a-Ride is to have its grant cut by £50,000. How are disabled people, including myself, supposed to travel if Swindon Dial-a-Ride has to disband
IN view of SBC’s position regarding Swindon Dial-a-Ride budget and the proposed cuts, I believe there is a need for greater public awareness about the actual efficiency or otherwise of Swindon Dial-a-Ride. I write as an ex-employee of Dial-a-Ride but
RECTAL examination. I reckon that’s the first time in the Swindon Advertiser’s 155-year history that a story has started with those words. It’s not the sort of thing people like to think about, and especially not men – and that’s one of the
PERHAPS one of our MPs would explain why after spending billions of pounds of taxpayers money to keep the banks afloat, the government sits back and allows one of the banks (Lloyds) to close one of its biggest departments in Aylesbury with the loss of
ON reading your report on Dial-a-Ride it seems the disabled do not exist. Shopmobility has now been hit Tony the boss and his aide Richard are now jobless. I have been a member for 13 years and I use the scooter with the Swindon Advertiser name on
IF the pro-hunt minority are genuinely keeping within the legal limit and at the same time sure of their case for repealing the Hunting Act why are they so hostile towards anyone monitoring their activities? The alleged running down of two monitors by
ONE of Swindon’s largest and best-known charity events needs worthy causes to relieve it of more than £20,000. Next year’s Swindon Charity Ball 2010 is seeking applications from charity organisations in Swindon to become potential beneficiaries. The
I MAKE this appeal in my position as Ambassador for bibic, the UK charity that really makes a huge difference to the lives of disabled children and their families, bibic has been doing amazing work for over 37 years and I am proud to have been associated
COUN Mallinson is quite correct to demand a meeting to discuss any potential health implications to the decision to install WiFi points in the town. It would appear that the issue of whether there is a real risk or not centres on the use of one word in
READING James Catford's column of December 1 I had to pinch myself to ensure it wasn't April 1- all fools day. It is true to say that climate change is a fact of life, it cannot be denied simply because we all experience it. An argument put forward by
WHILE I entirely agree with Steve Thompson (SA, November 27) that we have indeed been lucky to avoid the absurd posturing of a President Blair, as advocated by David Miliband and Gordon Brown, it was in fact the Franco-German axis that scuppered his chances
THE shops are getting busier and everyone is rushing around preparing for Christmas. The run-up to Christmas can be exciting, but unfortunately, it can also be a time when shoppers get aggressive towards shopworkers. When items are out of stock or the
A 60-YEAR-OLD’S dream of taking at least one more ride on a noisy American ‘hog’ has been realised after colleagues surprised her with a gang of them. Annie Crocker, who will be celebrating her birthday in three weeks, got an early present yesterday
A BODY has been found near a Swindon school for the second time this week. A 46-year-old man, believed to be local father Joe McHugh, was discovered yesterday morning at 6am in the lane between the Crumpled Horn pub and the Eldene shops, at the
CAN I say to your readers, I did respond to the many replies generated by my last letter on the November 7, it may have been a bit long to print; so here is half a reply to those who wrote. To Mr Plumtree, in his letter November 3, he lists five famous
THE Countryside Alliance welcomes the government’s plans for the future of our post office network. Their newly launched consultation outlines a way to put the network at the forefront of financial services in the UK. These plans will be especially welcome
I WANT a referendum on the new EU Treaty and I am angry. The bankers have almost wreaked the British economy, and I am angry. Immigration into Britain is out of control, and I am angry. The EU makes 70 per cent of our laws, and I am angry. House prices
NOW let me try to understand this.... 5,000 bankers are to receive £1,000,000 each in bonuses on average within the fiscal year following the biggest banking disaster in history, which prompted an unelected Prime Minister to offer our money - to the tune
IN Online Comment (SA, December 2) you printed the views of three secularists (one an affirmed atheist) who criticise the Christian view of Christmas. They are, of course, entitled to their belief (or, from a religious view, non-belief); but they seem
NEW father Iain Inglis was horrified when his mobile phone, containing pictures of his baby boy, was stolen from his coat pocket while at hospital. He is desperately trying to trace the phone which stored the first photographs of his first
SWINDON Wildcats player-coach Ryan Aldridge has called on his side to show character and desire as they seek to avenge last weekend’s nightmare 9-1 defeat to Peterborough Phantoms against the same opponents at the Link Centre tomorrow evening. “It is
LOCAL boxer Kelvin Young has a new opponent for Keith Mayo’s ‘New Day, New Dawn’ event, which takes place at the Oasis tonight. Young’s new opponent is Jamie Ambler, a busy fighter with 45 bouts to his name in his four-year professional career. A journeyman
NEIL Loader returns to former club Amersham and Chiltern with his Swindon side in Southern Counties North tomorrow, keen to pit his charges against one of the division’s form teams. Amersham have been beaten just once this season, and have
SEAN Millwaters believes that Supermarine’s Dorset & Wilts 1 North clash with Sutton Benger tomorrow offers his side the perfect opportunity for immediate redemption after their poor showing against Calne last weekend. Player-coach Millwaters was left
PURTON boss Chris Pethick has called his side’s clash with Slimbridge their “hardest game” of the season so far. Purton were overwhelmed 4-0 at home by the same opposition earlier in the season, and Pethick has told his side that they must improve on
CASTING an eye over Town’s attacking influences on the left of midfield, only a handful of names stick out with any great authority, writes SAM MORSHEAD. Trevor Anderson made more than 150 appearances on Swindon’s left flank after he signed
TOWN’S ill-fated trip to Stockport in midweek may have come as a blessing in disguise, according to midfielder Craig Easton. Swindon’s League One match at Edgeley Park on Tuesday was called off at the last minute, to send Town’s players, management
SWINDON chief Danny Wilson believes Town’s promising League One form could be affecting how teams set up when they travel to the County Ground. Leyton Orient are the latest visitors to Wiltshire tomorrow as they look to hinder Town’s charge towards the
DANNY Wilson has admitted the absence of Jonathan Douglas would be a significant blow - if the midfield general is not fit for tomorrow’s clash with Leyton Orient at the County Ground. The Irishman is a doubt due to a badly bruised leg, an injury he
