A GROUP of young people who made a film about having a stammer have won an award. Youngsters aged from eight to 16, who were inspired by their stammers to make a short film called The Stammurai, have been handed the First Light Best Animation award 2012
A camping trip in the middle of Highworth has helped to raise thousands for a disaster charity. Rotarian Terry Williams, 62, of Highworth, pitched his ShelterBox emergency tent on the Podium in the Market Place last month and lived in it for seven days
THE great and the good in Swindon will be out in force later this month when they are honoured at a special awards ceremony. The Pride of Swindon 2012 awards will be presented on Thursday, March 22. Judges were delighted this year to receive more than
NINE immigration offenders have been caught in a series of UK Border Agency raids across the town. On February 29, officers from the agency supported by Wiltshire Police went to the Shaftesbury Centre, in Percy Street, where migrant workers were attending
THE Old Town farmers’ market is all set for change after the number of traders dwindled to just a handful in recent weeks. As few as two stallholders have turned up for the Sunday market in Wood Street over the past month – and now moves are afoot to
WORK to improve two key pedestrian underpasses, which connect the north and south sides of Swindon under the railway tracks, is getting under way this spring. Improvements to the Great Western Underpass, linking Bristol Street to the historic
A DOORMAN who used a stun gun on a clubber while his colleagues pinned him to the ground has walked free from court. Nicholas Hunter zapped the victim, who had been thrown out of Suju the night after Sian O’Callaghan had gone missing from the Old Town
A MARRIED couple will be hitting the high notes for an opera about the town. Auditions took place last month for Swindon: The Opera, which will be performed at Steam on July 7 and 8. And now producers have revealed that husband and wife, Alison and
A DIABETES charity has launched a campaign to lower unacceptably high numbers of preventable amputations in diabetics. It comes after it was revealed that NHS Swindon has a higher than national average number of major amputations among these patients
TWO Newsquest employees have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to their newspapers. Rachael Youd, newspaper sales manager at the Adver, was presented yesterday with an Excellence In Newspaper Sales award, while photographer Trevor Porter
A CHURCH in Penhill has been chosen to pilot a new high-tech security system to deter metal thieves from causing thousands of pounds more in damage. St Peter’s Church, in Penhill Drive, was hit so many times that Ecclesiastical Insurance, the
SWINDON trainer Matt Dartnall is hoping to go one better in tonight’s Arc final at Blunsdon’s Abbey Stadium. Dartnall’s Glenard Sunrise was beaten by half a length in last year’s final by fellow Swindon trainer Nick Colton’s Jolly Poacher. Ballymac
HOMEOWNERS were given a stark wake-up call after a police operation found many had left their homes, cars and garages unlocked. Police and Swindon Council officers went house-to-house in Peatmoor and Sparcells yesterday morning to warn residents to keep
JOHN Fisher is not a happy man going into his Shrivenham side’s double header this weekend. Shrivvy travel to struggling Fairford tomorrow expecting to take all three points from the side sitting third bottom of the Hellenic Premier, but two days later
Paolo on...Chelsea’s next boss. I don’t know what their next move will be because I am not in the Chelsea board’s head. I said before that Andre Villas-Boas was a mistake because I could not imagine he would move there and the assistant
Grumeti has shown a big improvement since Alan King reported he was slightly lame on Tuesday morning. Ante-post favourite for next Friday’s Triumph Hurdle after an easy victory in the Dovecote Novices’ Hurdle at Kempton on Racing Plus Chase day, Grumeti
WOOTTON Bassett gave their push for a top half in Swindon and District League Division Five a boost by beating Abbey Meads F 43-17 at the weekend. The two teams went into the game occupying positions next to each other in the table, and Bassett pushed
MARLBOROUGH-based riders Andrew Nicholson and Jonelle Richards were among the winners on the opening weekend of the 2012 British Eventing season, which was brought to an early end by bad weather. The duo were in action at the Moreton BE one day event
THE good form continues for Ian Barnes after the Swindon-based rally driver overcame a few last-minute hitches to secure a solid finish in Sunday’s Mid Wales Post Historic Stages Rally. After collecting 29 points in the opening round of the Welsh Historic
JONATHAN Tehoue has been backed by interim chairman Jeremy Wray to help fire Swindon back into League One after the striker signed on for the rest of the season yesterday. Paolo Di Canio had been keen to bolster his attacking options since
Struggling Swindon Supermarine suffered a disappointing 2-0 defeat at home to fellow relegation candidates Redditch United last night. Marine needed a win to suck the Worcestershire side into the depths of the battle to avoid relegation from the Southern
