A PENSIONER helped to drag his neighbour from a burning first floor flat. Fire crews were called to the property in Crawford Close, Freshbrook, on Thursday where they found the resident of the flat, who is thought to have been in his 30s, had
A UNION official has stepped forward to fight the case of two whistleblowers suspended in an investigation at a homeless charity. Jim D’Avila, regional co-ordinating officer for Unite, will represent Tony Niester and James Derieg in a disciplinary
SCAFFOLDERS have helped to build funds in honour of toddler Keiron Guess after he was mauled by a dog earlier this month. The two-year-old, who lost an ear and suffered extensive damage to his face in the attack near his home in Moredon, remains
A TEACHER has been given full marks by the Queen after nearly 40 years of service to education. Sue Fila, who teaches autistic children at Crowdy’s Hill School, has been awarded an MBE in this year’s Birthday Honours list. The mother-of-two, who is
FESTIVAL fever will be sweeping Old Town today as families flock to enjoy live music, dancing and performing arts. Hundreds of people are expected to head to the Town Gardens from 10am for bandstand acoustic sessions, performances in The Bowl and a pop
DAVID Howell extended his fine recent run of successfully made cuts to three in a row with a second-round 70 at the Saint Omer Open in France yesterday. The Broome Manor pro had gone into his second set of 18 holes at the hilly course across the channel
BY HIS own admission, Ben Loughrey could barely be in better form as he prepares to tackle the Amateur Championship on the Scottish Links courses of Royal Troon and Glasgow Gailes next week. At the beginning of this week the Wrag Barn starlet blitzed
NOURREDINE Meddoune may dream of becoming world champion, but next week he’ll come up against a man who was within a Klitschko of a global belt less than three years ago. The Swindon-based boxer, who originally hails from Morocco, has been drawn to face
TWO local clubs, Westlecot and Wootton Bassett, feature prominently in the men’s county semi-finals in the national fours and triples championships being staged at Chippenham Town tomorrow. A place in the county final is on offer to all
WILTSHIRE men stayed on course for a quarter-final place in the Middleton Cup as they recorded another big victory in their inter-county championship group. They followed up an impressive 50-shot win over Dorset by thumping Herefordshire 148-100 at St
WILTSHIRE captain David Bauer hailed the “conveyor belt’’ of county talent after his side won the right to defend their English county title. Bauer watched his side storm to the South West Counties Amateur Championship team crown on home turf at Bradford
THERE are just over 40 days and 40 nights to go until the start of the greatest show on earth - the Olympic Games. Over the next six weeks, athletes from all over the world will descend on Britain to represent their countries, but who of our local competitors
SWINDON Town’s Football in the Community girls put in a strong showing at Reading’s six-a-side tournament at the Madejski Stadium recently. The girls programme currently engages more than 300 players between the ages of five and 15 and is growing quickly
SWINDON’S Ian Barnes consolidated his position in the top 10 of the Welsh Historic Rally Championship with another strong performance on the 2012 Severn Valley National Historic Rally last week. Barnes shrugged off two mechanical problems, which could
SEVERAL local clubs failed in their attempts to reach the county final in the ladies national triples championships and the right to represent Wiltshire in the National Championships at Royal Leamington Spa in August. Stratton Churchway, skipped by Janet
SWINDON Town have received interest in several members of their current playing staff, interim chairman Jeremy Wray has confirmed. The Robins have transfer listed a number of first-team professionals this summer as manager Paolo Di Canio looks to build
