VOLUNTEERS at Coate Water miniature railway have embarked on a fundraising mission to buy a special carriage to allow them to carry disabled passengers. The tourist attraction, in Coate Water Country Park, has been running since 1963 but does not currently
AN ANIMAL sanctuary boss is hoping to find the owners of a kitten that was found on a motorway roundabout at the weekend. John Warwick-Huckvale, owner of Swindon and District Animal Haven, was handed the six-week-old kitten after it was found by Gareth
A TOWN Centre pub is bidding farewell to Swindon after just six months, having struggled to cash in on the late-night trade. Ellington’s in Bridge Street shut on Sunday and will relocate to a bigger premises in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands.
THE IMPORTANCE of childminding was put in the spotlight last week. Members of the Haydon Wick Childminding Group headed to Lydiard Park where they enjoyed a mini Olympics event to mark National Childminding Week. England and Wales celebrated the national
A SOCIAL club for senior citizens in Royal Wootton Bassett has been saved from closure. A replacement was needed for Sandra Hooper, who organises the Age UK Monday Social Club in the town, otherwise it was doomed to close earlier this month. But the
The legacy of South Marston writer Alfred Williams is being boosted by a grant worth more than half-a-million pounds. The Heritage Lottery Fund is paying for records relating to Williams’s life to be digitised and made available on the internet. Seven
THE parents of a disabled boy have thanked bank staff for helping to raise enough money to buy him a specialist buggy. Morgan Gibbons, who will be four years old next month, has Down’s Syndrome and was born with two holes in his heart and no thumbs.
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WHEELCHAIR tennis ace Louise Hunt has had her place at the 2012 Paralympics confirmed today. The Wanborough star will compete at Eton Manor at the Olympic Park in just over 70 days’ time, following the British Paralympic Association’s announcement
A SUCCESSFUL consultation has been held for plans to give Cavendish Square a much-needed play area. In 2006 work began on the regeneration of Cavendish Square, which entailed more than 170 new homes being built, a new co-op and an expansion
BEREAVED Terry Reynolds was so disappointed with the council’s efforts to maintain the grass in Whitworth Road Cemetery that he took it upon himself to tidy it up. The 66 year-old, of Wheeler Avenue, took his lawnmower to the cemetery yesterday, after
THE FUNERAL of former Swindon councillor and GWR train driver Len Smith is to be held this week. Len, who died aged 89 in May, was a Labour member for some 12 years until the early 1980s, and was proud of helping to bring the Oasis Leisure Centre to
STAFF at John Lewis are celebrating a bumper jubilee weekend with record profits. A combination of Diamond Jubilee fever and the wet weather buoyed sales at the department store in Mannington Retail Park, which boasted a 50 per cent increase on last
BRITISH Rail has paid £60,000 in compensation to the family of a former Swindon railway worker who died from asbestos related cancer. Philip Smith, of Medgbury Road, in the town centre worked for British Rail for 26 years at its Swindon works and for
GRANDPARENTS worried about their daughter’s new boyfriend are among those who have used a new law to check whether they are paedophiles, as child sex offences in the town fell slightly over the past three years. Wiltshire Police have received 102 applications
A PUBLIC drop-in meeting will be held later today to present Swindon Council’s highways mitigations for the controversial Croft School. Work is under way to build a primary school for up to 420 children next to the Croft Sports Centre, off Marlborough
A FATHER-OF-FOUR who launched a drunken attack on his former partner in front of their children has been jailed for two years. The couple’s 10-year-old child said ‘Mummy’s dead: you’ve killed my mummy’ after Ian Cox knocked his victim unconscious during
FORWARD Swindon has appointed two high-flyers in new director roles to help boost its performance amid criticism about its past record and value for money. The council-owned firm, set up in March 2010 to drive Swindon’s economic development and regeneration
PAOLO Di Canio believes he can get the best out of new signing James Collins because he knows what it takes to succeed as a striker at the highest level. Collins’ arrival at the County Ground, on a two-year contract, was confirmed by the club yesterday
WINGER Gary Roberts has revealed he rejected the lure of Championship football to become part of Paolo Di Canio’s push for promotion from League One. The 28-year-old was released by Huddersfield following the Terriers’ play-off final victory over Sheffield
PAOLO Di Canio added three new players to his Swindon Town squad yesterday and quickly proclaimed his love for the transfer market. Strikers Andy Williams and James Collins were officially confirmed as Robins at a County Ground press conference, alongside
IF you weren’t quite sure before yesterday, Paolo Di Canio and Swindon Town mean business in League One next season. The triple signing of Andy Williams, Gary Roberts and James Collins was well worth the wait. Let's be honest, the media
PAOLO Di Canio has admitted it took until the release of next season’s League One fixture list for him to realise just how far Hartlepool is from Swindon, but the Town boss cannot wait to get his second term in charge of the club under way. The fixture
AFTER several weeks of waiting, Andy Williams was delighted to put six months of speculation to bed and sign for Swindon Town. The former Yeovil striker, who has put pen to paper on a two-year deal with the Robins, admitted that he has known of interest
RICHARD Hannon has high hopes of his team of four as the Marlborough trainer bids to add to his tally of three Coventry Stakes wins at Royal Ascot today. With Rock City (1989), Canford Cliffs (2009) and Strong Suit (2010) on the roll-of-honour in this
SWINDON boss Alun Rossiter lauded the return to form of Troy Batchelor as the Aussie inspired a terrific 53-36 win at Lakeside last night. Batchelor clocked up 14 points from five rides as the Blunsdon side gave a ruthless display at the Arena-Essex
PETE Reed and his Great Britain teammates narrowly lost out to Australia in the final World Cup of 2012 in Munich at the weekend. The former Cirencester Deer Park School student - alongside Alex Gregory, Tom James and Andrew Triggs Hodge - were less
