Archive - Tuesday, 16 October 2018

SOUTHERN LEAGUE: Supermarine sweep past Farnborough

SWINDON Supermarine secured a first Southern League Premier Division South win since August with a 4-2 victory at home to Farnborough this evening.

Wiltshire Fire issues candle safety warning for winter

High Sheriff Nicky Alberry delighted by success of Uncelebrated Journey

ACCOLADES have been pouring in following a successful sell-out performance of Uncelebrated Journey, a play about Swindon and its people, organised by the High Sheriff of Wiltshire Nicky Alberry.

You could soon get your paws on highly collectible Paddington Bear 50p coins

New coins celebrating Paddington Bear will soon start showing up in people's pockets and wallets.

Review: Zany yet biting satire of the acting game

Time and a fickle public have not been kind to washed-up actors and long-time foes Gary Savage (Adrian Edmondson) and Nigel Planer (Hugh Delavois).

Police warning after spate of thefts in Royal Wootton Bassett

A SPATE of thefts around the Royal Wootton Bassett area have sparked a police warning.

TASTE TALK: White wines for seafood

The sun may have set on summer but there's no reason why you can can't flip-flop among the array of bright whites on the shelves right now.

Barrie Hudson: Now here's some food for thought

ACCORDING to some new NHS figures, one in five children leaving primary school in Swindon is obese.

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Do you know a donkey looking for its big bray-k into acting?

ONE lucky donkey could enjoy its big bray-k into the world of acting this Christmas, as producers of Swindon's nativity production The Journey are recruiting for the role.

Firefighter plans to carry on running for Wiltshire Air Ambulance

A FIREFIGHTER from Royal Wootton Bassett was able to hand over more than £3,000 to Wiltshire Air Ambulance after slogging his way round the streets of the metropolis in the London Marathon.

REVIEW: In Praise of Love with Robert Lindsay and Tara Fitzgerald

IT’S spring 1973, in a flat filled with books and decorated with the orange wallpaper so characteristic of the decade, when a woman in a long dress comes home to her curmudgeonly husband, to tell him she isn’t dying after all.

Swindon Town FC renews partnership with Be Wiser Insurance

SWINDON Town FC has renewed its partnership with Be Wiser Insurance for the 2018/19 season.

'Brexit will affect every business one way or another'

FREE one-to-one sessions to prepare businesses for Brexit are taking place at the Workshed tomorrow.

GREEN VEGAN: So long, and thanks for all the falafels

Being a creature of habit, my weekday packed lunch often includes a couple of vegan falafels, and my favourite brand by far is Cauldron.

Vans may have been set alight by arsonists

A FIRE that damaged two vans in North Swindon is being treated as arson.

Royal Mail launches Christmas recruitment drive with thousands of available jobs

Royal Mail is launching its annual recruitment drive for thousands of seasonal workers to help sort the Christmas post and the increasing amount of online shopping parcels.

Festival fan sets up vegan street food business the Veeg Shack

FESTIVAL lover Amy Smith hopes her big new van and a passion for vegan food will offer a road to adventure and a whole new career.

Man arrested after assault on woman in Rodbourne

A man has been charged after assaulting a woman in Rodbourne.

Targets set to get more care-leavers and disabled adults into work

Getting more people with learning difficulties and youngsters leaving council care into work will take a change in attitudes, a new plan says.

Marathon effort boosts Air Ambulance total

LONDON Marathon runner Ian Norris has thanked everyone who supported him to raise more than £3,000 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance.

Psychedelic Swindon music video stars Bez from Happy Mondays

Record producer Chaney, aka musician Theo Altieri, has teamed up with Bez from rock band Happy Mondays to create a psychedelic video filmed in Swindon.

Tenants fear proposals for five years of above-inflation rent rises

A possible rent increase for council tenants in Swindon of one percent above inflation has not found favour with those who might have to find the extra money.

Ex-pimp gets five years for breaching sex ban

A former pimp who is HIV+ banned from having sex with women without telling the police has been jailed for five years.

Help to Buy advice and info show this Saturday

A FREE Help-to-Buy show will be held at Double Tree by Hilton in Swindon this Saturday.

MPs and council leader will talk development at breakfast meeting

The impact of government policy, both national and local, on the property and development market will be the topic for the next breakfast meeting of the Swindon and Wiltshire Action for property group - known as SNAP.

FOOD REVIEW: Great food but slow service at Broccoli Pizza and Pasta

MY parents came to visit over the weekend, eager to see where their roving reporter son lived and worked.

Autumn Fayre for Brighter Futures next month

An Autumn Festive Fayre will be held next month to raise money for the Brighter Futures Radiotherapy Appeal.

Swindon-based choir to premiere new song of remembrance

The Swindon-based Wessex Male Choir will be performing the world premiere of Paul Mealor’s new song of remembrance, ‘A Hymn to Fallen Comrades’, on Tuesday October 23 at Gloucester’s Guildhall.

It's gymkhana but not as we know it (but Rob's the British champ!)

MOST people have heard of gymkhana for horses, where the they make their way around a course with penalties for any faults.

Body found in town centre was 23-year-old man, police reveal

POLICE are not treating the death of a man found under a stairwell by town centre flats as suspicious.

Moped rider found with cannabis and no insurance arrested in Penhill

POLICE in Penhill seized a moped for having no insurance and arrested its rider for drug possession yesterday.

Councillors should 'prove they're working'- says UKIP's Martin Costello

Former UKIP parliamentary and council candidate Martin Costello believes that borough councillors should have to clock in and clock out to justify their allowances.

Hospice chief resigns eight months after critical inspection

CHIEF executive Angela Jordan, who came under fire in the wake of an inspection that flagged up poor morale and a bullying culture at Prospect Hospice, has resigned.

Nervous wait to see how much beer tax will increase in the budget

THE pub industry in Swindon, worth tens of millions of pounds, could take a hit if beer duty is raised as expected next week, Britain’s Beer Alliance has warned.

Cabinet member for children and schools to be quizzed by councillors

Nearly every parent of secondary school aged children was was able to send their child to a school in the top three of their preferences.

WOMEN'S FOOTBALL: Town's Jones rues ones that got away

SWINDON Town Ladies coach Dan Jones insists his side must start making the most of the chances presented to them, following Sunday’s 2-1 Women’s National League Plate loss at home to Bedworth United.

SWINDON SUNDAY LEAGUE: Penhill boys Dunn well for boss Graham

GRAHAM Dunn has extra reason to be cheerful on his birthday today after Penhill United recorded their first Swindon Sunday League victory over Greyhound FC in years at the weekend, winning 3-2 away from home.