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  • Traders' victory over road chaos

    MARLBOROUGH businesses are celebrating after temporary traffic lights, which it was claimed were killing trade, have been removed during peak times. Huge tailbacks into Marlborough were caused earlier this week after Wiltshire County Council imposed

  • Doors open at Lambourn

    The Betfair Lambourn Charity Open Day which is racing's best attended non-racecourse event takes place on Good Friday, March 21. Over 30 racing yards in the Valley of the Racehorse open their yards, providing the public with a magical insight into their

  • Bible firm in good books

    SWINDON'S Bible Society is now an official Best Company' after achieving two stars in a 2008 survey. It means the 200-year-old international charity is an outstanding' company to work for, according to the Best Companies guide to UK organisations which

  • BREAKING NEWS: Robins start home campaign in style

    LEIGH Adams reigned supreme at Blunsdon once again tonight as Robins opened their account at home with a hard-fought Craven Shield triumph. Swindon's skipper chalked up a paid maximum as the dangerous Eagles were put to the sword, despite paid 12 from

  • Public meeting into Goddard Arms pub plan

    PLANS to revamp a landmark Swindon building have prompted mixed reactions. The Goddard Arms on Old Town's High Street is to be refurbished in a £1m makeover. The building's new owners are planning to create a new pub on the ground floor and an 18 bedroom

  • We want your memories of McIlroys

    FOR 123 years Regent Street department store McIlroys sold everything from buttons to furnishings. Its plate glass frontage was a landmark in Swindon's shopping centre and its imposing clock tower, demolished in the 1960s for safety reasons, used to

  • Firefighters washing cars for charity

    FIREFIGHTERS in Swindon will be getting wet and soapy at a fundraising car wash this weekend. Crews from the Westlea fire station will be running the car washing service on Saturday to raise vital funds for animal charity the PDSA. The event has been

  • BREAKING NEWS: Swindon Robins 48 Eastbourne Eagles 42

    SWINDON ROBINS 48: Leigh Adams (3-2*-3-3-3) 14+1, Mads Korneliussen (2*-3-1*-1) 7+2, Troy Batchelor (3-1*-3-1*-0) 8+2, James Wright (0-2-2*-2) 6+1, Travis McGowan (2-1-2-0) 5, Theo Pijper (2-0-0-1*) 3+1, Seb Alden (0-1*-2-2) 5+1. EASTBOURNE EAGLES

  • Students ready for Three Peaks Challenge

    THREE Peaks challengers at Swindon College have smashed their £5,000 fundraising target - before setting foot on a hill. The Uniformed Public Services students are preparing to climb the three highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales - Ben Nevis,

  • Dibben shines in Belgium

    Cycling PETER Dibben, from Swindon's GWR team, has continued his fine run of form with some excellent performances in the tough School of Belgium racing. The 16-year-old, on his third consecutive weekend of racing in Western Flanders, contested two

  • Making the most of the poster principle!

    IF you have been reading the Adver this week then you could not have failed to notice the double page poster we have been publishing of Swindon Town player, Lee Peacock. Over five days, we have been printing a life-size poster of the striker and it will

  • Eye-turning pages of history at Science Museum

    SWINDON Science Museum is proud to show off one of the best collections of science and technology books in the world. The Wroughton museum's new library contains more than 100,000 books, dating back from as early as 1486, and more than a million official

  • The Lamb Inn, Edington

    Set in the picturesque village of Edington - known for King Alfred's battle against the Danes in 878 - the Lamb Inn's name reflects the wool trade in the Middle Ages. The original owners were the manorial Lords at Bayton, dating the pub back to the

  • Schoolchildren give a little egg-stra help

    HUNDREDS of chocolate eggs are to be sent to children in Romania in a show of generosity. About 300 pupils from two Swindon schools helped fill three large boxes with the Cadbury's Creme Eggs bound for orphanages in a small village in north-eastern

  • Basque Lands Cuisine

    The Basques take their cooking and eating seriously. A tripasais is one who looks after his belly, a gourmand and a gourmet. They are members of cooking societies, open only to men, where kitchen facilities and a well-stocked pantry invite fine cooking

  • City of Truro

    City of Truro This is a short video of a Centenarian built Swindon 1903 and still in Steam, videoed on the Gloucester Warwickshire Railway GWR. City of Truro Steaming on:.....click me

  • Don’t bring vomit bug to hospital

    AN OUTBREAK of a vomiting bug in Swindon has prompted warnings from health chiefs. Reports of the highly contagious outbreak of the diarrhoea and vomiting bug started to appear earlier this week. Now the situation is becoming so widespread that hospital

  • Helping hands

    WITH ages ranging from 19 to 84, volunteers at Great Western Hospital prove that there's no age limit to kindness. To find out about the good work done by the volunteers I went along to the hospital one Wednesday morning to see them on their rounds.

  • Envy of the club world

    MILLIONS of pounds are being poured into the transformation of a much-loved Swindon nightspot - and this is how it will look. The Brunel Rooms closed late last year after being taken over by club operator Luminar. Since then a £3m refurbishment has

  • I rescued my husband from GWH misery

    A CATALOGUE of errors at Swindon's hospital prompted a woman to abduct her husband. Liz Large, of Parsons Way, Wootton Bassett, was left less than impressed with treatment dished out to her husband Philip at the Great Western Hospital. So she plucked

  • I Am An Oak Tree by Bethany Rawsthorn, aged 10

    I am a magnificent, towering tree.I have survived storms while my friends have collapsed around me.My leaves are lush and emerald green.My rough bumpy bark is my shield that protects me from the evil of the cold frosty wind.My branches sway peacefully

  • Brave teenager's tribute to donor

    THINK more about donating your organs. That's the message from a 17-year-old Swindon boy, after a transplant saved his life. Matthew Fairs, from Mildenhall Way, Penhill, says he would not be alive today were it not for the 19-year-old mystery heart

  • A Young Man by A Brogan

    A young man decided it was time to visit his folks in PakistanHe'd spent 10 long years in England and was now quite a wealthy man.He'd started off with a corner shop and it took off rather wellSo he'd opened up a couple more and future? Who can tell?But

  • Speedway plans dealt a massive blow

    PLANS for a new speedway stadium in Swindon could be at risk. Swindon Council had approved the £6m proposals, but Secretary of State Baroness Andrews has issued an Article 14 order, which could see the plans go to public inquiry. The process could take

  • Homewood Park, Limpley Stoke

    IF you are looking for fine modern English cuisine in idyllic surroundings then the newly refurbished Homewood Park country house and restaurant could be the place for you. The restaurant has an impressive track record with two AA Rosettes and has been

  • 'It's only just begun', claims Cox ahead of 100th fight

    IT has been a journey that has so far seen him travel the world, win countless medals and become one of his home town's most famous sporting sons. But as Jamie Cox prepares for his 100th bout, in the Cardiff International Arena on Saturday night, he

  • Man found guilty of serial rape and kidnap

    SERIAL rapist Kristopher Searle is today spending his 33rd birthday behind bars. Searle was yesterday found guilty on seven counts of rape and one count of kidnap with intent to commit a sex offence, a jury at Swindon Crown Court decided. He was found

  • Patchett says 'gamble' has real potential

    GARY Patchett knows all about gambles after a visit to last week's Cheltenham Festival - but the Robins chief is confident the management's punt on a team of youngsters can pay out in 2008. The Swindon co-owner was a Festival winner after backing locally-trained

  • Easter story to be told on town streets

    ACTORS from Highworth will recreate the story of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection in a special event tomorrow. The Highworth Passion will tell the Easter story and use the town's Market Square and nearby streets as the backdrop for the drama. The