RAIL company bosses will be quizzed by councillors on Monday. First Great Western top brass, as well as Network Rail managers, will appear before Swindon Council's scrutiny committee to answer questions about train performance. The councillors will
Supermarine crashed to a 5-0 Southern League loss at Gloucester City tonight. Gloucester made a crucial breakthrough on 37 minutes when leading scorer Alex Sykes netted, while Marine keeper Tom King saved a penalty before the interval. Jack Pitcher
SWINDON ROBINS: Leigh Adams (2-3-3-2*-3)13+1, James Wright (0-1-Tx-0)1, Troy Batchelor (2-2*-2-1)7+1, Mads Korneliussen (1*-3-1*-2)7+2,Travis McGowan (3-1-1*-3-1)9+1, Theo Pijper (1*-0-fx-2)3+1, Seb Alden (2-2*-1-R-1*)6+2. POOLE PIRATES: Bjarne Pedersen
YOUNGSTERS put on their running kits to raise money for their deaf peers. Every pupil at Moredon Nursery and Infants School, in Moredon Road, ran around the perimeter of their playing field on Thursday. Altogether 400 of them raised £1,000 for the National
THE search is on to find Swindon's top businesswoman. The 2008 Swindon Business-women's Breakfast Club has launched its annual Make it Happen award and is looking for top female talent. The award is open to all women who live and work in the Swindon
SWINDON Mayor Michael Barnes is selling a signed cricket bat and donating the proceeds to charity. The bat, signed by leading county players of the 1950s, will be auctioned on behalf of the mayor on Friday, with all earnings heading to the mayoral charities
Not even an egg and i gained 2lbs this week. Ah well not to worry heres to next week, I am sure it will be a much better one weight wise.
Rail services to and from Swindon will come under the spotlight on Monday (31 March), when representatives from First Great Western, Network Rail and the council will be questioned by Swindon Borough Council's Scrutiny Committee. The meeting begins at
ANTI-SOCIAL yobs in Malmes-bury could soon find themselves caught on camera. Police in the town have been equipped with hi-tech cameras, which fit on their headwear. Officers in the town are planning to use the devices when patrolling known troublespots
A COUPLE from Haydon Wick celebrated 62 years together by tracking down the best man. Joyce and Dennis Rogers travelled to Torquay last weekend to meet Ted Lee - whom they had not seen for 12 years. Mr Rogers said: "It was lovely to catch up. "He took
THE Law family received more than an Easter egg over the Bank Holiday weekend. David and Sue Law, originally from Swindon, were overjoyed when their daughter Katy and their son's wife Kirsty presented them with two baby girls within the space of a couple
A TEENAGER who robbed a driver of the takings from four shops has been given a two-year community order. Barry Barnett snatched more than £1,700 from the front seat of a van during the daylight robbery behind a store in Walcot. And the 19-year-old,
PARENTS will today receive £50 fines after six children were caught skipping school. Police Community Support Officer Amanda Luker and an officer from Swindon Council's education department visited parts of West Swindon yesterday and found five children
AS the on call weekend reporter, I decided to shun a night on the tiles in favour of a family meal. Taking my mum and younger brother, whose university diet runs to beer and Alphabetti spaghetti, we headed to the Greenbridge Retail Park in Swindon.
Rioja . Hardly a touristic region, its been off the beaten path since the days of medieval pilgrimages. The connoisseur and the inveterate reader of labels knows immediately whats so special about the Rioja. It is the wine - producing region of Spain,
A THOUSAND homes in Swindon are safer following smoke alarm checks carried out by firefighters. Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service carried out the inspections across the Swindon area over the past year. Teams from Swindon, Stratton and Westlea fire stations
THERE can't be many spas that offer a full eight hours' sleep as part of their day package, but if you can switch off in Nirvana Spa's Celestial Pool that's what you'll get. Apparently, a 30-minute snooze in the salt and mineral-laden waters - floating
Every home has its own personal scent - and it can speak volumes about you. We've followed our noses to find the smells to impress and match the personalities they'd suit. Use some of these beautiful aromas to woo, to relax and to celebrate... INTROVERT
SIMON Haakerson is planning to walk The Ridgeway to support a special charity for children. He will be walking to raise money for the Crohn's in Childhood Research Association (CICRA) after his daughter was diagnosed with Crohn's disease in 2006. Crohn's
ACCURACY is the cornerstone of our work at the Swindon Advertiser - so it says every day on the letters page under the heading of "getting it right". And you know what? We do get it wrong at times, but we are the first to put our hand up and say so. Mistakes
YOUR university days are said to be the best times of your life and, if things go according to plan in the next few days, you will not find Nick Brodie disagreeing. Forget your usual tales of daytime television, drunken nights out and microwave dinners
IT'S surely the perfect antidote to Heathrow gridlock on a cold, grey spring day - a silent glide by cable car to a peaceful monastery on the outskirts of balmy Hong Kong. The new 3.5-mile Ngong Ping Skyrail drops passengers at the monastery which until
A PINK-THEMED funeral filled a church in Swindon with colour and life. Samantha, also known as Sammy, Cole had battled a terminal illness with a smile on her face all her life. But just a week before her 19th birthday she lost the strength to fight.
Tickets are now on sale for a Jasper Fforde festival which is taking place in Swindon from May 3 to 5. This is the second time it has happened, and is a gathering of hundreds of Fforde fans from all over the world. For information, visit www.ffordeffiesta.com
It hardly seems like 13 years since Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen flounced on to our TV screens as part of the regular design team on Changing Rooms. His latest TV outing, To The Manor Bowen, documented Laurence, wife Jackie and daughters Cecile, 12, and
The days are slowly but surely getting longer and the layers are starting to come off . . . welcome to the spring edition of VIP. We've got a packed edition full of star interviews, fabulous products and swish seasonal looks. First of all, take a peek
You can give a room a lick of paint or spruce it up with new furniture but nothing warms up a home like fresh flowers. Just ask Elton John, the singer was once rumoured to have blown almost £300,000 on lavish bouquets in less than two years. Just like
Some people love to plan a menu, shop for the best ingredients, slave over a hot stove and ensure their dinner party never flags, with a ready supply of witty anecdotes and entertaining topics of conversation. Then there's the rest of us, who forget
pupils and staff at Stonar Prep have been seeing red recently. On Valentine's Day, the entire prep school dressed in red as part of a fundraising campaign for Over The Wall, a national charity which provides residential camps for children and young
To celebrate the end of their recent entrance examinations Year six pupils at St Margaret's Preparatory School in Calne had a fun outing to Pizza Express in Chippenham to make their own lunch. The children learned about food preparation and enjoyed devouring
SET in the heart of the beautiful Cotswolds, five miles north of Cirencester, Rendcomb College is an HMC co-educational, boarding and day school for three to 18-year-olds which provides a stimulating, challenging and exciting all-round education. Pupils
The International Baccalaureate was established in 2003 and the college is finding that more and more high achieving pupils are attracted to the internationally recognised qualification. So what makes a good IB student? Students who are inquisitive
Parents have never seen their children so happy since they joined Querns Westonbirt. They've all got stuck into the wide range of sporting and extra-curricular opportunities offered at the preparatory school. A genuine family atmosphere flourishes on
GRITTLETON House School, near Chippenham, is unique. Set in the beautiful Wiltshire countryside, it offers an unequalled chance for children to experience the very best the education world has to offer. Its "whole school" philosophy caters for children
In love with you my heart is free,No time unfilled with sanctity:Delighted deeply by your charms,Inside the caress of your armsRejoice together, starry-eyed,AS dear friends, forever tied.
I see the sky I see the trees.I wonder yet if I believeIf there is life beyond the skyTo see the ones I've loved but yetI who wander on this Earth so bareMy thoughts and deeds full of despairWhy do I search for unfound thingsThat loneliness and heartache
I see the sky I see the trees I wonder yet if I believe If there is life beyond the sky To see the ones i've loved but yet I who wander on this earth so bare My thoughts and deads full of despair Why do I search for unfound things That loneliness
A FAMILY paid its respects to a loving teenager - and made sure she was treated like a princess at her funeral. Four horses pulled the coffin of Annike Lawrence in a carriage to Toothill Church from her home two blocks away. There were 150 friends and
AS summer and hopefully warmer weather approach, The Lock Inn in Bradford on Avon comes into its own with its canal-side location and relaxed outdoor eating area. Owned and run by the same couple since 1990, Dick and Jane Barrow have turned the pub into
SWINDON Spitfires had two teams in action at the SCI Brean Sand Mitre Ultimatch Easter Cup, the under 14s winning their event while the under 11s finished runners-up. The under 14s saw off Yeovil Town 6-0 (Abbie Picton 2, Alice Smith 2, Lucy March,
SUPERMARINE may be sitting comfortably in mid-table in the Southern League Premier Division, but one or two of their players may get a little hot under the collar in the coming weeks, writes GARETH MOORHOUSE. Manager Mark Collier is already looking at
Highworth Netball Club are celebrating a fantastic year, winning Divisions One and Two of the Swindon & District League. With one game remaining the Highworth B team are unbeaten this season and are looking forward to next season, with both teams in
THE MAJORITY of people in Swindon are against plans to build a canal through the centre of town. This is the result of a poll by the Adver. We asked 1,000 people in the town centre if they were in favour of the £52m project. Of those polled only 36.9
WOOTTON Bassett under 11s claimed a superb victory at Torquay Athletic RFC's Easter Festival - their first rugby tour. The Wiltshire side opened up with a 14-0 win over Tamworth, Sam Fry and Edward Geerah scoring the tries, converted by Conner Tomley
Wootton Bassett Ladies 3rd played out a 1-1 draw with Badgers in their rearranged Severn Division Three clash. After a goalless first half, both teams created more chances in the second, Annabel Springthorpe scoring her first goal for the club before
IT may have been his old side doing the celebrating at Wimborne Road but former Pirate Leigh Adams insists Poole will be put to the sword in tonight's return. A swashbuckling ride from home skipper Bjarne Pederson, scoring paid 13, helped Poole seize
THE mum of a boy who caused a bomb scare has told how her son fled the country after being taunted by neighbours. Jeanette Cowley, of Queens Road, Wootton Bassett, said her son Thomas was repeatedly called a bomber' after the incident in June last year
• In today’s San Francisco Chronicle there is a report that the city's Library Commission has updated its library use guidelines to try and cut down on a variety of problems including illegal drug use at public libraries. So be warned if you are planning
ALUN Rossiter slammed tonight's Craven Shield defeat at Poole a "lottery" but refused to write his young guns off from carrying out a great escape. The Swindon Robins boss was furious with the Wimborne Road track after seeing his side crash 54-39 and
