STATE-of-the-art fingerprint technology is helping to keep pupils at Churchfields Academy on-site and away from fast food outlets at lunchtimes. As National School Meals Week draws to a close, the Adver visited the school for an outlook on how
A PROPOSAL to install two sewage tanks in Taw Hill is being pushed forward. Earlier this year, Thames Water said it was planning to build two separate sewage tanks at either end of Queen Elizabeth Drive to ease pressure on the current system. However
Campaigners are demanding the council turns down a second application to build flats in a quiet road in Liden. This is the second time residents and councillors have fought an application to convert a disused dental surgery in Tryon Close into
THE council refused to support a motion brought by campaigners to topple the bedroom tax and the ‘heartbreaking impact’ it has been inflicting on tenants. It was one of the closest votes in the full council’s chambers, on Thursday night, with all
A TRADITIONAL country pub has been given a new lease of life, thanks to a whirlwind makeover. The Cross Keys, in Wanborough, had not seen so much as a lick of paint in more than 14 years and was struggling for business. But, in October, it
The sixth annual Swindon Youth Festival Of Literature will get under way on Monday, after an introductory session at Churchfields Academy yesterday. The festival, which will take place in 11 participating secondary schools, Swindon Central Library
YASER Kasim goes back to Macclesfield Town to face his former club in the FA Cup this weekend, and the midfielder has told the local media about his time at Moss Rose. Kasim played five times for the Silkmen last season in the Skrill Premier
SWINDON'S David Howell put in a solid second day's work at the Turkish Open after completing 23 holes in Antalya. The Broome Manor star is two-under for the tournament after finishing off the final five holes of round one to card two-under-par,
JUST months after moving to Vietnam, former Adver reporter Matthew Edwards is preparing for Typhoon Haiyan to hit this weekend. Matt, 25, and girlfriend Kate Lister, 24, are currently living in Da Nang having moved from Ho Chi Minh City to an apartment
Whether it is the silent pale sprawl of Tynecot, the weeping mother at watch on Vimy Ridge or the daily mark of respect at the Menin Gate, it is hard to visit the battlefields of northern France and Belgium without being moved by the sheer enormity
A SEA of protesters swept through the council’s civic offices last night to voice their fierce opposition against plans to build a biomass plant in Cheney Manor. Campaigners armed with placards rallied together outside Swindon’s full council meeting
PUB landlords in the town have backed calls for licensing hours to be made more flexible during next summer’s World Cup. The tournament is being held in Brazil next June and the time difference means some of the games will not kick off until 11pm
TRIBUTES have been paid 91-year-old Frances Verity who was killed, along with her close friend, in a car crash on a dual carriageway this week. Frances, of Witfield Close, Purton, was formally identified by Gloucestershire Constabulary on Wednesday
ANTI-social behaviour has increased by 30 per cent in the town centre but police say they are committed to tackling the issue. In the last three months there has been a peak in low-level crime, which includes drunk and disorderly and scuffles,
PROMISING young chefs will have to put their friendship aside as they battle to be crowned the best in the south west. Brogan Jones and Phoebe Hillyard, both 15, from Nova Hreod School, have been handpicked by celebrity chef James Martin in his
PARENTS are due to be brought into a school kitchen in an attempt to satisfy the culturally diverse tastebuds of pupils. Catering manager Sarah Buckle and principal Helen Swanson are planning to bring in the parents of pupils at Drove Primary School
RESIDENTS and councillors in Wanborough have called for more action to be taken by the borough to alleviate flooding problems in the area. Villagers claim they have been plagued by problems with flooding in the Marsh and Burycroft for years due
SWINDON’S David Howell was content not to have derailed his Turkish Open challenge following the first day after illness troubled him in Antalya. The 38-year-old went down with a bug in the lead-up to yesterday’s round and was always going to find
SWINDON Storm are recruiting for the 2014 season and are offering free Saturday training sessions for new players. All equipment is supplied by the club and no experience is necessary. The sessions are held at Swindon Rugby Club on Greenbridge
RYAN Watt believes that ‘things can only get better’ at Swindon Wildcats as the Link Centre side aim to correct their stuttering form. While Wildcats ended a run of four straight defeats on Saturday with a 5-2 victory over Telford, the following
DANY N’Guessan thinks Swindon Town’s current crop of players could hold their own in the Championship. The forward, a summer signing from Millwall, has impressed since arriving at the County Ground - and his goal in the 5-2 victory over Port Vale
PATIENCE will be the key for Alan Low’s Royal Wootton Bassett side in what the head coach has described as a ‘massive’ fixture against Alchester. The two teams are locked on 10 points from seven games in the lower reaches of Southern Counties North
SWINDON are likely to come off second best at Windsor this weekend unless they can exert their brand of running rugby on the contest - director of rugby John Brown has warned. The Greenbridge Road side go into the contest in Berkshire on the back
NEW College could negotiate a route around the Hellenic League Supplementary Cup this weekend but boss Rob Hopkins isn’t bothered either way. A victory for the students at home to Rayners Lane in the second round of the Challenge Cup would mean
Town bounced back in style last Saturday as they easily brushed aside Port Vale at the County Ground. The result moved Mark Cooper’s side into 7th place in League One, striker Dany N’Guessan was deservedly named man of the match for his best performance
WALCOT ABC’s Jordan O’Donoghue has been given an extra reason to win her contest at the club’s show on Friday night – it’s now a championship decider. The 15-year-old Dorcan schoolgirl was to meet Weymouth’s Chloe LePage at the Walcot show in a
HIGHWORTH’S former British ladies rally champion Shelly Taunt secured a creditable 13th-placed finish overall and third in class in the recent South of England Tempest Rally. Taunt and co-driver Julie Murphy started the Aldershot gravel event cautiously
SWINDON Town have no immediate plans to replace Steve Murrall after the Robins’ general manager stepped down from his role to pursue other business interests. Murrall, who was part of chairman Jed McCrory’s Seebeck 87 Ltd group which took control
RYAN Aldridge is planning to bench coach for the rest of the EPL campaign as he believes it will be in the Wildcats’ best interests. The head coach had iced in every game of the season up until Saturday’s 5-2 win over Telford, before he stepped
MACCLESFIELD assistant manager Efe Sodje is predicting goals galore when Swindon Town visit Moss Rose in the first round of the FA Cup tomorrow. The Silkmen have netted 15 times in their last four matches, while Swindon have scored at least once
MARK Cooper knows a thing or two about springing FA Cup upsets, but tomorrow the Swindon Town manager will be guarding against a giantkilling in the world’s oldest knockout competition. While in the hotseat at Kettering and Tamworth, Cooper masterminded
WES Foderingham knows better than most how the Macclesfield players will be feeling when they take on Swindon tomorrow. The non-league side will be looking for their second FA Cup win over Town in little over a year, having won 2-0 at the County
SUPERMARINE coach Sean Millwaters is expecting to face a power packed Chippenham 2nds side when they travel to face the league leaders tomorrow. Marine sit third in Dorset & Wilts 1 North after a good start to the season, but this week take
IF HIGHWORTH finish above Wantage then they will win the Hellenic League Premier Division this season. That is the verdict of Worthians boss John Fisher, who has guided his side to fourth in the table after 18 games, four points adrift of table-toppers
BOSS Paul Braithwaite is keen to take Fairford up to the Hellenic League Premier Division and the in-form club will accept the offer if they finish in Division One West’s promotion spots. The Reds last played at Premier standard in the 2011/12
FORMER Swindon Supermarine boss Mark Collier is aiming to bring the feel-good factor back to Chippenham after being installed in the hotseat at Hardenhuish Park. Following a two-and-a-half year spell away from management since leaving the Webb’
DAVE Webb feels that Swindon Supermarine’s enforced rest has come at a good time as the Webb’s Wood side aim to shake off a number of niggling injuries. Marine’s Southern League Division One South & West meeting with Shortwood on Wednesday
BOSS Dave Webb has begun his mission to rebuild Swindon Supermarine's squad by making a seven-day approach for striker Josh Parsons from Southern Premier Hungerford. Parsons was part of the trio that departed the Webb's Wood for Bobby Wilkinson's
Shareen Campbell and Phil Saunter, owners of Los Gatos and Bistro Les Chats in Wood Street, talk about life in the restaurant business. WHEN we were at school in the 60s, school canteens were full every day with pupils sitting down to a hot two
