PENSIONER Morris Tucker, who suffers with arthritis, has been struggling without heating in his home for more than a week. Morris lives in one of Sanctuary Housing’s bungalows in Eastmere, Liden. He says the main storage heater, which warms
SWINDON’S very own Billie Piper will be going head to head with Helen Mirren for the best actress title at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Billie, originally from West Swindon, will go up against Dame Helen for the second time after
SWINDON'S David Howell carded an eagle three on his way to a sizzling third round of 67 at the Turkish Open in Antalya. The former world number nine shot five-under-par at Montgomerie Maxx Royal which took him to seven-under overall and tied-37th
A 53-year-old man has been killed after being hit by a car on Great Western Way in the early hours of this morning. At approximately 2am the pedestrian was involved in a single vehicle road traffic collision between the North Street roundabout
SWINDON Supermarine have made seven-day approaches for Chippenham's James Guthrie and Wootton Bassett's Alex Rigley. Left-winger Guthrie played under Marine boss Dave Webb for Highworth and has impressed since arriving at Hardenhuish Park in January
THOUSANDS of wooden crosses filled the walled garden in Lydiard Park yesterday as respects were paid to the hundreds of fallen servicemen from the war in Afghanistan. Crowds of veterans from wars past and present, alongside current recruits, gathered
JUST months after moving to Vietnam, a former Swindon man and his girlfriend are preparing for Typhoon Haiyan to hit this weekend. Matt Ewards, 25, and Kate Lister, 24, are currently living in Da Nang having moved from Ho Chi Minh City to a flat
PROTESTERS put the pressure on First Great Western and Mitie yesterday when a 70-strong crowd bearing placards, banners and megaphones descended on Swindon. Coaches bussed in members of the Railway, Maritime and Transport Workers union from London
SWINDON Town Girls Centre For Football Excellence took on Portsmouth and Spurs at the weekend keen to make an impression. Every team from under 10s to under 16s defeated their equivalent teams from the south coast, but more significantly, there
JAY McEveley is due a goal, and if it comes in today’s FA Cup clash at Macclesfield history says it will be one worth seeing. The defender hasn’t found the net during his 18 months at the County Ground, his last strike coming for Barnsley at Norwich
SWINDON Town striker Miles Storey will be sent back out on loan again as soon as he has recovered from his recent injury, director of football operations Lee Power has confirmed. Storey made three appearances during a month-long spell with Salisbury
AH, the FA Cup. Where dreams are realised, heroes are discovered in the deepest depths of anonymity and the underdog is plated in gold and exalted on high as a temporary deity. Words like ‘magic’ and ‘wonder’ are absent-mindedly stapled to the
WALCOT boxers Patrick McDonagh and Orges Peroshi compete at the quarter-final stage of the Youth Ambition Championships in South Wales today, writes DAVE VEYSEY. Both teenagers must overcome the best in their respective divisions if they are to
SWINDON Dolphin progressed to the final of the Bristol and West KO Cup courtesy of a thrilling 15-13 win over Frome at Milton Road. The home side were virtually at full strength for the tie, but started two goals down due to the handicapping system
SWINDON Town Ladies will be out for revenge for their FA Cup first-round exit when they face Forest Green again in the South West Combination Women’s League tomorrow. Despite dominating proceedings at the County Ground last weekend, Town were beaten
SWINDON Town manager Mark Cooper does not expect Alex Smith to return to competitive action until “well into the new year”. Smith underwent a knee operation at the beginning of last month, and Cooper had previously suggested the utility player
WILL Crisp followed up his second-placed finish at the UK Cross Challenge with victory in round one of the Oxford Mail Cross Country League at Ascott-under-Wychwood. The Swindon Harrier was the first under 15 finisher in the combined under 15s
SWINDON taekwondo star Carla Dunne earned a silver medal at the recent UKITF British Championships at the Oasis. She achieved this feat in the second degree ladies’ category despite having been out of competitive action for nearly a year due to
SWINDON’S up and coming motorbike racer, Charlie Nesbitt, has been crowned 2013 Nitro Newcomers champion in the ultra-competitive Aprilia Superteens Championship. No sooner had the 12-year-old stepped off his bike when he was snapped up by a top
DAVID Howell feels hard work on the technical aspects of his swing is the way forward after playing ‘terribly’ on the second day of the Turkish Open. The Swindonian rattled off the final five holes of his first round at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal
WESTLECOT men bounced back from their first-ever defeat to Loddon Vale in the Wessex League with a comprehensive 106-69 win over Oxford City and County last weekend. They took honours on three of the four rinks to collect 14 points out of a possible
HORSESHOE Amateur Boxing Club members experienced mixed fortunes at two shows recently. Warneford School pupil Sam Vallis faced a tough task in his first bout against Barton Hill’s Dom Owoo. However, once the 14-year-old Vallis found his range
A ROCK-SOLID performance in Gibraltar has continued Laura Halford’s countdown to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next year. The 17-year-old rhythmic gymnast from Cricklade not only helped steer Wales to victory in the five-nations senior team
