A PUB has offered its condolences in the wake of a teenager's tragic death this week. A spokesman for Greene-King, who own the Spotted Cow in Marlborough Road said they were "deeply saddened" to hear the news of the 17-year-old's sudden death in
ORGANISERS are going full steam ahead preparing for this Saturday’s Royal Wootton Bassett Carnival parade after months of worry that the route might not be open in time.The Bath Road bridge, closed as part of Network Rail’s multi-million pound electrification
CHRISTIAN Aid supporters in Purton have raised more than £110,000 for the charity in the past three decades.And one of them, Libbie Sheppard, who has spent 40 years promoting awareness of global poverty and raising funds to tackle it, has had her efforts
STRIKES by workers at car giant BMW have been suspended while a new offer on pensions is considered. Employees at the company’s Stratton plant have over the past four weeks staged a series of walkouts and were due to strike again today and on Sunday
A BRAVE Lance Corporal who is recovering from a battle with breast cancer has spoken of her wish to see radiotherapy come to Swindon as soon as possible.Louise Read, 34, from North Swindon, was diagnosed with the disease in January 2016.And after friends
BAKERS and tea drinkers are in for a Brighter Futures summertime treat this June as the annual tea party returns for another year.Businesses, schools, community groups and sweet-toothed individuals are being encouraged to host a summer tea party on Friday
THE future of the newly-relaunched Swindon Half Marathon has been secured for the next three years thanks to Nationwide.The Swindon-based building society has signed a three-year deal to become the title sponsor of the event which has been revamped this
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STRIKES by workers at car giant BMW are being suspended while a new offer on pensions is considered. Employees at the company's Stratton plant have over the past four weeks staged a series of walkouts and were due to strike again on Thursday and
Last year Audi sales in the UK went up by around six per cent year-on-year to 177,304 cars. This year in the first four months the car market has been bullish but will it last and how long before Audi reaches its 200,000 magic figure? The experts
THE creators of a catalogue of smash hit TV shows are looking to Swindon for new contestants. Whizz Kid Entertainment were the creative minds behind MTV’s runaway success Ex On The Beach as well many other programmes. The devious dating show
POLICE have confirmed a 17-year-old died in a popular Coate pub yesterday morning. (MAY 16)Emergency services were called to the Spotted Cow, Marlborough Road at around 10.30am after receiving reports of a medical incident.Paramedics treated the teenager
The final fundraising totals are being totted up for several Swindonians who ran in this year's London Marathon to raise money for many good causes. Nick Bohane organised several events around the marathon to boost his total. After one final sweet
THE grandmother of a boy with a debilitating muscle disease is trying to raise funds to pay for a respite room for him at her home.Mandy Windslow hopes to build an extension on the ground floor of her house in West Swindon for 12-year-old Harley Stockwell
THE imminent death of the car was proclaimed in the Adver this week in 1969.That weekend, Apollo 10 was due to lift off from Cape Kennedy in the final dress rehearsal for July’s lunar landing, so stories about all things futuristic were lapped up by newspaper
WHEN our photo was taken on Saturday, May 13, 1961, the man on the right was one of Britain’s most recognisable entertainers. The man on the left would soon become one Swindon’s greatest business success stories. They were photographed, along
A NEW festival to celebrate Swindon’s growing creative arts scene is being planned for the town.The Swindon Spring Festival, which would run throughout the whole month of May next year, is in the works following a highly successful Festival of Literature
A menagerie of animals and insects at Studley Grange. The butterfly house features free-flying butterflies all around, while the farm zoo area has an indoor reptile house, a giant tortoise, meerkats, otters and Rigby the racoon. Fun for all the
SCHOOLS from all over the county competed in a nationwide competition designed to help young people develop their business skills. Bradon Forest School came second in the Young Enterprise Swindon and Wiltshire County Final on Thursday evening for
A HOEDOWN is heading to Trowbridge next month with a country music gig to raise money for Wiltshire Air Ambulance’s new airbase. Scott Welsby will be bringing his popular Garth Brooks experience to the Civic Centre on June 30, performing hits by the
IT is not every day that aspiring actors get to spend the afternoon with an Olivier Award winning actress and discuss the challenges of the industry over a cup of tea. But this is exactly what happened to 23 youngsters over the weekend when Billie Piper
Inflation hit a three-and-half-year high last month as the Brexit-hit pound, electricity price hikes and rising air fares tightened the squeeze on consumer spending.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure of
Like so many others, a cancer diagnosis led Peter Mainwaring to undertake the gruelling trek to and from Oxford for radiotherapy. As if he hadn’t had enough of the journey, he decided to gather together friends and family to walk it in aid of the Brighter
India is a country of more than 1.2 billion people and every other car sold in this wonderful country is a Suzuki, a salesman’s dream. Last year Suzuki sold more than 1.35 million there, and such is the demand for their product that a Suzuki
A CANNABIS dealer caught smoking the drug in his car outside his house has been jailed for 14 months. Nasir Nawaz was lounging in the vehicle after selling some drugs following a late shift working at a Highworth restaurant. And when his phone
Swindon plays host to the first Wessex One Faith Punk Festival this week, scooping top punk rock band Sham 69 as headliners. One Faith Punk Festival is at the MECA in Regent Circus, Swindon on Saturday, May 20 from noon. Swindon promoter
MANSFIELD Town manager Steve Evans has poured cold water on Swindon Town’s attempts to lure him away from the One Call Stadium. Despite Mansfield chairman John Radford being forced to reject a formal approach from Town chairman Lee Power to talk
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ROYAL Wootton Bassett resident Julian Winterburn is calling for safety improvements at a junction outside his home after two crashes in just over a week. In one of the crashes a car ended up in his front garden, demolishing a wall. It was the
SWINDON Town defender Raphael Branco looks destined to be heading for pastures new this summer, with two offers on the table for his services, the Advertiser understand. The 26-year-old Brazilian, who made 39 appearances for the club last term,
Trust STFC are calling on supporters to attend a fans’ meeting next week as they continue to develop long and short-term plans of action. The Trust, who recently announced intentions to purchase the County Ground freehold from Swindon Borough Council
NATIONWIDE House picked up a second victory of the summer in Division One with a thumping eight-wicket win at home to Urchfont, which saw them bowl their visitors out for a meagre total of 25. There were five wickets each for Felix Chamberlain
SWINDON gymnast Stephani Sherlock is looking to build on her domestic success by making her mark on the European stage this week. The 20-year-old claimed the senior all-round crown at the British Championships last July in Liverpool, taking the
Swindon Spitfires U15s helped extend the celebrations in the club’s 50th anniversary year as they sealed a double in the Oxford Mail League by beating Crowmarsh 4-1 in the final of the cup. Spits dominated the match right from the kick-off and
