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  • ON THE GRAPEVINE: Wines to thrill the grill of BBQ

    These top drops will go down a treat next time you fire up the barbie, says Sam Wylie-Harris. As the recent Bank Holiday heatwave highlighted, there's really no need to wait until the height of summer to brave the great outdoors, when you can be

  • A team of Swindon friends ride an old banger for charity

    A Swindon team of friends is racing to the sun in an old banger for charity. The Race to the Sun will be completed by friends from the UK to Benidorm, Spain to raise money for Swindon Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Movement. The team will be

  • POWERLIFTING: Barbell's Sheppard shows strength at Euro event

    SWINDON Barbell’s Emily-Jane Sheppard finished seventh in her class when she compete at the IPF European Equipped Powerlifting Championships at the weekend. Sheppard only picked up weights for the first time back in January 2017, having been introduced

  • REVIEW: Corker from golden age of pulp fiction

    As any mystery buff will be able to tell you – there are a few key ingredients to any successful whodunnit? The first is a cavernous house, full of history and deceit, the second is a family with an imperious matriarch and a raffish son, and the

  • Charity steps in to give con victim £80

    A GENEROUS charity has repaid an elderly woman the £80 she was scammed out of in her own home. Peter Mallinson from the Walcot Community Shop charity stepped in to help after reading of the crime in the Adver. The son of the victim Alan Bowles

  • £1m office space at the Workshed opens June 1

    As part of Swindon’s post-industrial regeneration, it plans to become a 21st century “Centre of Technological Excellence”. On June 1, Swindon launches an exciting Business Incubation Hub. Based in the world-renowned former Brunel Railway Carriage Works

  • MUSEUM OBJECT OF THE WEEK: Painting by Desmond Morris

    The Museum and Art Gallery on Bath Road, Old Town, is so small that it can only show a fraction of the amazing collections that Swindon owns. Here, experts at the museum lift the lid on just some of the objects that tell us the long and colourful story

  • Mel kneads support for terminally ill

    TV PRESENTER Mel Giedroyc and staff from Marie Curie are calling on Wiltshire residents to throw tea parties for the terminally ill. The Marie Curie charity will use money raised from its Blooming Great Tea Party initiative to provide care and support

  • GOLF: Oh brother, Draytons clinch county crown

    WRAG Barn Golf Club's Drayton brothers held their nerve to win the Wiltshire Men's County Foursomes title after a tense play-off at Kingsdown Golf Club, near Box. Max Drayton, the current Wrag Barn club champion and younger brother Guy, Wrag's junior

  • TASTE TALK: Foodie duo have love of eating

    Foodie double act, Lucy Carr-Ellison and Jemima Jones – bespoke caterers and food columnists, of Tart London – have a new cook book, Open A Love Of Eating. Here are a taste of their recipes "This burger feels fresh and different - and it's on the

  • Letters: Tuesday, May 15, 2018

    PLEASE keep your letters to 250 words maximum giving your name, address and daytime telephone number - even on emails. Email: letters@swindonadvertiser.co.uk. Write: Swindon Advertiser, 100 Victoria Road, Swindon, SN1 3BE. Phone: 01793 501806. Anonymity

  • THE BIG INTERVIEW: Honouring those who ploughed the furrow

    Carol Gibbon, left, and Susan Pearson, investigated archives at the London School of Economics to make the victory breakfast as authentic as possible WOMEN got the vote a century ago – but not all women. That didn’t come until a decade later,

  • The Green Vegan: Favourite vegan blogs

    Eating vegan has never been easier, with a wealth of information, inspiration and recipes easily available online. For the uninitiated, the prospect of a meal without meat, eggs, fish or dairy might be hard to imagine, but with more and more people

  • REVIEW: Author's lies book loses her friends

    TELLING the truth can cost you friends and family, an author found. After publishing her book chronicling a lifetime of lies, Scottish author Miranda Doyle was met by a wall of silence from her family and friends. The Book of Untruths author

  • DELAYS: Crash at level crossing causes train delays

    TRAINS are delayed after a car hit a level crossing between Swindon and Didcot.  The accident happened before 12.15pm today.  Trains between Didcot Parkway and Bristol stations may be delayed by up to 20 minutes, Network Rail said. The

  • BARRIE HUDSON'S COLUMN: Oi! Get out of my parking spaces

    PARKING in a parent and child spot down at the local supermarket will soon draw a £95 fine. Or rather, it will for those who do so while not equipped with a child. Wardens will be given the power to add £25 to the standard £70 for drivers who

  • RUGBY: County women stroll into semi-finals

    DORSET & Wilts women's team are through to the semi-finals of the Gill Burns County Championship after making it three wins from three pool matches on Sunday. The Twin Counties romped to a 56-12 triumph against hosts Somerset, scoring 10 tries

  • UPDATED: Pattern Store to be born again as a church

    AN ICONIC railway works building in Swindon will be given a new lease of life... as a church. The former Pattern Store is being converted as part of a major initiative by the Diocese of Bristol to support the regeneration of the area.  It also

  • JENNY GROVES COLUMN: Techies awards first for Swindon

    I was delighted to see that the Science Museum at Wroughton received planning permission last week for its new storage facility – a 26,000 square metre building that will be home to a whole range of interesting objects. The Switch on to Swindon

  • Premium Peugeot for luxury and technology

    The Peugeot 2008 was one of the first small SUVs on the British roads and in the five years it’s been around it has done well in a busy market where all the manufacturers are fighting for a piece of the pie. Peugeot has also been pushing its way

  • ON THIS DAY: Tuesday, May 15

    1952 NEWLY-released figures revealed that Swindon's telephone exchange dealt with 166 emergency calls from the public during the previous month. Of these, 35 were for the fire brigade, 101 for the police and the rest for the ambulance service. Mr

  • Swindon pupils recognised at business awards

    YOUNG business people from three schools in Swindon showed off their trophies at the young Enterprise Awards. More than twenty teams of 15 to 19-year-olds were judged by a panel of business leaders from Wiltshire after delivering presentations about

  • Now you can buy your bus tickets using a phone app

    THE Swindon Bus Company has launched an app so passengers can buy tickets on their smartphones. The aim is to make it easier for commuters to use the bus services. And in future they hope to add the ability for real-time service information.

  • Swindon domestic abuse charity gets funding

    A SWINDON charity that helps the families of people who lost loved ones to domestic homicide has been awarded thousands of pounds. The Big Lottery Fund has given £9,830 to the Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse in south Swindon. The charity

  • REVIEW: The best possible way to start the day at The Core

    WINNIE-the-Pooh might be the wisest character in children’s literature - like all great thinkers it’s the grumbles of his stomach that direct his thought. Pooh’s creator, A.A. Milne, has pal Piglet ask: “When you wake up in the morning, Pooh, what

  • Tuesday's Swindon courts round-up

    COURT: Magistrates banned James Buckley from the roads for 14 months after he pleaded guilty to being over the alcohol limit when he was drove a Ford Mondeo in Fairfield, Royal Wootton Bassett on March 24. Buckley, 68, of Briars Close was breathy

  • Armed police call-out sees man, 24, arrested

    AN HOUR-long standoff involving armed police ended with the arrest of a man in his 20s. Officers were called to a home on Dulverton Avenue, Park North, at around 4.15pm on Friday. The road was closed for around an hour while the armed officers

  • GRAHAM CARTER'S COLUMNS: Brunel Rooms where I met my wife

    This week I ask you to raise a glass to the memory of Bill Reid, a man who inadvertently changed the course of my life, even though we never met. Bill was the proprietor of the Brunel Rooms, and his recent passing sparked an outpouring of nostalgia

  • Town extend kit deal with Puma

    SWINDON Town have signed a new three-year deal with PUMA to continue as the club’s official kit supplier. The extension will see PUMA manufacture and provide Town’s official replica kits, training wear and leisure wear until the end of the 2020

  • Travellers take over The Ridgeway School playing field

    A GROUP of travellers took over Ridgeway School playing field on Monday afternoon. Residents in Wroughton were shocked to discover a small cadre of mobile homes parked next to the pupils' rugby field, raising concerns on social media about rubbish

  • Get your barbies ready, it's going to be a warm one!

    Temperatures are set to hit 21Cs today in what is expected to be the warmest day of the week. With light winds forecast the town will feel even hotter than yesterday. Cloud will creep back in overnight as Wednesday ushers in milder weather,

  • People seek GWH help for sleeplessness - as awareness rises

    MORE of Swindon's sleepless are seeking support for a condition that can leaves sufferers asleep at their desk. Nurse Sam Backway, who runs the sleep clinic at the Great Western Hospital, says that more and more people are being referred to the

  • Flasher sentenced, and other cases before the magistrates

    COURT: Failing to comply with a suspended sentence cost Jane Willson a £50 fine and costs of £60. Willson, 55, of The Avenue, Stanton Fitzwarren, admitted breaching the order imposed in July last year by failing to attend appointments with her offender

  • Police chief supports mental health awareness week

    GOING for a job interview is a nerve-racking experience at the best of times but imagine knowing at some point you would have to reveal you suffered from mental illness. This was the situation which faced Emily Clark, 26, when she applied and won

  • PRICED OUT? Swindon house prices smash £200k ceiling

    A SWINDON campaigner has called for more affordable accommodation as house prices spiral and the younger generation expect more for less. New government statistics show that Swindon prices have jumped by two-thirds since 2003. Last year, for the

  • Moredon man bought cocaine, ecstasy and speed online

    NEWLYWED Steven Stroud bought hard drugs on the internet so he could experiment at home while his wife was at work. He imported hundreds of pounds-worth of cocaine, ecstasy and amphetamines to be sent to him at his Moredon home. And when police

  • Swindon pupils recognised at business awards

    YOUNG business people from three schools in Swindon showed off their trophies at the young Enterprise Awards. More than twenty teams of 15 to 19-year-olds were judged by a panel of business leaders from Wiltshire after delivering presentations

  • WILTSHIRE LEAGUE: Kintbury lift Premier Division crown

    KINTBURY Rangers lifted the Premier Division title in style as they romped to a 4-0 success at Trowbridge Town on Saturday. Having beaten Purton 6-2 last Thursday night to take over at the top of the table with one match remaining, Rangers wrapped

  • CRICKET: Purton on a roll for second win

    PURTON skipper Aaron Lee heaped praise on his side after they completed an eight-wicket win over Corsham, which saw Tom Bowler record a five-wicket haul and a half-century. Home side Corsham won the toss and opted to bat on Saturday, a decision

  • Here's which pubs you can watch the royal wedding in

    WITH the Royal wedding just five days away, here’s where can you watch it locally. In Swindon there will be a host of pubs such as the Tawny Owl, Blunsdon Arms, The Dockle, Sun Inn, Yates, The Merlin, The Messenger, The Old Boathouse, Brookhouse