SWINDON Robins boss Alun Rossiter remains optimistic about his side’s chances of success this season, despite slipping to a 50-40 loss against Somerset Rebels at the Oak Tree Arena tonight. The Rebels secured a 5-1 in the final race of the night
SWINDON Robins missed an opportunity to go top of the SGB Premiership table after losing 50-40 to Somerset at the Oak Tree Arena. Alun Rossiter’s men required a 3-3 in the final race of the night, but world champion Jason Doyle and Jack Holder
Dr Liam Hackett, CEO of the anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label, shares his advice. By Lisa Salmon. I think my 12-year-old daughter is being bullied online. She hasn't said anything but I've seen her in tears looking at her phone, and one of her
Q: How can spinal cord injuries be caused? The spinal cord can be injured in a number of ways. In the UK the commonest causes are falls, road traffic accidents and sporting injuries. High impact sports such as rugby, American football and horse
HOW DO I GET MY STEPSISTER TO SEE SHE NEEDS HELP CARING FOR HER HUSBAND? My stepsister is 78 and is nursing her 80-year-old husband who has had a stroke, heart bypass surgery and suffers from diabetes. He's still mobile, to an extent, but demands
PHIL Brown revealed influential midfielder Matt Taylor had ‘opened his eyes’ into management at Swindon Town shortly after taking charge at the Energy Check County Ground. Brown, who last week signed a two-year extension to remain as manager, spoke
Future Planning Wealth Management is a Swindon firm that offers mortgage advice tailored to individual customers' needs. Here they explain why you should choose them if you're in the market for a home. Buying a property can be both exciting and
AFTER successful talks Swindon Supermarine manager Lee Spalding has handed new deals to nine first-team players. Spalding, who oversaw the club's promotion to the Southern League Premier division with a penalty shoot-out win over Wimborne Town,
FOR the second year running friends and former colleagues of Iain Perkins are coming together to celebrate his life by organising a memorial golf day. Iain, who was married to Jill and the father of two daughters, suffered a heart attack and died
A T-REX more at home in London is taking a trip to Wiltshire. The Natural History Museum’s 13m dinosaur cast will star in a new exhibition at Longleat Safari Park. Opening next week, T-Rex: the Killer Question, will put Longleat visitors face-to-face
MIDFIELDER Tom Smith has taken to social media to thank the fans for their support after he was released by Swindon Town. The 20-year-old, who has been at the club since he was eight years old, made his debut for the first team back in 2015, when
RAIL chiefs have apologised for delays on the west coast mainline. But the problems have been branded a disgrace by commuters. The apology follows a series of problems affecting Great Western Railway over the past week. Trains were hit by
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MANY people follow invisible tracks into sensible jobs, then find themselves troubled by a sense of unease as the years go by - and they wonder what other dream they might have followed. One man who did harken to the call and leave his safe career
POLICE officers cycling the equivalent of Lands End to John O'Groats have reached Birmingham. Staff at Wiltshire Police are spending the week pedalling exercise bikes at the force's Devizes HQ. The fundraising bid will raise cash for mental health
AN OPTICIANS in Royal Wootton Bassett has donated a tablet device to St Bartholomew’s Primary Academy to help pupils with who have visual impairments. Haine and Smith Opticians staff hope the gift will have a positive impact on learning and inclusion
ACCOUNTANCY staff will ditch their calculators and turn to crunching road miles instead as they take on the Brighter Futures Bike Ride on June 10. A team consisting of receptionists, accountants and a director from local firm Ross Brooke is hoping
EAGER shoppers queued up to be the first into the new Wilkinson’s in Swindon this morning. Crowds arrived early to get their hands on a free £10 voucher, only available for the first 100 shoppers, and explore the new store which moved from its
In the years up to 2010, the “inclusion agenda” meant that many local authorities closed their special schools, denying many children and young people with significant special educational needs the opportunity to be educated in an appropriate way.
swindon 1952: The danger to elderly people living alone, who might be unable to call for help in an emergency, was highlighted in a Swindon survey carried out on behalf of the Ministry of Health. The survey committee proposed that SOS cards be issued
IN a world on the move, how do we create vibrant, rooted and creative cities where 21st century humans want to live and thrive? This was the question posed by writer, speaker and inventor of the Creative City concept, Charles Landry, at a talk
GOALKEEPER Reice Charles-Cook and PFA chairman Ben Purkiss are among five players to be released by Swindon Town this summer, the club confirmed this morning. Town have also confirmed that player of the year Matt Taylor is among six players to
SWINDON’S King Kong has returned to his Queens Park pedestal. The gorilla sculpture was removed a month ago by council contractors repairing the steel giant’s arm. Queens Park’s community council said the gorilla’s rusted arm was beginning to
SWINDON became a hub for fashionistas strutting their stuff during a showcase event at The Brunel shopping centre. The Love Fashion weekend saw fashion-focused fun across the shopping centre, with beauty bars, hair and make-up demonstrations, giveaways
DEPRESSION and anxiety is high on the list of children’s concerns. Social workers and councillors heard of youngsters’ mental health struggles at the launch of a new pop-up shop in Swindon town centre. The Brunel Centre shop will host around
I am a huge supporter of local newspapers because they do so much good for the communities they serve. Take, for example, my local paper The Sentinel which runs the annual Our Heroes Awards campaign honouring inspirational individuals and unsung
FORMER Swindon Town skipper Nathan Thompson is set to return with his current club Portsmouth for a pre-season friendly at the County Ground on July 21 (3pm), it has been confirmed. The League One outfit will arrive in Wiltshire two weeks before
THE owner of a family-run gardening store is planning to close its doors next month after 28 years in business. Sioban Ellis, who runs Argyle Garden Supplies in Argyle Street, Gorse Hill, with the help of sister-in-law Emma Ellis, took over the
A GRACEFUL heron lifts from the lake and flies above the surface of the water half way round our walk, and fifteen minutes later, a fox scoots in front of us and trots up the path. Surprisingly we are not out in the wilds, but deep in the urban
SWINDON Robins' Adam Ellis continued his good start to the season by qualifying for the British Championship final last night. The 22-year-old, who will feature for Alun Rossiter’s side in this evening’s clash with Somerset Rebels, came through
SHRIVENHAM claimed a second successive win at the start of the Oxfordshire Cricket Association Division Four season with a 72-run victory away at Fringford. The visitors won the toss and elected to bat, with Fringford’s opening bowlers keeping things
A SPOTLIGHT on careers event is being held at STEAM today. Swindon schools and college students will learn about jobs in IT, technology and finance. The event is supported by Monahan’s Accountants, HSBC, The Nav People and Travelport and organised
It's this year's yellow and gold dress and it's splitting the internet. Listen to this piece of audio then please vote with what you hear. What do you hear?! Yanny or Laurel pic.twitter.com/jvHhCbMc8I — Cloe Feldman (@CloeCouture) May
ADVER readers were treated to a faintly alarming image of a former Prime Minister this week a decade ago. Taken backstage at the Arts Centre in Devizes Road before a Swindon Festival of Literature event, it showed him artistically blurred around
IT is 66 years this month since demolition crews began tearing down Swindon’s best-known stately home. The images on this page are possibly the last photographs taken of The Lawn, heart of the old Goddard Estate, before it was reduced to rubble.
Taylor Wimpey Oxfordshire will welcome home hunters to its latest development of new homes when the housebuilder launches Longcot View in Shrivenham on Saturday, May 19 – THIS WEEKEND! Longcot View is a mix of 2, 3 and 4-bedroom homes set in rural
FIRE crews from Swindon were called to a car fire outside Mcdonald's at Greenbridge retail park this morning. Wiltshire Fire and Rescue were alerted at 7.45am about a vehicle on fire. A crew from Drove Road station in Swindon arrived at the
COURT: A woman who stole £200-worth of razor blades from Wilkinson’s was ordered by magistrates to pay compensation to the store. Carmela Carchedi, 41, of no fixed address, was given an 18-month conditional discharge by Swindon magistrates after she
SWINDON’S King Kong has returned to his Queens Park pedestal. The gorilla sculpture was removed a month ago by council contractors repairing the steel giant’s arm. Queens Park’s community council said the gorilla’s rusted arm was beginning
A FOUNDER of Swindon Night Shelter will join Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as they celebrate their special day. Becky Davidson, co-founder of the Cheney Manor homelessness project, will head to Windsor on Saturday for the royal event of the year
POTTERNE 2nd ended the unbeaten Division One start of Avebury thanks to a superb batting performance. Avebury went into the match off the back of two opening wins, but were under the cosh as Potterne amassed 339-9 in their 45 overs, opener Jack
SWINDON Storm’s British American Football Association Division Two season continued to stall as they were beaten 30-8 by Hertfordshire Cheetahs on Sunday in their first home game of the season. Storm, who lost their season opener to Portsmouth Dreadnoughts
SWINDON Robins team manager Alun Rossiter believes his side are more than capable of recording their third away win of the season at Somerset Rebels tonight in their latest SGB Premiership encounter (7.30pm). The Robins slipped to a 50-40 loss at
SWINDON Town manager Phil Brown has already started working on his recruitment process as he looks to put a side together capable of climbing out of League Two. Town missed out on that objective in the 2017-18 campaign, finishing down in ninth in
I THINK everyone associated with Swindon Robins has all of their thoughts with Mitchell Davey after he had that nasty crash when racing for Birmingham last week. Mitchell’s injury is a bit more serious than the one I had last season, and it is such
SWINDON St George captain Connor Tomley says Saturday’s 26-18 success over Bath was a good yardstick for the season ahead as they began the new West of England Pool A campaign in positive fashion. After completing a comprehensive double over Bath
A HEARTBROKEN tortoise owner is desperately trying to track her pet down after he went missing. Owner Imogen Beresford-Bone has spent over a week desperately searching for her beloved Tummy. And a social media campaign organised by Emma Deal
A DOUBLE-GLAZING salesman who cheated the taxman out of tens of thousands of pounds has been given time to pay it back because he had VAT and legal bills to pay. Mark Coates was ordered to hand over almost £27,000 he failed to pay into the public
HOSPITAL chiefs say they are feeling the heat from a national shortage of NHS staff. It comes as nursing leaders warn that the shortages mean staff are having to choose between paperwork and patient care. In a new report, the Royal College of
CARER Michelle Galati wanted to share the joy of watching her foster daughter Emma transform into a happy and successful adult. Her experience comes as part of a series of stories highlighting the rewards of undertaking foster care as Swindon Borough
FANS were left in stitches as poet, broadcaster and entertainer Pam Ayres performed poems old and new for a buzzing Swindon Festival of Literature audience. Between peals of laughter at Swindon Arts Centre theatre she spoke seriously about her affection
THE latest victim of a spate of stabbings in Swindon is today recovering in hospital. Police were called to Walcot late on Tuesday night following reports that a gang of youths were acting suspiciously. A force helicopter joined the search. Within
A MUM has told her children not to call the mental health crisis team over fears she will be taken away by police. Mental health campaigner Ann Mooney, who suffers from epilepsy, schizophrenic episodes and a personality disorder, spoke out following
