SWINDON Robins soared to the top of the SGB Premiership table with a 51-39 win over Wolverhampton Wolves at the Abbey Stadium. The home side went into the meeting on the back of two away defeats to Belle Vue and Somerset Rebels. While his team
Claire Spreadbury takes a first peek, before they're open to the public. When you choose to stay in the middle of a forest, in plush family-friendly digs, you don't expect to be woken up in the middle of the night by a brawl. A pitch-black sky overlooks
Crusin' - Gentlemen and Scholars The wonderfully named Gentlemen and Scholars sound like nothing less than the beating heart of the American Dream. It is the sound of truck stops blending into back street Chicago blues clubs, of late night diners
JAMES BAY - ELECTRIC LIGHT It's been three years since James Bay crashed onto the music scene with his debut album Chaos and the Calm and single Hold Back The River, which seems to have been just about everywhere ever since. The crooner for the
A MAN is fighting for his life after suffering serious burns in an explosion at a sewage works. He was taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol following the incident this afternoon at the site off Barnfield Road, Swindon. Wiltshire Fire Service
swindon 1952: A blacksmith’s shop with forge, shoeing house, wash shop and dwelling house was sold at Avebury for £1,150. The sale was conducted by Messrs Hooper, Pinnegar and Co, auctioneers of Marlborough, who were acting on instructions of Mr
A MAN was injured following an explosion involving a high-voltage generator on a site off Barnfield Road. The incident happened at 2.30pm at the sewage treatment works and caused a fire. Fire crews from Westlea, Stratton and Swindon were called
Stephen Webb gives golf a miss in favour of a massage on a relaxing visit to Tewkesbury Park Hotel "Darn it, we should have brought the binoculars." We were sitting on a couch in our room (the King Richard III suite, no less) at the Tewkesbury
NOT the busiest of weeks for live music coming up but with the summer finally kicking in, I guess barbecues and pub gardens, days out in exotic places, festivals and nights camped under the stars are preferable to being shut in a loud, dark, beer-sodden
Sarah Singleteon checks out who is treading the boards in Swindon this week A CELEBRATION of the Carpenters, called We’ve Only Just Begun, takes place at the Wyvern Theatre on Tuesday at 7.30pm. Every song in the show, which commemorates the
TWENTY years ago, four single women appeared on our television screens in search of love, cosmopolitans and ridiculously expensive designer outfits. Sex and the City became a huge hit, running for six seasons and winning fans all over the world.
COUNTERFEITERS remain at large in Swindon after police receive more reports of fake money use. Wiltshire Police are currently investigating a number of incidents in which fake, high value notes have been used to buy low value products. Some shops
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The multi-talented Danny Baker is calling in at Swindon’s Wyvern Theatre on Wednesday with a new hit show called Good Time Charlie’s Back! The comedy writer, former NME journalist, radio DJ, television presenter, screenwriter and star of the 2016
POETS, storytellers and musicians are readying themselves for the grand Festival Finale on Saturday night, the climax of this year’s Swindon Festival of Literature. Expect rhyme and rhythm, music and stories, wordplay and laughter at the cabaret-style
WILTSHIRE coach Tom Morton has no doubt his side are capable of making a swift return to winning ways as they get back to 50-over cricket this weekend. The county began their 2018 campaign with two-wicket victory at home to Wales in the Unicorns
THE Conservative leader of the council has named his new cabinet in a post-election reshuffle. Councillor David Renard has shaken things up in a bid to bring what he termed “a mixture of experience and innovation” to the top table. Priory Vale
The Groove Radicals are a funk, soul and disco band who are performing for a South Marston school fundraiser tomorrow at the Coleview Community Centre, Towcester Road. The soul band used to be a six-piece but decided to bring the brass section on
OVER £275,000 of council tax cash has been spent by Wiltshire Council in the last four years to settle disputes and ‘gag’ former employees. This week the council said it had reached ‘compromise agreements’ with 25 former staff, costing £275,784.19
POP band 5ive believe in their own songs, as they will Keep On Movin’ up and down the M4 corridor this summer, performing in Swindon and Bristol. The famous 5ive who are now the free three - Scott Robinson, Ritchie Neville and Sean Conlon - Are
Singer/songwriter Henry Priestman is one of the hidden gems of the music business. He is a musician's musician who has worked with some of the top names in the business. Co-incidently, as The Christians recently played in Swindon, Henry, who was
GRAVESTONES at the back of Whitworth Road cemetery looked like they had been abandoned because the grass was not cut for six months, a disgusted relative has claimed. Phillip Haakerson of Moredon, who has a disability, found it difficult visit his
SHAPPI Khorsandi’s new show, Mistress and Misfit, focuses on Emma, Lady Hamilton, the mistress and misfit who lit up the life of Admiral Nelson and added to the gaiety of the nation during the Georgian era. The comedian says she has had a ball writing
DOCTOR And The Medics will be headlining Lechlade Festival for the fourth time running, and Clive Jackson, aka The Doctor, is begging and threatening his fans not to let slip the results of the Champion League Final. At the same time Liverpool
THE move to transform an iconic Swindon building has divided opinion in the town. The former Pattern Store is being converted as part of an initiative by the Diocese of Bristol to support the regeneration of the area. It was bought outright by
A gang of four thieves have stolen a Mercedes car after breaking into a house in the Malborough area. The suspects entered the home and left with the owner’s car keys before making a getaway in two vehicles, including the stolen car. One member
PURTON churchgoers gathered to enjoy a big charity brekkie in a stand against poverty. Together they raised £410 for the people of Haiti whose homes were hit by a hurricane. The event was part of Christian Aid Week which this year is highlighting
A BRAVE young stylist from a Highworth salon raised more than £1,600 with a sponsored head shave. Georgina Kemnitz-Pryor, 19, who works at Karoliina Saunders High Design in Sheep Street accepted the challenge to support Gloucester House's 'Buy a
ASTHMA sufferers have been warned to stay indoors at the weekend over fears stormy weather and a high pollen count could spark a condition known as 'thunder fever'. While thunder storms are not predicted at the moment for Swindon, they are elsewhere
COURT: Antony Fernandes has been disqualified from driving for 16 months after pleading guilty to failing to provide a breath specimen. The 32-year-old, of Beatrice Street in Swindon, was asked to take the breath test on March 28 during a police
A DETECTIVE told of the moment he sank to his knees in the throes of a mental breakdown. Det Sgt Marcus Tawn now speaks to fellow police officers about the importance of looking after their mental health. Yesterday, the Wiltshire Police officer
IMAGINE thousands of plastic ducks staring into your soul as they float past you along the river. This will be the alarming site greeting people at the Westcott Recreation Ground for Swindon’s Famous Duck Race on May 28. The Rotary Club has ordered
NEWLY elected councillors will tomorrow be formally welcomed to their seats. All 19 candidates elected earlier this month will take up their seats in a special ceremony held at the Civic Offices tomorrow afternoon. Speaking ahead of the meeting
THE Adver’s coverage of a shocking theft led to readers donating hundreds of pounds to the elderly victim. Geraldine Croucher experienced the best and worst of humanity when a good Samaritan helped her after she fell and hit her head in the town
A COUPLE who swapped Old Town for the African savannah have found TV fame. Heavily pregnant Ruth Pinches jetted out to Zambia with husband Lyndon in 2016. The couple, who lived in Old Town, were followed by a TV crew as they built a safari lodge
A SWINDON museum curator said he was flattered to have been visited by a senior member of the government. Simon Webb, of the Museum of Computing in Theatre Square, hosted Matt Hancock, the Secretary of State for digital, culture, media and sport
SWINDON Council is hoping innovative start-ups will thrive in Swindon once a new £1m Workshed opens on June 1. Aimed at fast-growing and disruptive small and medium-sized businesses the Workshed is the result of a £1m refurbishment of the former
A SWINDON beauty queen is on a mission to safeguard the next generation of aspiring models with training on sexual exploitation and social media. Christine Gregory, who competed in the UK’s Top Model in 2016, will bring her experience of the industry
WRAG Barn Golf Club’s Drayton brothers held their nerve to win the Wiltshire Men’s County Foursomes title after a play-off at Kingsdown Golf Club, near Box. Max Drayton, the Wrag Barn club champion, and younger brother Guy, Wrag’s junior captain
HANNAH Lewington took centre stage at the Wiltshire Track & Field Championships as she broke her own UK javelin record not just once but twice with a superb demonstration of throwing, writes KEVIN FAHEY. The 12-year-old Swindon Harrier opened
SWINDON Town boss Phil Brown said he cannot emphasise the importance of pre-season enough to his players after Portsmouth were confirmed as Town’s first opponents ahead of their League Two campaign. Brown’s men will welcome Kenny Jackett’s League
A selection of photographer Les Aubrey's pictures of Swindon Robins' 50-40 defeat to Somerset Rebels on Wednesday, May 16, 2018.
