LIKE Lincoln, Exeter also have maximum points after a 2-0 win at Morecombe, who have now lost both their opening league games. Pierce Sweeney broke the deadlock from the penalty spot on 43 minutes, with striker Jayden Stockley heading in another
Two founder members of Swindon’s 80s pop stars XTC are going back on the road. It’s the first time Colin Moulding, bass and vocals and drummer Terry Chambers will play onstage together for 36 years. An they are starting in their native Swindon
SWINDON Town boss Phil Brown says their clash with Lincoln City was like watching men against boys at Sincil Bank. The manager was given a harsh reminder of the more rigorous side of League Two in Lincolnshire as they dispatched a youthful Town
Adver Sport hand out their verdict following Swindon Town's 4-1 defeat away at Lincoln City Lawrence Vigouroux -6 Not much the stopper could have done for any of the goals he conceded, managed to relieve pressure on his defence at times
A STEAM train helped transport a poorly dog walker to Swindon’s Great Western Hospital. Police asked volunteers from the Swindon and Cricklade Railway for their help in moving the woman, who had broken her leg, from a remote field near Oakhurst
SWINDON Town were rolled over in their first away fixture of their League Two campaign as they were swept aside 4-1 by Lincoln City at Sincil Bank. Pre-match, Phil Brown was scratching his head over selection with Kyle Knoyle picking up a hamstring
AN EXPLOSION at a Wiltshire military hardware factory has claimed the life of a 29-year-old man. The Southampton man was pronounced dead at the scene of the Chemring Plant blast in Netton, near Salisbury. A second man, 26, from Pewsey, was taken
The Swindon and Cricklade Railway has all the material it needs to extend its railway line to Cricklade. But before it can install the new track, the rails must be moved from Didcot - and that will be an expensive effort. The charity is seeking
TURKEY farmer Chris Rummings is on a mission to rescue a bird which is in danger of going extinct Chris, of Lydiard Turkeys, aims to help put a halt to the rapid decline of yellowhammers in the wild by providing them with plenty of crops to sustain
CHILDREN who attend the Scrappers Gym in Swindon met some special visitors at their boxing sports camp in Langley Road. Wiltshire Chief Constable Kier Pritchard and the CEO of the Wiltshire Community Foundation Rosemary Macdonald stopped by to see
A SUSPECTED drug dealer failed to appear at court because he is being treated at a London psychiatric hospital, his lawyers said. Matthew Vironi-White, 22, of High Road, north London, is accused of dealing heroin on Swindon’s streets. He had
SWINDON may be home to the world’s oldest man with Down’s Syndrome. Terry Culley is 71-years-old and has lived for 27 happy years at The Laurel residential care home. When he was born, doctors didn’t expect him to survive past 14 but he’s still
A 10-year-old Swindon boy whose quick thinking and coolness under pressure saved his mother’s life was featured on TV this week. Channel 4’s programme 999: What’s Your Emergency told how Louie Dean realised his mother Kate, who has Type 1 diabetes
OFFICERS in Highworth will use the town’s community centre as a temporary base when out on patrol after its police station closes. Trustees from the centre in the Dormers have offered officers and staff free round-the-clock access to the building
DIY giant Homebase has laid off its horticultural buyers from its Swindon office the company has confirmed The Adver has been told that 20 people left their jobs at the office at the start of this week, and while some senior staff remain, the office
Coate Water Roundabout will be closed for more than a week at nights while resurfacing and relining work. The work will be carried out between 8pm and 6am from Monday, 20 August to Friday, 31 August, excluding the August bank holiday weekend.
THE landlord of a Swindon pub has vowed to continue with a fundraising event this weekend - despite the building being targeted by vandals. The thugs are believed to have struck at around 5.30am yesterday, when two bricks were thrown through a
A man who admitted a string of thefts from Swindon shops, but was bailed for a pre-sentence report is now wanted for skipping bail. Billy-Joe Cosgrave, 21, who lives in Essex Walk in Walcot, pleaded guilty to eight charges of theft from shops between
POLICE officers’ leave requests following the massive Novichok incident will be managed to ensure no teams across the force are left in the lurch, Wiltshire’s police and crime commissioner has said. Leave was cancelled following the poisoning of
STAFF at XPO Logistics say they have received the wrong pay or, in some cases, not been paid at all in the past two months. The distribution centre in Penzance Drive, which provides services to Iceland frozen foods, has 500 staff. They have been
ROYAL Wootton Bassett have won the Bowls England men’s senior fours championship once again. The foursome of Kevin Embling, Graham Richards, Alan Small and Dave Snell (skip) won the senior fours (Over 55s) title at Bowls England Headquarters at
WILTSHIRE women just missed out on lifting the Johns Trophy (inter-county championship) on the opening day of the national championship finals last Saturday at Royal Leamington Spa. They lost in the final by 16 shots, going down 125-109 to Surrey
SWINDON racer Elliot Pinson found the Thruxton circuit to his liking as he claimed a pair of podium finishes on his debut at the Hampshire track in the Dickies Junior Supersport Class. The 15 year old, from Lydiard Millicent, had not competed at
BROOME Manor junior Sofia Corredor-Escalante delivered a superb display at the qualifying event for the American Golf Junior Championship, at Glamorganshire Golf Club. The 13-year-old from Swindon made it through to the final that will be televised
TRAINER Paddy Fitzpatrick says Luke ‘The Duke’ Watkins has ‘no problem’ facing Commonwealth title mandatory Wadi Camacho but stated the 33-year-old is not at the forefront of their plans. Swindon's Watkins signed a two-fight deal with Matchroom’
DION Conroy says he is edging towards full fitness after playing in both of Swindon Town’s first two games. The 23-year-old defender had a frustrating time at the club last year, where a serious knee injury curtailed his first full campaign at the
DUO Motorsport with HMS Racing driver Rob Austin has his eyes on the podium as the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship heads to Rockingham in Northamptonshire this weekend. The corresponding weekend last year was where the Swindon team confirmed
SWINDON Town Supporters’ Club chair Ann Alder agrees that uniting with the football club and Trust STFC regarding the purchase of the County Ground’s freehold is the best option if success on the pitch is to be achieved. Last week, the football
TUESDAY night’s thrashing at home to Chelsea U21s has failed to dampen spirits in the Swindon Town camp ahead of today’s trip to Lincoln, according to assistant manager Neil McDonald. Town conceded on four occasions against Chelsea’s youngsters
SWINDON St George head coach Ben Whincup hopes to thrive under the underdogs tag as his side goes for West of England Super Fives glory in the South West League on Saturday. St George travel to Cheltenham for the final this afternoon to take on
A KIDNAPPER has pleaded guilty to snatching a teen. Billy Livingstone, 19, of Marlowe Avenue, admitting kidnapping the boy on July 9. The Park North man appeared at Swindon Crown Court via video link from HMP Bullingdon, near Bicester. Wearing
A SWINDON man denies indecently assaulting a young girl over a period of two years. Dale Barnett, 54, of Grange Drive, is accused of sexually touching the girl on more than 120 occasions and attempting to rape an underage girl between 1999 and 2001
COURT: A drug-driver on cocaine has been jailed for eight weeks. Jenner Araujo, 22, from Haydon Street in Swindon, was found by police to have cocaine in his bloodstream when they stopped his Mercedes on Whitworth Road. He was also driving
