Tight - Harmless Habit Remember when Jet rocked up (literally) in the early part of this century and sounded like the hottest 60’s garage rock band that no one had ever heard of. Well, Harmless Habit has those same qualities. They may take their
DAVID Howell shot his joint-lowest round on the European Tour this season today after opening up the Portugal Masters with a brilliant 66, featuring seven birdies. That leaves the Swindon star on five-under after the opening round and in a tie for
THE driver of a BMW that crashed on Great Western Way suffered serious injuries, police have said. The 49-year-old local man was taken to hospital following the incident at Mannington roundabout that kept the busy route closed for much of the day
MIDFIELDER Toumani Diagouraga has been speaking to the media ahead of Swindon Town's League Two trip to Yeovil Town on Saturday.
Benedict Allen has spent his whole career exploring some of the wildest and most remote regions of the planet. He was the first known human to cross the Amazon Basin at its widest point. He once made a 600-mile traverse of the Gobi Desert… on foot
Josh Groban is back with an impressive new offering but this week nothing comes close to Christine and the Queens' new album, which has been lauded as "mighty works from a phenomenal artist". CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS - CHRIS When Heloise Letissier
LEADING Swindon Town goalscorer Michael Doughty might be forced to miss Saturday’s trip to Yeovil due to an ongoing hip injury. The 25-year-old was substituted towards the end of Town’s opening League Two fixture of the month against Milton Keynes
WILTSHIRE Police say they hope to reopen Great Western Way before rush hour traffic hits. The road has been shut westbound since 10.45am, after a black BMW sports car crashed into a sign for the Mannington Retail Park. The driver was taken to hospital
SHOCKED friends, family and colleagues are preparing for the funeral of “beautiful, kind-hearted” Anna Mathias who rose to the heights of the legal profession by becoming a barrister at a leading London law firm. Anna, 50, a Wroughton girl and the
Bike rides along the beach, fairy-tale castle ruins and lunch with the Grufallo - it can all be packed into a short break, says Kirsty Masterman. Gruffalo trails, fairy gardens, giant bouncing pillows, castles, dragons and glistening coins... You'd
The traveller shares his thoughts on the communist destination opening up to tourism. It's human nature to wonder what lies beyond locked doors, so it's no surprise one of the world's most secretive states holds so much allure. Whether you agree
ELLIOT Pinson experienced mixed fortunes during round seven of the British Superbikes Dickies Junior Supersport Championships at Oulton Park at the weekend. The Cheshire venue is a place of bitter reflection for Pinson, who last year broke his leg
SWINDON 1952: Mr Edward George Dark of Graham Street, Swindon, retired from the railway service as platform inspector after serving under 10 station masters at Swindon Station. He recalled some of the modernisation that had taken place in his time
A YELLOW weather warning for 65mph winds has been issued covering Swindon as Storm Bronagh takes hold. Between 6pm today and 9am tomorrow there is potential for very strong winds, according to the Met Office. The warning lifts for Saturday, but
Tonight, The Beehive will be offering you something a bit different, Gratuitous sax in the shape of The Delta West Sax Quartet. (You will have to wait until next week for the follow-up pun, senseless violins, or at least The Model Folk’s epic man-sized
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Swindon singer/songwriter, Rob Richings, will be joining acoustic duo Ethemia in a double header gig on Saturday at 7.30pm in The Goods Shed, Tetbury which opened its doors in the spring of this year. The concert hall has been created from an old
Today will be a day of mixed emotions as I bid farewell to two stalwarts of my cabinet team and welcome two new faces. Councillors Fionuala Foley and Garry Perkins have, between them, held cabinet positions for a combined 30 years and both have
RICHARD James estate agents has scooped the top spots in the AllAgents People Awards for Swindon and Farrington. The agents, which started in Wroughton in 1992 and now has eight branches in the Swindon area, scooped gold, silver and bronze in the
Next week sees the launch of the 25th anniversary season of the Swindon Recital Series. The concert will be a performance of the work of composer Olivier Messiaen, who was conscripted into the French Army in the Second World War. He was a First
DAVID Young set off earlier this week for an expedition to rev up funds for Brighter Futures after being treated for throat cancer. David was diagnosed just over two years ago and faced the daily journey to the Churchill Hospital in Oxford for radiotherapy
Russell ‘The Voice’ Watson took great delight in portraying the mad priest in Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds, but he took exception to the critics comments that his singing and acting were excellent but his limp was unconvincing. He said: “It was
TOP names from the horse racing world turned out in force at Oaksey House, Lambourn, for the launch of former jockey George Baker's autobiography Taking My Time, writes RAY BURROUGHS. A firm favourite with many horse racing fans in the area and
A DRIVER has been rushed to hospital after crashing his BMW sports car. Pictures taken at the scene show the crumpled back of the black roadster. It appears the car hit a sign for the Mannington Retail Park before bouncing back into the road.
COURT: Julia Hayman, 39, of Markenfield in Toothill, must pay £421 after pleading guilty to speeding and driving with bad tyres. She drove along Great Western Way on May 28 at more than 30mph while both front wheels were fitted with pneumatic tyres
The Cotswold Wildlife Park, a popular attraction for Swindon people, is always a family affair - both for visitors and for the animals that live at the site near Burford. PAUL NICHOLLS paid a visit to photograph some new arrivals...
Wyvern Theatre’s Memory Café meets today in the foyer. This is a relaxed event, where those living with dementia, along with their carers, friends and families, can meet to talk and join in with various activities and hear from guest speakers. They
POLICE are responding to a serious crash on Mannington Roundabout. Officers were called shortly before 10.45am to the crash, which involved a single BMW. A man has been seriously injured. Great Western Way has been closed between Mannington
COMEDIAN Ross Noble brings his new show El Hablador to Swindon’s Wyvern Theatre next week, with performances on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Who is El Hablador, you may ask. It’s Ross Noble. No, but who is the one they call El Hablador? I just
A YOUTH gang stabbed a man in the chest, detectives suspect. Wiltshire Police have appealed for witnesses following the serious assault on Kennedy Drive, Eldene, yesterday afternoon. Attacked The force said a 20-year-old man was attacked
Pete Firman, billed as one of the UK's most popular magicians, brings his particular brand of magic to Swindon Arts Centre on Saturday night. The star of ITV1's Tonight at the London Palladium and The Next Great Magician, BBC One's The Magicians
A Hip-Hop mash up called Cypher Stories is coming to Swindon Dance on Friday night. New dance company, Simple Cypher was built on the foundations of Hip Hop and circus and created by Kieran Warner and Christopher Thomas. It uses elements of Hip
A GAME designed to get children fit and healthy is being spoiled by cheats, it has been claimed. Around 24,000 people have signed up to take part in Beat the Street, encourages youngsters to run, walk and cycle in a bid to score points and win
Nominations for the Wiltshire Community Pride Awards closed on the 16th September 2018. We have recieved an overwhelming response and Wiltshire is already demonstrating a huge sense of pride in the community we all live in. Thank you so much
A PARISH council by-election cost more than £20,000 to run, documents show. The Eastcott vote was prompted by the resignation of Lib Dem Dave Wood as a parish councillor. The May poll was won by Labour man Patrick Herring. The borough council
A TENTH of Swindon children are missing their second dose of the MMR vaccine, figures show. Last year, 90 per cent of children in the town received the second vaccination, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella. The numbers put Swindon
WHEN teacher Marie Stacey began drawing nude figures over charity shop landscape paintings she had no idea it would become a new passion. The secondary school graphics teacher began drawing the classic oversized pin-up illustrations over thrift
A BATMOBILE, an American cop cruiser, rescue displays, helicopters, vintage vehicles, and blue light rides drew thousands to the annual Emergency Services Show. The biggest attraction of its kind in the region featured police, fire, and ambulance
Developers are offering the village of South Marston a new park and woodland, if they can build more houses. But the parish council is not in favour of the idea The proposal is part of a housing scheme put forward by developer Bower Mapson
A POPULAR South Marston cafe has been voted the best of the best by Adver readers. Throughout the year, we asked you to nominate and vote for the best small businesses in Swindon in different categories each month from March to July. Staff
House prices in Swindon increased by 1.1 per cent in July, contributing to a 4.4 per cent rise over the last 12 months. The latest data from the Office of National Statistics shows that the average property in the area sold for £218,548 – below
ROGUE traders running a well known mattress scam are operating in Wiltshire, warns a woman who was conned by them. The woman who does not wish to be named said she was walking her dog near Avebury when a white van pulled up. She said: “The man
KNITTED gingerbread men and santa hats have started flooding into Brighter Futures HQ as it gears up for a full calendar in the run up to Christmas. Community-run concerts, rock painting competitions, a spooky Halloween fun run, and the annual Reindeer
THE director of a law firm from Swindon has been awarded a coveted accolade for advancing her profession. Christine Bunting, director at Hyphen Law in Drakes Meadow, which specialises in cases of mental capacity going through the Court of Protection
STRATTON Higashi Karate Club students Scott Huzzel and Liam Shepperd successfully passed the recent club grading. Huzzel, aged 11, graded to brown belt and 10-year-old Shepperd moved up to purple belt. Both young students have been at the club
SWINDON Town's non-executive vice-chairman Clem Morfuni understands the scepticism surrounding the joint bid to purchase the County Ground but remains convinced that 2019 can be the year that the club takes a bold step into a new era. Morfuni jetted
PHIL Brown has revealed his call to keep Luke McCormick in goal for Saturday’s League Two defeat by Bury came with added bonus of the approval of regular number one Lawrence Vigouroux. Brown opted to keep the veteran McCormick between the sticks
SWINDON’S David Howell will hope for a marked improvement this weekend as he participates in the Portugal Masters. The 43-year-old has failed to make the cut in his last three events, he most recently missed out at the KLM Open in the Netherlands
LUKE ‘The Duke’ Watkins is out to prove he is one of the best cruiserweights in the country as he prepares to take on Isaac Chamberlain at London’s Copper Box Arena. The two men will come face-off on the undercard of John Ryder's bout against Andrey
ROB Austin defied a first race crash to earn fifth place during round 27 of the British Touring Car Championship’s penultimate leg at Silverstone over the weekend. The DUO Motorsport and HMS Racing driver was embroiled in a race-long battle at the
SAM ‘Sniper’ Smith is ready to make the most of his opportunity as begins training for the Ultimate Boxxer competition in six weeks' time. The Swindon-based light-heavyweight was named as one of eight fighters who will battle it out in a tournament
A DRINKER who hit a man with a brandy bottle in a cowardly attack following an organised pub crawl has been spared jail. Jake Tunmore was on the Stratton Stroll last year when he launched the brutal assault on the man when he was on the ground.
AFTER a flurry of late goals in previous home games, Swindon Town’s luck finally ran out as Phil Brown’s side were outplayed from start to finish by Bury on Saturday. Unfortunately, the visitors were made to look much better on the day by an odd
SWINDON Shock player-coach David Colclough says they are ready to attack National League Division Three South after defeating Dorset Storm 99-69 in the Men’s National Cup. New recruits Ed Potter and Mantas Kmita led the scoring with a combined 54
A THIEF admitted stealing groceries from a Swindon store. Roger Moore, from the Isle of Wight, stole goods worth £266.86 from an Aldi store on July 24. The 48-year-old pleaded guilty to theft. By admitting the offence at Swindon Magistrates’
