One of the world’s biggest companies, Google, is bringing its Digital Garage to town tomorrow, Tuesday 16 October The company is putting on free workshops for anyone who needs to develop their digital skills for work. There will be three courses
FORWARD-THINKING players will change the complexion of games in League Two this season, according to Swindon Town left back Matt Taylor. Town suffered their fourth consecutive winless result on Saturday when losing by two goals at St James’ Park
AS might be expected of a concert pianist and founder of a recital series, Paul Turner is unshakably certain of the power of music - and particularly live music. “You become part of the performance - it’s a shared experience, completely different
A MAN needed hospital treatment after being assaulted in a pub car park. The 50-year-old victim received cuts to his face in the attack at the Running Horse on Wotton Bassett Road around 11.15pm on Saturday. The suspect has been described as
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STAFF at a Devizes unit which helps people with complex learning disabilities reach their full potential have been commended for their work, only 18 months after the team came together. The Daisy Unit, which is part of the Green Lane Hospital in
SWINDON Supermarine have been handed a home tie against Banbury United in the opening round of the FA Trophy. Both teams are yet to feature in the competition as club's featuring in non-league's third tiers all entered the hat at this afternoon's
Last Thursday it was my pleasure to briefly meet the broadcaster Kate Humble, at a book signing. I am a fond admirer of Kate’s, but that may be because I am biased. After all, we are practically related. You see, my brother-in-law lives nextdoor
WATCH Phil Brown react to Swindon Town's 2-0 defeat to Exeter City in League Two at St James Park on Saturday.
NED Boulting discussed his time covering the 2018 Tour de France, taking us on an ambling roll through the 21 stages of cheap hotels, ‘sprinty’ sprints, rogue gendarmes, pristine dental work, ‘climby’ climbs, kebabs and cathedrals during his show at
EXCITEMENT is mounting as staff and students anticipate this year’s celebration of all things bookish in the Swindon Youth Festival of Literature 2018. A line-up of brilliant authors including Young Bond author Steve Cole, creator of the Dark Lord
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting a baby in spring 2019, Kensington Palace has announced. The newly-wed couple arrived in Sydney on Monday ahead of a 16-day tour which will take in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga. In a statement
PRE-SCHOOL pupils learned important lessons about safety after carrying out an inspection on their own school. Mini safety inspectors at Windmill Hill Day Nursery in Swindon reported damaged toys and equipment to staff at the nursery. They also
A LITTER pick will be carried out in Pinehurst next week. Volunteers can meet up in front of the the Pinetrees Community Centre on Sunday October 28 from 10am to 1pm. Children must be supervised by responsible adults and all should bring suitable
COURT: Magistrates ordered a 19-year-old to do 250 hours of unpaid work after he took a motorcycle without the consent of the owner. Michael O’Driscoll, of Wilcox Close, who also goes by the surname Lockey, pleaded guilty to the theft on April
THE new chief executive of Swindon Borough Council expects the new Ofsted report into the council’s children’s services to be rated inadequate. That is worse than the last full review which said the services required improvement. And when political
SCORES of people who are opposed to Brexit, or who want another vote on the matter have signed up to travel from Swindon to London for a major march on Saturday. The group Swindon For Europe has organised a double decker coach, and there are many
AN uninsured motorist who sped away from police through football traffic just after full time at the County Ground has been spared jail. Mohamed Sharif raced along the narrow residential streets in the Broad Green area as Town fans made their way
BAVARIAN beer and culture flowed through Swindon over the weekend for the return of Oktoberfest. Despite a wet and windy start on Friday the annual Oktoberfest saw Swindon come together to the event, which recreates the traditional German Volkfest
REAL artefacts from the battlefields of the First World War went on display at a special exhibition at Radnor Street Cemetery yesterday. Previously unseen by the public, the objects included real grenades, rifle bayonets, and pieces of shrapnel
A NEW initiative to promote education in Swindon was officially launched at the Oxford Brookes campus on Saturday. Swindon Learning Town, launched by Swindon Borough Council, brings together Swindon's colleges, libraries, and educational settings
MICRO-businesses make up the majority of enterprises in Swindon, recent figures from the Office for National Statistics show. The latest ONS data for all VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Swindon for March 2018 shows there were 6,590 active local
FORMER Swindon Town footballer Paul Hunt is the new landlord of the Plough Inn. The striker, who played for the club between 1989 and 1993 and later went on to become an inspirational figure at Forest Green Rovers, said he had been given a great
A TEEN from Highworth has had her colourful hair shaved off to raise money for The Little Princess Trust. Lillybelle Burgess, 19, from Highworth, invited family and friends to the Pamper Lounge, on Swindon Street, to watch the spectacle of her willingly
WASDELL has appointed a former intern as a senior tech specialist after he spent a year with the form before graduating from UWE this year. During his year-long placement at Wasdell, a pharmaceutical packaging firm based in Blagrove, Stephen Cox
PHIL Brown has conceded that the search for his optimum Swindon Town XI goes on as he prepares to reintegrate top scorer Michael Doughty and speedster Kaiyne Woolery fully into first team action. The manager shuffled his pack again for Saturday's
RIGHT from the start, there was the feeling that something was just not quite right. As the first whistle from referee Peter Wright sounded, Town kicked off and pinged the ball around with some confidence for most of the first minute, only for defender
