THE room where our main picture was captured hasn’t existed for more than 40 years. It was in a church mentioned briefly in an edition of Rewind some weeks ago. St Mary’s, daughter church of Christ Church in Old Town, stood in The Mall. In
Don’t mess with the latest pop princess, Anne-Marie, as she has a black belt in karate. In the past few years the singer has had a number of Top 10 hits, both solo and in collaboration with other artists. Next summer she is touring the UK and Ireland
TODAY Hip Route, 8.30pm, Beehive, 55 Prospect Hill, Old Town, Swindon. 01793 523187. The word cool is often bandied about carelessly these days and doesn’t sound that, well, cool anymore but if there was ever a band that could put the cool back
Malborough’s traditional start to Yuletide begins with the Marlborough Folk Roots special Christmas concert featuring the fab folk four, aka St Agnes Fountain. The Aggies are David Hughes, guitarist, author and playwright, Chris Leslie, multi-instrumentalist
The Kentwood Show Choir, run by Sheila Harrod, pictured, will be singing as part of the Festival of Christmas. The Bath Road Methodist Church in Swindon will be hosting the festival full of Christmas music tomorrow, from 7.30pm. The choir, whose
It’s fun, fun fun all the way this festive season as three comedians bring some Christmas comedy to Swindon The spotlight this month falls on Jenny Collier, Andrew O’Neil and Javier Jarquin. Jenny Collier moved from the Welsh mountains to London
FIRE crews freed a 91-year-old man from his vehicle after a road traffic collision in Stratton St Margaret. The crash happened on Boundary Close, Kingsdown, around 10.23am on Thursday.
POLICE: A man in his 20s was assaulted in Swindon's town centre. The victim was hit on Bridge Street around 2.50am on December 2 by a woman, who injured his lip. Wiltshire Police are investigating and released an image of a woman they'd like
A TEENAGER has been charged with multiple counts of shoplifting and criminal damage to cars following a police crackdown on antisocial behaviour in Wroughton. The 14-year-old boy was arrested after officers started investigating reports of thefts
I remember the first time I drove the Mitsubishi Shogun and without doubt it was probably one of my top ten experiences of driving a vehicle. It was winter, the weather was appalling with rain beating down and water gushing off the roads and into
Elementary my dear Watson! Immortal words from the pen of Arthur Conan Doyle resound down the centuries as the author’s famous detective inspires numerous adaptations. While being one of the early works of Conan Doyle, The Sign Of Four is anything
IMAGINE if conflicts raging in the war-torn Middle East were suddenly brought much closer to home. That’s the idea at the heart of Nathan Reade’s first novel, Through Adversity, which sees the Islamic State occupy Swindon and Oxfordshire as well
ZACH Wajtknecht is keen to keep developing as a rider after being signed up for a third successive season at the Swindon Robins. The 20-year-old has been a hugely popular member of the Robins since he joined and boss Alun Rossiter had no hesitation
COUNCIL lawyers tried to ban the press from reporting the name of a man accused of murdering a three-month-old baby. Swindon Borough Council won a temporary High Court injunction on Monday afternoon, stopping the Swindon Advertiser from identifying
A DEFENCE Academy worker will spend Christmas in the cells after he was charged with the murder of a three-month-old baby from Swindon. Paul Rich, a supervisor for contractor Serco at the Shrivenham Defence Academy, was remanded in custody by a
SWINDON Carers Centre have been given a £147,630 boost after a successful bid for a Big Lottery Fund grant. The Reaching Communities grant will be used to create a new Young Carer Champion Award in partnership with Swindon schools. It will also
TESCO Extra in Swindon has created a magical winter wonderland to try and raise funds for three charities. They have even made that part of the store cold, to give it an authentic feel. The Ocotal Way based supermarket has already raised £700
MOTORISTS who use fuel stations in Royal Wootton Bassett are incensed by the prices two garages are charging compared to other locations in Swindon and Lyneham. The independently owned Esso garage and the national company Euro Garages both operate
HEADING out to work or on a school run, keep up to date on traffic news this morning. There is queueing traffic on B4044 Swinford Toll Bridge between B4017 Eynsham and B4449 Farmoor. Travel time from the roundabout is 13 minutes. Traffic is
A SWINDON-BORN prizewinning author has been revealed as one of the judges for this year's BBC National Short Story Award competition. Richard Beard will be poring over the entries for the competition before he and his fellow judges shortlist the
THE Royal British Legion celebrated the fourth birthday of its town centre pop-in branch and received a donation of £876 from none other than the Swindon Advertiser. The money was raised by clients who advertised in the paper’s Armistice supplement
GREAT Western Hospital staff are hosting a public health talk tonight for carers in and around Swindon who are looking after someone with a long-term health condition. The talk will provide everyone who attends with guidance and advice on the variety
Nearly 2,000 crimes were reported in Swindon in October, according to figures released by Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner Angus Macpherson. The PCC's website breaks down the figures into north and south of the town and it's surrounding villages
COURT: A Pinehurst woman admitted breaching a restraining order against a man. Jacqueline McKee, 49, of Pinehurst Road, shouted at the victim in Swindon on May 26 and verbally communicated with him on June 5. She was given a community order with
AN "absolute fool" who sped along a dual carriageway while his mate sat out of the passenger window has been banned from the road. Teenager Piotr Wscibski ran red lights at more than 80mph as his passenger clung on to the roof of the car. But
PARKING restrictions will be imposed outside a Swindon school after a toddler was almost knocked down by a driver. PCSOs, parents and teachers at Robert Le Kyng Primary School, off Westcott Place, have grown increasingly concerned about what they
SWINDON has been named in the top 20 of the UK’s leakiest towns. It appears as 19th on the list as insurance company Zurich UK reveals the leaky hotspots across the country. As temperatures drop, homes without adequate insulation are at risk
More than 700 families have been referred to Swindon's early help for children hub in the first five months of its work, councillors were told. A report to Swindon Borough Council's health and wellbeing board, which includes councillors and enior
Three hundred houses will be built on land in south Swindon originally earmarked for a business park. And the homes to be built by developers Redrow Homes and Persimmon Homes will become an extension to the hundreds of houses already built, or
The director of a recycling company hugged his planning agent after councillors took a few minutes to allow him to break up and recycle cars at the site where a fire burned for more than 50 days. Stephen Bowers runs Swindon Metal Recycling and he
A MAGAZINE written by young people for Swindon youngsters will be launched next Spring. The scheme, which is organised by not-for-profit the Platform Project, will feature writing and videos by teens looking at social issues, fashion and music.
The prospect of mothers with buggies trying to negotiate a dark, very steep and narrow road "designed for horse and cart" has halted the progress of a small housing development. A plan to build 18 homes, 14 semi-detached houses and a block of four
ISOLATED residents facing the possibility of spending the holidays alone came together for an early Christmas party this week. More than 30 people got together in Eastcott Community Centre in Saversnake Street to enjoy some food, sing carols, and
A SWINDON strong man has thrown his weight behind the Night Shelter, which welcomed its first guests last night for the council’s winter housing scheme. The charity-run shelter on Queens Drive opened its doors to six guests last night. It was helped
A SWINDON insurance company has picked up the equivalent of an industry Oscar for helping staff progress in their careers. Be Wiser Insurance, which has an office in Dorcan, picked up the Excellence in Professional Development accolade at the Insurance
RULES requiring law firms to be more open about their legal fees have been welcomed by a Swindon-based firm. Royds Withy King, which has an office on Regent Circus, welcomed the new requirements for firms to be more transparent about their prices
CHISELDON Parish Council has voted unanimously to reject two areas identified as possible sites to built hundreds of homes on. The council met on Monday to give its verdict on three sites identified as part of Swindon Borough Council's Strategic
FREE books will be handed out to children this Christmas with the aim of improving their overall wellbeing. Swindon Stories, the local arm of the National Literacy Trust, has launched the free book giveaway to give parents the chance to choose from
RICHIE Wellens hopes Kaiyne Woolery’s sparkling return to action for Swindon Town can offset the loss of fellow forward Keshi Anderson to injury. Anderson sat out last weekend’s 2-1 win at home to Newport County in League Two and will remain unavailable
SWINDON golfer David Howell has labelled 2018 as one of the worst in his 23-year career after he pulled out of the final two European Tour events of the calendar year with a troublesome wrist injury. Howell completed just nine full tournaments in
SWINDON Ladies brought the curtain down on their 2018 fixtures in style with a magnificent 7-0 win at home to Hereford in Premier Division 2A of the West Clubs Women’s Hockey League. The hosts started strongly and were unlucky not to take the lead
SIMON Byrne had no hesitation in delivering his verdict on his performance at the Tri-Counties Cross Country Championships – “my best yet.” The 30-year-old Swindon Harrier continued his fine form, as the year draws to a close, with his first Wiltshire
