Comedian Tom Stade is known for speaking his mind and spending a whole show without swearing is sometimes a struggle. So after wowing his audiences last year with his show entitled, I Swear, the Canadian comic is back in the UK with I Swear To…
Tweedy the clown returns to Swindon for a show of magic & mayhem! Over the years Tweedy has assisted some of the world’s top magicians, resulting in him being sawn in half, disappeared and even turned into a tiger. Tweedy has had enough of
Walk 6 Distances: Five and a quarter miles (easy) OS Maps: Explorer 169 Landranger 173 Start: Coate Water car park (SU 177827) (SN3 1PT) Bus: Many bus routes pass the entrace, which is off Coate Water roundabout at the junction of Queens
We asked for you to tell us the best places for real ale in Swindon. And lots of you did. Here’s your top four... FOR Wayne Giles it is the Hop Inn, 7 Devizes Road, Old Town, that is first past the post. The Hop Inn has past the milestone of
TWO MEN have been arrested on suspicion of multiple driving offences, including ramming a police car in Swindon yesterday. Officers attempted to stop a Volkswagen Golf seen to be driving at speed with no insurance in Pinehurst area. The vehicle
Champion heavyweight wrestler and star of TV's Dinner Date, Michael Kohlweg, is now performing a half nelson on the comedy world. Michael, 29, will be hosting his first comedy night, at the Cricklade Club, on Friday, March 1 with London comic David
POLICE arrested two people and seized large amounts of cannabis, weapons and cash after raiding a town centre house. Officers from the Swindon South Community Policing Team and Community Tasking Team carried out the warrant under the Misuse of
Tonight Ariel Posen, 8pm, The Victoria, 88 Victoria Road, Old Town, Swindon. £16.50. 01793 535713. A lifelong musician, there are few roles Ariel Posen hasn’t played. Although born in Winnipeg, Posen spent much of his childhood on the road, travelling
Two people have been arrested following a drugs warrant in Swindon this morning which found a large stash of cannabis and weapons. Officers from the Swindon South Community Policing Team and Community Tasking Team carried out the warrant, under
TWO MEN from Swindon have been sentenced to a total of 9 years and 4 months for a number of drug offences. Mohammed Yunus Ali, 24, and Mohammed Yusuf Ali, 20, both of Gladstone Street, were sentenced in Swindon Crown Court on Tuesday following
1 Get out and about this half term with the family. Tomorrow sees the Chinese New Year Extravaganza begin at 7pm, in the Wyvern Theatre, Theatre Square, Swindon. It is a chance to join the celebrations, as the biggest festival in the Chinese calendar
February 21 1953: A coronation novelty was being shoved around in The Fishes Inn, Highworth, as a set of dominoes, embossed with gold on the back with a crown and the words: Elizabeth R 1953, was being used by two old enemies at Fives and Threes
A TEENAGER was arrested in Swindon this morning after members of the public raised concerns about youths acting suspiciously in the Windermere area. Police were called shortly before 7am this morning after reports of three youths on two mopeds
These pages showcase some of the amazing images being sent in by the members of our new Swindon Camera Club. If you’d like to join the club – and be in with a chance of winning a £50 Love to Shop voucher for the Picture of the Month – you first need
SWINDON will continue to thrive even after the loss of the Honda factory, believes the chairman of business and networking group Switch On To Swindon. Jenny Groves said: “My heart goes out to those at Honda directly and indirectly affected by the
LOCAL people who fancy working as extras on the latest Steven Spielberg First World War film being shot on Salisbury Plain are being sought by a crowd casting company. Two 10 Casting is looking for young men to be ‘supporting artists’ for major
CHISELDON'S Jonny May has retained his place in the England side for their crucial Six Nations clash away against Wales this weekend. Winger May has been in sensational form throughout the tournament, scoring four tries in England’s opening two
THE Post Office has moved to quash rumours that its branch in Liden is closing. And a parish councillor has been criticised for causing confusion among customers after continuing to claim it is. More than 600 people signed a petition to save
TRIPLE Two Coffee will give away 222 free doughnuts to celebrate its third birthday tomorrow. The coffee shop chain has spread across the country ever since it set up its first branch on Havelock Street. This is where it will treat customers
Walking Broadgreen’s alleyways , the Advertiser counted more than two dozen piles of dumped waste. In one pile, which showed evidence of having been burned, was a dead rat - its hind legs and tail clearly visible above the detritus of scorched beer
Folk punk band, Ferocious Dog, and their fans, the Hell Hounds, will be helping out the homeless as part of their UK tour. Next month the band will be in Swindon singing songs from their newly released album, Fake News & Propaganda. Some of
TWO people have been arrested in the wake of a crash in Comet Way, Wroughton. Police, who were called to the incident shortly after 4.30am today, carried out a search at the scene and uncovered cannabis and drugs paraphernalia, including scales
Here's your Thursday morning traffic report. There is heavy traffic heading out of town on Whitworth way. The A346 in Chiseldon and Queen's Drive are experiening usual congestion. Mead Way is currently busy but traffic is moving.
EMOTIONAL youngsters have told of the impact of visiting a Nazi concentration camp had on them. School pupils visited Auschwitz-Birkenau just after International Holocaust Remembrance Day. They included eight students from schools in Royal Wootton
PRIME MINISTER Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn clashed over the news that Honda is planning to close down its factory at PMQs yesterday. The leader of the opposition accused the prime minister of causing uncertainty for investors in
SWINDON Borough Council spends a lot less on awards ceremonies than most councils across the UK. Pressure group The Taxpayer'' Alliance has conducted research that shows over the last three completed financial years, the average costs to council
Jeremy Corbyn loyalist Rachael Cousins, who is better known to political Twitter users as @Rachael_Swindon did not speak highly of the eight Labour and three Conservative MPs who make up the new Independent Group in parliament. The prolific pro-Labour
Members of Swindon Council from across the political spectrum will urge the government to help families affected by the announced closure of the Honda plant. A motion will be put at the full council meeting tonight by Conservative cabinet member
HEALTHWATCH Wiltshire has launched a small grants scheme to invest in projects that aim to improve the health and wellbeing of local people. The Community Cash Fund will enable groups to apply for up to £2,000 to start projects in their local community
A NEW 'bus boulevard' in Fleming Way will see cars and lorries banned from the town centre route. The scheme will see the creation of 12 new bus shelters with 31 stops and three buildings demolished. And the pedestrian subway that runs under
MORE than £139,000 has been given to Swindon projects by Tesco's Bags of Help scheme and now the supermarket chain is inviting more groups to bid for a share of a huge funding pot. Tesco is marking its centenary by putting up a £100,000 grant fund
A HOMELESS Polish man whose life fell apart when his marriage ended, managed to turn his life around after meeting a fellow countryman at a Swindon hostel. Lucasz Maselik, 43, has gone from strength-to-strength since friendship blossomed with Rafal
POLICE in Wiltshire say they have made a 'disappointing' number of arrests of people for drug driving in the last few months. Since mid-November the force says at least 10 people have been arrested on suspicion of drug driving in the Marlborough
ALMOST two thirds of senior decision makers at businesses in South England support having all tax accounts digitised, according to a recent HMRC poll The poll, which also found 56 per cent do their food shopping online, is a bid to get businesses
PAEDOPHILE pal 'Mike from Swindon' found his number was up after he was involved in a minor car crash. Michael Moxon told officers to call him on his mobile phone following the accident early last year. But when they put the 70-year-old's number
BUSINESS secretary Greg Clark and Swindon Borough Council have backed a fightback by unions to keep Honda producing cars in Swindon. The business secretary chaired a task force meeting at Polaris House yesterday with councillors, union bosses, and
DEAF patients visiting Great Western Hospital will receive extra help through a new virtual service. The trust has invested in new iPads and a subscription to a British Sign Language service SignLive to improve the care deaf people receive.
Ground could soon be broken on proposals to built dozens of houses in Board Blunsdon. Newland Homes, which is based in Barnwood in Gloucestershire, has applied to be allowed to start work earlier on its plans to build houses off the High Street
THE cost of renting has increased by five per cent compared to last year in the South West, up from £817 to £859. Tenants in the South West also face giving away the largest slice of their wages for rent. Apart from London, people in the South West
A LAW to prosecute those who engage in the practice of ‘upskirting’ has been welcomed as a milestone in strengthening the law on sexual assault. The Voyeurism Bill passed into law on February 12 to ban the act, where voyeurs take a picture underneath
THE issue of safe passage for child refugees will be debated by Wiltshire Council, as campaigners call on the authority to sign up to a decade-long scheme for people in crisis. Councillors will be asked to support a scheme that would be funded
A BUSINESS growth consultancy has been chosen to help small and medium-sized industries grow in Swindon and Wiltshire. Wiltshire-based Inspire, which works with the Local Enterprise Partnership to provide intensive support programmes for start-ups
‘EXCITE’ is the key word for boxing trainer and co-promoter of Fight Town 1 Paddy Fitzpatrick ahead of the show’s inaugural event on April 27. Fitzpatrick, who is teaming up with Mark Neilson and Trifecta, will have several fighters on the bill
SWINDON Primary Schools' Football Association held their sixth annual five-a-side festivals at the Play Football Arena in Kembrey Park. Held over the course of six weeks, more than 300 children aged from seven to 11 took part from 28 schools in
PLAYER unavailability and injuries cost Swindon points in their latest Verde Recreo Championship contest, as they were downed 2-1 by third-placed Truro. The visitors, who had won 10 of their 16 games prior to Saturday’s tie, snatched a goal at the
SPEEDWAY pundit Kelvin Tatum MBE has tipped Swindon Robins to benefit from the return of 2017 world champion Jason Doyle, who will lead Alun Rossiter’s charge when tapes rise on the new SGB Premiership season in April. Tatum, a two-times British
SWINDON Town’s decision to freeze season ticket prices for their next campaign has been backed by manager Richie Wellens, who insists that the atmosphere generated inside the stadium on matchdays can benefit from it. The club launched its ‘My Seat
A FURIOUS mayor has had enough of council excuses over flytipping in Broadgreen. Coun Junab Ali, a ward councillor for the area, asked borough chiefs why the tide of waste appeared to be growing - despite the presence of a dozen council CCTV cameras
