POLICE want to track down this supect after £10 was stolen from a till at Asda. On May 25 a woman accidentally left £10 cash behind and it was taken by another customer. Details of the theft have just been revealed. Anyone with information
THE GP partner at the latest IMH surgery to be placed in special measures has said he is deeply disappointed by the way his patients have been looked after by the Manchester-based firm. It came after the Care Quality Commission rated Phoenix Surgery
ASBESTOS delayed police from investigating a suspected burglary at a business on Commercial Road. Officers were called shortly after 8.15am this morning, reporting the theft at offices at the Regent Circus end of the town centre road. A Wiltshire
POLICE arrested two men in Walcot after seizing class A drugs worth £1,000 and another grand in cash. Officers carried out a welfare check at a Queens Drive address at 9.45am today and saw the pair leaving the property. A 16-year-old male and
Boris Johnson, the favourite to be the next Conservative Party leader visited the Cotswolds this morning. He attended a rally of over 400 supporters from across the region at a farm near Quenington, Cirencester. ‘Deliver Brexit, unite our Country
A crash on the M4 Eastbound between Junction 15 and Junction 16 has caused traffic to queue. All lanes are now back open but traffic is still moving slowly. Vehicles were being held whilst recovery work was taking place due to the incident
SWINDON Town have announced changes to their first-team coaching staff ahead of the new season, with Tommy Wright joining the club following the departure of Peter Shirtliff. Shirtliff has left the Energy Check County Ground due to personal reasons
SWINDON Town have been pitted against Bristol Rovers and Plymouth in group stage of EFL Trophy next season. Their final group opponents will be an invited U23 side from either a Premier League or Championship club, to be determined at a draw on
A FORMER Swindon hospital manager accused of lying to detectives about the existence of a murderous VIP paedophile ring has admitted that he withheld some information about his allegations during an initial police interview. Carl Beech told jurors
A MAN from Swindon was among 13 to be arrested by HM Revenue and Customs in a UK-wide swoop on a people suspected of laundering tens of millions of pounds. Almost 30 warrants were executed by 150 customs officers in Swindon, London, Bedfordshire
THE 2019 Royal International Air Tattoo begins next week. It is 34 years since what was until 1996 known simply as the International Air Tattoo came to RAF Fairford from its previous home at Greenham Common. Our main image shows the highlight
HIGH-END cars and even a tractor helped make Kingsdown School's annual prom a night to remember. Over 150 Year 11 students went to the end-of-year celebration. The prom, held at the De Vere Cotswold Water Park Hotel, had a circus theme . Many
MOST days I’ll drive past The Burj at Foxhill, and most days I’ll ponder how it’s possible to run a business on the corner of a junction that connects Baydon to Swindon or Chiseldon to Bishopstone. Unlike town centre restaurants, The Burj relies
Fields used for grazing horses on the edge of Swindon will become the site for houses if planners’ recommendations are accepted by councillors. Swindon Borough Council’s planning committee will meet on Tuesday to discuss the proposal by Kingsman
A WEDDING reception punch up landed a Salisbury man in court. Swindon Magistrates’ Court heard Christopher Maguire lie down on railway tracks after leaving the reception. It was only the quick-thinking of a train driver that prevented Maguire from
Jeremy Corbyn has said the Labour Party will challenge whoever is the next Tory leader to put their Brexit deal to the public in a second referendum. Following a meeting of the shadow cabinet, Mr Corbyn said Labour would campaign for Remain in
WILTSHIRE needed just two days to claim their first Unicorns Championship win of the summer after beating Cornwall by an innings and 74 runs at Corsham. Ed Young’s side shared a rain-affected draw away at Cheshire in their three-day opener a fortnight
LOAN recruit Adam May expects the intensity of Swindon Town’s pre-season schedule to ramp up as the countdown continues towards the new League Two campaign. Richie Wellens’ first-team squad started the third week of their summer programme on Monday
POLICE arrested two men from Swindon after an incident in a Chippenham supermarket led to a high-speed chase across the county. A Wiltshire Police spokesman said: "A 24-year-old man from Swindon was arrested on suspicion of affray and a 42-year-old
POLICE are at the scene of a serious assault in Old Town investigating the stabbing of two men. Spatters of blood can be seen on the pavement on Victoria Road, from King John Street to Union Row. Officers were called by the ambulance service
THERE’S the usual slow traffic across Swindon hotspots this morning. The A4312 Drakes Way is partially blocked, with slow moving traffic due to accident between a motorcycle and a car at A4259 Queens Drive. Very slow traffic on the A419 southbound
SWINDON Robins team manager Alun Rossiter heralded his side’s battling performance at Monmore Green as they came from 10 points down to rescue an SGB Premiership point away against Wolverhampton Wolves on Monday night. With the score at 35-25 after
SWINDON moved within three points of second place in the WEPL Wiltshire table on Saturday following a five-wicket success away at Devizes. Marc Williamson’s side had trailed their weekend rivals by 18 points heading into the fixture but a seventh
WORRIED mums could be forced to quit their jobs after cuts were made to a bus service they rely on to get their children to school. Wiltshire Council’s decision to withdraw funding means a new timetable for the number 80 route – run by Stagecoach
A selection of photographer Les Aubrey's pictures of Swindon Robins' 48-42 defeat at Wolverhampton Wolves on Monday, July 8, 2019
PAST, present and future members and associates of Swindon Cricket Club came together at the weekend to celebrate the club’s 175th anniversary. With three different events held across the two days at the club’s County Ground home, there was something
Women in Swindon suffer more than men with mental health difficulties, members of the borough’s health and wellbeing board will be told. The report to the board which will be made tomorrow says that one in five women in the borough almost across
David Renard will set out next week what Swindon Borough Council has achieved over the last year, and what he wants to do in the 12 months ahead. The council leader is set to present his annual report to the authority’s scrutiny committee on Monday
EXCALIBUR exclusively partnered with City Fibre to bring lightning-fast broadband speeds to Swindon. The company will install pure fibre cables in a new underground network independent of BT and Openreach that will replace the current system which
SPEAKERS at the South West Expo inspired guests with their stories of determination and overcoming failure. While many visitors packed out Steam's Great Western Hall to network and browse the stalls, several others attended talks, workshops and
A LONG-SERVING Swindon employee has been crowned Hero of the Year as recognition for her tireless efforts as a dedicated employee. Sue Baker has worked in Woven's B2B telemarketing department for the last 13 years and her colleagues decided to put
BUSINESSES from all over the country flocked to Swindon for an enormous expo that did wonders to promote the town. The South West Expo offered Swindon firms and initiatives a chance to show off and spread the word about the work they do to hundreds
A SERIES of summer events at the renovated Carriage Works kicks off later this month. First, a free day of workshops, networking and talks with experts and businesses that have set up shop inside the Workshed will be held there from 9am to 5pm on
The transformation of an empty industrial building into a university institute is underway. The Cultural Heritage Institution, part of the Royal Agricultural University, will be sited, appropriately enough, in a vital part of Swindon's industrial
WROUGHTON’s Secret Gardens will be putting on a treasure hunt for the children this weekend. They will get to snoop behind hedges and fences to find what treasure is hiding in the gardens. Plants and produce will be on sale, with tea for little
AN evangelical Christian who accessed indecent images of child abuse told police it was ‘of lesser quality’ than material he had seen before. Lorry driver David Cottington has already served a two-and-a-half year jail term for molesting young girls
CRICKLADE homeowners have been burgled while on holiday. Officers from Royal Wootton Bassett and Cricklade police issued a warning to residents after receiving a high number of reports about burglaries over the last few nights. They offered safety
Learning a language in school is difficult but can be a valuable thing to do. That is the view of Kingsdown headteacher Emma Leigh-Bennett, as well as Swindon people, despite the results of a recent survey. Findings by the British Council has
LITTLE ones loved it when armed police stopped by their pre-school to talk about their role in the community. Three officers brought two police cars and police dogs Elvis and Baxter to Blunsdon Pre-School for a rare face-to-face with toddlers.
MIDWIVES from Swindon will take part in a 100k walk along the south coast to raise awareness of stillbirth and neonatal deaths. The group of eight see the heartbreak the death of a baby brings to women and their families regularly during their work
