Oh dear! It's been a mare! I had a laptop for my birthday and a wireless router. We tried to get it online, but no joy. So then we decided to try change ISP to Virgin, as it was cheaper. Well, we have been trying for two days to install the new Virgin
A DRIVER had to be taken to hospital with head and spinal injuries after losing control of his van on the M4. The 20-year-old London man's Mercedes Sprinter left the carriageway and mounted an embankment in the crash between Membury Services and junction
WILTSHIRE'S hopes of success this year in the national Middleton Cup competition are already over . They were beaten for the second successive time in the inter-county championship group matches, going down by seven shots to Somerset in the South West
SWINDON TOPCATS stage their annual British Women's Friendship Tournament at the Link Centre this weekend, writes DAVE EATON. It is the 12th anniversary of this two-day competition, now established as one of the top dates in the British Women's ice hockey
SUPERMARINE chairman Cliff Puffett and his Chippenham Town counterpart Sandie Webb have failed to reach agreement over the sale of winger David Pratt. Puffett met Webb yesterday to discuss Pratt's proposed move to Hardenhuish Park, but the Bluebirds
WILTSHIRE have won the South Western Counties Championship for the first time in the 83-year history of the event and will represent the Six Counties in the English county finals at Cleveland in September, writes ERNIE NEWELL. Jonathan James' six-man
TOMORROW'S racing is scheduled for Salisbury where the Wiltshire course hosts its family fun day. Folkestone begin their six-race card at 2.20pm and jumping fans are catered for at Stratford with a six-race card kicking off at 2.10pm. At Salisbury the
WITH Royal Ascot getting under way on Tuesday, Manton trainer Brian Meehan must have been relieved to see his Newbury runner Shirley A Star halt a run of 57 consecutive losers by winning the maiden fillies stakes at 66-1 in the week. He quickly saddled
SARAH Bosley, former champion amateur lady rider in 2000 and 2004, showed she had not lost the knack of getting a winner home when she rode 33-1 shot Prelude to victory at Chester in the week. Wife of trainer Martin at Lockeridge near Marlborough, the
ALUN Rossiter admitted victory over rivals Peterborough and team boss Trevor Swales was particularly sweet as his side closed in on silverware. Robins' 63-27 Knock-out Cup victory over reigning Elite League champions Panthers was sweet revenge for Rossiter
SAT nav thief Brian Chubb says he is willing to turn over a new leaf after a prolific life of crime and he deserves the chance to try to right his wrongs. But his contrition will have done little to ease the worries of his countless victims in north
TWO Swindon scientists have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours list for their contribution to the town's research councils. Monica Anne Winstanley and Helen Thorne scooped an OBE and MBE respectively in today's list. Dr Winstanley is the
A ONE-MAN crimewave, described by a judge as a blight on the town, has escaped a jail sentence. Swindon Magistrates' Court handed Brian Chubb a two-year community order and drug treatment order after hearing how he was determined to turn over a new leaf
You know how annoying it is when you get a song stuck in your head? Well, it’s doubly annoying when that song is from as long ago as 1970 and you have no idea how or why it suddenly came back to haunt you. And it’s triply annoying when it’s not just
