WELL done to everyone who took part in this year's Race for Life. Whether you were taking part in memory of a loved one or just to raise funds for cancer research, your contribution was immense. Organisers expect to almost double last year's fundraising
A PENSIONER who punched the manager of a care home in a row over his mother-in-law remains defiant. Victor Williams, 68, was given a conditional discharge after hitting Christopher Smith in the face at Ashbury Lodge, on Marlborough Road, Swindon. Williams
POLICE have stopped more than 500 ecstasy tablets from reaching the streets of Wootton Bassett. Officers stopped two teenagers in the town's High Street early on Saturday morning and found they were carrying eight ecstasy tabs between them. A check
THE sign on the way into Cricklade says it is a Saxon town but you could be forgiven for thinking you had stepped into the Wild West. Yesterday the streets were transformed for some rootin' tootin fun at the Cricklade Town Festival. The Wild West theme
FORMER Royal Marine Commando Doug Marshall was among hundreds of veterans who came together to mark the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War. Mr Marshall, from Swindon, joined servicemen during yesterday's major televised event to commemorate fallen
PEOPLE brought their own treasures from the past to the Steam Museum. A bear's claw, an elephant brooch and a Malacca cane were some of the treasures shared during the memories and memorabilia exhibition on Saturday. Members of the public were invited
NO ONE can accuse Adrian May of being a couch potato. The father-of-one has just completed the London Marathon and he is now hopping on his bike to cycle to Paris for charity. The 46-year-old, who lives in Bishopstone, will be sharing his thoughts and
A BOY who planned to hit a pensioner over the head with a meat tenderising hammer in a robbery has escaped a jail term. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and his older accomplice went to the pensioner's house after hatching the
YOUNGSTERS went on an undercover mission as part of a theatre company project at Swindon's National Trust headquarters. The Sixth Sense Theatre Company kicked off a series of visits by town schoolchildren to the Heelis National Trust centre. Pupils
ADVER readers have given an armful of support to the Old Town Theatre Company, by helping them choose a Tony Hancock episode to perform. The Blood Donor came out on top in a week-long reader phone poll, beating the classic episode Twelve Angry Men by
HOMEOWNERS who bought new houses in a "heavenly location" say they have suffered a year of hell. Some of the residents of Portland Avenue, in Angel Ridge, took to the streets on Saturday to protest outside the offices of Miller Homes because they say
SWINDON could be set to extend its boundaries to the north and south of the town. Swindon Council has outlined plans to try to take over land controlled by Wiltshire County Council, in return for agreeing to the county's bid to become a unitary authority
WOOTTON Bassett secured an emphatic 113-run victory over Winsley to close the gap on their rivals at the top of the Wiltshire Division to less than one point. Bassett's 184-7 proved far too testing for the visitors, who slipped to a first defeat of the
Recently I have been so frustrated with the nonsense that politicians spout, the madness that prevails in the world and the ever lengthening pauses presenters use to announce results in TV shows, that I have lost some incentive to post on here. Besides
On the subject of bogs, I have been browsing through the promotional material put out on the web by the developers of the Front Garden, the area which they have now branded Wichelstowe (see their website at www.wichelstowe.co.uk). According to them,
