THE borough council's election results have been called into question in a damning report. The Open Rights Group queried the results after computer problems plagued Swindon's e-voting trial. But the council has insisted the outcome of the May 3 elections
DOZENS of workers braved the rain to get on their bikes. Staff from Nationwide, Swindon Council and the Great Western Hospital were on a rally between the three sites to promote Bike2Work week, which runs until tomorrow. The thrust of the campaign is
YOUNG road safety experts were given a crash course in newspapers at the Advertiser. Tyler Jones, Gina Popal and Alana Smith from Eldene Primary were the winners of Swindon Council's road safety competition, which has been running for more than 30 years
PROFESSIONAL football players made sure every child at Moredon Primary School kicked a ball at a marathon training session. Former Leeds United defender Mark Jackson and Rushden & Diamonds defender Wayne Hatswell delivered a whirlwind of 30-minute soccer
YOUNG people from the continent have arrived in the town to celebrate improvements in their urban lives. The visit took place as part of the Streets for Living project being run by Swindon Council, alongside local authorities in areas of France and the
What a fantastic week for weight losses in class this week. Especially for Sheilla who in her first two weeks has lost 13lbs well done. I bet she is glad she took us up on our four free weeks of SLIMMING. Also for our two top girls Jo and Megan another
AN MP has called for one of the town's railway routes to be doubled in size. Laurence Robertson, a Tory MP for Tewkesbury, wants the railway track between Swindon and Kemble to be expanded and has demanded that the Government speeds up work to improve
PROUD pupils will be displaying their dance moves for friends and family at a showcase on Thursday evening. And on Wednesday the cast of Churchfields School's Annual Dance Showcase strutted their stuff for a critical audience from its feeder primary
FURIOUS and frustrated residents are calling for action over a group of teenagers who are terrorising their town. People living in Highworth are helping police to gather six months' of evidence against the gang, which is responsible for numerous incidents
A MAN whose wife died suddenly after a trip to the French Alps is planning to return to the mountains to celebrate what would have been their 25th anniversary. Malcolm and Barbara Rowland's took a mountaineering holiday in 2005. But Barbara became ill
AN ILLEGAL immigrant who was forced to sell dodgy DVDs for the Chinese triads has been jailed for four months. Yi Qing Wang was arrested in north Swindon on Monday after he was caught selling the counterfeit movies. Swindon Magistrates' Court heard
WELL done to all who took part in Nationwide's bike to work day. Cycling is good for the person taking part, good for the environment and therefore good for future generations. It is also, as the Nationwide participants discovered, great fun.
THE jailing of a man who sold bootleg DVDs for the Chinese triads shines the light of truth on a controversial subject. For many years, politicians and law enforcers have said organised crime is at the root of much of this trade. Sceptics, on the other
CHILDREN with life-threatening drug addictions now have somewhere safe to go thanks to a newly-established council service. U-Turn revealed its new name yesterday, which was chosen by the youngsters it tries to save from heroin, cannabis and alcohol.
Has anyone heard the Janet and John stories on Terry Wogan’s radio show? They were for us of a certain age; books that helped children learn to read. Wogan has put his own slant on these stories but I thought I would rip off the idea and have a go myself
A BUILDER has been killed while working on a school in North Swindon. The man, who has not yet been named but is thought to be 50, was working at Red Oaks primary school when the accident happened at 1.50pm today. He was crushed by a digger. The Health
BOOK lovers will be putting down their novels and pulling on their dance shoes for a barn dance they are holding in aid of the Prospect@Home appeal. The barn dance will be one book club's version of a get-together. At the moment people all over Swindon
BOOK lovers will be putting down their novels and pulling on their dance shoes for a barn dance they are holding in aid of the Prospect@Home appeal. The barn dance will be one book club's version of a get-together. At the moment people all over Swindon
A GIFTED young chess player has earned himself a call-up to the under-11 England team. Ten-year-old Adam Burroughs, who attends Lawn Primary School, went to the England Chess Trials in Liverpool at the end of April. It was a tough competition, with
A MUSICAL version of Swindon's railway history is hoping for success in a national competition. More than 100 young singers from the Janice Thompson Performance Trust have won a place in the final of the National Festival of Music for Youth. They have
A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy with epilepsy had his bike stolen at a shopping centre. It is the third time Michael Richards, who lives in Hatherley Road in Nythe, has had his bike taken. His BMX was stolen by a 15-year-old boy who befriended him at the Greenbridge
NATIONWIDE'S Jonny Clarke hit a whirlwind 94 against Castrol in Division One of the Swindon Midweek League. His side totalled 173-5, Dill taking 4-37. With only nine fielders, some fine bowling by a weakened line-up had Castrol searching for runs and
NATIONWIDE HOUSE travelled through thunderstorms to Great Bedwyn hoping to kick-start their West of England Wiltshire Division season. With the match having been reduced to 43 overs per side NHCC skipper Mark Flay finally won a toss for the season and
LECHLADE recovered from a dreadful start to beat Hinton Charterhouse in their West of England Premier League, Wiltshire Division, game at Lechlade. Put in to bat, the home side lost Roger Pettifer and Chandana Pushpalal both for ducks in the first over
BROOME Manor youngster Miles Mackman was happy with his performance despite missing the cut at the British Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes. Mackman carded a one-over par 144 for the opening two rounds in testing conditions on the Lancashire
HOSTS Swindon Topcats just missed out again on winning their own two-day women's ice hockey tournament staged at the Link Centre last weekend. They were beaten 4-0 by Slough Phantoms in the final of the 12th British Women's Friendship Tournament, the
SATURDAY was the start of the coarse season - but it was Sunday before the rivers saw any number of anglers, writes GODFREY HARGREAVES. Isis AC held their first match on the river Avon at Sutton Benger where Chippenham angler Richard Clarke made good
WOOTTON Bassett defeated unbeaten league leaders Winsley on Saturday by 113 runs in the West of England Wiltshire Premier League, which should have put Bassett on top. However, due to a discrepancy over two penalty points which Bassett have received
CARLOINE Loveday and James Webb are over the moon to have been voted the Next Top Model competition winners. And both are now hoping for a career in the fashion industry. The Swindon Advertiser teamed up with clothes store Nine in Old Town to launch
COMPUTER experts have described laptop computers used in the town's local elections as "unreliable". The Open Rights Group said it could not express confidence in the election results recorded in areas where it observed the counting of votes. And the
IT'S always a pleasure to welcome Swindon's latest contenders for stardom, especially when we have helped to bring them into the limelight. Congratulations, then, to Caroline Loveday and James Webb, winners of the Next Top Model competition. They clearly
AS Swindon Council launches its children's drug programme, plenty of people across the borough will be shocked to learn that we have addicts as young as 13. Let nobody accuse those people of naivety, though. Such widespread addiction is still generally
CHILDREN who should be out playing with their friends are heroin addicts at 13 according to Swindon Council's youth drug service. U-Turn, which is relaunching today, has 36 youngsters on its books, some of whom are in danger of dying from their addiction
