VOTERS in South Swindon will have the chance to quiz Tory leader David Cameron. A Cameron Direct' public meeting will be held at Greendown Community School, Grange Park Way, West Swindon on Friday. The question and answer session starts at 6.30pm and
TWO used syringes were found near a Swindon community centre during a clean-up day. Several Swindon councillors found them in shrubbery 100 yards from Eldene Community Centre. It was part of a massive tidy up of the area, which saw 11 bin liners filled
A SCHOOL has completed a traffic survey after parents complained of too many speeding cars. More than 80 children from Colebrook Junior and Infant School, in Coleview, took part in the project by compiling statistics on things like how fast were cars
A 17-YEAR-OLD girl was sexually assaulted in the Green Lane/Newman Road area of Devizes late last month. The attack took place early on Sunday, June 29. A suspect has been arrested, interviewed and bailed in relation to this offence and inquiries are
A CAT show has been hailed as absolutely fabulous after a Persian puss took home top honours. Tytherton Tillthere Wasyou, the bi-coloured Persian, won the award after being picked as top cat on the day at the 10th annual cat show at the Oasis Centre.
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COMMONWEAL School's annual production will be the musical The Little Shop of Horrors. Evening performances will be staged at the school tomorrow, Thursday and Friday. The cast of more than 100 has been drawn from all year groups. The show is being directed
The Army Cycling Union's first event of eight to be held throughout July and August, saw the GWR team put in a dominant performance to take the first victory and five of the top 10 places. Nic Tilling won, with teammate Peter Kench second, Llewellyn
CREEPY crawlies didn't put off brave youngsters who got up close and personal with a dazzling array of insects during a summer show. The 18th annual Brook Field School summer fair saw panning for gold, fishing for ducks and cake stalls on offer to the
A 23-year-old Swindon man has appeared in court to admit three fraud charges of driving off without paying for petrol in November last year. Nicholas Love appeared before Swindon magistrates earlier today and pleaded guilty to the charges. On November
LOCAL people are furious with a group of travellers who they claim left human excrement near a school. Eight families set up camp in their caravans in The Drive, in Nythe, near Dorcan Technology College, a week ago. The English Romany gipsies moved
SWINDON St George's plucky battlers again found themselves on the wrong end of a big score line, losing 54-12 at home to Telford Raiders. But they showed some positive signs in matching their more experienced opponents for long periods. Extremely windy
THE children's ward is, like members of staff say, different to all the other wards. There is a positive family orientated atmosphere that can only be good for their young charges. Children's ward manager and senior sister Mary Wall has spent most of
SWINDON and Wiltshire star Harriet Ferris is celebrating after winning the under 14 girls league event at the Bracknell Badminton Bonanza. Ferris enjoyed a 100 per cent record in the competition, beating four Oxfordshire county players on her way to
MIDWEEK CRICKET Nationwide batsman Jon Clarke, dropped when on six, went on to smash an unbeaten 109 against Wanborough in Division One of the Monahans league. He steered Nationwide to a season's highest score of 198-4. In a high scoring match, Tweedale
Children at Wroughton Infants School have been inspired to sign up for the fun run, which forms part of the Nationwide Swindon Half Marathon. Organisers of the event visited the school, in Wharf Road, during an assembly last week, to encourage pupils
THE FAT lady has sung her final note for one music teacher who is calling it quits after more than three decades at one school. David Gibbs, has been the head of music for 35 years at Bradon Forest School in The Peak, Purton, but will retire this month
THE Mother of Parliaments finally reached its lowest point since its birth in the 14th century. Last week its members (the majority, the ruling party) voted in favour of continuing to use tax payers' money to fund second homes. The people who should
EIGHT members of the Swindon Twin Peaks group took part in Sunday's Sunwalk, Walk The Walk in Bristol, in aid of Breast Cancer Research. Here are their reasons for taking part. For more information visit www.swindontwinpeaks.org Val Phillips, 43,
Summertime and the holidays bring children outside to have fun in playgrounds and paddling pools, on beaches and at barbecues and parties. But with so many outdoor activities to enjoy, minor mishaps are bound to occur, and perhaps occasionally, a more
GIRLS FOOTBALL SWINDON Spitfires' under 16s took part in the Maidenhead Boys and Girls FC six-a-side tournament and came away winners after remaining unbeaten throughout. With one team failing to show up Spits only had three group games, but started
LOOKING at Caroline Eccles today, it's hard to believe the 6ft stunner could ever have struggled with her weight. Modelling a range of bright clothes in the monthly WeightWatchers Magazine, it's clear why the company's local class leaders have nicknamed
Lechlade-based Jay Halim is through to the final of a prestigious young horse championship, which has produced Olympic horses such as Leslie Law's Shear H20, Pippa Funnell's Badminton winner Primmore's Pride and William Fox-Pitt's Tamarillo in the past
THE Wiltshire coroner has said he wants to see Great Western Hospital prosecuted over the death of nurse Mayra Cabrera. David Masters said last week that the inquest into Mayra's death was the only occasion a hospital trust has ever been found responsible
JUDO SWINDON judo star Craig Curtis has won the bronze medal at the world judo championships. Curtis put in a brave battling performance after his hopes of gold were dashed in his first bout. Curtis, competing in the under 100kg event, came up against
GREENMEADOW Youth continued their domination of the Castle Combe Sixes with the club's A and B sides (pictured) contesting a keenly-fought final. Fresh from victory at the FC Chippenham and Highworth Town tournaments, the Greenmeadow squad were crowned
TOP owner Alison Lewis's Olympic dream is alive and well after seeing her horse Akosie-du-Wonderland selected on an elite list of showjumpers. The seven-year-old has been included on the equine pathway, a select list of horses with potential to win
SWINDON as a tourist centre, what a joke, when they cannot provide toilet facilities for the elderly, disabled and visitors. May I dare ask what do the councillors do when they are taken short in town? This begs an interesting question, so please can
READING Rod Bluh, the council leader's report on the work of Coun David Renard (SA, July 3), prompts me to add my own praise for the non-stop effort David gives to the borough and Haydon Wick. I have had the pleasure of representing Haydon Wick alongside
SWINDON Harrier Howard Moscrop shaved more than a second off his own world record at the British Masters Track & Field Championships in Birmingham on Saturday. Moscrop clocked an incredible 56.56 seconds for the M50 (over 50s) 400m hurdles to obliterate
A SWINDON man accused of murdering his parents could be too ill to plead to the charges. Timothy Crook of Thames Avenue, Greenmeadow, is charged with killing dad Robert, 82, and mum Elsie, 76, at their home on or about July 11 last year. He is alleged
Your Shout: IT seems an appropriate heading for the subject of my protest. I strongly object to what the BBC and ITV call strong language, but at least in these cases and other media, I can switch off or not buy offensive material. Unfortunately, however
FLOOD-hit residents have been told nothing can be done to solve a brook's flooding until a review has been completed. Representatives of the Environment Agency broke the news to residents of Haydon Wick during a meeting last night at the parish council
IT IS always exciting when a family member is in the paper, but Barbara Couling got a double shock when reading this very page. When Barbara read Swindon Mayor Steve Wakefield's Remember When on June 25, she noticed a family connection to both photographs
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PUPILS at Ridgeway School have set their sights on fame. Students were rehearsing for their production of the musical Fame based on the 1980s movie about the New York School Of Performing Arts. About 140 pupils at the Wroughton school will take to the
