WORK on repatriations by police and the forces in Lyneham has been praised by a senior MoD civil servant. Sir Ian Andrews, Second Permanent Under Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, made a special visit to RAF Lyneham to personally praise the way the
A RESIDENT has described her council property as a ‘house of horrors’ after mould built up on her walls and her kitchen ceiling caved in due to a water leak. Swindon Council says it will inspect the house as soon as it can. Tanya Waddington, 36, moved
POLICE tasked with tracking down metal thieves continued their work in Pewsey. Officers from the Operation Herald team stopped a 33-year-old Salisbury man driving a flat bed lorry and seized it and its scrap metal load, as the vehicle was being used
SINGER songwriter Alistair Ward may dazzle the crowds at Swindon Talent 08 with one of his own compositions. The 24-year-old from Parks has been singing and writing his own material for years. At one of the competition’s heats at Wroughton
FACILITIES at Stonehenge have come under fire from Britain’s tourism minister. Margaret Hodge made the comments in Which? Holiday magazine. She criticised hotels across the country saying they are of “worrying” quality and she said in particular the
A DRIVER who used a tax disc that had been fraudulently tampered with has been fined less than the cost of the car tax. John Darnborough’s car tax was due to expire on June 30 last year. But it had been changed to say the expiry date was June
Q. Mr. Partridge, There have been times when the English-speaking world made hits of songs sung in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese. Did any of these periodic eruptions leave marks on your musical consciousness? Les Rita Mitsouko, Serge
Q. Hello do you have a private no plate on your car?? as I live in highworth and quite often see a motor with the last 3 digits XTC???? NOW is that you??? David A.David you silly sausage, thats a Bristol area registration, you'll see lots in
SOCCER Aid is back – all thanks to Wootton Bassett musician and TV presenter Jonathan Wilkes. It will see past World Cup football legends and well-known celebrities kick off in the big match for charity this weekend. An England team
THREE people were arrested after police swooped on a garden centre near Swindon. Police arrested a 36-year-old from a village near Devizes and a 64-year-old from Bristol at the garden centre, which police are not identifying, on suspicion of money laundering
SWINDON Robins' final Elite League clash of the season at Coventry tonight has been postponed due to heavy rain. The meeting will now take place at the Brandon Stadium on September 22 at 8pm.
THE family of Percy Jefferies said he lived his life to make a difference for the ordinary person. The 88-year-old former mayor and councillor, who had suffered from a progressive illness for the last 10 years, died peacefully last Friday.
HIGHWORTH Town boss Dave Webb is hoping to use their fierce local rivals as a blueprint for success as they entertain Thame United in the first qualifying round of the FA Vase. Included in Highworth’s squad will be Tom Cole, TJ Bohane and Rory Sproule
LEUKAEMIA sufferer Paul Cole is preparing for the bone marrow transplant that could save his life. However, the father to two-year-old Lucy knows it could also prove to be one of the most dangerous times in his long fight with the disease.
Cirencester Town manager Adi Viveash is looking for an emphatic performance from his players as they bid to make amends for their disappointing FA Cup exit at the hands of Newport Pagnell with victory over Abingdon at the Corinium Stadium on Saturday.
Are your readers able to help a group of OTR (Old Time Radio) enthusiasts who are searching for missing episodes of The Clitheroe Kid Radio Show, a hugely popular BBC comedy of yesteryear? A recent appeal successfully recovered the last missing show
I think you should contact the people and councillors living in the area where the proposed reservoir is being sited. Thames Water have a lot of opposition to the proposed reservoir. The homes may be compulsory purchased at far below the current rate.
Regarding Eunice Staples’ letter (SA, August 26) praising what we get from this Labour government. Free bus passes, free TV licences, child benefit etc, etc. She must live in cloud cuckoo land. Nothing is free, it has to be paid for. Governments and
I read with interest your description of Wootton Bassett’s FA Cup exit, the score line read like a mauling. Unfortunately those of us who attended the game as neutrals saw otherwise, on a wet Wednesday evening two teams provided a rich evening’s entertainment
If British soldiers are like Olympic heroes, why doesn’t Brown meet them when they return home? He fatuously told frontline soldiers in Afghanistan last week en route to Beijing that they were like Olympic heroes. He caught an early flight
I was having a cup of coffee in town, when I said to my wife, what is wrong with this town. Do you remember when we came to Swindon in the early 60s, to set up home from scratch, and we went down Regent Street and bought everything we needed for our
MANY of your readers will have served in the Army during the 1940s and 1950s as National Servicemen – the ‘virgin soldiers’. Some of us completed our service in the Pay Corps in the UK, Germany and many other parts of the world. An RAPC Old Boys’ Association
I’m Shauna Warren-Grace and I’m reading a series of books called Summer Camp Secrets which are really good. They are about some 11 year old girls going to summer camp. I would recommend them to 10 to 12 year old girls. You can find them at W H Smith
STEVE Thompson has asked me to clarify the difference between the BNP and UKIP. I am pleased to reply, but would point out that I have little knowledge of the BNP’s policies. Perhaps a better person to outline their views would be one of their representatives
The Swindon Adver reports (August 26) that the Chiseldon speed camera, which has been inactive since May, has not yet been re-connected. According to a speed camera spokesman, the SSCP wants Swindon council to fund the cost of re-connection. According
THE £215m regeneration of Regent Place could cost shopkeepers in the area their livelihood. Worried retailers say that with rents rising and prime properties being quickly snapped up they fear for their businesses. Shopkeepers in
SUPERMARINE may be entertaining Evesham United at Hunts Copse tomorrow, but don’t be surprised if you see Mark Collier and his side travelling round Swindon on the team coach a couple of hours before kick-off. A 100 per cent start to the season on their
JURICA Pavlic rubber-stamped his Swindon signature with a dazzling display of speedway at Blunsdon last night and then announced - ‘one day I want to conquer the world’. The Croatian teenager was again on blistering form as basement side Wolves
TEENAGERS who binge on cheap alcohol are being warned they could end up blind if they drink rogue vodka being sold in Swindon. The 70cl counterfeit Spar brand Imperial Vodka contains methanol, a substance commonly used as fuel and often made into bio-diesel
THE last steam locomotive to be built in Swindon is being lovingly restored by the workers who knew her best. The 130-tonne Evening Star steam engine was the last of her kind to be built by British Railways at the Swindon works 48 years ago. She returned
LAWN Primary School pupils young and old are being called upon to join a special reunion to mark 50 years of the school’s history. The school – then The Lawn Primary Junior – was opened on August 21, 1958, by head teacher Marjorie B Nutt. But because
ROAD closures in Swindon will cause frustration for motorists on the A419 and M4. The Highways Agency has said it will close the northbound carriageway tonight for resurfacing work. The busy road will be shut between 8pm tonight and
CROATIAN superstar Jurica Pavlic plans to steer Swindon to Elite League glory in 2009 after committing his short-term future to the Blunsdon club, writes GARETH MOORHOUSE. The Robins held off a host of potential suitors to sign the talented teenager,
