It’s been a week of changes for all of us here. It was back to school for four of the children on Wednesday, my eldest started secondary school on Friday and Alfie also started school then. In the meantime, I started my new job on Wednesday as
DRUGS, cash and weapons have been seized by police after a raid in Gorse Hill. Acting on inform action supplied to them police swooped on a property on Cricklade Road at about noon on Thursday. Once inside they found a quantity of drugs. But when a
A TRIP to the pictures led to a romance which has lasted more than 50 years. And today Mary and David Alexander celebrate their golden wedding. “It’s strange but we don’t remember too much about the wedding day itself,” said Mary. “I do remember it
JORDAN Smith completed a prestigious club double after adding the Bowood Bowl to the Club Championships he won earlier this year – but not without a last minute dash. The 15-year-old Hardenhuish School pupil had to be recalled from a junior event at
n MARK Plummer shot a hole-in-one on his way to equalling the course record of 10-under-par 60 at West Wilts. The 36-year-old former West Region order of merit winner aced the 175-yard seventh hole as he blazed to victory in a recent pro-am at the Warminster
OVER the past 12 months I have made a note of all the photographed subjects submitted, as far as I can tell, by ordinary readers, and published under Your Views. They can be classified as follows. Natural subjects (from plants and insects to skyscapes
ALAN King, who finished third in the trainers’ championship last season behind Paul Nicholls and David Pipe, paraded many of his 180-strong team at his owners’ day at Barbury Castle recently. He also announced a new sponsorship deal for the yard, a three-year
I REFER to Graeme Christmas’s letter from Greywethers Avenue, in which he states that most residents are happy with the parking. For your readers’ information, there have been three resident surveys, one by Pipers’ Residents Association, a petition
I READ in your paper a letter from an Andy Scott asking if anyone else had problems with local ice cream vans and the noise they make. I have had the worst summer this year due to the lack of respect from our local ice cream van (Chez’s Ices). I have
A BULLY who repeatedly assaulted his elderly parents has been given a suspended sentence – so the probation service can stop him living with them. Julian Rous served seven months in custody on remand and his parents wanted him back living with them when
The final home meeting of the season didn’t disappoint. After below-par defeats at Poole and Peterborough, a rampant Robins team hit the track running and crushed a pitiful Wolves outfit that failed to produce one heat winner all evening. The returning
TYLER Lewis will get the chance to pit his wits against the world’s best after proving himself as one of the country’s hottest young golfing talents. The Peatmoor Primary School pupil has qualified for the HSBC Wee Wonders World finals after finishing
SWINDON Robins have their sights set on adding Troy Batchelor to their permanent 2009 rosta as they look to monopolise the world’s top young speedway talent. After revealing the signing of Croatian ace Jurica Pavlic on Thursday evening, Robins chief
Some subjects just need returning to. So I have, and no doubt will again because I and I'm sure anyone reading will witness this every day. It comes down to this. If anything you do on the road causes another driver to brake.... you’re in the
JEWELLERY worth thousands was taken in a smash and grab daylight raid – as thieves targeted a Swindon shop for the second time in a week. The raid has led to the shop’s owner calling for better security in the town centre. And another trader working
