A summer festival will be shakin’ all over as Elvis has joined the committee. Rob Barrow, an Elvis Presley impersonator, is taking the lead in organising the entertainment for this year’s Old Town Festival and already has an impressive line-up
EMERGENCY services are on the scene of a serious crash on the A419 near Cricklade. The incident happened at approximately 8pm and police have closed the road between the southbound Cricklade junction and the northbound Turnpike junction. Police hope
ACTORS from five theatre companies gripped the audience at this year’s Harold Jolliffe One Act Play Festival. The festival, run by the Swindon and District Theatre Guild, saw companies from all over Wiltshire perform nine plays at the Arts Centre on
SPECIAL constables were out in force in the town centre on Saturday as part of a road safety operation. Around 14 uniformed members of the Wiltshire Special Constabulary, assisted by officers from the Roads Policing Unit, took part in a planned operation
MORE than £13m is outstanding in child support payments in Swindon. As of December, a staggering £13.38m had accumulated in arrears over the years, compared with £12.933m the previous December. The Child Maintenance And Enforcement Commission, which
A LIMOUSINE driver who lied to police accusing his ex of assaulting his new girlfriend has escaped a jail sentence. Steven Burnett, now living in Weston-super-Mare, claimed the mother of his child poured a can of soft drink Fanta over his new
MODEL youngsters used clay and paint to forge stronger links with the older generation this weekend. Teenagers from the Underground youth project, in Haydon Wick, visited a group of pensioners in Haydon Court to demonstrate their art skills. With the
PEGASUS Brass Band stalwart David Ferris has seen the group through all the highs and lows of the past 40 years. Now he has been nominated for a Pride Of Swindon award for his work with the band and his services to music and the young musicians of the
THE aptly-named Pepperbox Hill, in Peatmoor, is at the centre of a vibrant village community and looks over some of the best scenery in the town. Its prize asset is still the ornate Chinese pagoda, which overlooks the ancient lagoon, but over the last
TEENAGER Shannon Saunders is currently enjoying success on the big screen all over the country. But while you won’t see her face in the hit Disney movie Tangled, you will hear her voice. Because singer Shannon belts out the song I Saw
A FIRE-RAVAGED leisure centre in Wootton Bassett is expected to partly re-open by the end of March following the first phase of its refurbishment. Lime Kiln Leisure Centre, owned by Wiltshire Council, has been closed since the blaze took hold
A MUM-of-four has been overwhelmed by the response to her Facebook challenge. Kelly Coxhead made a Valentine’s Day plea after her fiance agreed to marry her if she was able to get a million friends on on the social networking site. Within
