A SCHOOLGIRL is hoping for success when she dances in the national final of a talent search. Krystal Elaine, 12, will be competing against 10 other regional finalists at the Festival4Stars competition in Scarborough in September. The freestyle and gymnastics
A LAW firm is warning Swindon’s tax credit claimants not to fall victim to fraudsters in the run-up to the renewal deadline tomorrow. Specialists at Lemon&Co Solicitors, based in Regent Circus, are urging people to heed HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
A NUMBER of dogs left on death row after their heartless owners abandoned them on the streets have been given a new lease of life. Earlier this year, the Adver reported the struggles of the Swindon Council-owned dog pound at Drove Veterinary Hospital
THERE’S something humbling about meeting a bloke who could survive forever, Robinson Crusoe-style, if society collapsed. And if the bloke concerned happens to be just 23 years old, it’s more humbling still. Adam Giles, the 23-year-old in question, runs
SUPPORT is growing for plans to establish a dog park at the mothballed Ground-well Park and Ride, with the creation of a Facebook campaign group to lobby Swindon Council. Experienced dog owner Glynis Hales, of Penhill, is in early discussions with officers
A TEENAGER is hoping to be crowned a beauty queen when she takes to the catwalk for the finals of Miss Teen Earth. Jade Jones, of Lawns, will be representing Swindon in the country-wide contest to find England's most green and glam teen to become a role
AN ACCIDENT on the M4 is causing delays for drivers heading westbound. The incident happened between junction 16 and 17, at approximately 4.15pm and is causing six mile delays. Police expect to have the road cleared in two hours.
STAFF at Prospect Hospice know only too well how much of a difference bringing radiotherapy to Swindon would make. Last year, of the 1,800 people cared for by the Wroughton-based hospice, 80 per cent of them were cancer patients. Now
THE Old Town gardens will come to life with the sights, sounds and smells of India as thousands descend on the Mela. The event, which is marking its ninth year celebrating Indian culture and multi-culturalism in Swindon, is aiming to put a
MUSICAL children will have the chance to rock out on stage as part of a new summer workshop. Swindon-based Jester Music is running an initiative during August in which children will be able to form their own bands. They will be given expert musical
MORE than 250 twinkle-toed youngsters danced their way through their best display yet, while raising more than £700 for charity. Members of the Kirsty Farrow Dance Academy, who rehearse at the Esprit Centre, in Headlands Grove, danced at the
Booty Luv and Diva Fever will be strutting their stuff at this year’s Swindon Gay Pride festival on Saturday August 6 in the Bowl, Old Town Gardens, from noon. Swindon Pride is to support and celebrate the diverse gay and lesbian scene in the region
SWINDON’S popular dance music festival Invincible has been scrapped and a new indoor event is taking its place. After selling out at the Old Town Bowl for the past three years, the organisers of Swindon Invincible had planned to move it to Lydiard Park
TWO brothers are attempting to get the town’s music scene in tune with its neighbours Bristol and Oxford as they start up their own record label. Ben and David Aubrey have launched Swindon’s first and only independent dubstep label from their town centre
FORMER mayor Rex Barnett, who is battling lung cancer, believes a radiotherapy unit in Swindon would be a huge help to ease the burden for the town’s cancer patients. The 72-year-old was diagnosed with epithelioid Mesothelioma in May, his
ABOUT 70 people are to tackle a sponsored walk around Coate Water to raise money to buy a special headstone for Matty Fairs, who died last year. The 20-year-old, of Penhill, who was a huge Swindon Town fan, had a fatal heart attack on November
The article, ‘Fury as rubbish is dumped on street’ (Adver, July 26), demonstrates council officialdom at its worst. In a quite staggering remark made by a council spokesman in relation to rubbish being ‘fly tipped’ in Broadgreen, the spokesman
The Swindon Strategic Economic Partnership has put its weight behind the local Mindful Employer network which supports businesses on mental health and well-being issues. The SSEP is responsible for developing and promoting the economic well-being of
THOUSANDS of children across the town could lose child maintenance if plans to charge parents for using the Child Support Agency go ahead, according to charities Gingerbread and Barnado’s. Up to 3,810 children in Swindon could be affected as separated
WORK to tackle obesity in youngsters in the town is working, but a big chunk of funding for anti-obesity schemes is about to come to an end. For the past three years, the NHS has had a £100,000 annual government grant for schemes including exercise programmes
TWO brothers are attempting to get the town’s music scene in tune with its neighbours Bristol and Oxford as they start up their own record label. Ben and David Aubrey have launched Swindon’s first and only independent dubstep label from their town centre
SWINDON’S popular dance music festival Invincible has been scrapped and a new indoor event is taking its place. After selling out at the Old Town Bowl for the past three years, the organisers of Swindon Invincible had planned to move it to Lydiard Park
MORE than 1,200 suspensions were handed out across Swindon schools last year – including an average of nine every week for assaulting a fellow pupil or teacher. Figures from the Department for Education show 1,210 yellow cards were given to pupils who
CARS built in Swindon have once again been named the most reliable in the country. Honda, which has its UK plant in South Marston, has been named the UK’s most reliable manufacturer in the latest What Car? and Warranty Direct reliability study for an
THE PARENTS of a man still languishing in a Filipino jail after more than two years without trial say they have reached breaking point. Gerald and Mary Taylor, of Stratton, have forked out more than £10,000 in legal fees, food and medicine for their
THERE was more World Championship disappointment for former Wootton Bassett School pupil Jazz Carlin in Shanghai this morning. Carlin, 20, failed to reach the final of the women's 800m in China as she finished 16th overall in this morning's
“IT is not just cancer patients that have to travel to Oxford, dialysis patients do too and it is all wrong.” Those are the words of Janet Parker, whose husband Terence has to make the 70-mile round trip to Oxford three times a week to receive life-saving
A MAN had his thumb cut off with a machete in a ‘brutal’ attack by two weapon-wielding men in a secluded wood. Police are now hunting the pair, who are both said to be in their 20s, after they fled the wooded area in Akers Way, near Cheney Manor, following
NATIONWIDE House skipper Joe Perkins believes his side are in a better place than any to beat table-topping Winsley in the WEPL Wiltshire Division tomorrow. Nationwide have historically fared poorly against the league leaders, but having won their last
IT really is last chance saloon time for Swindon in the race for promotion out of WEPL Glos/Wilts Division, but captain Liam Tucker is concentrating on the more pressing issue of revenge when Biddestone come calling this weekend. Theoretically, Swindon
A TEENAGER who hit a Good Samaritan in the back of the head with a brick has been jailed for two years. Ashton Melhado, of Stamford Close, Toothill, launched the missile at his victim, who was consoling a neighbour whose window had been broken during
SWINDON Town’s Football in the Community girls returned from Sweden earlier this week disappointed but proud following their third-place finish at the Gothia Cup. Town’s under-17 girls had flown to the Scandinavian country in confident mood that they
PAOLO Di Canio is not expecting to have any new signings on show in tomorrow’s friendly with Championship side Reading after confirming the club are no nearer to a conclusion in their bid to bring two permanent signings to Swindon. Earlier
JAN Staechmann was left bemused after Swindon suffered their second home defeat to King’s Lynn this year, as the Blunsdon side remained cut adrift at the base of the Elite League. The team boss looked on as a Robins side headed by guest Lee Richardson
TOWN number one Mattia Lanzano is set to miss the League Two opener against Crewe a week on Saturday after Paolo Di Canio confirmed the Italian shotstopper’s injury is worse than first feared. The 20-year-old joined the Robins at the start of this month
OLIVER Risser is expected to feature in tomorrow’s friendly against Reading at the County Ground after recovering from injury. The Town captain was not risked in the friendlies against Swindon Supermarine and Cirencester Town after feeling
DAVID Howell has made a solid start to the Irish Open after carding a two-under-par 69 in yesterday’s opening round. The Swindon golfer carded bogeys on the fifth and sixth at Killarney Golf & Fishing Club but recovered with two birdies over his next
