Tomorrow Singles Club over 30s disco night 8pm to 11pm, is at Thistle Hotel, Swindon. Admission £4. TWIGS Community Gardens Open Day, Manor Garden Centre 10.30am to 3.30pm. (01793) 692596/433571/523294. The National Gardens Scheme Oxfordshire gardens
Today Car Boot Sale is at Swiss Cottage Paddock, Shrivenham from 10am. For details telephone (01793) 782541. The Saturday Boot Sale at West End pub car park Melksham 8am to 1pm. (01380) 726089. (until October) Swindon & Marlborough Methodist Circuit
Today TDC Diving (board) club at Wroughton Ridgeway Leisure Centre is at 4pm. (01793) 740470. Cyclists Touring Club (01793) 530039. Ride to Great Somerford. Start Foresters Arms, Common Platt 1pm. Tomorrow Swindon Rambling Club meets at Freshbrook Village
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build housing on a town centre sports ground could be scuppered at a meeting on Monday. Planning officers are recommending that a plan to build a residential development on the GWR sports ground in Shriven-ham Road should be refused
SWINDON'S new walk-in centre is one of 19 such centres in the country, created under a range of initiatives to modernise the NHS and improve access to front line health services. The aim is also to ease the pressure on GPs and accident and emergency departments
SWINDON boasts an appalling record of rail trespassing and vandalism. The town is high on a Railtrack hit list of problem hot spots. Drunks wandering along the line and children playing chicken with trains are two of the problems encountered by trains
A WOMAN recovering from cancer has returned to Swindon after more than 50 years in a desperate bid to trace her roots. Yvonne Christine Peasy says she has step brothers and sisters living in the town who may not know that her and her sister Jacqueline
THE dream of a permanent kidney dialysis unit in Swindon looks set to become a reality. A state-of-the-art centre is planned for the new Common-head Hospital in November 2002. It marks the ultimate success in a two-year battle by the Evening Advertiser
SWINDON hotel staff went back to school to help Wroughton pupils construct two new games sheds. Seven staff from Whitbread's Marriott Hotel in Pipers Way erected the two sheds at Wroughton Infants' School during the company's Associate Appre-ciation Week
A SIGNAL engineer who worked at Paddington in the early 1990s had expected to see extra safety measures long before last year's fatal crash, the inquiry into the disaster heard. Peter Woodbridge said he spent 18 months in 1992 and 1993 testing proposals
Pupils have a neat new common room at Drove Primary School. It is not very big it was created out of a storeroom and the taxpayer has not paid a penny towards it. In fact the money was raised by the pupils themselves. And it is solely for the oldest children
PLANS for a university in Swindon are set to go ahead on time despite hitting a stumbling block at a council meeting. The university and council leaders are reassuring the people of Swindon that the plans to open the campus on the Oakfield School site
Tonight Craig Bartlett And Dave Jones play at Frisky, The Brunel Rooms, Havelock Square, from 9.30pm. Tickets: from £5. Party night with DJ Shaun. He's mad for it at Jackson's Shaw Ridge from 5pm to 1am. The ultimate club night with mainroom resident
Wyvern Theatre, Swindon: Sunday July 16 Janice Thompson Singers present a Summer gala Concert. Tickets: £5. Time. 7.30pm % (01793) 524481 Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Old Town: Tonight Killer Parties present Crime In Their Eyes, a murder mystery with a
Half Way Down The Line, an exhibition of paintings and photographs by Richard Gagola is at the Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Old Town. The display of 30 pieces explores the mystery of Swindon from a variety of perspectives. Richard's show is based on the
Today Celtic Academy of Irish Dancing teaches from 10am to 1pm at Trax Gym and Fitness Centre, Shepard Street, Unit 3-5 Station Industrial Estate. (01793) 642368. Tomorrow Celtic Academy of Irish Dancing teaches from 10am to 1pm at Trax Gym and Fitness
THE Swindon farmers' market has proved so successful that it will become a twice monthly event from August. The first market was only held last month but since then they have generated a tremendous response. Paul Wright, Swindon market manager, said:
SOLICITOR Mark Keenan has launched a new internet service offering DIY divorces. Mark Keenan believes the town is perfect territory for his web project, which aims to provide emotional as well as practical support. People logging on can order a 'divorce
HARRY Potter fans were being given a special treat today not only was the fourth book about the teenage wizard being released but youngsters were able to meet Swindon's very own Harry in person. Martin Hoar, senior bookseller at Waterstone's in the Brunel
SHAKERS, the non alcoholic youth bar in Swindon, is to close its doors for two months over the summer. The drop-in centre used by teens in the Old Town area will re-open in September following a summer break. Manager David Grantham would like to make
GOOD vibrations can be found at Greendown Comm-unity School. The West Swindon site is the venue for an exhibition of art, music, science and technology exploring the world of all things trembly from 2pm to 5pm on July 15 and 16. The event is part of a
Swindon City Festival 2000 promises a colourful spectacle of theatre, music, art and dance when it hits the streets at the end of this month. Around 17 acts will be performing, and as a lead up to the two-day event, workshops in junk drumming, drama,
Caren Devenney had to watch her two-year-old son endure eight hours of pain after being sent home by doctors at Princess Margaret Hospital. The mum-of-four from Spenser Close, Walcot, says she was told to take two-year-old Charley home after rushing him
Swindon car parking attendants are so good at their job that they can now issue NVQs in parking control. The quality of their work in Swindon's car parks has been so high recently that the Borough Council has won numerous awards for security and customer
CHILDREN at Swindon's Victoria Hospital have been given a boost thanks to a charity ball held by a new fundraising organisation. Sunshine Kids is a new group set up to raise money for good causes and its first event at the Hilton Hotel on Saturday raised
FORMER Relate publicity chief Julia Cole has published her fourth book on relationships. Julia, who lives in North Swindon with her husband Peter and two teenage children, became a counsellor with Relate when it was still called the Marriage Guidance
