WROUGHTON WRANGLERS wrapped up a 40-run victory over neighbouring Wanborough as they opened their Wiltshire League Division Four campaign on Saturday. A good number of games survived Saturday's weather and Wroughton took advantage to notch up an opening-day
SWINDON Council deserves congratulations for its farsightedness in adding £200,000 to the street cleaning budget. Litter is a blight, an eyesore. Show a person the loveliest urban or natural vista imaginable and if there is a discarded crisp packet or
DANNY INVINCIBLE has spurned a last-gasp bid to keep him at the County Ground after 48 hours of frenetic negotiations. Town boss Andy King failed to persuade the Australian to change his mind ahead of Saturday's 2-1 win over Luton, and the focus is now
GOLFERS at the Broome Manor course off Pipers Way can now take advantage of a stint in the gym thanks to a new facility officially opened today. The £300,000 fitness suite is the latest council-run sports facility in the borough and offers keep-fit enthusiasts
SWINDON CANCER APPEAL: YOU can help our campaign by taking part or supporting a host of events organised by Macmillan. Remember, every penny counts, and we are relying on you to help us meet our target. The following events are organised by Macmillan's
SWINDON CANCER APPEAL: BOXING heroes entertained a packed Swindon pub to raise cash for the Evening Advertiser's Macmillan Cancer appeal. Former world champions John H Stracey, Alan Minter, Charlie Magri, Glenn Catley and John Conteh rubbed shoulders
Young chess players from Swindon area schools collected an impressive haul of trophies at the North Wessex Megafinal of the UK Chess Challenge held at New College, Swindon at the weekend. Eleven titles were won by local players, and 35 from the area won
A new crack team is being formed by Swindon Services to go on the offensive against litter hotspots thanks to a £200,000 increase in funding. BHAVANI VADDE reports. THE streets of Swindon are set to be cleaner thanks to £200,000 in extra funding for the
GORSE HILL: A Swindon man has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated burglary following an incident in Caulfield Road on Friday, which led to a 45-year-old woman being treated at Swindon's Great Western Hospital. The man is due to appear before
SUPERMARINE chairman Steve Moore could not contain his emotions as the final whistle sounded at the Victoria Ground. Moore is to step aside at the end of this season after 10 years at the helm and the Hunts Copse supremo was moved to tears after watching
DINNER lady Vicki Richardson has been ordered to do community service after a court heard how she destroyed till rolls at a school canteen. The 31-year-old, who lives in Islandsmead, Eldene, was catering manager at Dorcan Technical College when an audit
WEST SWINDON: A burglary took place at the Dick Lovett Porsche Garage in West Swindon at around 2.30am on Saturday. Four wheels and tyres were removed from a Porsche Boxer. The tyres can only be placed on a Porsche Boxer or a Porsche 911 so only people
MAY 5, COTSWOLD WATER PARK: The annual Great Lakes Family day is taking place at Keynes Country Park near Ashton Keynes. This year's theme is the Wildlife Wonders of the Water Park and some species on show will be wild otters, owls and mini-beasts. Water
A TEENAGER is appealing for the safe return of a silver signet ring given to him by his late father. William Parncutt believes he left the chequered ring on the washbasin of McDonalds restaurant in Greenbridge some time on Friday, April 25, and is desperate
ALTERNATIVE methods of voting in the borough elections have been hailed a success - despite chronic voter apathy. Turnout for last Thursday's elections was disappointing - a meagre 40,812 people, or 29.82 per cent, bothered to exercise their right to
A SERVICE which delivers books to people's homes in Swindon is appealing for more volunteers to cope with its rapid growth in popularity. Home Library has a team of volunteers who take books to house-bound people. The free service, run by the council's
SWINDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL: Poetry and pints mix like G&T. But the audience laughed without being tipsy. For the four poets who took part were so divine we were drunk on their wit, not on the wine. First up was Rosie Lugosi the Manchester lesbian
SWINDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL: A PACKED audience it was not - only two people turned up to listen to Don Lucey, the man who wrote a book about how his wife Christine died of cervical cancer following a series of medical blunders. It was a great shame, because
GORSE HILL: Firefighters rescued a woman from a fire in a first floor flat in Hinton Street at 7.30pm on Saturday. She was taken to Great Western Hospital. Two fire engines attended the blaze, one from Swindon and another from Stratton. Fire crews, used
A 16-YEAR-OLD who hit a pensioner with a hammer trying to rob her of her handbag has been sent to jail for four years. Thomas O'Halloran's victim had defied him to kill her after he landed two blows, warning he would spent the rest of his life behind
WILTSHIRE police and hospitals are taking a partnership approach by helping to train each other's staff. Under the new system, the Great Western Hospital in Swindon is training a group of police officers in advanced first aid, and the police have reciprocated
HOME-START Swindon, held a tin collection at the Sainsbury store in Stratton, recently. I would like to say a big thank you to all the customers who helped us to raise £155 towards our work supporting young families in Swindon. Many thanks also to the
I wonder if any of your readers can help with regard the former Stratton Green Star Brewery at Stratton St Margaret. Family research has indicated that some of my ancestors, the Pound family, were involved with the brewery from 1881 onwards having moved
I WOULD like to comment on two recent letters to your columns from J Reynolds. Not being a pensioner himself he does not understand how this year's pension amount was arrived at. The inflation rate for September 2002 was 1.7 per cent. If you have a service
THE anti-social behaviour reported on April 29 is something which no one should have to put up with and no excuses from police or council are good enough. People want action not words. After two 15 per cent rises in council tax in two years there should
I am writing with reference to an article in the Evening Advertiser informing us about mobile speed cameras that are going to be used around the town and where they would be placed. Unfortunately this was a bit late for me as I got spotted by a speed
EARLY days yet, but Gloucestershire stand on the top of County Championship Division Two after a frustrating draw against Durham on Saturday. At the Riverside, Durham hung on for a draw despite being forced to follow on after their first innings collapsed
IT to be hoped that people come forward to offer lodgings to young Swindon Town footballers now that their hostel on County Road is being closed for economic reasons. While the team attracts a strong following in the town, it is not known as one of the
EAST meets west is the theme for an event in aid of a breast cancer charity. An evening of fashion and fun is being organised by Breakthrough Breast Cancer Wiltshire at the Memorial hall in Wootton Bassett on May 13. As well as garments from the western
WILTSHIRE police and hospitals are taking a partnership approach by helping to train each other's staff. Under the new system, the Great Western Hospital in Swindon is training a group of police officers in advanced first aid, and the police have reciprocated
MINI lovers from across Swindon flocked to Cornwall for the Bank Holiday weekend. A total of 37 members of the Swindon Mini Associates Club took part in the annual Miniworld Riviera Run, a national event which follows a route to the seaside town of Newquay
THE police charge in Swindon council tax bills has risen by 109 per cent since Labour came to power, new figures have revealed. Now the Conservatives have accused the government of shifting the burden for funding Wiltshire's police service onto local
YOUNG football stars of the future are looking for a new home. Teenage apprentice footballers, who play for Swindon Town's Youth side, need new lodgings in the town following their club's decision to stop using a hostel in County Road. The eight youngsters
A Swindon-born teacher currently living in Hong Kong may not be reunited with her family because of the SARS crisis. English teacher Ana Kelly, 36, is having trouble arranging flights back to her homeland, where she spends her annual summer holidays with
DEVIZES ended their wretched Screwfix Direct League campaign with an amazing 8-2 win at Dawlish their first league triumph on the road this term. The Kennet club finished rock bottom of the Premier Division and were only spared relegation thanks to the
Purton completed a hectic week with a 5-0 win over Kidlington It was the club's sixth game in seven days in which they gained a maximum 18 points to secure third in Division One West. The sequence started with a 3-0 away win against Cheltenham Saracens
SURVIVAL specialists Supermarine retained their Dr Martens League status with a dramatic 3-1 win at Bromsgrove on Saturday. With rivals Atherstone beating Racing Club and Rocester drawing with Cinderford, Marine had to claim three points. And they did
Hot on the heels of their recent 5-5 draw with Taunton, Cirencester served up a nine-goal treat with local rivals Gloucester. Unfortunately, Brian Hughes' side missed out by the odd goal. Jimmy Cox netted for hosts Gloucester on 23 minutes to prompt the
CHIPPENHAM Town lost to Halesowen for the third time this season but at least the Bluebirds won't have to face their bogey side next term. The Midlanders inflicted a 3-2 defeat on Tommy Saunders' side to go with the 2-1 loss in the reverse fixture at
Cricklade Town turned in a cracking performance to hold Premier Division champions Shrewton United to a 4-4 draw in their last game of the season. Town were leading 3-1 at one stage and had a strong appeal for a penalty turned down that could have increased
GOLFERS at the Broome Manor course off Pipers Way can now take advantage of a stint in the gym thanks to a new facility officially opened today. The £300,000 fitness suite is the latest council-run sports facility in the borough and offers keep-fit enthusiasts
BRINKWORTH residents are having a spring clean in time for the first round of judging for the Best Kept Village 2003. Members of the Council for the Protection of Rural England will begin the judging for the first round this month. The village has come
TEACHERS at Seven Fields Primary School in Penhill are appealing for donations of shrubs and trees for a new play area. The school used a £12,000 grant from family support group Sure Start to install a new wooden climbing frame, a pagoda and a sandpit
SWINDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL: "I would say Macmillan nurse and on one or two of their faces would shine complete understanding. On others, not a flicker." This is an extract from Helen Dunmore's latest short story, Esther to Fanny. The narrator, Esther
Don LucySWINDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL: AUTHORS with a Swindon connection were the stars of the Swindon Literature Festival over the weekend. Local Authors Day at the Pilgrim Centre on Saturday began with Don Lucey. He is the author of The Woman Who Wouldn't
A BLOCK of six modern apartments, built to resemble a traditional Jacobean manor house, has attracted the interest of three potential buyers who want to own the lot. Developers Crest Nicholson, who are building the Manor House as part of its Braydon Mead
SWINDON TA Reservists in Iraq are taking part in patrols designed specifically to instil trust and confidence in the Iraqi population (EA, April 25) but in the debate about what happens next in Iraq, one thing seems to have slipped off the agenda, yet
Fallen English giants Bath are facing relegation from the Zurich Premiership after yesterday's 30-20 defeat at the hands of Bristol at Ashton Gate. Only victory in their final game at home to Newcastle on Saturday or a possible West Country merger with
