Jon Lewis returned figures of 7-72 as Gloucestershire defeated Surrey by six wickets to register their first victory in Frizzell County Championship Division One this season. Swindon's England A seamer claimed the first seven wickets to fall as Surrey
ANDY KING has sent Stefani Miglioranzi on a 'scouting' mission to Brazil but all that really concerns the Town boss is that his midfield maestro boards the return flight and lands back at the County Ground next month. The Robins' supremo admits the two
15253/4THOUSANDS of people enjoyed the bank holiday sunshine at the Bradford on Avon fun day. The annual event, organised by the town's Lions Club, attracted crowds of up to 6,000 who enjoyed the mix of stalls, shows, food and entertainment on offer.
30754-40THERE will be no planned hold-ups on the motorways and A-roads around Swindon this summer. The news from the Highways Agency the Government body responsible for the major roads between towns and cities will come as a relief to holidaymakers, daytrippers
WILTSHIRE jazz superstar Jamie Cullum is well on the way to cracking America. Cullum is already the biggest-selling British jazz artist ever, with more than one million sales of his Twentysomething album under his belt. This week he is number two in the
A SWINDON doctor came up with the right prescription for the Prospect Hospice after going down a storm in the desert. Dr Steve Rhodes ran 150 miles in what is billed as the toughest race on the planet and raised £5,000 for the Wroughton hospice. The 45
PROTEST MARCHES: Plans to build up to 1,800 homes, a university campus and office space on unspoiled farmland at Coate were greeted with public outrage when they were included in the council's local plan, which was published last November. More than 4,000
Organiser Terry KingPROTEST MARCHES: The battle against the development on the Front Garden has been raging for nearly 10 years. It went all the way to the High Court in 2001 when the Front Garden Action Group (FRAG) lost its battle to stop Swindon Council
THE British Heart Foundation is calling on companies, clubs and groups in Swindon to splash out by taking part in the charity's annual dragon boat race next Saturday at Coate Water Country Park. Teams of 10 paddlers and a drummer to beat time will race
30404-39A former marathon runner who quit smoking after a major heart operation is backing efforts to help people kick the habit in Swindon. New figures show that one person a week in the town dies from coronary heart disease, while thousands live with
Rev Steve Oram, of CrickladeTHE next Bishop of Swindon needs to be a team player with a sense of humour, according to a Bristol Diocese job profile. In a note to clergy members on the diocese website, Mike Hill, the Bishop of Bristol, has outlined the
D-DAY SPECIAL: SIGNALLER Ron Clack drove a jeep off a landing craft and up one of the Normandy beaches with its carburettor wrapped in plasticine to protect it from seawater. If the engine had cut out he would have been a sitting duck. Ron, of Churchward
D-DAY SPECIAL: NORMANDY conjures up images of the 1944 invasion but the region which resembles Devon and Cornwall is also associated with another cross channel attack. William the Conqueror set off from his Normandy home in 1066 to invade England. Amongst
PROTEST MARCHES: Today thousands of people are taking to the streets of Swindon calling for plans to build on the town's green spaces to be scrapped. Emma-Kate Lidbury reports. THE HISTORY - The former landfill site was reclaimed as a community forest
STAMP collectors will be in their element next weekend when specialists from around the country gather at Swinpex a stamp fair organised by the Swindon Philatelic Society. It will be held at St Joseph's Lower School, in Queen's Drive, next Saturday between
ANYONE who wants to listen to some traditional stories is invited to the Polish Club in Milton Road on Tuesday. Storyteller Josie Felce has been running a course for the University of Bath in Swindon on storytelling, and the students will be spinning
HEALTH experts, music therapists and researchers will be sharing their expertise and experiences about using music as therapy. A symposium called Comparing Notes: Music In Therapeutic, Health and Social Care Environments, is being held at the University
Tonight a Latin American feel will steal over a Swindon park as Los Pacaminos, featuring Paul Young, open the first Bowl concert of the summer. Paul, who shot to fame in the 1980s with such songs as Where Ever I lay My Hat, Come Back And Stay and Every
30404-39A former marathon runner who quit smoking after a major heart operation is backing efforts to help people kick the habit in Swindon. New figures show that one person a week in the town dies from coronary heart disease, while thousands live with
Millions of people from all over Europe will be taking part in elections on Thursday. On the same day as the Swindon Council ballots, the town will also get the chance to vote for their European members of parliament (MEPs). The UK's 78 seats, which are
30758-36SWINDON'S trailblazing junior street wardens have won awards for making their neighbourhood a better place. Now the youngsters from Parks and Walcot are to get a bigger say in the work they do. A committee of five children has been elected to
