ANDY KING would not swap a single member of his goalscoring trio for Brighton's Leon Knight and has no regrets that he opted to sign Rory Fallon rather than Chris Iwelumo. The Town boss believes he has the firepower in his squad to see off the Seagulls
THE fight to save Malmesbury Maternity Unit was given a boost with figures that reveal birth rates have gone up 50 per cent this year. Campaign group Save Malmesbury Maternity Unit said the award-winning unit was on track to have at least 144 births by
COME ON TOWN: The County Ground has been swamped with fans eager to grab their tickets for tomorrow's match. KEVIN SHOESMITH reports HUNDREDS of early birds saw the sun rise over the County Ground yesterday as they flocked to grab the few remaining tickets
TEENAGERS behaving badly are to be banned from an area of West Swindon plagued by yobs. From today a dispersal order comes into force covering Shaw Ridge Leisure Park and the West Swindon Centre. It gives police the power to expel groups of people who
AN URGENT inquiry has been called for into the state of rail lines between Swindon and London. South West MP David Drew demanded the probe amid concerns about the quality of track. In an official parliamentary move, he asked the secretary of state for
HISTORY teacher Malcolm Walker has written his pupils a letter telling them their school is letting them down. And the teacher at troubled Headlands School announced in the letter to his 28-strong Year 9 tutor group that he was quitting his job. "I do
SWINDON Services is to begin moving to new headquarters on Wednesday. The address of the services arm of Swindon Council will be Waterside Park in Derby Close on the Cheney Manor Industrial Estate. Meanwhile, preparations are also underway for the opening
30389-19The nursing population has received a welcome boost with the latest group of return-to-practice students graduating in Swindon. The aim of the course is to update former nurses on the latest developments in the profession to give them the confidence
30441-54LADIES, dust off your ballgowns ballroom dancing is back! A host of twinkle-toed celebrities is set to waltz, foxtrot and tango onto our screens in a revival of the popular show, Come Dancing, presented by evergreen TV personality Bruce Forsyth
ALTHOUGH summer is just around the corner, people are being urged to think about keeping warm next winter. Now is the time to apply for a Warm Front grant which helps residents keep healthy, save energy, cut the cost of their fuel bills and keep their
30446-44A WOMAN who fought off a drug addict mugger wants to see him jailed. Recruitment consultant Stephanie Toon, 21, still bears the scars from being dragged along the street by Karl Telfer, 20. She hung on her bag when he tried to steal it on the
Steve Borthwick received the top award at Bath Rugby's annual awards dinner. Borthwick was being named the Andy Robinson/ Blackthorn players' player of the year. The second row has enjoyed another incredible season leading the Zurich Premiership in lineouts
WHEN Simon Lenartowski has not been queuing for Town tickets this week, he has been busy putting the finishing touches to a giant banner to help the lads to victory. Simon, 32, a machine operator from Shrivenham Road, along with fellow members of Swindon
SWINDON'S first town crier competition is being held today. The event has been organised by Swindon's town crier Fred Ferris who recently won the title of the country's best-dressed town crier at the Haworth Holly Holler in Yorkshire. The 72-year-old
As the contestants get set to do battle in the Eurovision Song Contest, BARRIE HUDSON finds out about the Swindon link with the annual event. A EUROVISION-winning musician with a Swindon connection has high hopes of tonight's British entry, James Fox,
Inspector Ian Bamber said that the dispersal order introduced in Stratton the first in Swindon had already had a positive result. "Stratton has worked quite effectively," he said. "The areas that were of concern before don't have the same problems they
30459-27A GROUP of young athletes got the chance to meet sporting hero Sebastian Coe and were inspired to see his Olympic gold medal. The double Olympic Gold medallist visited Bourton's Pinewood School to support its fundraising efforts for an all-weather
30445-7CRICKLADE has hosted its first market for more than 50 years. A steady flow of shoppers streamed through the town hall yesterday to sample what traders had to offer at the first market in the town since 1953. The town council has agreed a farmers
30420-24MARTIAL arts triplets and their friends put in great efforts to raise cash for children's hospital equipment. Megan, Gus and Ellie Gardner, six, are members of Little Ninjas Tae Kwon Do club, in Purton. The club organised a raffle which raised
