DAVID Howell blew a three-hole lead to crash out of the WGC-Accenture World Matchplay in the first round in Tucson. The Swindon star, a quarter-finalist in this event last year, was beaten 2 up by South Africa's Rory Sabbatini, who now goes on to meet
I am a Happy Bunny as I lost ANOTHER 2LB this week. I'm so motivated. It just goes to show that even with a difficult week you can still have a great weight loss. Come on... tell us how you did this week?
The new flyover/junction is now in use, though not completely finished. It’s a job done well. But I have been on the new road lots of times now and there’s nobody working on the new section, maybe there is nothing left to do, but there is still a lorry
SWINDON Advertiser's Bride of the Year's wedding plans are blooming. Kelly Yates spent Saturday afternoon with staff at the George Lesley florist in Swindon. The shop is providing 23-year-old Kelly, of Haydon Wick, with £250 worth of flowers for her
A JURY has found Darren Haakansen guilty of rape and attempted murder. The 37-year-old hung his head as the seven men and five women of the jury gave their verdict at Bristol Crown Court. Haakansen was also found guilty of false imprisonment, but after
OFFICIAL figures reveal the favourite car across Europe during 2006. Position Make/Model Yr_06 Yr_05 Var. Yr. 1. Opel Astra 437,673 466,841 -6.2% Sales of the Astra dipped during its second year on sale, but it still recorded big enough numbers to
JAPANESE car maker Nissan is offering any Micra driver the chance to add more style to their car with three different accessory packs, Family, Styling and Technology, and save up to 60% at the same time. The Family Pack includes a DVD rear seat entertainment
LUXURY performance car maker Aston Martin has announced two new developments for its flagship Vanquish S model. New customers will be able to purchase one of just 40 examples of the firm's Vanquish S Ultimate Edition. Hand built at its Newport Pagnell
THE FIRST twelve Maserati Quattroporte Automatics have arrived in the UK. The new Automatic sits alongside the current DuoSelect models with their semi-auto gearboxes. According to the Italian car maker, this new Quattroporte variant is to be pitched
FORD is offering a new high specification version of its Zetec S to mark 30 years of sales success for Britain's favourite small car. The Fiesta Zetec S "Anniversary" edition model will be a limited run of just 400 vehicles and will be on sale in March
Kia Carens WHAT IS IT? A compact MPV from the people who know a thing or two about value. WHY SHOULD I BUY ONE? Because it does the business, packing in seven people if you wish without breaking your bank balance or feeling like a low-rent special
A YOUNG family watched on in terror as a car parked on their driveway was destroyed in an arson attack. The 4x4 vehicle was completely destroyed in the blaze, which also melted the front door and windows of the house. Police say it would have been a
Volkswagen Golf GT TDI WHAT IS IT? The fastest diesel Golf ever made. WHY SHOULD I BUY ONE? So you can pretend you own a GTI while still getting over 40mpg. WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES? The real GTI for one, or pokey diesel version of the Vauxhall
OVER two decades, hot hatchbacks have lost none of their cool. In 1986, a handful cornered the market - now there's a couple of dozen, and some could have won motorsport events not long ago. For the top-end, super-hatch thoroughbreds you're looking at
CYCLISTS most definitely have right of way on a footpath by Kingsdown School. A council blunder has left pedestrians with nowhere to go after cycle priority symbols were painted on both sides of the lane in Hyde Road. The pavement was laid as part of
THUG Mark Mason has been jailed for two years after he left a man with serious head injuries. The 43-year-old punched victim Kevin Dixon just once but left him with a fractured skull and internal bleeding. As a result Mr Dixon, 43, was detained in hospital
SWINDON Caravan Club has raised £1,000 for the Prospect Hospice. The club held a range of money-spinning events during 2006, from table-top sales and auctions to book fairs. The 80 members of the club regularly get together for weekends away both in
THEY say opposites attract but Marie and William Marsh believe the the secret to their long and happy marriage is enjoying exactly the same things. Today they are celebrating 60 years of wedded bliss. And to mark their diamond anniversary the couple
A SWINDON woman is to travel to India this month to see how some of the world's most vulnerable people are suffering without clean water and sanitation. Liz Negus, 25, will spend two weeks in and around north east India. The Thames Water employee, originally
PAOLO Nutini fans certainly were hasty when it came to snapping up tickets for the star's forthcoming gig in Swindon. All 2,000 were sold in just 48 hours, making the young heartthrob's forthcoming performance among the most popular to be staged at the
THE packed programme for this year's Festival of Literature will be unveiled on March 14. The latest names to be revealed include reformed nice guy Howard Marks, TV's The Apprentice winner Michelle Dewberry and writer and former newspaper editor Rosie
A COUPLE in their 70s have been cheated out of cash by a pair of con artists. Police are appealing for witnesses following the bogus callers striking at Cumberland Road, off Drove Road, on Tuesday. Officers say the thieves could have followed the elderly
SWINDON Primary Care Trust is putting plans for a dedicated birthing unit at Great Western Hospital on ice. In a report going to the council's health scrutiny committee next week, the PCT says a lack of information has forced it to halt the project.
WHILE the town waits for the final decision on whether the University of Bath will come to Swindon, a special group of students is set to begin education at New College. The New College students will start their foundation degree in health and social
POLICE say they will continue to get vandals to clean up their own mess after a recent initiative was applauded by the public. As reported in Tuesday's Adver, officers set three teenagers to work with buckets of soapy water after they sprayed graffiti
A JURY has found Darren Haakansen guilty of all but one charge. Haakansen, 37, of Penhill, was yesterday convicted of attempts to kill, but jurors failed to reach verdicts on another four charges. Today at Bristol Crown Court he was also convicted of
THEY call themselves urban explorers. Actually they're trespassers, a bunch of hare-brained pests with a limited mental age and unlimited arrogance. They weasel their way into boarded-up and derelict buildings such as the old Locarno, the Mechanics
I AM seeking anyone who served with the 317 S&TC, the 317 MT Squadron and the 431 MU MT Flight. We hold annual reunions, publish a quarterly newsletter, and are endeavouring to increase our membership. Everyone is welcome, irrespective of rank or trade
I WOULD like to sincerely thank the builder/builders who found my handbag in the Beechcroft Road area and handed it in to the police for me. I am extremely grateful. You will know who you are, as my bag was stolen. I would also like to say to the
WE continually read about Britain's obsession with house prices. People will say I bought my house for say £150,000 and sold it for £158,000 a year later and made a profit of £8,000 in one year. Let us look at the real facts. If you bought another
SO now we have the Rothman Rozzers are we to expect Thought Police around election time? What lunacy have we unleashed? G DUNNINGHAM. Old Town, Swindon
While Tony Blair buys his fifth house, many first-time buyers find they cannot get into the housing market at all. The situation is most serious in farming communities where country cottages are bought as weekend homes for people who live in cities
I WONDER if Anne Snelgrove MP would be prepared to enlarge upon her comment that "climate change would affect people's health dramatically as there would be increases in a range of illnesses. It would also affect education". Now there is nothing ambiguous
IT was good to see the report last Thursday showing the continued action of Swindon police and the success they have had in the crackdown on kerb-crawling. The police and residents have worked hard to make this area better over the last few years and
ADDITIONAL to the letter from Tony Brown I would like to add that it is not enough to get a train that goes through Didcot Parkway, it actually has to stop at that station for his plan to work. If you get on a train which does not stop there, even
AT a time when we read so much about stolen identities and are warned not to dispose of any document containing personal details in our weekly rubbish collection, I was horrified to learn that the Department for Work and Pensions had sent out over 26,000
LEISURE centres in north Wiltshire will stay open for business as usual tomorrow morning. The centres in Cricklade and Wootton Bassett, along with four others in Calne, Malmesbury, Chippenham and Corsham, will remain open until March 31. Over the
A teenager is hoping that she will be the one that the judges want as she auditions for the next round of a new reality TV show. Laura Morris, 16, from Abbey Meads, has secured a place in the third stage of the contest Grease is the Word. Notoriously
BRIAN Webb broke the Avon Bream Record in the Isis club match at Sutton Benger on Sunday. His winning catch of 11-14-8 included a prime condition bream of 9-4-8 caught on the tip with worm. In 1997 Richard Widdowson caught an Isis bream of 9-3-0 just
CIRENCESTER 1st, struggling in the Premier 3 relegation zone, crashing 9-1 at home to second-placed Exeter University, conceding seven goals in a one-sided second half. The longer the game stayed goalless, the more confidence grew in the Cirencester
North Wilts look set to lose their relegation battle in North 2 after another home defeat. Visitors Shepton Mallet took an early lead which was soon doubled after a calamitous mix-up between goalkeeper Rich Newton and skipper Matt Evans. Things got
Wootton Bassett Ladies 3rd lost their rearranged league match 4-1 at home against a strong Wotton-under-Edge side who are fourth in Severn 3. The visitors scored within five minutes of the start, and their hard, accurate passes yielded a second goal
There was double delight for Walcot ABC at the national quarter-finals of the Golden Gloves competition in Bristol as Ryan Martin and Tom Flynn both secured a semi-final berth with convincing points victories. Twelve-year-old Martin was impressive in
Swindon's miserable away form continued with a 4-2 defeat at Cardiff University. But they could take heart from an outstanding performance, with only bad luck costing the visitors at least a share of the points. Swindon, missing Salmon and Edminson
A PHOTOGRAPH of smog hanging over Swindon is a startling reminder of the environmental impact human activity can have. Reader Bruce Boulton took the picture on February 2 from Barbury Castle. It shows a layer of pollution settling over the town as a
A HOMELESS man was taken to hospital after a daytime attack that police have described as vicious and prolonged. A gang is believed to have repeatedly stamped on the man's head, chest and stomach in the assault in Swindon town centre at 11am yesterday
A JURY has found Darren Haakansen guilty of making threats to kill but has so far failed to reach verdicts on the other charges. Haakansen, 37, of Penhill, is before Bristol Crown Court also charged with attempted murder, two counts of rape and false
PAUL Fairclough hailed former Town striker Giulanio Grazioli as an "unsung hero" after he helped bring about the downfall of his old club last night. Grazioli, who scored 18 goals at the County Ground between 1999-2002, has just returned from a lengthy
JEREL Ifil has his eyes on breaking a Swindon Town post-war record and insists following in the steps of McMahon & Co should be enough to secure a promotion party. The Town defender was one of the few bright lights in their dismal 1-0 defeat at Barnet
A FURIOUS Paul Sturrock has warned one or two' of his spluttering side will "bite the dust" after last night's Barnet debacle while shouldering some blame for his side's lack of fire-power. The Town boss apologised to Town's wonderful travelling army
CHRISTIAN Roberts quite rightly apologised for letting Town's remarkable travelling army down at Barnet last night and admitted he doesn't blame any of them for venting their feelings after a dismal away day showing. Swindon's tame 1-0 surrender at Underhill
