ALUN Rossiter admitted he was "lost for words'' last night as his side suffered a second successive Monday night mauling in front of the cameras. The seething Blunsdon boss aimed a fierce broadside at his line-up after their latest flop on the road
RUNNING: WILTSHIRE policeman Phil Kibble was victorious in Broad Town's five mile run on Saturday. The veteran won the overall trophy finishing in 27 minutes and 41 seconds ahead of Gary Hughes (unaffiliated) in second in 29.11. Coming home in third
ATHLETICS: TOBY ULM has been selected to represent Great Britain at the World Schools' Games in Greece. The 17-year-old Swindon Harrier will travel to Thessalonica at the end of this month to take on top youngsters from around the globe. "I got
CROQUET: Swindon Croquet Club celebrated victory in their first intermediate match of the season, winning against Cheltenham. A fantastic start saw Swindon lead by two games at lunch, requiring just one more game win out of three to clinch the match
WILDCATS will operate a development team out of the Link Centre this winter after their proposals were accepted by the English National Ice Hockey League (ENL). The team will compete in the league's Southern Conference against 12 other teams, including
GOLF: HE HAS been thrust into the bracket of new great hopes' for European golf, but David Howell is taking it all in his stride as he prepares to take on Winged Foot's considerable challenge at the US Open this week. Without a Major winner to get
TODAY is the end of an era as the doors close for the last time at the town's central library. For almost 30 years the wooden buildings have provided a temporary home to Swindon's central library, but at 8pm they will be shut for the last time. But
A SPOT of gardening turned into a major drama for a Swindon man after he dug up a hand grenade. Dozens of houses were evacuated, after the Second World War weapon was found in the garden of a house in Hawkins Street in Rodbourne Cheney. The man who
AUSTRALIA'S World Cup victory against Japan had people in Swindon's Walkabout on their feet. Aussie fans packed into the Australian theme pub in Fleet Street to watch their nation play its first game. And when the match was sealed with three goals to
FOOTBALL fans have decorated their street with hundreds of flags to support England in the World Cup. Steve and Angela Williams came up with the idea to decorate Hatch Road, Stratton St Margaret, then got all their neighbours involved too. Angela, 50
THEY may be a long way from the sun-splashed beaches of Rio, but a group of Brazilian students are bringing a samba-style carnival atmosphere to Swindon. English language school UK Help 4U, in Fleming Way, has given the day off to 20 football-obsessed
LEE Peacock has never been the biggest of football watchers but the English lower league's involvement in Germany 2006 has got him gripped. The Swindon Town striker is currently holidaying in Majorca, trying to put last season's relegation behind him
GOLF: DAVID Howell admits he will surprise himself if he is the man to end European golf's seven-year Major jinx. The 30-year-old's rise up the world rankings he is currently ninth plus tournament successes have led him to be placed in the same bracket
ROCHDALE boss Steve Parkin has scotched rumours top scorer Rickie Lambert is set to become Dennis Wise's first signing at the County Ground. Ever since Wise's departure for his holiday in Dubai a fortnight ago, speculation has been rife about Lambert's
A SWINDON MP has won his fight reform a team which helps families plunged into financial hardship because of Government blunders. Thousands of hard-pressed families in Swindon are dealing with the aggravation of yet another year of tax credit blunders
BRIGHT colours and inspiring designs have breathed new life into a courtyard at a Swindon school. Work started on Saturday on the community art project at Commonweal to create an area where students can perform, be inspired or just chill out. And Commonweal
A CONVICTED paedophile, who was arrested by Wiltshire police after a car chase, has been jailed for life. Craig Sweeney, was jailed for life for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a three-year-old girl just weeks after his prison licence for an earlier
TRAIN commuters at Swindon station were left staring into their watches after weather conditions caused delays on the trains. It was seemingly the wrong sort of lightning that caused the delays near Uffington, Bath and Chippenham. The electrical storm
THE killer illness dubbed the Swindon Disease will be raised in Westminster today. The Labour MP for North Swindon, Michael Wills, is one of a number of MPs set to push ministers over the Lords judgement which limits compensation claims in mesothelioma
A WROUGHTON man accused of starting two fires at a house in the village has been remanded in custody. Sean Jakubowski, who had been living in Hampshire, lost his accommodation, leaving him in breach of his bail. And the 22-year-old, who is awaiting
THERE'S been a double helping of good news for Swindon's stroke organisations. Thamesdown Stroke Centre, which closed last December, has restarted thanks to the help of volunteers. Renamed the Thamesdown Stroke Club, it now meets fortnightly on Fridays
JULY 30 2006, WARMINSTER: Join in with celebrities, cycling professionals, friends and families this summer in Wiltshire to get active and make a difference' by taking part in PEDAL WITH THE PARCS with Center Parcs. Taking place on four consecutive
I REFER to your online poll asking whether Wiltshire Police should crack down on binge drinking. As a responsible licensee I of course welcome any initiative to combat what is becoming a blight on many high streets. As a former police officer I am aware
GRACE Adams-Short might win Big Brother 7: in a parallel universe. In fact Grace would only be a suitable name for her if her surname was Less. I am saddened to see Brian Dowling, winner of BB2 and one of the most personable housemates ever, reduced
MCT Morrison is incorrect to claim that heart operations, transplant surgery and the treatment of diabetes could not have been developed without animal experiments. Pacemakers and heart valves were delayed in development because of physiological differences
WHILE Mr Blair swans around the world, first Iraq, (looking for WMDs), then America, this country goes from one crisis to the next. Violent crime is out of the window, stabbings are by the hour now not day, the NHS is in meltdown due to its financial
AMY Smith wrote: "If we allow troops to opt out at their discretion we will see more troops killed and allow anarchy to break out and the defence of our realm could be put at risk." Britain's armed services are essentially volunteer forces, but is Amy
HIGH street shops Dorothy Perkins and Burton held a football-themed fundraising day for staff and customers. Joint store manager Susan Sturgeon and her colleague Renata Shaw-Giles organised the event to raise money for the Bobby Moore Foundation, a cancer
SWINDON police still have to officially release the name of a man found dead at Coate Water on Friday. A police spokeswoman said the death was not being treated as suspicious but the formal identification had not been completed. "The identification
CON artists tricked an elderly resident out of cash by calling at her house claiming they were looking for someone. The couple, a man and a woman, said they were trying to find someone with the surname Mercy but could not remember where she lived. While
A FAMILY is in shock after being made homeless by Thames Water. Vivienne and Paul Mills will not be able to return to their home in March Close, Abbey Meads, for three months after a devastating flood ripped through their street and gushed into their
A HOSPITAL union says it has a list of suggestions that would end the need for redundancies at Great Western Hospital. But GWH management say they have checked out all options and 58 redundancies are still the only way to balance the books. GMB organiser
PARENTS and pupils of the new Orchid Vale Primary School are invited to an open evening tonight. The governors are holding the event at the Haydon Centre, Haydon Wick, from 7pm to 8.30pm to introduce the school's headteacher Debbie Kalynka and her team
WHILE the Law Commission consults over ways to lessen the financial difficulties which can be suffered by cohabiting couples and their children when they separate or one partner dies, the LivingTogether campaign provides practical information on the steps
IT'S not every day you go to do your shopping and get serenaded by a girl band. But that's what happened when one lucky 11-year-old who turned up at Asda Wal-Mart at the Orbital Retail Park yesterday. Pop band Clea were there singing their new single
