JON Lewis recovered from a poor opening bowling spell with a late wicket, but England succumbed to a five-wicket defeat against Australia in the final World Cup warm-up match at St Vincent. Swindon seamer Lewis conceded three no-balls in his first two
TOWN dropped to fifth in League Two last night after Lincoln drew 1-1 at leaders Hartlepool. Paul Green's seventh-minute strike looked to have given the Imps victory, only for Richie Barker's penalty in the final minute to rescue the top side. Lincoln
AN RAF Hercules aircraft is leaving RAF Lyneham today with a very unusual cargo. Usually the aircraft carry troops, equipment and supplies, but this plane will also be carrying a cargo of Comic Relief Red Noses. The plane is heading for Banja Luka where
RESIDENTS in an historic Wootton Bassett street could be left with nowhere to leave their vehicles after North Wiltshire District Council opened up their car park to the public. And people living in Wood Street have been hit with a double whammy after
FORMER councillor and college lecturer Dennis Carver has died, aged 84. Mr Carver, who suffered from Alzheimer's, passed away in his sleep at the Fairhaven Nursing Home, on March 5. The life-long Norwich City fan was a councillor for Thamesdown Borough
JUSTIN Penney is cleaning more graffiti off walls than he can handle. The businessman from Stratton has seen reports of damage more than double in the last year and he wants residents to take a more proactive approach towards the vandals. Residents
Labour should be ashamed! A UNITED Nations report describes Britain as an unhappy place for children to live. The worst scores were relating to children's behaviour, such as smoking, drinking, under-age sex, drugs and teenage pregnancy. It may surprise
SWINDON is on the warpath to track down the town centre's most prolific graffiti taggers. Rewards of £100 are being offered in the latest bid to catch the vandals, who are blighting walls, doors, fences and signs with their unsightly scrawl. A new
SINCE my retirement I have organised reunion visits to the canal zone area in Egypt. I was called up for National Service in 1954 and was posted to Egypt working GHQ Fayid Canal Zone then moved on to Cyprus. I organise return visits to the Fayid/Ismailia
Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, Salaam Bombay, Vanity Fair) returns with her new film THE NAMESAKE, adapted from Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri's best seller of the same name. THE NAMESAKE is a highly emotional family drama, which revolves
I FEEL utterly disgusted by the sale of council housing. Surely if one wishes to own one's own home, then by all means purchase one from a private property developer. Once a council property is sold to a tenant, and then resold at a vast profit
In 1607 more than 100 intrepid travellers left their homes in Kent to cross treacherous seas and explore strange lands in their search for the New World. After five months they landed in Virginia to establish the settlement of Jamestown and lay the foundations
DAVID Howell's early-season disappointment continued this morning as he bowed out of the Clariden Leu Singapore Masters at the halfway stage. The Swindon star, who shot a one-under-par 71 on day one at the Laguna Golf & Country Club, was unable to make
What a poor experience my journey to London was the other day! Three of the four London trains between 8am and 9am were cancelled due to "temporary staff shortage". I was told by uninterested station staff that "yes, they agreed with me that it was
THERE's only one Billie Piper, Melinda Messenger, Jamie Cox...but two David Howells. Swindon's golfer may be on the slide (SA, Howell slipping after early exit, February 27), falling to 18th in the world rankings, his lowest since November 2005. However
WE would be interested to know what other people living in West Swindon in the vicinity of the Link Centre feel about the regular visits (several times each year) from the funfair. The fair has been reported several times recently and the Adver appears
REGARDING Rod Nicholls' letter (SA, March 7), while we are all now fully aware of the dangers of books, I find Rod does not reach a satisfactory conclusion to this problem, which after all has plagued mankind for hundreds of years. Could the council
SATIRE can be a joy to read, as it was in Rod Nicholls' letter on book dangers. But, alas, holding up to ridicule by exaggeration is a style of writing lost on those most in need of its message. They think it's a joke! It's certainly fun writing satire
IN response to N Edwards (SA, March 2), the planned location for university buildings on the proposed Coate development were adjacent to the nature reserve at the back of the country park. They would begin from just behind the trees near the footbridge
REGARDING the recent smiling face of Mr James Arkell advertising the brewery's Beer Festival in September (SA, February 28), perhaps he could explain the reason for an inflation-busting 10 pence he added to a pint in all Arkell's pubs recently. One
I AM delighted to see the work being done on the house in Cricklade Street, formerly the offices of Townsend the solicitor. Not only will a very interesting building be saved and restored but the whole development seems a most intelligent use of the
ON April 1 (All Fools Day) the Government is increasing the cost of a prescription by 20p. This means that the cost of obtaining a single item of essential medicine will rise to £6.85 - a tax for being sick. In an attempt to justify this swingeing
WOOTTON Bassett can rubber-stamp their passport to the end-of-season play-offs tomorrow with victory at mid-table Oakmedians in Southern Counties South. Victory on the road will confirm Neil McCarthy's men in the top two and hand them the chance to seize
TIM Payne insists England are determined to "dig themselves out of a hole'' as they prepare to take on title favourites France in the Six Nations on Sunday. After the thumping by Ireland two weeks ago, the world champions season is on a knife-edge.
THOSE cast into the cold by Paul Sturrock would simply not be the answer to his prayers despite the current County Ground slump. With injuries, suspensions and certain players out of form, some supporters have questioned whether the manager was too
SNARLING Blair Sturrock says Town must unleash the dogs of war' against Accrington Stanley and avoid paying an Arsenal-style price for profligacy in front of goal. While most players have only had to face an angry manager at the training ground this
THE family of Carl James have spoken of their devastation following the young dad's murder. And they have appealed for any witnesses to the attack to come forward and help the police with their investigation. Carl, who would have turned 22 on Wednesday
REWARDS of £100 are being offered to catch the culprits responsible for the majority of graffiti in Swindon. The six "tags" pictured on the poster are the sorry signatures of the most prolific vandal artists in the town centre. Today, as part of our
SWINDON is on the warpath to track down the town centre's most prolific graffiti taggers. Rewards of £100 are being offered in the latest bid to catch the vandals, who are blighting walls, doors, fences and signs with their unsightly scrawl. A new scheme
ACCRINGTON Stanley fought long and hard to shake off their status as a punchline to a milk ad but they are in serious danger of sliding back into obscurity as they head for the County Ground tomorrow. John Coleman's side arrived back in the Football
If you are a drunken man or woman and it takes four policemen to arrest you, for whatever reason. If you think its ok to take them on at fisticuffs, you think its ok to help one of the officers down a staircase by unconventional means, don’t be surprised
