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Stories for 22 May 2000

Swindon News

DESTROY THESE CROPS

Swindon Friends of the Earth have called upon this Govern-ment to order the immediate destruction of the illegally planted genetically modified oil seed rape in the UK.   more...

WELL SITED FOR THE LIBRARY

We agree with Lily Pratlet's letter to the Evening Advertiser.   more...

ISN'T THIS FRAUD TOO?

Housing benefit is administered by local councils but financed from central government.   more...

MONEY VITAL TO DEBATE

AS the debate regarding South Swindon MP Julia Drown rages on I believe the vital point is being missed.   more...

PLANS ARE UNDER WAY FOR FIRST CITY FESTIVAL

PLANS are under way for the first Swindon City Festival.   more...

SIT-IN THREAT OAPS TO STAY PUT IN CHURCH HALL

CRICKLADE senior citizens who threatened to stage a sit-in over the temporary closure of their church hall day centre have been told they can continue to use the facility.   more...

DISAPPOINTED DAREDEVILS GET ANOTHER CHANCE

PEOPLE who missed out on a charity abseil in March will have a second opportunity to take the plunge next month.   more...

POPULARITY TURNS MARKET MONTHLY

A HAT-TRICK of successes is being claimed by the organisers of a farmers' market.   more...

SCHOOL GETS PRAISE FROM OFSTED TEAM

LESSONS at Bradon Forest are interesting and at times inspirational, according to a government inspection team.   more...

BUMPER RUN FOR SCHOOL

RAIN and hail didn't stop 250 people taking part in the annual Chiseldon Fun Run.   more...

DRUG-FREE ASTHMA TREATMENT OFFERED

A COURSE in a revolutionary drug-free treatment for asthma is being offered to people in Swindon.   more...

ZOE IS TO BE A MUM

Television and radio presenter Zoe Ball, whose grandparents live in Swindon, has announced she is expecting her first baby.   more...

GRANT WILL AID SERVICE FOR VICTIMS

LOCAL branches of a supermarket chain have donated £500 to help victims of domestic violence and crime.   more...

GET INTO THE BEAT FOR DRUMMING WORKSHOP

DRUMMER Barry Ganberg will be on the beat at this year's series of World Music summer concerts in Swindon.   more...

EXCITEMENT BUILDS FOR COUNTRY FAIR

SHOWMEN and women from all over the UK are getting ready to converge on Wiltshire for the Highworth Country Fair 2000.   more...

ENTRANTS GET READY FOR FINAL COOK-OFF

THE finalists for this year's Young Cook of the Year competition, sponsored by communications company ntl, have been selected from the 25 original entries received from eight Swindon schools.   more...

PUBLICATION CELEBRATES COUNTRY LIFE

A BOOK called Wiltshire Time Capsule is being published to commemorate life in the county at the turn of the millennium.   more...

HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE

PEOPLE in Wiltshire are being given the chance to shape the future of Swindon and the county's waste plan.   more...

THEY'LL NEVER ADMIT THEY WERE SO WRONG

WAR veteran Kim Main has poured scorn on research that confirms multiple vaccinations given to soldiers in the 1991 conflict with Iraq may be linked to Gulf War syndrome.   more...

FILM ON STRESS

WOMEN in Swindon are being invited to a film premiere at a local church.   more...

PETROL BOMB ATTACK ON CLUB

A PACKED night club was targeted in a petrol bomb attack which could have put hundreds of lives in danger.   more...

MP BACKS LOTTERY BID FOR TWIN TOWN

SWINDON Ocotal Link is bidding for £80,000 of lottery cash to fund educational materials for schools and an international website about the Nicaraguan town.   more...

WAKE UP CALL

CHANNEL 4's Big Breakfast chose a Swindon cul-de-sac for a wacky poetry competition today.   more...

VIP MARK IS THE STAR OF THE SHOW

CRICKLADE'S May Fair had a VIP in attendance for the first time ever.   more...

UMBRELLAS, RAINCOATS . . . AND ALL THAT JAZZ!

GEORGE Martin showed his true British spirit when he braved the rain to watch an open-air jazz concert.   more...

POLICE HUNT NIGHTCLUB ATTACKER

POLICE are hunting an attacker who fractured the jaw of a man outside Swindon's Brunel Rooms.   more...

MOTORCYCLIST DIES IN CRASH

A SWINDON man died when his motorbike was in collision with a car.   more...

POKEMON CARD THIEVES CONVICTED

A PAIR of teenage boys who held two ten-year-olds at knifepoint for their Pokemon cards pleaded guilty to robbery, when they appeared at Swin-don youth court.   more...

  
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