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Stories for 9 May 2000

Swindon News

STOP SALE OF FRONT GARDEN

WITH Swindon Council now having no one party in overall control, the people of the borough have every right to expect that the sale of the Front Garden will be stopped without further ado.   more...

FOSTER CARERS ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB

I'D LIKE to take this chance to write in, after reading your recent piece on foster carers.   more...

WE MUST WIDEN OUR HORIZONS

I see that the Little England All By Itself diddy people are still trotting out their emotive rubbish (Letters, May 3).   more...

SHAME ON THEM

IF the report of the way Mr and Mrs Stanton were treated after their flight from Zimbabwe to England is true (Evening Advertiser, May 2), then Swindon Borough Council should hang its head in shame.   more...

REAL REASONS

After the domination of local politics for 20 years by the Labour Party, Swindon has witnessed a huge swing in support of the Conservatives.   more...

SEEING MY PAL

I am trying to make contact with an old friend of mine back in the 1940s and 1950s.   more...

SUPERGRAN IVY ROSE TO CONDUCTING CHALLENGE

SHE'S been canoeing and even abseiling and now Swindon supergran Ivy Parmenter has added another nerve-racking activity to her repertoire ­ conducting.   more...

CUSTOMERS CAN SHOP FROM HOME WITH TESCO

SWINDON'S shoppers no longer have to leave their front room to visit the supermarket.   more...

BUYERS CAMP OUT TO BETHE FIRST

HOUSE buyers have set up camp in Lyneham in a bid to be the first to snap up a number of former RAF servicemen's homes which have recently been put on the market.   more...

TREE PLANTING CEREMONY OPOENS MILLENNIUM COPSE

DIGNITARIES gathered for the official opening of Chiseldon's Millennium Copse at the weekend.   more...

CYBERSHOP IS VIRTUALLY THERE

shopkeepers are needed to help run the only village store of its kind in the country.   more...

A DOG'S LIFE FOR STRAY WARDEN

THE tables were turned on a dog warden when she found herself locked in the pound.   more...

HELPLINE CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS

A SWINDON-based service which helps people who have been sexually abused or are victims of domestic violence is looking for volunteers.   more...

WERE YOU AN ACTOR IN A SHORT FILM?

A SWINDON film-making studio wants to hear from local actors who appeared in an award-winning short film made in the town more than ten years ago.   more...

CHILDREN TO OPEN NEW NATURE RESERVE

A NEW Wiltshire Wildlife Trust nature reserve was due to be unveiled at Rushy Platt today by two Swindon schoolchildren.   more...

24TH FAIR SETS HIGH STANDARD

THE dust has barely settled after Saturday's May Fair in Pinehurst but thoughts are already turning to next year's special anniversary event.   more...

REPORT HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF ANIMALS

THE case of a dog left under-nourished and flea-ridden by a Swindon family is highlighted in new RSPCA statistics.   more...

SHOPPERS SEE TWO STABBED IN GANG FIGHT

TEN people were being questioned by police today after two warring groups of Eastern Europeans ran amok in the town centre leaving two men injured.   more...

CONFUSION OVER HOW COUNCIL WILL BE RUN

THE administration of Swindon's hung council is still in the air ­ despite a meeting between the political party leaders.   more...

WARNING AS THIEVES PREY ON ELDERLY

POLICE are urging people to be aware of opportunist thieves who may strike while doors and windows are left open during the summer months.   more...

GIRLS ARE QUEENS OF THE CHESS BOARD

FOUR Swindon junior school girls proved themselves among the best in the country when they shared first place in their age group of the National Girls Schools Chess Championships at the weekend.   more...

ONE DOWN, THREE CHALLENGES TO GO

PENSIONER Martin Vandervelde is set to pound and pedal his way over more than 800 miles in a bid to fund Wroughton's Prospect Hospice for a day.   more...

PUNK STAR HAS A DATE IN TOWN

ONE of the leading lights of the British punk movement will grace the stage in Swindon later this month.   more...

TAXOL - The drug that can buy cancer patients time will be available in Wiltshire on the NHS

THE anti-cancer drug Taxol will soon be made available for people in Swindon.   more...

SHOW WILL BE A REAL KNOCKOUT

STAFF at Swindon companies will be given the chance to knock out rival workers at a massive bank holiday fun event.   more...

HUNDREDS ARE IN THE RUNNING

Hundreds of people put their training shoes on for the annual Highworth Road Race.   more...

Swindon Sport

TODD WILL GET CASH Chairman gives new boss transfer boost by MATT REEDER

COLIN TODD has been assured that funds are there waiting for him to spend as he sets about rebuilding a team for the second division.   more...

Paceman Lewis eyes semi-finals by MATT REEDER

SWINDON pace bowler Jon Lewis is hoping to put the wet start to the cricket season behind him today as he bids for more cup glory with Gloucestershire.   more...

GREYHOUND'S CUP HAT-TRICK Dave's cracker sets holders on their way Swindon Sunday League

GREYHOUND won the Knockout Cup for the third year on the trot, beating the Moonrakers 4-0 in front of 500 spectators.   more...

Exhausted Supermarine snatch a second trophy Hellenic League by RAY BURROUGHS

SWINDON Supermarine lifted their second trophy of the season when they defeated Division One side Ross Town by 2-1 in the final of the Hellenic League Cherry Red Records Challenge Cup.   more...

Steve's header is a winner Doc Martens League

CIRENCESTER finished on a high, winning their last four league games to take them to a respectable position in the upper half of the table.   more...

CAPITAL WIN FOR HARRIERS Opening victory for Swindon men in London by SAM WHEELER

Swindon Harriers men made a stunning start to their league programme with an exciting and close-fought victory at Parliament Hill in London on Saturday.   more...

Howell aiming to forget French nightmare by IAN WILKERSON

DAVID HOWELL will be hoping for a change of fortune this week when the European Tour reaches Britain for the first time this season.   more...

RULING THE WAVES Sailor Tom qualifies for his second World Championship by SAM WHEELER

sailor Thomas Mallindine has qualified for his second World Championships.   more...

How to get started in the world of sailing

Thomas belongs to the British Steel Sailing Club in South Wales, near his school in Monmouth.   more...

  
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