Wiltshire | Archive | 2000 | May
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...
I'D LIKE to take this chance to write in, after reading your recent piece on foster carers. more...
I see that the Little England All By Itself diddy people are still trotting out their emotive rubbish (Letters, May 3). more...
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...
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...
I am trying to make contact with an old friend of mine back in the 1940s and 1950s. more...
SHE'S been canoeing and even abseiling and now Swindon supergran Ivy Parmenter has added another nerve-racking activity to her repertoire conducting. more...
SWINDON'S shoppers no longer have to leave their front room to visit the supermarket. more...
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...
DIGNITARIES gathered for the official opening of Chiseldon's Millennium Copse at the weekend. more...
shopkeepers are needed to help run the only village store of its kind in the country. more...
THE tables were turned on a dog warden when she found herself locked in the pound. more...
A SWINDON-based service which helps people who have been sexually abused or are victims of domestic violence is looking for volunteers. more...
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...
A NEW Wiltshire Wildlife Trust nature reserve was due to be unveiled at Rushy Platt today by two Swindon schoolchildren. more...
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...
THE case of a dog left under-nourished and flea-ridden by a Swindon family is highlighted in new RSPCA statistics. more...
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...
THE administration of Swindon's hung council is still in the air despite a meeting between the political party leaders. more...
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...
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...
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...
ONE of the leading lights of the British punk movement will grace the stage in Swindon later this month. more...
THE anti-cancer drug Taxol will soon be made available for people in Swindon. more...
STAFF at Swindon companies will be given the chance to knock out rival workers at a massive bank holiday fun event. more...
Hundreds of people put their training shoes on for the annual Highworth Road Race. more...
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...
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 won the Knockout Cup for the third year on the trot, beating the Moonrakers 4-0 in front of 500 spectators. more...
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...
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...
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...
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...
sailor Thomas Mallindine has qualified for his second World Championships. more...
Thomas belongs to the British Steel Sailing Club in South Wales, near his school in Monmouth. more...
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