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Stories for 21 June 2000

Swindon News

NORTH STAR IS BETTER OPTION

G S BARNES (June 14) deserves support. There are other options for siting a football stadium besides those suggested in your paper and the Oasis site is very worthy of consideration.   more...

THANKS FOR HELP KEEPING AIR AMBULANCE FLYING

THE Wiltshire Air Ambulance Day on Saturday April 22 ­ to mark the 10th anniversary of our Air Ambulance ­ was very successful.   more...

SEARCH FOR AUNT JOSEPHINE

I WAS born in 1936 in Gloucester and by the time I was just over a year old both my parents had died and I was brought up by my maternal grandmother who knew, or at least told me, nothing of my father's side of the family. My brother and sister also knew little until I told them what I had found.   more...

OPEN DAY FOR ALL

MANY families who have elected to have a non-religious funeral ceremony will be pleased to know that this year I have been invited to represent them at the annual Open Day Service of Remembrance at Kingsdown Crematorium.   more...

WALL OF STATURE

PLEASE can Swindon Council provide a breakdown of the £36,000 required for building a wall in Dorcan with which to keep out our Romany friends.   more...

VAT IS UNFAIR

ON June 14, I took my pet to the vets, not for the first time.   more...

RIDGEWAY SCHOOL TEACHER WAS THE FIRST HIGH-PROFILE SEX SWAP IN SWINDON

THIS is not the first time a public figure in the Swindon area has announced plans like this.   more...

BREWING UP A TREAT FOR DRINKERS

DRINKERS who want to know where they can sup their ale with a ghost, or where the landlady used to lock her customers in on payday, can get the lowdown from a new glossy colour guide to the 99 pubs of Arkell's Brewery.   more...

NEWTS FORCE NATO TO WAIT

WORK begins on Monday to tear up and replace the worn runways, taxiways and aircraft parking areas at RAF Fairford.   more...

DANCING SCHOOL SUES BREWERY OVER CANCELLED DATE

A BREWERY in Swindon is being sued by an Irish dancing group for allegedly cancelling one of its bookings.   more...

JURY TOLD TO FORGET FEELING OF DISTASTE

THE jury in the trial of Nigel Carroll, who is accused of raiding women's homes and bombarding them with obscene phone calls, hasbeen told to put feelings of distaste aside.   more...

LAW-ABIDING VILLAGERS BACK CAMPAIGN AGAINST SPEED

MORE drivers have signed up in support of a village's anti-speeding pledge.   more...

LOUISE MEETS BILLIE AT EVENT IN LONDON

YOUNGSTER Louise Hunt got the chance to meet her favourite Swindon celebrity at a special charity party in London ­ and she wasn't a bit fazed.   more...

EXPERIENCE AND INSIGHTS WILL BE USEFUL

THE chairwoman of the Wiltshire Health Authority has spoken of her delight at being awarded a CBE in the Queen's birthday honours.   more...

SCOPE SHOP COULD CLOSE

THE Scope charity shop in Swindon's Brunel Centre could soon be shut down.   more...

MP HANDS OVER £9,000 CHEQUE

SHAW Ridge School is being presented with its extra cash from the Government by South Swindon MP Julia Drown.   more...

GOLD IN PROSPECT

THE Prospect Hospice was enjoying a golden day today.   more...

HEARTLESS VANDALS WRECK GARDEN CREATED IN MEMORY OF 10-MONTH-OLD MENINGITIS VICTIM AMY-LOUISE BOWNS

VANDALS have destroyed a memorial garden created to remember meningitis victim Amy-Louise Bowns.   more...

DRIVER PULLS KNIFE AFTER GIVING MAN LIFT TO TOWN

POLICE are hunting a robber who threatened a man with a knife just minutes after offering him a lift.   more...

VICTIMS OF ROAD CRASH NAMED

THE FOUR young people from Swindon who died in the horrific four-car pile up on their way back from an all-night dance rave have been named by police.   more...

JOY TURNS TO DESPAIR AS FANS PACK PUBS FOR THE BIG MATCH

MORE than 300 people packed into The Windmill pub in Freshbrook last night to witness England's crucial Euro 2000 match shown Samba-style.   more...

KIFEPOINT ROBBERY BY POKEMON BOYS

TWO stepbrothers wept as they were ordered to apologise and pay compensation to two ten-year-olds they robbed for Pokemon cards.   more...

FIRST HONDA CR-V ROLLS OFF LINE

THE first Honda CR-V four-wheel car will come off the production line in Swindon tomorrow.   more...

SCHOOL WALK TAKES ITS TOLL ON GEORGIA

LITTLE Georgia Rant suffers from a rare genetic disorder that means she needs constant care and attention.   more...

SONS COME OUT TO GIVE DAD A HAND

A LECHLADE landlord has just completed his sixth gruelling London to Brighton bicycle ride.   more...

WHY I WANT TO BE A WOMAN BY PETER STONE, VICAR OF ST PHILIP'S CHURCH IN STRATTON

When the envelope containing the Rt Rev Barry Rogerson's reply came I held it tightly for a long time before opening it.   more...

HOW COULD THEY DO IT TO THEM?

THE most charitable thing to be said about the vandals who've damaged Elizabeth Bowns' garden is that they aren't aware it was planted in memory of her infant daughter.   more...

ONE RULE THAT SHOULD BE BENT

SWINDON Borough Council's decision that Helen Rant must now push her handicapped daughter to the Chalet School because they live only half a mile away seems unnecessarily harsh.   more...

  
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