Wiltshire | Archive | 2000 | June
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IT is a great pity that so many red herrings and emotional issues are being used, in order to influence a decision on the sale or otherwise of part of the GWR Sports Ground. more...
COUN DICKINSON (letter Putting the pupil first, EA, June 9) is to be forgiven as a new member for advocating what should happen when things are already in place. more...
MORE than 1,400 youngsters descended on Swindon for the Millennium youth Games. more...
SOUTH Swindon MP Julia Drown brought a smile to the faces of pupils and staff at Shaw Ridge School. more...
FLOWER power is helping to grow Prospect Hospice's money pot. more...
THE number of complaints against the police in Wiltshire has increased in each of the last three years. more...
SWINDON borough council must find an extra £140,000 for their dream of having a university to become a reality. more...
SWINDON'S first ninja says it was only thanks to his training that he and his wife escaped death when they were involved in a head-on-collision. more...
RAIL company First Great Western has been criticised for providing a continually poor service. more...
THE teenage son of Karen Chandler has told how hard his family have been hit by her tragic death. more...
A NARROW strip of land in Swindon is to be sold by Wiltshire County Council to allow development to go ahead. more...
SWINDON students donned their most glamorous gear for a ball at the Hilton Hotel. more...
THREE masked raiders abducted a van driver and hijacked his vehicle as he made a collection at a Wootton Bassett industrial estate. more...
JUST 10 days after collapsing to the floor of a London bar, Swindon pop star Billie Piper has shown she is well on the way to recovery. more...
POLICE are searching for a 32-year-old Swindon man who disappeared after leaving his wife messages saying he was going to commit suicide. more...
DRUG dealer Spencer Devey has been jailed for a year after a court heard how he sold cannabis to make ends meet after losing his job. more...
MILLENNIUM Volun-teers, the Swindon group of youngsters who work for the community, is founding a Nest Box Group. more...
Picture the scene. Gloriously warm evening, the whole nation focused on a sweet England victory. more...
I have read many letters from people eulogising about the Front Garden and how it's meant so much over the generations. more...
I AM writing as a football fan and also a steward for two years in the past. more...
Lee Westwood delivered on his promise to claim the 20th title of his career in the Compaq European Grand Prix. more...
IN my first golf column at the end of March, I wrote that I felt there was a good chance that Tiger Woods could be arriving at St Andrews in July looking for his third major title of the year. more...
ONE of the most destructive swing faults in golf is the sway. more...
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TERRY BRADY is set to take Swindon Town out of administration next month. more...
Swindon Town's home game against Oxford is likely to be moved because it clashes with England's World Cup qualifier against Germany. more...
SWINDON Phoenix, the town's new senior ice hockey team, will compete in the English Premier National Hock-ey League. more...
RON BERTRAND and Darcy Cahill are set to return to the Link Centre for another season. more...
SWINDON TopCats failed in their bid to win the Friendship Trophy for a fourth time in their two-day tournament staged at the Link Centre. more...
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Marlborough jockey Tim Sprake, who suffered serious head injuries in a road accident in December, took a giant step on the road to recovery with a visit to Bath racecourse. more...
Angling pair John Bohane and Pete Townsend finished in joint tenth place at the Embassy Challenge final in Denmark. more...
SEVERAL top international riders will be among the starters at this weekend's Hilton Herbs and Raddery Equine Festival of British Endurance Riding staged at Cirencester Park. more...
FOOTBALL: Swindon Town are looking for new stewards for fixtures at the County Ground. The only requirements are that they should be able-bodied, active and between the ages of 18 and 55. more...
CYCLE SPEEDWAY: World champion Steve Harris was on storming form as he guided England to a convincing victory in the home nations championship in Stoke. The England captain showed the sort of form he will need to produce if he is to add the European title to his World Championship crown in Poland next month. England were well clear of Scotland, while Ireland and Wales were equal third. Harris' Swindon Southbrook Inn colleague, Paul White, who rides for Wales and was their leading scorer, said: Steve was riding vintage style. England were so far ahead that three of their riders, including Steve, gave up a ride to give their reserves a go. Steve has got to be confident of adding the European Championship to his World title. more...
YachtING: Thomas Mallindine produced another excellent display to finish in tenth place at the Dutch Nationals. The 12-year-old from Blunsdon was the first British sailor home in the field of 289 boats. The competition in the Netherlands was a warm up for the World Championships, which will take place in Spain in July. Thomas has already qualified for that tournament, and he was on top form once again against a high-quality field that featured most of the top performers in the Under-16 section. more...
KWIK CRICKET: The following district winners will go through to the second round of the Kwik Cricket tournament after winning in the first round: Swindon Wanborough, Eldene, Holy Family. Kennet Wansdyke (Devizes), Urchfont, St. Peters (Marlborough). North Wilts St. Pauls (Chippenham), Ashton Keynes, Ivy Lane (Chippenham) more...
SPORT is full of contrasting fortunes. It's the nature of the beast. Some people are winners and some lose and there was no more starker comparison than that of two old mates in the past week. more...
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WILTSHIRE suffered a miserable day when Minor Counties cricket came to the County Ground yesterday. more...
England have been forced into changes for Thursday's second Test against the West Indies at Lord's with captain Nasser Hussain the most notable absentee. more...
Hellenic Premier League team Fairford Town, have arranged a prestigious pre-season friendly against Premiership side Coventry City. more...
Patrick Kluivert cast doubt on his historic goal blitz in Rotterdam by admitting one of his goals had gone in off a Yugoslav player. more...
Luis Figo is poised to conquer the world according to Portugal team-mate Abel Xavier. more...
Zinedine Zidane warned that France's current side was stronger than the team which won the 1998 World Cup after inspiring them to the victory over Spain. more...
Romanian skipper Gheorghe Hagi was sent off for diving as Italy stayed on course to reach their first European Championship final for 32 years. more...
YOUNG Oliver Gresham is praying that Wootton Bassett sports development officer Chris Kirkland is allowed to keep his job. more...
MORE than 220 teams will compete in the Swindon and District League next season. more...
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