Wiltshire | Archive | 2000 | June
FOR the first time in his life five-year-old Lawrence Millett has told his father he loves him. more...
Police are investigating why an officer used a mobile phone when driving, days after a woman motorist was fined for drinking water. more...
ONE of Wiltshire's song birds could be singing its last tune unless efforts to save it are stepped up says the RSPB. more...
PAVEMENTS in a Calne street could be made wider to encourage more children to walk or cycle to school. more...
CALNE'S northern bypass will be called Beversbrook Road, and not Caln Pennsylvania Drive. more...
PLANS to demolish one of Heddington's oldest buildings are to receive closer inspection from councillors. more...
A visit to Longleat will be the highlight of two weeks of fun for youngsters at Calne Youth Centre in August. more...
CHERHILL pre-school playgroup is to open an extra session each Thursday afternoon. more...
CALNE'S annual duck race on the River Marden, organised by the town's Lions Club, attracted more entries than ever last Sunday. more...
THREE princesses are being sought to grace Calne Carnival on July 8. more...
The Friends of Marshfield Road Surgery, Chippenham showed the results of months of dedicated fundraising when they presented a £2,500 defibrillator to Dr Barney Williams. more...
A PILOT shop mobility scheme is due to be launched in September in Chippenham town centre. more...
Police are investigating why an officer used a mobile phone when driving, days after a woman motorist was fined for drinking water. more...
TRIUMPHANT adventurer David Hempleman-Adams looked death in the eye as he crash-landed on Arctic ice. more...
SCHOOLS in Chippenham are preparing to fight to prevent plans for a housing development being turned down. more...
AN electrical company has been fined £3,000 for selling a second-hand telephone as new to north Colerne resident, David Jennings. more...
SECURITY guard Nigel Wright faces a three-month wait to find out whether he is HIV positive after being stabbed in the face with a hypodermic needle. more...
Vintage tractor enthusiast Andy Wheeler will take the long, slow road north this week to raise hundreds of pounds for charity. more...
SOCCER-MAD Mayor Sandie Webb is preparing to combine council business with pleasure as she follows the England team's fortunes in the Euro 2000 championships. more...
FOOTBALL bosses are supporting mayor Sandie Webb's campaign for new playing fields in Chippenham. more...
A SINGING and dancing parrot called Barney, who entertains visitors at a Chippenham guest house, has disappeared. more...
A MILLENNIUM clock could soon adorn Chippenham Town Hall, thanks to the efforts of Sheldon School students. more...
HUNDREDS of people have visited an exhibition to see for themselves a blueprint for the next chapter of Chippenham's town centre development. more...
Police are investigating why an officer used a mobile phone when driving, days after a woman motorist was fined for drinking water. more...
CHARITIES in Box will receive a cash donation of £1,500 following a week of fun and games organised by the Box Revels. more...
ONE of Wiltshire's song birds could be singing its last tune unless efforts to save it are stepped up says the RSPB. more...
After coming up with water saving ideas which cut £250,000 a year off the Wiltshire County Council budget, engineer Steve Hodges has been asked for some tips to help the Government cut its water bills. more...
TRIUMPHANT adventurer David Hempleman-Adams looked death in the eye as he crash-landed on Arctic ice. more...
DAVID Hempleman-Adams has broken a host of world records during his recent polar balloon flight. more...
TRIUMPHANT adventurer David Hempleman-Adams looked death in the eye as he crash-landed on Arctic ice. more...
family and friends have paid tribute to 21-year-old Andy Musselwhite after he was killed in a crash. more...
IAN Glendinning, who for more than 30 years has campaigned on health issues in Devizes, has resigned from the Bath and District Community Health Council in angry protest at the way the town has been treated in recent consultations over a stroke rehabilitation unit. more...
DETERMINED mums who started a campaign to improve road safety near Rowde School are celebrating after Wiltshire County Council agreed to pay for a lollipop patrol. more...
THE Palace Cinema may be opening again next week for one night only, so it can show a film for Devizes Festival. more...
THE last allotment holders at Spitalcroft have been told to clear the land by the charity which failed to get permission to build 120 houses on the site. more...
TRIUMPHANT crew members on the Dauntsey's School boat, Jolie Brise, have been celebrating their latest success in the prestigious Tall Ships 2000 Race. more...
WADERS of the human variety will be appearing in The Crammer during the next few weeks while assessment work is carried out on the historic pond. more...
REAL ale lovers from across the area will be converging on Devizes next month for the town's second annual beer festival. more...
VOLUNTEERS who want to make new friends are needed by a charity keen to attract new blood to its bustling centre in Devizes. more...
POLICE recovered a substantial quantity of drugs, believed to be cannabis resin, in a raid on an address in Devizes. more...
FORMER mayor Noel Woolrych is swapping teaching for a new role as project manager of Options Cafe in Devizes. more...
TRIUMPHANT adventurer David Hempleman-Adams looked death in the eye as he crash-landed on Arctic ice. more...
Police are investigating why an officer used a mobile phone when driving, days after a woman motorist was fined for drinking water. more...
CATTLE farmer Ruth Jennings has returned home from her nine-day charity trek through Namibia overwhelmed by the beauty and vastness of the African desert. more...
RESIDENTS have raised concerns that signs on Holloway Hill do not adequately explain to motorists who has right of way when passing through a traffic calming chicane near the bottom of the hill. more...
POLICE believe they are closing the net on the sale of drugs in Malmesbury and the surrounding villages after a series of raids across the area. more...
TRAVELLER Stuart Gambles, 25, died in Africa after he stumbled and fell down the side of a mountain. more...
FURTHER delays are threatening ambitious plans to build three new schools in Wiltshire. more...
A MALMESBURY couple have found one of the 160-year-old bollards that went missing from near the Market Cross. more...
AN ancient tradition will be revived in Malmesbury on Sunday when mayor Catherine Doody performs the Millennium beating of the bounds. more...
TRADERS need to work harder to attract more shoppers to Malmesbury, despite an upturn in business, says a new report. more...
CRUDWELL could soon become the home town of an opera diva after a win at last month's Cheltenham Festival for Competitive Music has encouraged resident, Anita Reynell, to pursue a professional singing career. more...
THE Action for Children in Reeds Farm community group was given a kick-start on Monday when the Malmesbury Lions Club donated £50 to cover the group's initial administration costs. more...
WHEN landscape gardener Stuart Saunders was forced to give up his career because of his dodgy knees, he set up a company in Marlborough making adhesive labels. more...
ENFORD village, which was once famous for its processions, is reviving the tradition and staging a carnival, flower festival and fun day to raise funds for a village hall. more...
THE National Trust is exploring the possibility that jerry builders are as old as the hills, or certainly as old as the team of workers paid to fill in a 100 ft deep shaft dug into Silbury Hill 230 years ago. more...
TRIUMPHANT adventurer David Hempleman-Adams looked death in the eye as he crash-landed on Arctic ice. more...
A TEENAGER who kicked a car several times, was caught after he talked about committing the damage, South East Wiltshire Youth Court was told on Thursday. more...
BRITISH Gas customers left out in the cold when the supply was cut off are furious after learning they are still no nearer getting compensation. more...
FAMILIES in Marlborough are being invited to join in a big Millennium party on Saturday. more...
MARLBOROUGH town clerk Graham Chivers believes a new economic partnership will boost tourism. more...
A motorcycle damaged in an accident was stolen while its rider went to get help. more...
RESIDENTS in Marlborough are being asked to save their newspapers and put them out for a new kerbside collection service to help the district council achieve recycling targets set by the Government . more...
magistrates heard how a homemade firework built by former lab technician Andrew Potter exploded in his friend's hand. more...
FOLLOWING a spate of attacks on Vauxhall cars in Pewsey a few weeks ago, thieves are now targeting BMWs parked in the village. more...
TWELVE members of The Shak youth centre in Pewsey are busy training for the adventure of a lifetime. more...
THE article by Shirley Mathias (June 2) on the grottiness she found at PMH rang bells with me and will with some of my fellow members of the Community Health Council. more...
RE the article in Saturday's Evening Advertiser about the old lady who was threatened by this council of being evicted for the crime of being in hospital. more...
A STAGGERING £4.6 million much of it public money is being spent on blanket advertising to persuade people to eat pig meat. more...
Can Devil's Claw or Green-Lipped Mussels help arthritis sufferers? more...
aid items ready to be transported on a mercy mission to Romania have been ransacked for the second time in six months. more...
AN evening at the County Ground is clearly good for Anglo-French relations. more...
FIZZ may have started her life on the streets, but in the space of six years she has risen to become the star of a national show. more...
LYDIARD Park Conference Centre could receive £65,000 if councillors give the funding the goahead. Swindon Borough Council's cabinet will discuss it tonight. more...
A REPORT has revealed the full extent of underfunding on the maintenance of schools in Wiltshire. more...
ART students are showing off their skills at a show in Swindon. more...
TAXPAYERS in Wiltshire will have to find more money over the next five years to meet extra capital costs. more...
SOUTH Swindon MP Julia Drown has signed up to the National Asthma Agenda. more...
SWINDON Town's season may be over but there will still be plenty of noise generated at the County Ground this weekend. more...
THE police were called to a Swindon pre-school nursery but it was all for the sake of education. more...
Swindon Dance is preparing to celebrate its 21st anniversary this autumn. VERENA VOLLERTSEN paid a visit to the school. . . more...
A SERIAL burglar with a fetish for tights targeted a string of women across Swindon by stealing their underwear and bombarding them with obscene phone calls, a court heard. more...
EXPLORER David Hempleman-Adams was today enjoying home comforts following his record-breaking balloon journey to the North Pole. more...
CHILDREN are keeping their fingers crossed at a Swindon junior school today. more...
RADICAL plans to bring Wiltshire's transport network into the 21st Century could win a £100 million cash injection from the Government. more...
A SWINDON back to nature initiative has gone from strength to strength. more...
AN EVENING service has been launched for Swindon residents to deal with noise and other nuisance problems outside office hours. more...
THE campaign to reinstate Wootton Bassett's railway station after 30 years has won backing from a passengers' group. more...
TERRY BRADY has appointed a team of accountants to help steer Swindon Town out of administration. more...
Golfing hot shot Richard Scarrott has become the youngest ever winner of a men's medal at the Wrag Barn course. more...
DAVID HOWELL tees-off in the Wales Open tomorrow at Celtic Manor, Newport, looking to build on his recent return to form. more...
IAN BOLT, the teaching professional at Cricklade Hotel and Country Club and Evening Advertiser golf columnist, reviews the new Wentwood Hills course at Celtic Manor, Newport, the venue for this week's European Tour event, the Wales Open. more...
THE summer sunshine has yet to arrive and despite it being June, it feels like pre-season with the grounds still soft, wickets sluggish and club cricket in stop-start mode, like the A419 at Blunsdon on a Monday morning. more...
AUSTRALIAN Mike Cameron's five-wicket haul was not enough to save Wootton Bassett from another defeat. more...
Swindon finally notched their first league win of the year with a resounding victory at local more...
WILTSHIRE made it two championship wins out of two at Wellington to lead the Minor Counties Western Division table. more...
bowlers dominated on damp and drying pitches in a full league programme. more...
SWINDON GWR suffered another disappointment with a heavy defeat at the hands of Witney Mills. more...
TRAVELLER Stuart Gambles, 25, died in Africa after he stumbled and fell down the side of a mountain. more...
THE campaign to reinstate Wootton Bassett's railway station after 30 years has won backing from a passengers' group. more...
THE first community information centre of its kind in a Wiltshire public library has been opened in Wootton Bassett. more...
THIEVES escaped with more than £20,000 worth of goods after a break-in at the One Stop Shop in Wootton Bassett. more...
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