Wiltshire | Archive | 2001 | January
COPYING scenes from a horror film has left two Bradford on Avon teenagers with an official reprimand from police. more...
Shortages of skilled workers has reached record levels in parts of British industry, according to a new report. more...
THE National House Builders Council has presented three awards to Wilcon Homes, which has extensive contracts in the Swindon area. more...
CAR and steel workers are braced for crucial decisions over the next few days which could lead to thousands of fresh job losses and spark a fierce debate about the state of the economy. more...
John Caudwell, the business tycoon behind the Phones 4u mobile phone chain, has pledged to release £100 million of shares to attract the best business brains in the world to his board. more...
A COUPLE have revealed how they blew the whistle on an animal sanctuary after discovering a catalogue of suffering. more...
A CORSHAM School pupil collapsed and died in Melksham last week after an asthma attack. more...
A CORSHAM School pupil collapsed and died in Melksham last week after an asthma attack. more...
AN inquiry is to be held after an asbestos scare closed Urchfont Primary School near Devizes for a day on Tuesday January 23. more...
NEW moves to protect Wiltshire's rich archaeological history are being supported by English Heritage. more...
Wiltshire's own army regiment is pulling out all the stops to recruit more soldiers. more...
SERVICEMEN who thought they were taking part in experiments at a top secret Wiltshire laboratory to find a cure for the common cold may have been given LSD or mind-bending drugs, it has been claimed. more...
DEMORALISED dairy farmer John Borras is quitting after 50 years in the industry. more...
COUNCILLORS are calling for a former Second World War concrete pill box in Marlborough to be given listed building status. more...
A COMMUNITY has been left in a state of shock after the death of popular, animal-loving teenager Vicki Sketchley. more...
COLIN Clark was not going to let the heavy snowfall on January 18, 1941, spoil his big day. more...
Wilts League: The thaw came too late to save many fixtures with half the scheduled programme postponed due to frosty grounds. more...
District League: Custom Homes and Skin Graffiti are through to the semi-finals of the Advertiser Cup. more...
Bromsgrove 1, Cirencester Town 1: Cirencester made it six games without defeat in a hard-fought match against a busy, workmanlike team who are struggling to get out of the lower reaches of the league. more...
MATT Heywood sought some Aussie advice before agreeing to sign for Swindon Town. more...
STEVE Mildenhall followers know the Town keeper has suffered his fair share of kicks in the footballing proverbials. more...
A LARGE torrent has passed under the bridge since Town and Colchester met on the opening day of the season. more...
I AM among the majority of pensioners who are incensed as a result of the decision taken by Swindon Council to remove our use of travel tokens on the trains. more...
Shirley Mathias has criticised Princess Margaret Hospital again (Adver, January 12). This will come as no surprise to your readership. Why is the PMH always at the brunt of Shirley's passion? Was she once wronged? (Editor's note: See picture and caption above) more...
HOW dare E Martin infer in her letter (January 18) that people who came to Swindon with the London overspill are lesser people than her. My parents came to the estates in 1957 because there was not adequate housing in London for us. They cared for their house in Whitbourne Avenue for 42 years until they died. To my mum, it was the first proper home we had and she cherished it. more...
MAY I express my sincere thanks and gratitude to all those in the Swindon area who contributed to a recent house to house collection for the National Kidney Research Fund. more...
HAVING read that Terry Brady has promised to leave town unless his proposals on the Front Garden are started immediately was music to my ears. more...
I THINK our success lies with the idea of giving policing back to the community and responding to the different problems in different parts of the county. more...
FRIENDS and family of little Lana Caroline Bruce gathered at Swindon's Civic Offices to witness the first naming ceremony ever to be held at the venue. more...
A SHROPSHIRE man is looking for relatives of a Swindon soldier who was killed in the First World War. more...
HEALTHCARE experts in Wiltshire have launched an attack on head lice with a package of guidelines for parents and teachers. more...
MASS civil disobedience throughout Wiltshire, amounting to war in the countryside, is being forecast by Conservative MP James Gray if foxhunting with hounds is banned. more...
ST SAMPSON'S Infant School in Cricklade is celebrating after being praised by Government Ofsted inspectors and the Basic Skills Agency. more...
IN a week in which it was announced that Madonna is employing a Scottish chess coach to improve her skill at the mind game, a record number of girls turned out for a girls-only chess event at Wroughton Junior School at the weekend. more...
A NATIONAL charity is running a sponsored silence to improve healthcare in Swindon. more...
WORKING with 28 women and only one other male sounds like a dream job for most men. more...
A NEW Braille marking system means blind and partially sighted supermarket shoppers need never worry about what is in their cupboards. more...
TRAIN crews and rail workers from the glory days of the GWR gathered to tell their stories at Steam. more...
WILTSHIRE Health Authority ranks below the national average for the number of abortions it pays for on the National Health Service. more...
VICTIM Support Wiltshire is seeking volunteers for a new project in Swindon. more...
TEENAGER Lee Goodchild has been jailed for 22 months after admitting dangerous driving, assault and affray. more...
COLIN Clark was not going to let the heavy snowfall on January 18, 1941, spoil his big day. more...
NEW moves to protect Wiltshire's rich archaeological history are being supported by English Heritage. more...
A GOVERNMENT package to give the police new powers will help tackle crime and modernise law enforcement in Swindon. more...
DISTRICT nurses, health visitors and voluntary workers in Swindon are to be trained to understand what government grants are available to low income families to keep warm this winter. more...
OFFICIALS from Swindon are joining professionals from across the South West in a crackdown on teenage smoking. more...
Swindon's own army regiment is pulling out all the stops to recruit more soldiers. more...
SWINDON'S new £148 million hospital will be called the Great Western Hospital. more...
A RUSSIAN saboteur hacked into Swindon Council's website, disrupting the service for several hours. more...
TWO Swindon schools have made history by qualifying for the regional final of The Times Schools Chess Championship. more...
WILTSHIRE Police Authority has accepted that it is inevitable that police officers will be forced to admit whether or not they are Freemasons. more...
POOR Beryl need not bother coming to Old Town. more...
CAMPAIGNERS against the proposed Front Garden development are pinning their hopes on a similar project which has just collapsed. more...
A TRIO of schoolgirls stayed silent for 24 hours to raise money for Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon. more...
A RACEHORSE trainer from Marlborough who suffered serious head injuries in a road accident is claiming more than £500,000 compensation. more...
PEOPLE who used to rely on the Nat West in Old Town must be seething every time they watch poor old Beryl on those television adverts. more...
SO it looks like our new hospital will be called The Great Western Hospital. more...
NEW moves to protect Wiltshire's rich archaeological history are being supported by English Heritage. more...
Wiltshire's own army regiment is pulling out all the stops to recruit more soldiers. more...
COLIN Clark was not going to let the heavy snowfall on January 18, 1941, spoil his big day. more...
THE dream of a cinema for west Wiltshire took a dramatic step forward after a shock announcement that a seven-screen cinema operator had been signed up for a leisure development in Yarnbrook. more...
WARMINSTER residents are angry after discovering plans to move the Warminster branch of Wiltshire College to the edge of the town. more...
THE future of a Wiltshire nightclub should be secure after a last-minute rush to register its bouncers with a new scheme. more...
WILTSHIRE Police Authority has accepted that it is inevitable that police officers will be forced to admit whether or not they are Freemasons. more...
MATT Heywood sought some Aussie advice before agreeing to sign for Swindon Town. more...
A BOAT built by Don O'Donnell, of Wootton Bassett, is featured on a Pakistan stamp. more...
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