Wiltshire | Archive | 2001 | January
A mixture of movement, dance, drama and video clips, One (the Other) at The Rondo, Larkhall, Bath could have so easily have descended into a mish mash of confusion, but instead was a surprising hit. more...
BREAKING my usual routine, I travelled to Bath with my friend Neil on a Tuesday evening to eat dinner at Brown's. more...
The themes of courtship, marriage, disillusionment and forgiveness the whole story of love will be explored in music (interspersed with some narration and a little poetry) at Bath Baroque's unusual Valentine's Day concert on Wednesday February 14 at the Guildhall, Bath. more...
YOUNG people will have a chance to work with a professional artist in a new series of arts workshops at Radstock Youth Centre. more...
AT the Theatre Royal in Bath this week, Hull Truck Theatre Company presents On a Night Like This. more...
BATH'S floating restaurant will offer extended cruises along the newly restored Avon Valley of the Kennet and Avon Canal from Easter. more...
THE Royal Bath and West Society has launched two websites featuring information about events at its showground in Shepton Mallet. more...
THOUGH the millennium celebrations may appear somewhat distant, what is claimed to be the Real Millennium concert takes place at the Pump Room, Bath, on January 27. more...
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The Fashion of the 50s exhibition is on until November at The Museum of Costume, Bennett Street, Bath. more...
STAFF at national card and gift company Hallmark's Kelston offices are facing redundancy if they cannot move their homes and families to Bradford, Yorkshire, where their jobs will now be based. more...
FORMULA Three racing will return to the Castle Combe circuit this summer after a break of nearly 30 years. more...
WANSDYKE MP Dan Norris is urging people in North East Somerset to have their say in a ground-breaking government consultation on helping parents balance work with parenting. more...
STAFF at Bath-based housebuilders Beazer Homes face an uncertain future after merger talks collapsed. more...
AFTER months of extensive renovation work at the Windsor Hotel in Great Pulteney Street, the last stone of its unique Japanese garden, has now been laid by owners Sachiko and Cary Bush. more...
FEARS that severe flooding in Bradford on Avon last October could have been made worse by actions taken in Chippenham and Bath have been dismissed by the Environment Agency. more...
THE Princess Royal will be helping Dorothy House celebrate its silver anniversary this year. more...
PRICELIS Frames, of Holcombe, Bath has made it through as finalists in the Fine Art Trade Guild Business Awards 2001. more...
BATH'S floating restaurant will offer extended cruises along the newly restored Avon Valley of the Kennet and Avon Canal from Easter. more...
THE road system in central Bath is being changed. more...
The Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) is encouraging people to give up as little as two hours for a fortnight to help out with projects including meals on wheels deliveries, a shopping service, at three day centres, at a toy library and Bath Magistrates' Court tea bar. more...
BATH Rugby Club are facing a possible fine from the European Cup organisation following the cancellation of two games. more...
A TEENAGE couple who fell asleep in bed with their newborn baby after a night out drinking awoke to find him dead, an inquest heard. more...
MIDSOMER Norton Jobcentre and Norton Radstock college have teamed up to launch a new scheme which helps single parents find employment. more...
TWO Swindon-based companies have signed up to build state-of-the-art buildings on one of the few remaining development sites in the town. more...
The Swindon & Kennet Branch of the Federation of Small Businesses has organised a seminar to address the new Stakeholder Pensions that becomes law in April. more...
The Government is to consider new moves to make firms consult workers before making job cuts, following anger over recent redundancies in the car industry. more...
Most British consumers are either "very" or "fairly" confident about their family's financial well-being over the next 12 months, according to new figures. more...
VICTIM Support Wiltshire has struck a sponsorship deal with Securicor Information Systems. more...
STAFF at Bath-based housebuilders Beazer Homes face an uncertain future after merger talks collapsed. more...
PRICELIS Frames, of Holcombe, Bath has made it through as finalists in the Fine Art Trade Guild Business Awards 2001. more...
VICTIM Support Wiltshire has struck a sponsorship deal with Securicor Information Systems. more...
NORTH Swindon MP Michael Wills will visit the Swindon Dialysis Unit to mark the anniversary of its first birthday. more...
AN ELDERLY man had £5,000 stolen by burglars who conned their way into his home. more...
THE rivers were in reasonable condition at the weekend after the recent high water levels not for long I'm sure and many anglers changed venues to fish local rivers as some lakes and stretches of the canal were frozen. more...
Wiltshire League side Marlborough Town have parted company with their manager, the former racing trainer Rod Simpson. more...
BOOMING Swindon Supermarine are setting their sights on a higher grade of football next season. more...
Horinder's Seven climb into fifth place after outplaying Southside with a 10-5 win in the Leisure League's five-a-side league at Parks Sports and Youth Centre. more...
Cricklade 43, Pewsey 12: THE Cricklade pitch was one of the few to beat the freeze and the home team skated to a convincing victory. more...
WOOTTON Bassett under-16s completed a narrow 20-13 victory over a useful Trojans (Southampton) outfit to progress to the next round of the Bob Stock trophy. Bassett started well and early pressure from James Cameron released the ball to scrum half Nick Parker who touched down. Fly half Eddie Curtis added the conversion. more...
The flickering flames of Bath's Heineken Cup hopes were finally extinguished in a two-hour deluge at The Rec. more...
NOT for the first time this season, Town were left to rue a controversial refereeing decision. more...
TOWN chief executive Pete Rowe promised he would investigate why the clash at Colchester was called off at such a late stage. more...
I WRITE in response to Mrs Ambler's letter regarding her nephew Geoffrey Fairburn being jailed for causing the death of Amal Patel by dangerous driving. more...
Maybe Geoffrey Fairburn did not deserve jail but to say "he merely had an accident" is a very off hand and pathetic way of trying to make excuses. more...
I WRITE following the printing of Mrs Ambler's letter, (EA January 17). more...
Geoffrey Fairburn's aunt is, it seems to me, completely missing the point. Because if things were the opposite way round, and her nephew was killed in a car crash, I'm sure her viewpoint would be very different. more...
I am so sorry Mrs Ambler sees the death of my nephew Amal Patel as just an accident. more...
Amal Patel was my cousin. He was a wonderful, intelligent, kind and funny young man with so much potential. more...
A SCHEME piloting dog bins has been launched in Swindon thanks to the determination of a 10-year-old girl. more...
BLANCHE Heather's story acts as proof to the value of the drug Exelon. more...
OFFICIAL celebrations to mark Swindon's 25 year link with its German twin town will take place in May. more...
HIGH winds and driving rain have delayed the removal of one of the three 150-foot high cranes from the construction site of Swindon's new hospital at Commonhead. more...
POLICE have been told to tackle racism towards asylum seekers or risk significant public disorder, it has been reported. more...
Drove Primary was one of the first schools in Swindon to take part in this year's DansConnect project. more...
TWO robbers wearing balaclavas attacked a schoolboy near Gorse Hill. more...
What is thought to be Britain's biggest ever Pokemon card competition is being planned for Swindon. more...
SWINDON social workers are being urged to keep their nerve in the wake of high-profile child murder cases elsewhere. more...
PICTURES of the Royal Family aboard their yacht in the decade before it was decommissioned are to be auctioned in Swindon. more...
A SELF-HELP group for people with mental health problems has been given a cash gift to improve social activities for members. more...
HUNDREDS of people will be taking to the streets of Walcot and the Parks in the next fortnight to snap local landmarks such as tower blocks, shops and schools. more...
RESEARCH work into a superdrug which destroys the influenza virus has been put on ice because there is not enough of the disease about. more...
VICTIM Support Wiltshire has struck a sponsorship deal with Securicor Information Systems. more...
NORTH Swindon MP Michael Wills will visit the Swindon Dialysis Unit to mark the anniversary of its first birthday. more...
DOZENS of Scottish exiles across Swindon are preparing to celebrate the anniversary of their national poet. more...
A VITAL study which could provide a major boost to the plans of Swindon canal enthusiasts will be published this spring. more...
TEENAGER Shaun Shirley had an infectious love for life. more...
A FATHER rescued his two-year-old son from a fire before trying to drag a burning mattress out of his house. more...
AN ELDERLY man had £5,000 stolen by burglars who conned their way into his home. more...
YOUNGSTERS from Wanborough Primary School are preparing for success in a regional gymnastics competition. more...
BRIGADE staff who answer 999 calls in Wiltshire have told the Chief Fire Officer they will not move to Britain's first combined emergency services headquarters. more...
COMPANIES could be asked to put forward cash to fund a new road which would help Swindon firefighters respond to emergencies quicker. more...
A DRIVER who fell foul of the law as he tried to return to Swindon from a festive break in Scotland has been given a chance to beat his heroin habit. more...
TWO borough councillors were walking to school with Andy Wilson and his son this morning. more...
WILTSHIRE Police will be just 15 police officers short of a full strength force by the end of this financial year, a leading police chief has predicted. more...
IT is hard to understand why, after repeated warnings from police, countless pensioners still keep their savings in their homes instead of safely deposited in a bank or building society. more...
THE death in a road accident of 13-year-old Shaun Shirley is a cruel irony which will stay with his parents for the rest of their lives. more...
BRIGADE staff who answer 999 calls in Wiltshire have told the Chief Fire Officer they will not move to Britain's first combined emergency services headquarters. more...
Atrocious weather conditions put paid to Swindon Town's fixture at Colchester United and undermined Bath's efforts to qualify for the European Cup quarter finals. more...
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