Wiltshire | Archive | 2001 | February
Nationwide has given details of its new mortgage pricing. more...
A European pay report says workers here are £20 worse off than they would be if Britain joined the single currency. more...
A TOUCH of the Mediterranean is coming to a Swindon hotel. more...
Former building society Alliance & Leicester posted a drop in profits, but said its full year results were "strong" and had been achieved in a highly competitive market. more...
Consumers are spending a record amount of their household budget from their homes by ordering goods over the phone or the internet, according to a new report. more...
JOBS will be lost in a new round of social services cuts agreed by Wiltshire County Council. more...
The Cruise Club for five- to 12-year-olds will meet every day of the half term week at the Rec. more...
Sunday League: Coleview Community Centre went on a scoring spree in Division Three. more...
Swindon & District League: Liden's 42-year-old player/ manager Mark Hancock secured his side's place in the Advertiser Cup final with a goal in the last few minutes against Custom Homes. Mark thought he would be a spectator, but due to the qualification criteria for the cup he had to play. Liden won 3-2 with other goals from Martin Horgan and leading scorer Kev Jennings. Leroy Douglas and Dave Herbert replied. more...
Wilts League: Stratton Crosslink's championship hopes took a knock in the Premier Division when they were beaten 2-0 at Kingsdown by Melksham Town Reserves. more...
SWINDON TOWN LADIES 6, READING 1: Swindon Town Ladies beat near neighbours Reading 6-1 in a South West Combination League game played at St Joseph's School Field. more...
CIRENCESTER TOWN 3, SUTTON COLDFIELD 3: Both sides had to be content to share the spoils in this six goal thriller which could have gone either way with both sides creating chances right up to the final whistle. more...
GK Stone completed an 8-3 win over close rivals Jimmy's Five Bellies to remain top of the Leisure league. more...
MICHAEL Reddy and Jermain Defoe go head-to-head tonight (Tuesday, February 20) in the battle of the loan stars. more...
ENGLAND fans will have the opportunity to watch international football at the County Ground next month. more...
SWINDON Town would have to consider selling players if gates did not improve, the chairman warned supporters. more...
MIDFIELDER Matt Hewlett is adamant there will be no repeat of the Bournemouth horror show which unfolded at Dean Court in September. more...
GOALKEEPER Steve Mildenhall is determined not to become another `victim' of Jermain Defoe more...
DESPITE Jermain Defoe's goalscoring form, the Cherries have spluttered somewhat recently. more...
Town continue their unbeaten run in the league with their record stretching to six games after tonight's (Tues) draw against AFC Bournemouth at the County Ground. more...
I AM intrigued at the degree of poetic licence and conjecture on which your article concerning the OFSTED inspection at Hreod Parkway (Evening Advertiser, Saturday February 17) appears to be based. more...
It was with deep regret that I read councillor Nick Martin's disclosure that Hreod Parkway had failed its Ofsted Inspection. more...
THE Evening Advertiser reported that Tony Blair had a new five-year plan for education and there would be no more bog standard comprehensives. more...
I FELT incensed enough to write to the paper today about the litter, glass and dog mess problems in Pinehurst. more...
Your introduction of the South Cerney weather station, goes over the top in sensationalising global warming claims by politicians and scientists that we are going to have get used to increasingly violent more...
LATTON has a small lake which is home to swans and other assorted wildlife. more...
THE papers are full of the news that one in five of us is dangerously overweight and our increasingly sedentary lifestyle is being blamed. more...
WHAT a disgraceful mess left again by travellers. more...
ONE of Labour's pledges was to halve the time taken for persistent young offenders to appear before a court from the time they were arrested. more...
When her mother died, Maxine Blackmore had to cope with more than her own grief. more...
THE people of Swindon are being asked to donate unwanted children's wellington boots to help less fortunate youngsters abroad. more...
MAYOR Arthur Archer enjoyed a guided tour of the new One Stop convenience store in Abbey Meads. more...
BURGLAR Mark Stanners has been jailed for two years after thieving from homes in Swindon. more...
A WILTSHIRE police officer will travel to California and Nevada this summer after being selected for sponsorship by the Rotary Club. more...
A DRAMA group is giving a new twist to the popular musical Oklahoma. more...
JOHN PRESCOTT will have the final say over plans for a controversial park and ride scheme. more...
FARMERS throughout the country are struggling to make ends meet, and many are putting their land to a different use in an effort make money. more...
A GIANT American style hypermarket has been given the final go-ahead . more...
FORMER professional speedway rider Mark Chessell is facing the prospect of a jail term after admitting assaulting his wife in a row over his drinking. more...
Customers at the Grove restaurant and bar in Drove Road have collected more than £87 for Rotary Club charities. more...
THE cosmic battle zone that exists between Earth and the sun has been revealed with the help of a Swindon research council. more...
SOUTH Swindon MP Julia Drown met representatives of rail firm First Great Western. more...
YOUNG people will be battling it out for the chance of international recognition at one of the UK's leading chess events taking place in Swindon this weekend. more...
THE Citizens' Advice Bureau Wootton Bassett branch is moving to the town's Civic Centre. more...
THIS week is Victorian Week at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery and Lydiard House. more...
A PRIVATE school near Swindon plans to allow a new housing estate to be built on its land to fund a bid to improve its sporting facilities. more...
A man was hurt in an accident on the A419 between Turnpike roundabout and The Cold Harbour Inn, Blunsdon, today. more...
POLICE officers investigating a male rape believe the three attackers may have been drinking in a Swindon pub just minutes earlier. more...
A MODERN art exhibition featuring the work of young Swindon artists has opened in Wroughton. more...
SOUTH Swindon MP Julia Drown tucked into a healthy breakfast at the House of Commons alongside 40 fellow MPs as part of the run up to Britain's Biggest All-Day Breakfast. more...
BRITISH Gas has launched a campaign in Wiltshire to raise awareness of the flu-like symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. more...
PEATMOOR Community Primary School has received a glowing first report from OFSTED inspectors. more...
JOBS will be lost in a new round of social services cuts agreed by Wiltshire County Council. more...
SCHOOLS are to be urged to take up training so that teachers can counter aggression and violence in the classroom. more...
TODAY the Evening Advertiser launches a unique initiative in which we offer you the chance to decide how much extra council tax you want to pay. more...
FLEET Street traders have given a mixed reaction to the road's closure to traffic for pedestrianisation work. more...
TRAVELLERS could outnumber villagers by three to one if a camp is allowed to expand. more...
MP JULIA Drown will be among those giving evidence at the public inquiry into bus company Stagecoach on Thursday. more...
THE bid to open Swindon's first topless table-side dancing club at an empty bingo hall has been shelved but the men behind it now have their eye on another venue in the town. more...
ANYONE who fancies a browse through Swindon Reference Library's latest delivery should come prepared for a long haul. more...
YOUNGSTERS had the chance to let off steam with a Thomas the Tank Engine session. more...
SWINDON is to have 170 new and affordable nursery places, an MP has pledged. more...
FLOODING problems in the Cirencester area have been discussed at a top-level meeting at Westminster called by Cotswold MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown. more...
We welcome the news that the controversial plan to create a table dancing club in Gorse Hill has been withdrawn. more...
TRADERS in Fleet Street are right to be concerned about the effect of nearby development which has removed the Henry Street car park from the town. more...
JOBS will be lost in a new round of social services cuts agreed by Wiltshire County Council. more...
JOBS will be lost in a new round of social services cuts agreed by Wiltshire County Council. more...
Town continue their unbeaten run in the league with their record stretching to six games after tonight's (Tues) draw against AFC Bournemouth at the County Ground. more...
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