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Stories for 6 February 2001

Business News

What a great place to work

A STREET in Wiltshire is home to two of the country's best companies to work for, according to a survey of employees.   more...

Training consultancy is now open for business

A NEW training consultancy dealing with staff development, presentations and conference management is open for business in Wiltshire.   more...

Optimistic about trade

MANUFACTURING businesses in the South West have reported a remarkable return to optimism about their prospects for trading in the UK and overseas, according to the latest CBI/Business Strategies Regional Trends Survey, published today (Tuesday).   more...

Sport Football

Six-hit Mason batters Beni's

Sunday League: Corstat's Darrell Mason was the day's top scorer, grabbing six goals in the 10-2 thumping of Beni's Wine Bar in Division 6.   more...

Kev grabs four as Liden blow away Windmill

Swindon & District League: Liden easily overcame fellow Premier side Windmill in the quarter-finals of the Advertiser Cup by eight goals to three.   more...

Shrews shot out by Jamie

Wilts League: Top match in the Wilts League was the second round tie in the Addkey Senior Cup between second in the table Shrewton United and Cricklade Town.   more...

Westbrook drop their first points of season

Swindon and District Minors: Under-11 A League leaders Westbrook dropped their first points of the season in a thrilling encounter with Stratton Juniors.   more...

Goodwin quits as boss at Highworth

Highworth Town boss Gary Goodwin is to resign as the club's manager at the end of the season.   more...

It's Lee at the double

Hreod Parkway schoolboy Lee Stevens has completed a rare double after he was selected to play for the Wiltshire under-16 football side.   more...

Justin aims to be City slicker

Teenage footballer Justin Lisle is playing for the county at two different levels and has an England trial lined up.   more...

Hot-shot William leading the way

Ashton Keynes marksman William Jones has blasted 40 goals in just 13 matches this season.   more...

Stfc Sport

Give him a break

ANDY King has urged Danny Invincible to keep his head up and not allow his Swindon `dream' to turn sour.   more...

Steve White: Why I've quit at Bath

Former Swindon Town favourite Steve White has quit as assistant manager to ex-Town team-mate Paul Bodin at Bath City.   more...

Dutch delight turns sour

WREXHAM 1, SWINDON TOWN 1: Town stretched their unbeaten run to three games as they emerged battered and bruised from a physical encounter with Wrexham.   more...

Swindon News

Don't let the curtain fall

I SHARE the disappointment of the organisers of the Swindon and District Theatre Guild in receiving only eight entries for this year's Swindon One-Act Play Festival.   more...

We are owed an explanation

AFTER reading your reports concerning the £40m hole in SBC pension fund (EA January 29) I was reminded of the pension fund scandal involving Robert Maxwell.   more...

When will deficits end?

ALL private pension schemes, including those of the trade unions, are self-funded by the membership, and are seen to be managed properly.   more...

Who is controlling the expansion?

THOSE people who supported building the hospital near Commonhead roundabout, because they believed it was a special case and were assured by Swindon Borough Council that it would not be a magnet for other inappropriate development, might like to think again.   more...

Missing point on metrics

In contrary to Mr Bates' letter (Thursday, January 30) on Imperial weights and measures, I would like to say he missed an important point.   more...

Ending vivisection will not stop medical progress

THOMAS Bromley from Littlehampton (Letters, January 26) seems to think that those who oppose vivisection are against medical research.   more...

Take a walk for funds

WHAT better way to celebrate Mother's Day than to go for a walk with family and friends this spring, and at the same time help raise funds for research into breast cancer.   more...

Link theory to attacks

POLICE today said there may be a link between two street robberies which happened within 28 hours of each other in the same part of Swindon.   more...

One dance, and fifty years later love still blossoms

IT all started with a dance at the old Rink Cinema hall, which is now the empty Corn Exchange in Old Town.   more...

Apply now for friendly WWT grant

THE DEADLINE is looming for farmers and landowners who want to apply for a grant for wildlife-friendly farming.   more...

Pub gets top marque for beer

A SWINDON pub has been given a prestigious award for the quality of its beer.   more...

Choir in place, we just need a leader

SWINDON'S first gospel choir could be formed following the success of a one-day course.   more...

Drunken thief told to serve community as punishment

LESS than a month after completing a four-year prison sentence, 20-year-old John Lynch went into Tesco and tried to walk out with £171.82 worth of goods.   more...

Campaign for new rail station gets underway

THE campaign for a train station at Wootton Bassett has moved a step further.   more...

Help cheer up a lonely soldier

Women searching for someone special on Valentine's Day are being asked to contact lonely Swindon soldiers serving in Northern Ireland.   more...

Service can help ease a family's pain

LIKE everything else the cost of a funeral increases year after year.   more...

Man injured in pub attack

THE boss of a firm of pub doormen grabbed a customer and smashed his head against a wall, a jury was told.   more...

Contract helps to build bridges between European colleges

SWINDON College has twinned with another in Germany to provide training for students and create a link which could lead to future exchanges.   more...

Partnership aims to ease trauma for fire victims

A UNIQUE partnership has been forged in the Swindon area to help people who have been made homeless as a result of fire.   more...

Transmitter gives listeners more choice

A NEW transmitter has been turned on for the Swindon area, meaning residents can tune in to seven new digital radio stations.   more...

Experts talk on keeping warm at home

AGE CONCERN Swindon will be tackling the problem of cold homes at a meeting tomorrow.   more...

Literary greats star in festival

A BOOKER prize winner is to top the bill at this year's Swindon Festival of Literature.   more...

Concern over canal project

A STUDY looking into re-opening an old canal link between the Thames and Severn rivers has upset members of two environmental groups.   more...

Royal Mail helps dig for special school's sensory victory

UPLANDS School has received a £5,000 boost to its efforts to build a sensory garden.   more...

Don't be late for this very important fundraising date!

A MAD Hatter's tea party has been organised in Chiseldon to raise money for the Women's Royal Voluntary Service. Guests will be invited to wear a mad hat which will be judged in a competition.   more...

Let the great games begin

SCRABBLE and Ludo fans are being asked to organise a sponsored boardgame event to contribute to a national charity week.   more...

Act now to help the police, says MP

SWINDON MP Julia Drown today called for immediate action to be taken to improve radio communications within Wiltshire Police after the Evening Advertiser revealed officers were being left stranded on call-outs because of faulty equipment.   more...

Driver with nerves of steel needed

STUNT car drivers in Swindon are being invited to apply for a daredevil job with the Kia Cars aerobatic stunt team.   more...

Inspectors praise school

STAFF, pupils, governors and parents have good reason to be cheerful at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Comprehensive School.   more...

Pact or fiction?

SWINDON'S Labour MPs were today accused of being part of a Lib-Lab pact to ensure they are re-elected at the next General Election.   more...

`I don't want to die now'

BEING told she had cancer at the age of 38 was like being handed a death sentence for Julie -Anne Booth.   more...

Billie is terrified by death threats

POP star Billie Piper was today taking the stand in the trial of a woman accused of threatening to decapitate her and shoot her parents.   more...

Teenagers arrested after sex attack

TWO schoolboys have been arrested on suspicion of carrying out a serious sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl.   more...

Police hunt three male rapists with American accents

A MAN was dragged into a park, beaten and raped by three men in Swindon.   more...

Money for eathquake stolen

CHARITY workers raising money to help people left devastated by the Indian earthquake have been sickened by a thief who stole a collecting box containing money.   more...

She failed to treat her dog's cancer

SARAH Duggan has been banned from keeping dogs for 18 months, after being convicted of causing unnecessary suffering to her pet dog Tyson.   more...

Money raised for Wiltshire Air Ambulance

ORGANISERS of Swindon's gang show have helped boost the coffers of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance Appeal to the tune of £1,000.   more...

The Beanie Baby craze is alive and flourishing

NEARLY 2,000 people packed a suite at a Swindon hotel to find the missing links in their Beanie Baby, Pokemon and Disney collections.   more...

The people will make the decision

TRANSPARENCY is the key to healthy politics.   more...

Do they have no shame?

THEFT is never something to be admired, but when it's a theft from a charity box it's even more sickening.   more...

Wiltshire News

Billie is terrified by death threats

POP star Billie Piper was today taking the stand in the trial of a woman accused of threatening to decapitate her and shoot her parents.   more...

Wiltshire Sport

Give him a break

ANDY King has urged Danny Invincible to keep his head up and not allow his Swindon `dream' to turn sour.   more...

  
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