Wiltshire | Archive | 2001 | March
THE first major Information Technology recruitment and technology exhibition to be staged in Swindon is being held next week. more...
IT'S amazing what can be done with a pile of dirty bottles. more...
WILTSHIRE man Jeremy Reid attacked a man he found at his lady friend's home with a billhook and knife, a court heard. more...
Warneford School is holding a race night at 7pm on Friday in aid of the PTA funds. more...
Hellenic: Rain sodden pitches took over the Hellenic league programme once again with just two games played in the Premier Section. more...
SCREWFIX: Chippenham Town moved into the final of the Les Phillips Cup with a winner deep into extra time to defeat Bideford. more...
Swindon 19, Oxford Harlequins 19: Swindon battled back from a 14-point deficit to secure a draw that keeps their promotion hopes alive. more...
It was close, too close for comfort against Wasps. more...
TERRY BRADY has warned that he would be forced to walk away from Swindon if he does not get permission to build a new stadium on the Front Garden. more...
SWINDON Town is safe for another two weeks, but you can bet the fans won't be celebrating just yet. more...
Thursday, March 22, 2001 more...
SKIPPER Alan Reeves believes one man's determination to keep his beloved football club afloat could be enough to save Swindon Town. more...
MARK Robinson admits the current uncertainty surrounding the club has a familiar ring to it. more...
AS the very survival of Swindon Town once again looks in doubt, fans can be forgiven for thinking why us? more...
TOWN boss Andy King was delighted to see players arguing with each other on the pitch at Bristol Rovers. more...
DANNY Invincible felt Town should have been home and dry before he found himself with a great chance to win the game. more...
DEFENDER Mark Robinson believes three wins should now be enough to keep Town in Division Two. more...
BRISTOL ROVERS 0, SWINDON TOWN 0: The 'Invisible' man came agonisingly close to clinching a late victory for troubled Swindon Town at the Memorial Stadium. more...
For a blow by blow account of Saturday's clash at the memorial ground, why not view our alternative match report. more...
THIS was a good team performance but the valuable point claimed could and should have been three. more...
THIS was a good team performance but the valuable point claimed could and should have been three. more...
Leaders Rotherham's four- match winning streak came to an end at bottom of the table Oxford, of all places. United's 4-3 victory was their first in nine games. more...
HAVING read the article in the Evening Advertiser on the possibility of the Dome coming to Wroughton, I think that it is a wonderful idea. But as for Ms Drown knocking on the door of Lord Falconer, the same day as it was announced, demanding reassurances reassurances of what? more...
I WAS amazed to read in the recent local round-up featuring Eldene that certain residents of the estate are still complaining about parking by employees of companies based in Dorcan House. Are these people really willing to jeopardise people's jobs because they object to cars being parked on a public road? more...
WHAT a dampener the recent floods have been to the dedicated members of the Wiltshire Crop Circle Group (Advertiser, March 21). more...
I HAVE just received the information from the council regarding the council tax charges for the coming year. more...
YOUNG musicians and dancers from Japan will bring a taste of the Orient to Swindon on Wednesday. more...
FORMER pupils of Pinehurst School came from as far afield as Morocco and France for a reunion. more...
FORMER beauty queen Lady Sara Apsley is to launch a new charity fund this week to help farmers whose healthy animals fall victim to the Government's foot and mouth cull. more...
RURAL business people who feel the value of their property has slumped since the foot and mouth crisis can appeal against their rates bills. more...
FRUSTRATIONS over his stutter led to a man attacking two parked cars, a court heard. more...
A SPECIAL night of greyhound racing is to be held at the Blunsdon Stadium next month to raise money for the Prospect Hospice. more...
FUELLED by drinks and drugs, Andrew Blackwell took his landlord's prized BMW and smashed it into an elderly couple's home in Swindon, a court heard. more...
THE Link Centre played host to the annual BT Swim Against Cancer with 47 swimmers taking the plunge last night. more...
EIGHT drug dealers snared in a massive operation carried out by Wiltshire police have been sent to jail for terms ranging from 18 months to three years. more...
A COUPLE who spent much of their lives to helping children from troubled homes celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at the weekend. more...
BRIAN Trubshaw, the most famous pilot of the most famous aircraft in the world, has died. more...
A LITTLE piece of Swindon can be found in Kenya in the form of a barren patch of land in the slums of Nairobi. more...
THE balloting process of Swindon teachers to decide whether to take industrial action over excessive workloads will continue, despite moves by one of the two unions involved to suspend its work-to-rule order. more...
NORTH Swindon MP Michael Wills faced a barrage of questions on a variety of educational issues at the town's equivalent of Question Time. more...
A PEDESTRIAN suffered serious head injuries in an accident with a BMW. more...
TRADING standards officers in Swindon are investigating scores of complaints about furniture store SuperShop. more...
PENSIONERS Ann and Mac Brownley bought a sofa bed and a matching two-seater settee on January 15 last year. more...
CASSANDRA and Colin May were about to get married when they decided to buy a burgundy sofa for their home in Woodhall Park, Swindon. more...
JUDGEMENT day came for hopefuls wanting to be part of the next big thing in the pop world. more...
We have been inundated with calls over the last few months from customers not happy with SuperShop in Fleet Street. more...
GODDARD Park Primary School and Old Town's Rotary Club deserve a big pat on the back for the work that has been put into giving children at a school in Nairobi the chance of a proper education. more...
Those involved should be proud of the achievement. more...
EIGHT drug dealers snared in a massive operation carried out by Wiltshire police have been sent to jail for terms ranging from 18 months to three years. more...
TERRY BRADY has warned that he would be forced to walk away from Swindon if he does not get permission to build a new stadium on the Front Garden. more...
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