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Stories for 6 March 2001

Business News

Award winner gives a hand

Small and medium-size businesses can take advantage of a new internet starter kit service just launched by eZoka, the leading e-procurement specialists.   more...

Mining group plans future without King Coal

Shares in Britain's largest coal producer RJB Mining will be in the spotlight today when it reports its annual results a week after saying goodbye to founder Richard Budge.   more...

Honda chief for Europe dies suddenly

THE man who was the driving force behind Honda's spectacular growth in Europe over the past decade, Toshio Ishino, has died suddenly while on a visit to Tokyo. He was 57.   more...

Goodbye junior, hello computer

Demand for skilled workers could spell the end of the office junior, according to a new survey.   more...

Carlton is subdued

Media group Carlton Communications says TV advertising revenues will remain subdued for at least another four months.   more...

Better pay deals won

Workers are winning higher pay deals than last year, with half of recent settlements worth 3.5 per cent or more, according to a new report today.   more...

Sport Football

Kamal gives Nalgo hump

Swindon & District League: Nalgo and Swindon Asians, two of the teams that are still challenging for Division One honours, were involved in a thriller.   more...

Ten stacked up against Wheatsheaf

Sunday League: AFC Wroughton demolished Wheatsheaf 10-1 in Division One. Jamie Webb and Neil Matthews both scored four, Richard Gee and Jonathan Davis getting the others.   more...

Ricky's strike saves Town

Wilts League: Top match in the Wiltshire League was at Trowbridge where the home side took on Cricklade Town in the third round of the league's Addkey Senior Cup.   more...

First away defeat for battling Swindon

CLEVEDON TOWN 3, SWINDON TOWN 1: Swindon Town Ladies crashed to their first away defeat in the South West Combination League.   more...

Harris is spot on twice for the Town

CIRENCESTER TOWN 3, BROMSGROVE ROVERS 1: On a heavy pitch which was only declared fit an hour before kickoff, Cirencester's determination saw them through to gain maximum points, to add to their recent run of games without defeat.   more...

At the double

IN the Swindon & District Under 11s A League, for the second time within a month the first and second-placed teams, Lydiard and Westbrook, played each other. Just before half time Andy Grier gave Westbrook the lead with two goals. As the second half started Marc Wood scored two goals within two minutes, and Rob Dean finishing the scoring with two more, giving Westbrook a 6-0 victory.   more...

Stfc Sport

King waits on Gray bid

ANDY King is expected to add Nottingham Forest's Andy Gray to his squad for tonight's (Tuesday, March 6) crucial clash with Oldham Athletic.   more...

Reddy faces fitness battle

KEY players face a race against time to be fit for tonight's (Tuesday, March 6) home clash with Oldham.   more...

It's a deal

SWINDON Town chief executive Pete Rowe has joined FIFA president Sepp Blatter in provisionally welcoming an agreement on a new transfer system.   more...

Don't panic

ANTOINE Van Der Linden believes victory over Oldham Athletic will provide one of the six wins needed to secure survival.   more...

Oldham struggling on away trips

OLDHAM Athletic became the first victims of a John Beck-led Cambridge United on Saturday.   more...

The Latics should not frighten us says Danny

TOWN'S Australian speed merchant is looking to continuing his footballing recovery with a goal this evening.   more...

Town move out of drop zone - Exclusive Internet report

Swindon Town moved out of the relegation zone this evening (Tues 6th March) after a 3 - 0 home win against Oldham Athletic.   more...

Swindon News

Wanting more is just greedy

THE Evening Advertiser has just published an article about the coming of the Wal-Mart supermarket which fills me with horror.   more...

You did it all yourselves, girls

WHAT annoyed me most about this year's Brit Awards wasn't the usual lack of originality and song writing talent (excluding Cold Play) or the recycled jokes or even the fact that nobody seems to have noticed that U2 have ripped their latest sounds from eighties band A-Ha.   more...

We need to use our assets up

COUN Sue Bates is incorrect when she suggests that the Conservative view is that paying off a substantial amount of the pension fund deficit from the council's capital resources is justified because the funds can be made good from the Front Garden sale (Evening Advertiser, Feb 28).   more...

In praise of Labour's record on class sizes

ONE of the five pledges made by the Labour Party at the last general election was that no child in an infant class should be in a class of over 30.   more...

Bingo and buffet help raise £270

proAN evening of fun at a sheltered housing complex raised £270 for the Prospect Hospice.   more...

Chris is ready for bigger challenge

WOOTTON Bassett School has a new head teacher ­ the current head of a nearby secondary school.   more...

Three more teams are on the way to championships

THREE more chess teams from Swindon schools qualified for the semi-finals of the National Primary Schools championships at the weekend ­ giving the town a hundred per cent record in this year's competition.   more...

Cracking cast found in Swindon

MORE than a hundred young dancers took up roles for the Nutcracker ballet after a casting session at Swindon's Hreod Parkway School.   more...

Dramatic impact on young lives

IT'S a far cry from EastEnders, Coronation Street and the Wyvern panto and it certainly isn't a succession of laughs.   more...

Stagecoach wins credit for honesty

TROUBLED bus company Stagecoach has been praised by traffic commissioner Philip Brown for admitting its shortcomings and for its determination to put things right.   more...

Gym's open weekend puts smiles on faces and raises funds for charity

ALMOST 200 people went through the doors of Trax gym during its first open weekend.   more...

Boxing clever to win TV

KEITH Fletcher boxed clever when he took part in a competition at the Evening Advertiser's job fair ­ and won himself a TV.   more...

Promise on care-home standards

MICHAEL Wills, MP for North Swindon, today promised improvements in standards of care for older people living in care homes in North Swindon.   more...

Sports club is growing in popularity

A SPORTS club for Swindon youngsters with disabilities is going from strength to strength.   more...

Theft leaves family stuck

A COUPLE were left stranded on their way to Swindon's Coate Water Park after their car and caravan was stolen.   more...

MP promises more money for heart care

NORTH Swindon MP Michael Wills has pledged that more money will be given to Swindon's Princess Margaret Hospital to improve coronary care.   more...

Exhibition highlights town's thoroughly modern architecture

SWINDON'S best-known modern buildings are the focus of a photographic exhibition which has opened at the Designer Outlet Shopping Village.   more...

Coalition prepares Women's Day event

A RANGE of activities is being organised by the Swindon Women's Coalition to mark International Women's Day.   more...

Will you join the Specials?

WILTSHIRE Police are today launching an ambitious campaign to recruit 101 special constables by the end of 2001.   more...

Health centre's day for diabetics

STAFF from Swindon's Carfax Street walk-in health centre will be on hand to offer diabetics the chance to check that their blood glucose metre is working correctly.   more...

Society pulls out of archive plans

A PLANNED £10 million heritage centre supported by Swindon Council has lost one of its top backers.   more...

Tenants sign up to have more of a say on housing

COUNCIL tenants have signed a partnership deal of a kind never before seen in Swindon.   more...

Air cadet unit set to take flight

A NEW unit of the Air Training Corps has been formed in Cricklade.   more...

Teachers work to rule

TEACHERS at secondary schools in Swindon could become the first in the South West to take industrial action over staff shortages.   more...

No money to help make park safer

RESIDENTS came face to face with decision makers in the town to try to find ways of reducing sex attacks in Faringdon Road Park.   more...

Teenagers con elderly with forms

TWO teenagers tricked people into giving them money by pretending to be collecting donations to help victims of the Indian earthquake.   more...

Thanks for saving my life

A WOMAN who was pulled from the first floor of a burning building has thanked firefighters and vigilant neighbours for saving her life.   more...

Police describe man they seek after sex attack

POLICE have issued a description of a man driving a silver car whom they believe sexually assaulted an 18-year-old Swindon woman at knifepoint.   more...

Rail crash victim on way to Swindon

ONE of the victims of the Selby rail crash was travelling to Swindon on a business trip when the accident happened.   more...

Electricity pylons spark health fear

A report claiming that children living near electricity pylons face an increased leukaemia risk was being keenly awaited in Swindon today.   more...

Farmer waits for the all-clear

ANOTHER Wiltshire farm was waiting to see if foot and mouth would be confirmed as farmer Helen Browning was set to find out if her farm was to be given the all-clear today.   more...

Call goes out to good sports

WHETHER your passion is bowls or ballooning, croquet or cricket, sports fans all over Swindon are being asked to dedicate one event this year to raising funds for the Prospect Hospice.   more...

Why pylons and pupils do not mix

HOWEVER remote the chance of children developing leukaemia from the proximity of electricity pylons, it was ­ to say the least ­ insensitive of planners to site Catherine Wayte Primary School close to high voltage cables.   more...

What proposals for the park?

PEOPLE who live near Faringdon Road Park have every right to be worried because apparently little is being done to make the place safer.   more...

Wiltshire News

Will you join the Specials?

WILTSHIRE Police are today launching an ambitious campaign to recruit 101 special constables by the end of 2001.   more...

Wiltshire Sport

Town move out of drop zone - Exclusive Internet report

Swindon Town moved out of the relegation zone this evening (Tues 6th March) after a 3 - 0 home win against Oldham Athletic.   more...

  
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