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Stories for 19 October 2002

Business News

Business guide is published

A GUIDE published by Swindon Council looks at business opportunities in the town centre.   more...

Sport Rugby

Foley expects Bath to secure Welsh second round clash

MICHAEL Foley admits he expects Bath to be facing Welsh side Bridgend in the second round of the Parker Pen Challenge Cup.   more...

Swindon News

Swindon disease claims another victim

THE SWINDON disease has claimed another victim. Royston Dix, of Northfield Way, Nythe, died on April 20 of mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer caused by asbestos inhalation.   more...

Bra humbug

A CD released by Swindon firm Triumph to boost sales of its new collection is not being stocked in the town's stores. But never fear, the Advertiser has stepped into the breach.   more...

School welcomed in from the cold

A PRIMARY school that was threatened with closure and needed hundreds of thousands of pounds of urgent repairs has turned the corner and is now celebrating a first class report from government inspectors.   more...

Love blossomed in the taxi rank for golden couple

JEAN Clark met her husband John while he was waiting for a taxi and half a century later is still as much in love as the first day she clapped eyes on him.   more...

Report praises social services

SWINDON Council's beleaguered social services department has been singled out for praise by Government inspectors.   more...

Voluntary groups get a cash boost

THE future is rosier for Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation ­ thanks to a £15,000 donation from a Swindon company.   more...

Villagers fight homes plan

Villagers from Minety have started a campaign to fight an appeal by landowner Stuart Crook to build 34 homes on a playing field adjacent to the primary school.   more...

There's a mouse in the house!

A BALLERINA from Wroughton will be dancing as a mouse in a National Youth Ballet production of Cinderella.   more...

A tree-mendous effort by pupils

Green fingered pupils at a special school have been busy planting 50 new trees ­ six months after the originals were stolen.   more...

Voulez-vouz manger avec moi ce soir?

A CONTINENTAL flavour hits the town centre this weekend with the town's first French market.   more...

Campaign is launched to beat car crime

WILTSHIRE is being targeted by the Government in a bid to drive car crime from the streets.   more...

Business guide is published

A GUIDE published by Swindon Council looks at business opportunities in the town centre.   more...

Gang robs men

SWINDON Police are hunting a gang of four to five men who stole two bags from a group of other men in Church Place about 1am yesterday (Friday).   more...

Post offices close

This morning was the last chance customers had to buy their stamps from the Fleming Way and Theatre Square post offices.   more...

Show raises £1,900

Children who have been abused will get a helping hand thanks to an autumn supper and fashion show which raised £1,900.   more...

Boy hit by car

DORCAN: A boy had his broken wrist pinned after he was knocked down in Dorcan Way. Billy Dean, 12, of Park North, was leaving Dorcan Technology College at around 1.30pm on Thursday when he was hit by a car on the pelican crossing outside the school.   more...

Lives put at risk by hoaxers

HOAXERS calling 999 are tying up Swin-don's emergency services on false errands and endangering people's lives.   more...

Firefighters vote to go on strike

FIREFIGHTERS across Swindon have voted to strike for the first time in 25 years.   more...

Boffins want your brains!

SCIENTISTS in Swindon are asking volunteers to help find a cure for dementia ­ by donating their brains.   more...

Motormouth Jade hits town

BIG Brother loud mouth Jade Goody arrived in Swindon to sign autographs and chat with fans.   more...

Did you recognise these two suspects?

These are the suspects for a handbag snatch from the Croft Gallery in Old Town at about 1pm on Thursday.   more...

Plea for witnesses

SWINDON Police are seeking witnesses to two violent assaults and robberies they believe were homophobic attacks.   more...

From office worker to star of the stage

COMPUTER whizz Craig Aldridge could be the nation's next soul sensation. The website designer from Shaw Ridge is starring in London's West End in a bid to become the next James Brown.   more...

Teenager is locked up for killing a cat

A TEENAGER who struck a kitten with a stick so hard that it later died has been detained for 10 months.   more...

Wiltshire News

Welcome home, Mr Otter

MARTIN VINCENT reports on how the population of otters in Wiltshire and across England and Wales, is starting to thrive again after years of struggling for survival.   more...

Mission to hunt for giant otters deep in the jungle

WILTSHIRE otter man Mark Satinet took a busman's holiday this year to search for a rare giant otter in the Amazon jungles.   more...

Wiltshire Sport

Wait goes on

ANDY KING will lead Town into battle at Ashton Gate today after the board failed to agree a deal with Mel Machin.   more...

Wootton Bassett News

New Prospect shop

The Prospect Hospice will benefit from proceeds of sales at the charity's new shop in Wootton Bassett High Street.   more...

  
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