Wiltshire | Archive | 2002 | October
A GUIDE published by Swindon Council looks at business opportunities in the town centre. more...
MICHAEL Foley admits he expects Bath to be facing Welsh side Bridgend in the second round of the Parker Pen Challenge Cup. more...
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...
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...
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...
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...
SWINDON Council's beleaguered social services department has been singled out for praise by Government inspectors. more...
THE future is rosier for Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation thanks to a £15,000 donation from a Swindon company. more...
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...
A BALLERINA from Wroughton will be dancing as a mouse in a National Youth Ballet production of Cinderella. more...
Green fingered pupils at a special school have been busy planting 50 new trees six months after the originals were stolen. more...
A CONTINENTAL flavour hits the town centre this weekend with the town's first French market. more...
WILTSHIRE is being targeted by the Government in a bid to drive car crime from the streets. more...
A GUIDE published by Swindon Council looks at business opportunities in the town centre. more...
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...
This morning was the last chance customers had to buy their stamps from the Fleming Way and Theatre Square post offices. more...
Children who have been abused will get a helping hand thanks to an autumn supper and fashion show which raised £1,900. more...
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...
HOAXERS calling 999 are tying up Swin-don's emergency services on false errands and endangering people's lives. more...
FIREFIGHTERS across Swindon have voted to strike for the first time in 25 years. more...
SCIENTISTS in Swindon are asking volunteers to help find a cure for dementia by donating their brains. more...
BIG Brother loud mouth Jade Goody arrived in Swindon to sign autographs and chat with fans. more...
These are the suspects for a handbag snatch from the Croft Gallery in Old Town at about 1pm on Thursday. more...
SWINDON Police are seeking witnesses to two violent assaults and robberies they believe were homophobic attacks. more...
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...
A TEENAGER who struck a kitten with a stick so hard that it later died has been detained for 10 months. more...
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...
WILTSHIRE otter man Mark Satinet took a busman's holiday this year to search for a rare giant otter in the Amazon jungles. more...
ANDY KING will lead Town into battle at Ashton Gate today after the board failed to agree a deal with Mel Machin. more...
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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