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Stories for 26 November 2002

Bradford On Avon News

Internet users help BT accelerate broadband growth

Internet users in Bradford on Avon are helping BT to accelerate the roll-out of high speed broadband communications across the UK.   more...

Business News

Just the place to start work

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Hewitt concedes that skills training is a mess

BRITAIN'S skills training system is a mess which Labour had failed to tackle in its first term, Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt has admitted.   more...

Ad-Lib is proving its worth

A SWINDON teleconsultancy has been named a finalist in the National Sales Awards 2003 to be held in February.   more...

Brown is set to borrow

CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown has given a clear signal that he will increase public sector borrowing in tomorrow's Pre-Budget Report, rather than raising tax or cutting back spending on public services.   more...

Sport Football

Yeardley away but chasing silverware

WOOTTON Bassett manager Pete Yeardley is closing in on some silverware.   more...

Swindon News

Managers holding back the schools

AFTER the recent spate of articles chronicling the fortunes of Swindon's inner schools, a number of points should be born in mind by the general reader.   more...

MPs give themselves big pay rises

There is much talk castigating the firemen and women for striking. Can I suggest a way to resolve the fire dispute, and also any future disputes involving public workers?   more...

Bankruptcy notice not related to licensee

Re: Bankruptcy Notice for Fox & Hounds, Wroughton   more...

Decision could mean ivory trade reopening

THE 159-member country Convention of the Parties to CITES ­ the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ­ has voted to allow the one-off sale of ivory stockpiles held in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. Similar proposals from Zimbabwe and Zambia were refused, due to the lack of proper controls in those countries.   more...

Melinda has a Swindon date

WHEN Melinda Messenger leaves the Big Brother house she will be whisked off to The Apartment in Swindon.   more...

Extra money for fostering

A SHORTAGE of foster carers in the town could be eased thanks to help from Swindon Council.   more...

Hospital radio wins cash appeal to safeguard service

HOSPITAL Radio Swindon is celebrating after its successful campaign to raise £8,000 to move the service to the Great Western Hospital.   more...

`It is very important to Swindon's future'

RESTORING Swindon's crumbling Mechanics' Institute is one of English Heritage's top priorities.   more...

Club is back and open for business

YOUNGSTERS can look forward to a brighter social life ­ thanks to the return of Swindon youth club, PJ's.   more...

This school is one of the worst funded

A HEADTEACHER used a school presentation evening to attack the poor level of funding for education in Swindon.   more...

Man killed at garage

AN investigation was today under way after a man was crushed to death as he carried out repairs to a garage on Great Western Way.   more...

Government warning over authority's track record

THE GOVERNMENT is stepping in to help run Swindon Council.   more...

Social services chief leaves

SWINDON'S social services director, Marie Seaton, has left the employment of Swindon Council following a period of long term sick leave.   more...

Winter wonderland for one final time

VIVIAN and Sandra Wilks' amazing Christmas decorations raise hundreds of pounds for charity each year.   more...

Footballer set to flick the switch in Old Town

CENTRE forward Sam Parkin has already lit up Swindon Town's football season and now he has been invited to turn on the Old Town Christmas lights.   more...

Attack victim too scared to go out

THE VICTIM of a brutal homophobic attack remains frightened to go outside, four months after the incident. The 34 year-old machine operator from West Swindon was terrorised by two knife-wielding robbers in his own home for over 20 minutes.   more...

MPs urge fire fighters to stop striking and talk

MPs in Swindon are urging firefighters to leave their picket lines and start negotiating.   more...

Dumped and rusting

THEY are a blot on the landscape and a financial burden to the tax payer.   more...

Make refuge children smile this Christmas

THIS Christmas Swindon Women's Refuge will provide sanctuary for many women and children fleeing the horrors of domestic violence.   more...

Council has to get its act together

YOU cannot help but think that Swindon Council has left things a little late.   more...

Hope at last for institute

We're pleased to hear that the Mechanics' Institute has been given top priority status by English Heritage.   more...

Wiltshire News

MPs urge fire fighters to stop striking and talk

MPs in Swindon are urging firefighters to leave their picket lines and start negotiating.   more...

Wiltshire Sport

Marine's ray of hope

RAY Baverstock will make a sensational return to the Dr Martens League as Swindon Supermarine's new boss. The former Cirencester manager has been hired to rescue the Western Division strugglers following Tom Jones' sudden departure at the weekend.   more...

  
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