Wiltshire | Archive | 2002 | July
CANOEISTS campaigning to improve safety at Bath's Pulteney Weir are calling it a `drowning machine' after the world famous beauty spot became the scene of yet another fatal tragedy just weeks ago. more...
COLUMN: Toilets that talk are proving such a hit in Bradford on Avon that American tourists are demanding guided tours around them. more...
FORGET low interest rates, demand outstripping supply and the migration of rich Londoners to our city the reason house prices in Bath are so high is down to one simple thing the weather. more...
COLUMN: Sick to the back teeth of coffee bars, shops and cafes? Fed up with trying to find anywhere that offers a good old fashioned cup of tea? They why not join us in a celebration of all things genteel, English and cucumbered. more...
MUSIC fans will soon be able to view and collect limited edition images of unseen moments from the history of rock and roll at a new exhibition which opens in Bath this week. more...
THIS Saturday Keynsham Methodist Church in the High Street will be holding a hymnathon in aid of its 75/75 appeal. more...
DISABLED people are being urged to run for election as part of a drive to improve the image of Bath & North East Somerset Council. more...
TESSA Bowles, a pupil at Ralph Allen School in Combe Down, Bath, has just been voted the Parklands Audi Young Designer of the Year. more...
A NOTORIOUS Bath junction infamous for its rush hour traffic gridlocks is to finally be tackled by Bath & North East Somerset Council. more...
A LOCAL security firm is celebrating after winning a major deal with Swindon Borough Council. more...
BRITISH based banks could lose out on significant investment opportunities unless they are prepared to show more enthusiasm for financing renewables projects, says Minister for Energy, Brian Wilson. more...
THE Institute for Public Policy Research, Britain's leading centre-left think tank has welcomed the announcement that Network Rail, a not-for-profit company, subject to shareholder approval, will take over Britain's rail network from Railtrack. more...
THE TUC has urged the Bank of England to freeze interest rates, warning that manufacturing firms were still struggling on the road to recovery. more...
WEIGHTS were really good in the last of the series of Coleview Rover's five matches on prolific carp waters. more...
Fri July 5: Ivy House lakes Friday and every Friday: Veterans match and their evening open. more...
Wiltshire fell some way short of Devon's imposing total on the final day of their Minor Counties Western Division match at Salisbury. more...
WOOTTON Bassett's title hopes were dashed after top-of-the-table Frocester stole a 144-run victory. more...
Swindon suffered a heavy 136-run defeat at Gloucester side Winget after the home side posted a daunting total of 303-6. more...
FOLLOWING their thrilling last-ball victory at Shurdington the previous week, Cirencester were involved in another tense finish at Woodmancote, eventually losing by five runs. more...
CLOSE finishes were the order of the day in the Wiltshire Cricket League. more...
ANDY KING was hoping to clinch the services of his first Premiership loanee at the County Ground today. more...
NICK BAXTER has two weeks to convince Andy King that he can add a touch of Old Trafford class to the Swindon Town squad. more...
TOWN'S players were thankful to be spared the `traditional' heat wave as they eased themselves back into pre-season training. more...
I'M writing about your story (Wednesday, June 26) about Penhill and what Recorder Christopher Frazer said about Penhill and `silly violence' there. more...
WITH reference to remarks made recently in the Evening Advertiser by BBC commentators re St George and England's flag. Any fool knows St George wasn't an English saint. I happen to be a member of the Royal Order of St George. more...
A FEW months ago I remember the residents of Hodson complaining about drivers from Chiseldon using the road through their village to get to work in town and churning up their grass verges. I thought then they were making a fuss about nothing and last week I was proved right. more...
WHY does Peter Heaton-Jones call displaying the flag of England a sinister display of nationalistic fervour? The Welsh and Scots show their flags is this sinister? Or is it only the flag of England he has a problem with? more...
DRUG addicts Carl Alexander and Michael Ashmore walked free from court after they were caught stealing alcohol from a Swindon store. more...
A DRUG addict who failed to turn up at court to face charges of theft has been remanded in custody. more...
SWINDON police are appealing for an elderly victim of a theft to contact them. more...
BUILDING and civil engineering contractor Tithegrove has given £20,000 to the Wiltshire and Swindon Community Fund. more...
A FISH and chip shop has donated a quarter of its day's takings to help the men and women who make its daily trade possible. more...
THE Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry will tomorrow be granted the Freedom of the Borough of Swindon. more...
YOUNG catholics from Swindon are meeting the Pope in Canada to celebrate World Youth Day. more...
A SERVICE dedicated to advising parents and carers in Swindon has celebrated its first birthday. more...
MILTON Road's Victorian swimming baths are to close for a month to allow Swindon Council to carry out essential repairs. more...
WHILE many of us may be bemoaning the lack of summer sunshine this week, the dull weather may be just what the doctor ordered for the thousands of hayfever sufferers in Swindon. more...
NINE of Swindon's firefighters will jump out of an aircraft tomorrow to help a toddler who is desperately ill with leukaemia. more...
AGE Concern Swindon's 50th anniversary year has benefited from the talents of two of Swindon's most popular entertainers. more...
THE Kentwood Choir perform a mixed programme of choral music at the Methodist Church on Bath Road tonight as part of Old Town Festival. more...
AMBITIOUS plans for a multi-million pound stadium on Swindon's Front Garden were today effectively killed off. more...
ELECTRICAL retail giant Comet will bring some 40 jobs to Swindon next month. more...
LONG-awaited dredging work on Shaftesbury Lake is due to start in September. more...
A FAMILY have accused their son's school of infringing his human rights after he was forbidden from eating sweets and crisps at break times. more...
AS most people who have a family to feed, a mortgage to pay off or a monthly struggle to pay the rent will know, not everything in life can be a priority. more...
BERYL Harris took the decision to share her experiences with cancer. more...
ANCHOR Butter today confirmed it will close its Swindon factory in September, with the loss of 200 staff. more...
FOUR Swindon men have denied the murder of 25-year-old Mathew Hornsby, of Holbein Square, Swindon. more...
MOST 17-year-olds are more concerned about getting through their A-levels and learning to drive than solving the world's problems. more...
THE death of plans for a £37 million stadium on the Front Garden might be a disaster for Swindon Town FC. more...
THE Hazle family's claim that Pinehurst Junior School is infringing seven-year-old Samuel Hazle's human rights is going a bit far. more...
THE Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry will tomorrow be granted the Freedom of the Borough of Swindon. more...
ANDY KING was hoping to clinch the services of his first Premiership loanee at the County Ground today. more...
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