Wiltshire | Archive | 2002 | July
STRUGGLING fibre-optics company Bookham Technology says its cost-cutting drive is paying off, despite cutting 25 jobs in Swindon. more...
THE Centre for Professional Development is on the move. more...
THE value of major fraud in the South-west in the first half of 2002 has quadrupled compared with the previous six months, according to the findings of KPMG Forensic's Fraud Barometer. more...
AIRPORTS group Wiggins pledged to put its Kent-based cargo operation in the frame to win a share of the spiralling UK passenger market. more...
JO WARNER, owner of Ivy House Lakes at Wootton Bassett, was agonisingly close to a top three finish in the Embassy Ladies National Championship. more...
Kendal Barry got the verdict in the latest open at Tockenham Lake with a fine 50-15-0 of skimmers and bream taken on the pole and the feeder. more...
Thur Aug 1: The new look North Wessex Winter League entry £36 per team must be paid by this date. more...
Swindon were beaten by 19 runs in a close- fought encounter against Gloucestershire side Colwall at the County Ground, with some dubious umpiring decisions ultimately deciding the fate of the game. more...
THERE were exciting finishes in three matches in Division Two. more...
Division One: Bath CS 149ao 6, Box 150-6 20; Buscot Park 187-6 6 (H Miller 57), Biddestone 188-3 21 (N Mason 106no); Potterne 129ao 6 (G Gaiger 53), Beanacre 208-71 22 (G Laptham 52); Burbage & ER 96ao 5, Westinghouse 176-9 23 (P Bailey 60). more...
CIRENCESTER received a significant boost in their battle to avoid relegation from Readers Gloucestershire County League Division One when they secured a convincing six-wicket victory over fourth-placed Newent in the Park on Saturday more...
Purton travelled to Trowbridge on Saturday and lost a Glos/Wilts game by 106 runs. more...
IN a closely contested Glos/Wilts game at Bredon, Bassett went down to a three-wicket defeat with an over to go. more...
Swindon Supermarine slumped to a surprise home defeat at the hands of Screwfix League Corsham last night. more...
Devizes caretaker Mark Surman boss claimed victory in his first game in charge. more...
Bath's bid to sign Australian international forward Mark Connors has collapsed. more...
THE response of the community in Haydon Wick to the closure of the Post Office in Safeway raises deeper issues of ethical consumerism. more...
I SEE that Swindon Council is continuing with its policy of relentless urban expansion in pursuit of city status. more...
MISS B M Packer surely has the most vivid estimation of speed, if she really thinks that a car travelling along Devizes Road and turning left into Newport Street can turn that corner at about 60mph (EA July 29). more...
In MORE than 100 years of the mayoralty there can have been no more self-opinionated and arrogant occupant of the chair than councillor Stan Pajak. more...
COUNCILLOR Bawden's disingenuous attack on the mayor, councillor Stan Pajak, at Thursday's council meeting was typical of the malice which so disfigures Swindon politics, and is perhaps one of the reasons why so few vote at elections. more...
SO Vinnie Jones is supporting the Retired Greyhound Trust (Evening Advertiser July 26). more...
I REFER to the viewpoint article by Bruce Kent about RIAT at Fairford. more...
I HAVE attended many airshows over the past 30 years but none quite so appalling and poorly organised as RIAT 2002. more...
ON the Saturday of Fairford air show a whole page was given to a letter from Bruce Kent, described as veteran CND campaigner. more...
TEENAGER Gary Gunning robbed a man of his £1.20 bus fare as he waited at a town centre stop, it was claimed in court. more...
ORGANISERS of the Royal International Air Tattoo have apologised to disabled aviation fans for the inadequate facilities at this year's show. more...
THE group who took its Front Garden anti-building battle to the High Court is planning a fundraising sponsored bicycle ride. more...
A MAJOR advantage of being Bride of the Year is that you have help to sort out all those little hitches that could spoil the big day. more...
AT just three years old, Bethany Robinson has shouldered more responsibility than most adults ever have to. more...
POLICE officers Ian and Maria Miller may have been partners in marriage for 25 years but they have also been partners in crime for the last 27 years. more...
PLAQUES similar to those found on London's tourist attractions may be placed on Cricklade's historic build-ings. more...
BIG Brother winner Kate Lawler has been upstaged in her quest to seduce house stud Spencer Smith by a blonde glamour model from Wootton Bassett. more...
RESIDENTS in Abbey Meads were left reeling after a controversial application to build a drive-through McDonalds and Domino's pizza parlour got the thumbs up. more...
COUNCILLORS slammed the victimisation of Penhill residents when approving a play area in Abbey Meads. more...
A VITAL service which serves the people of Swindon and Wiltshire continues to seek the public's support. more...
CRICKLADE mums are fighting to save a green space near St Sampson's Church from being turned into a housing development. more...
SWINDON could stage a huge open-air pop concert as part of the BBC's annual Children in Need appeal. more...
THREE members of the Women's Institute in Wiltshire had the honour of holding the Queen's Golden Jubilee Baton on its way to the Commonwealth Games. more...
PUPILS of a Swindon school are to meet a hypermarket's artists in residence as part of what is being proclaimed as a unique project. more...
MOTORISTS are being warned to avoid buying documents claiming to be International Driving Licences. more...
THE ARTISTS of the future have been given a head start thanks to a sponsorship deal with a printing firm. more...
A WASTE management company is helping to fund community projects in North and South Wiltshire. more...
NATURE reserves in Swindon are the subject of a £19,500 National Lottery bid. more...
THE private firm put in charge of Swindon's education system today pledged to do all it could to avoid closing primary schools in the town but would make no guarantees. more...
SWINDON Council's education and social services provision may have been slated in official reports but it has one of the best crime prevention strategies in the country. more...
A FILM making course is being used to teach young people who have been in trouble with the law that crime does not pay. more...
SWINDON Council could struggle to replace outgoing chief executive Paul Doherty, MP Michael Wills has claimed. more...
IN 1943, Britain was far from sure whether or not it would win the war. more...
ONE of Swindon's most famous sons has been spotted out and about at Coate Water. more...
LOCK up your property and defeat summer thieves. That is the latest message from Swindon police, as the hot weather tempts householders to carelessly leave doors and windows open. more...
THE much-missed sound of church bells is set to be heard in a small community for the first time in 30 years. more...
My family and I decided to go to RIAT at Fairford, after an absence of two years due to runway resurfacing work. more...
The Mechanics Institute was not built by Swindon town, but by the Great Western Railway largely for the use of their employees. more...
Being on the Swindon Access Group and profoundly deaf myself, I am appalled by the degrading services provided by both the social services and borough council team. more...
WITH regard to Peter Heaton-Jones views on public monies being wasted on STFC. more...
READING Mr Heaton Jones comments in the Evening Advertiser I can only come to one conclusion: BBC Wiltshire Sound suffers fools gladly. more...
WHEN some schools in Swindon are bursting at the seams it is quite ironic that there are plans which might see others close. more...
WE might have been critical of Swindon Council in the past but its foresight in buying Lydiard House and park 60 years ago ranks among the best deals ever done in this country. more...
ORGANISERS of the Royal International Air Tattoo have apologised to disabled aviation fans for the inadequate facilities at this year's show. more...
DARREN DYKES once chanted Neil Ruddock's name from the terraces and Town's newest recruit, admits the prospect of playing alongside the Razor will take some time to sink in. more...
BIG Brother winner Kate Lawler has been upstaged in her quest to seduce house stud Spencer Smith by a blonde glamour model from Wootton Bassett. more...
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