Wiltshire | Archive | 2003 | August
MORE than 150 people were evacuated from their homes on Thursday and had to spend the night in Amesbury Sports Centre after a major gas leak at Boscombe Down. more...
MORE than 150 people were evacuated from their homes on Thursday and had to spend the night in Amesbury Sports Centre after a major gas leak at Boscombe Down. more...
WILTSHIRE Bowls Association championship finals held at Westlecot produced three very hard fought games and close finishes but only one local winner. more...
Gloucestershire moved clear at the top of National Cricket League Division One with a comprehensive eight-wicket wicket victory over bottom club Yorkshire at Cheltenham. more...
Gloucestershire's championship game with Yorkshire was allowed to fade away into a draw on Saturday as captains Craig Spearman and Matthew Wood adopted a cautious approach. more...
NEW College Academy will not take their place in the Hellenic League this season after making a clean break from parent club Swindon Supermarine. more...
SWINDON Supermarine chairman Steve Moore has confirmed that he will not be stepping down from his role before the new Dr Martens League campaign begins. more...
TOMMY Saunders will give former Swindon Town youngster Nathan Edwards another chance to earn a permanent deal in Chippenham's prestige friendly with Division Three Cheltenham Town tonight. more...
BATH have signed utility back Jamie Williams from neighbours Bristol Shoguns as World Cup cover. more...
WELL, that's another Wroughton Carnival done and dusted, and we believe it was the most successful yet. more...
HOW nice to have childhood memories of Hinton Parva (Evening Advertiser's village feature July 26). more...
SOME weeks ago Dr Chris Eley informed us in a letter that there was no evidence that a death penalty reduced the number of murders. more...
AS A columnist myself with the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald, I've been delighted to read Jeff King's weekly contribution in the Adver. more...
JOHN Short, director of Swindon Services, has plunged into print (Letters, July 24) on the subject of garden waste sacks (green sacks). more...
HOW nice of the council to offer free garden sacks to people who, with written confirmation from their doctor, are physically unable to carry black sacks to the front of their property, and have no one to assist them. more...
I WOULD like to give my thanks for the wonderful way my husband has been treated in his illness. more...
FORMER pupils of Headlands School are planning a reunion in the autumn. more...
TWO 83-YEAR-OLD women were robbed of their handbags in an underpass in Toothill. more...
Ref. 22017-128HISTORY came alive in Wootton Bassett when the town hosted its annual medieval festival. more...
THE electoral returning officer for Swindon has rejected a call for polling stations to be scrapped and replaced by postal voting in local elections. more...
Ref. 26003-29NURSERY school children gave a fond farewell to their pre-school days with a tea party to celebrate moving up to primary school. more...
Ref. 26007-120A pair of gardening-mad brothers gave Stratton a glimpse of their award-winning skills when they opened their gardens to the public. more...
Ref. 26009-19A month ago Nigel Fulcher was fighting for his life after an assault. Now he is on the road to recovery and looking forward to playing with his son again more...
Ref. 26012-87THE SUN shone for Evening Advertiser Bride of the Year Lucy Griffin and her childhood sweetheart Neil Zerebecki when the couple married at the weekend. more...
A MAN aged 53 died after apparently losing control of his car and plunging 25 feet into allotments off Akers Way in Moredon. more...
Ref. 26010-117DESPITE the grey skies and rain earlier on in the week, the sun shone brightly on the thousands of people at the first Swindon Show and Air Display. more...
SWINDON needs to improve its commuter links to its railway station, says train watchdog the Rail Passengers Committee (RPC). more...
Ref. 26004-38THE Wyvern Theatre's annual Summer Youth Project is now so successful that it is being copied by half a dozen other venues controlled by ClearChannel Entertainment, which manages the theatre for Swindon Borough Council. more...
IF there had been room in the aisles, the audience at Saturday night's performance of Fame would have danced and sung along with the 192 stage-struck young performers who are turning the 10th Swindon Youth Project into a triumph. more...
ARKELL'S has put one of its pubs into what it says is one of Swindon's safest pairs of hands. more...
WHAT to say of the inaugural Swindon Show and Air Display. Perhaps it's better to leave that to a young visitor: "It's really good and there is so much to see and do." more...
FOR several months, Evening Advertiser Bride of the Year Lucy Griffin and childhood sweetheart Neil Zerebecki have been the best-known and most read about engaged couple in Swindon. more...
Ref. 22017-128HISTORY came alive in Wootton Bassett when the town hosted its annual medieval festival. more...
SHEFFIELD Wednesday fans claiming to be Town exiles in the north are attempting to dupe County Ground office staff into posting them tickets for the big clash on Saturday. more...
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