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Stories for 6 July 2004

Amesbury News

Salisbury College appoints principal

SALISBURY College Board of Corporation has appointed a new principal to take over from acting principal Ray Dowd in September.   more...

Business News

Bashing Europe could hurt jobs

Dennis GrantTHE leader of Swindon's chamber of commerce has urged businesses to make sure they hold an informed opinion about joining Europe.   more...

Test your old grey matter by helping others in charity quiz

COMPETITION is hotting up to see which company will be named the brains of the town at the Swindon Cares quiz.   more...

Door-to-door sales healthy for Kleeneze

A SWINDON catalogue sales firm is expected to report full year pre-tax profits this week in line with forecasts.   more...

Company drivers get to put their foot down

SWINDON businesses will soon be able to treat their clients to a high-speed thrill-packed day out.   more...

Salisbury News

Salisbury College appoints principal

SALISBURY College Board of Corporation has appointed a new principal to take over from acting principal Ray Dowd in September.   more...

Sport Bowls

wilts bow out

WILTSHIRE'S hopes of progress in the 2004 Middleton Cup were ended at Wootton Bassett on Saturday.   more...

Defeat in opener

WILTSHIRE'S hopes of retaining the South Western Counties League title were dealt a severe blow.   more...

Sport Cricket

PITMAN A HITMAN

the biggest surprise of the day was a first defeat for Division Eight leaders Biddestone 3rd at the hands of an improving Devizes 4th.   more...

Sport Football

Ciren take on champs Plymouth

A HOME friendly with Coca-Cola Championship new boys Plymouth Argyle heads up Cirencester Town's pre-season campaign.   more...

A double six for Shaw

HIGHWORTH'S annual junior six-a-side tournament proved another hit at the weekend.   more...

Manager sought

ELDENE Rangers under sevens and under eights are on the hunt for new players. The under eights also need a new manager.   more...

John's in charge

John Freeth, former assistant manager at Cirencester Town and Swindon Supermarine, takes charge of pre-season training for last season's Wiltshire Premier Division runners-up AFC Stratton at the Crosslink Centre, beginning tonight at 7pm.   more...

Ruskin Make a Day of It

RUSKIN School's six-a-side tournament went the distance.   more...

Swindon News

Labour leader should talk to the electors

So Swindon's new Labour leader is to be David Nash. Is this the same person that as a prospective councillor attended all the Broadgreen Community council meetings and even joined, placard in hand, with the protest against the proposed bail hostel a number of years ago? Surely not.   more...

Sicily was start of Invasion of Europe

I WAS very interested in Mr Gray's letter. I have always said that the invasion of Europe started with the invasion of Sicily. Actually not on July 10 but on July 9.   more...

Has anything changed over the last 30 years?

It is with interest that I read the headline Tories renege on their word on June 18.   more...

Will accreditation scheme for landlords really work?

I WAS interested to read in the Advertiser on June 26, a new scheme will be launched in which landlords will be awarded accreditation from the council if they fulfil a range of conditions.   more...

Tennis centre opens its doors to all

TENNIS fans distraught at seeing Tim Henman fail at Wimbledon again are being encouraged to have a go themselves.   more...

Just the ticket?

71193-70PARKING charges for places such as Swindon should rise by at least £2 a day to get people out of cars and on to busses, according to the Government's top transport advisor.   more...

June steps down as chairwoman of stroke support group

The chairwoman of the Swindon Stroke Support Group has stepped down from her role after 11 years.   more...

Our school bus is too tatty

SCHOOLCHILDREN fed up with travelling in dilapidated mini-buses are urging people to help them raise the £50,000 needed to replace them.   more...

Pupils call on the muse for a slam poetry contest

In recent years slam poetry has become the pop art event of literary festivals up and down the country and this week a Swindon school is jumping on board with a contest to encourage youngsters to take an interest in poems.   more...

Is this the end of bill stickers?

71194-47PEOPLE who stick up fly posters were given a taste of their own medicine when a Swindon councillor pasted a "cancelled" sign on one of their illegal bills.   more...

Art work pays off for schools

71185-52Seven Swindon schools have made outstanding achievements in the arts. They have won national recognition from the Arts Council for their commitment to music, dance, drama, art and design.   more...

Courtesy courses for the clampers

SHOPPERS at the Orbital Retail Park who fell victim to car clampers have welcomed plans to send the men on courses to learn manners.   more...

Golden couple meet on train ride to love

31164-17RON and Mary Twine celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a trip down memory lane.   more...

Tall story of grass

Take a trip to Barbury Castle and you will notice that the grass has been left to grow longer than in previous years.   more...

Now hear this, festival will be fun for everyone

SWINDON'S town crier Fred Ferris is warming up his vocal cords to reveal the full programme of the Swindon Summer Festival.   more...

Pupils put minds to creating artwork

Youngsters across Swindon have been putting their creative skills to the test to raise awareness of dementia.   more...

Bowl along to club fete

BLUNSDON Cricket Club is holding its annual summer fete on Saturday at the village's recreation ground in Sutton Park.   more...

Party night turned to terror

71196-38Peter Taperek went to the pub to celebrate his 39th birthday. He ended the night with 18 stitches after an unprovoked bottle attack.   more...

Superhero sets the box office alight

THE eagerly-awaited Spider-Man sequel, set to open in Swindon next week, looks like it could break box office records after taking £85 million in its first five days in the US.   more...

Daughter joined by mum in rally

A MOTHER and daughter grabbed the bull by the horns when they stripped off in a near-naked protest against the matador.   more...

Convoy grows in size as it waits

71183-17TRAVELLERS say they have been forced to move on to private land at Blundson because they have nowhere else to go.   more...

Walkers will be able to follow route of town's history

A series of walking trails around Swindon is being drawn up by town centre managers in an attempt to boost civic pride.   more...

Pass the soap Claudius

31158-24ARCHAEOLOGISTS working at a Roman site in Swindon believe that they may have figured out what once stood there almost 2,000 years ago.   more...

Head start for Gina

71184-08TV beautician Georgina Akers is setting up her own salon in Swindon where she hopes to attract other celebrity stylists.   more...

Are you sitting comfortably?

Physiotherapists in Swindon will be highlighting their work to mark Physiotherapy Week this week.   more...

OAP admits sex assault charges

27330-02A PENSIONER talked about his sex life and offered cannabis when he gave young girls a lift home, a court heard.   more...

Swindoncares News

Test your old grey matter by helping others in charity quiz

JULY 6: COMPETITION is hotting up to see which company will be named the brains of the town at the Swindon Cares quiz.   more...

Tourism News

Walkers will be able to follow route of town's history

A series of walking trails around Swindon is being drawn up by town centre managers in an attempt to boost civic pride.   more...

Wiltshire News

Convoy grows in size as it waits

71183-17TRAVELLERS say they have been forced to move on to private land at Blundson because they have nowhere else to go.   more...

Wiltshire Sport

Igoe's Early Scare

SAMMY IGOE has endured a worrying start to Town's pre-season campaign after being hospitalised over fears of a blood clot.   more...

  
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