Wiltshire | Archive | 2004 | July
COMRADES of a Tidworth soldier who saved the lives of 30 members of his regiment during a firefight in Iraq are calling for him to be awarded the Victoria Cross. more...
TWO people died and 40 coach passengers escaped serious injury in a weekend of carnage on south Wiltshire's notorious A303. more...
The Journal team, complete with medals, after Sunday's Race for Life at Salisbury athletics track. From left: Sub-editor Jane Warner and daughter Bethan, sub-editor Christine Stock, senior reporter Jill Harding, Lesley Bates finds out that the Cancer Research UK's Race For Life is a girl thing. more...
LOCATION 3 Properties Ltd, the company behind the Focus development in London Road, Amesbury, has spoken to the Journal in a bid to alleviate residents' concerns. more...
THE Prince of Wales is expected to be at Tidworth on Saturday for the annual Rundle Cup polo day. more...
VISITORS to Amesbury library and Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum this month will be able to admire the amazing work done by pupils from Amesbury Junior School on the Stonehenge World Heritage site. more...
400m Olympic runner Lesley Owusu with Sarum class students during her visit to Larkhill Primary School as part of the Sporting Champions scheme to encourage future winners. DA5890P2ATHLETICS star Lesley Owusu dashed into Larkhill Primary School as part of the Sporting Champions scheme to inspire future winners. more...
THIS year's Tidworth area festival came to an end on Saturday with the main event, Festival Day, at the garrison town's Castledown School. more...
TINY St Thomas a' Becket School, at Tilshead, is rounding off a remarkable year by recruiting an extra teacher. more...
The cast of the Witches, at Durrington village hall. DA5928P1ROALD Dahl's story The Witches has been chosen by Durrington Amateur Dramatic Society for its latest production. more...
STAGGERING figures showing the desperate need for more affordable homes in south Wiltshire have appeared in a damning report. more...
A SECOND university has said it would like to move into Swindon. Bath University, which already runs the Oakfield centre in Marlowe Avenue, has already declared it wants to move into land at Coate when it becomes available and open an undergraduate campus. more...
A SWINDON firm is helping women drivers put an end to the old jokes for once and for all. more...
ENTREPRENEUR Vicki Sealy and her business Potter and Paint, have won a place in the finals of the Enterprising Rural Women Awards, 2004. more...
13557/1GAZETTE & HERALD: A group of teenagers have taken it upon themselves to cue a new snooker hall for the people of the town. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: Two neighbours are at war after a catalogue of disputes that were started by a garden gate at Bryans Close Road in Calne. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: Pupils at Springfield School have been taking part in the ultimate endurance test today as they competed in the annual triathlon. more...
13536/7GAZETTE & HERALD: Families from across the region flocked to enjoy the thrills and spills of the annual Heddington and Stockley Steam Rally and Country Fair at the weekend. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: There's a chance to party like it's 1799 as the Lansdowne Strand Hotel holds an 18th century-style barbecue tomorrow for its owner Tony Calleya's tenth anniversary. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: PUPILS from St Margaret's Preparatary School have raised £3,000 for their annual charity, the Rowdeford Charity Trust. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: Commonwealth Silver Medallist Lesley Owusu visited Priestly Primary School this week as part of the school's Health and Fitness week. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: Visitors to the Olympiad have become worried about the possibility of trouble being caused by travellers who have settled into the Olympiad car park in Chippenham's Monkton Park area. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: DISAPPOINTED football fan, Alistair Fuge, was so irate after Portugal defeated England in the crucial Euro 2004 match that he scratched a car causing £500 of damage, Chippenham magistrates heard on Friday. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: Two folk festival bouncers are facing the prospect of jail after they started an outbreak of violence in a Chippenham curry house. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: THE £500,000 revamp of Chippenham Railway Station is on track and timetabled to finish next month. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: Drug dealer William Finch has been ordered to forfeit almost £1,500 of the £4,000 he made from selling cannabis. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: CONVICTED arsonist Angela Webb who set her former boyfriend's house ablaze in a drunken stupor, has told of her prison hell. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: ENTREPRENEUR Vicki Sealy and her business Potter and Paint, have won a place in the finals of the Enterprising Rural Women Awards, 2004. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: A PLAGUE of weird and wonderful creatures descended on Monkton Park Primary School in Chippenham last Friday. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: The Mayor of Chippenham Coun Ross Henning has chosen the Drop-In project for single homeless people at The Salvation Army Hall as the charity for his year in office. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: ANIMAL charity the Dogs' Trust is holding a special microchipping day for pensioners' dogs in Chippenham on Wednesday. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: DRIVER Victoria Clifford, 20, is appealing for witnesses after she was involved in a collision with another car as she turned from Avenue La Fleche into Gladstone Road, Chippenham. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: Delegates from all over England and Wales will descend on Lackham next week for a three-day conference on the future of rural arts. more...
THOUSANDS of fans are expected to pour into Chippenham to welcome Abba-tribute superstars Bjorn Again at North Wiltshire Festival's free concert on July 17. more...
THE Wiltshire Air Ambulance will be named as North Wiltshire District Council's chairman's charity at the forthcoming North Wiltshire Festival 2004. more...
Biddestone Tennis Club wants to build three new courts and revamp a fourth in a bid to cultivate the young tennis stars of the future. more...
PLANS to hand over parking regulations to North Wiltshire District Council are moving ahead and a new working group has been set up to look at the issues. more...
BUILDING giant Jarvis, the company responsible for erecting Abbeyfield School and the North Wiltshire District Council offices, has pledged to honour its contracts with the buildings, despite losses of £10 million and rumours of bankruptcy. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: SHELDON School teacher Simon Neil has been suspended following allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a 17 year-old sixth-form girl. more...
Chippenham Mum Karen McIntyreGAZETTE & HERALD: THE Stress Test is a powerful new BBC1 documentary series, tackling one of the most talked-about, compelling topics of the time. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: TRISTAN Shewell, 22, who was killed when his car crashed into a tree near Ford on Sunday morning, was the third member of his family to die in just 18 months. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: The widow of policeman and father-of-four Rob Perkiss, who died last Friday, has told how he fought against cancer until the bitter end. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: A FRIEND of convicted heroin dealer Stewart Donachie, who was found dead at the Pines Hotel in Chippenham last week, has paid tribute to him. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: WORK is well underway on a new wine warehouse on the former site of the Peugeot garage in New Road, Chippenham. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy fled in terror as his mum was brutally assaulted by sex attacker Benjamin Roberts. more...
13547/2GAZETTE & HERALD: ARTIST Nigel Grima has added extra colour to the Reach Out drop-in centre with his new painting workshops. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: CAR dealers Hartwell Ford in Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, have assured their customers they have no plans to move. more...
GAZETTE & HERALD: BUILDING giant Jarvis, the company responsible for erecting Abbeyfield School and the North Wiltshire District Council offices, has pledged to honour its contracts with the buildings, despite losses of £10 million and rumours of bankruptcy. more...
13560/1GAZETTE & HERALD: CAMPAIGNERS in Slaughterford, near Chippenham, are fighting to save their public telephone box. more...
As pre-season training gets underway at Hardenhuish Park tonight, Chippenham Town are hoping the only Thornes in their side this season will be brothers Gary and Wayne. more...
YOUNGSTERS who had gathered in a derelict building on the former Roundway Hospital site had a lucky escape after a fire started in the building. more...
13570/1THE Victorian walled garden in the grounds of Rowdeford School has received a boost of £1,000. more...
13526/2THIS year's Devizes Carnival Queen is 16-year-old Emily May, who was an attendant to last year's carnival queen, Naomi McWilliams. more...
MOTORISTS will have to contend with speed bumps across the centre of Devizes as part of a plan to slow traffic down and introduce a 20mph zone. more...
13542/2POTTERNE resident Elizabeth Levitt celebrated her 100th birthday on Monday. more...
13548/2STAFF at the Oxfam charity shop in Devizes have condemned vandals who prised off their sign. more...
13497/2Willow the kitten may have lost her tail but she could have lost her life. The seven-week-old kitten was found abandoned on the doorstep of a house and immediately taken to Estcourt House vets in Devizes. more...
13521/1MORE than 900 pupils at Devizes School learned about citizenship in a day full of different events. more...
PUPILS at Chirton Primary School met Wiltshire Air Ambulance paramedics as part of a week-long series of activities studying health issues. more...
13535/3RECORD numbers of visitors flocked to the Devizes Beer Festival, with a total of 1,350 people making their way to The Wharf on Saturday. more...
13519/01PUPILS at Lavington School took a tour of rock through the ages when they performed Rock Musical. more...
DEVIZES Development Partnership looks set to reopen the debate on whether the town should have CCTV cameras on the streets. more...
DEVIZES Carnival has received a substantial grant from The Arts Council for the third year running, to fund costume workshops. more...
13531THE second Bulkington Scarecrow Trail attracted 1,000 visitors and has boosted funds for the parish church and Dorothy House Hospice. more...
Farmer Lance Beale has been jailed for three months for causing unnecessary suffering to his sheep and banned from keeping animals for ten years. more...
MAGISTRATES deferred sentencing drink driver Sandra Smith after hearing that she was due to get a place at a rehabilitation centre. more...
DEVIZES Town Council is objecting to plans by Sarsen Housing Association to change the age restriction on its sheltered housing scheme at Crammer Court. more...
AN action packed day is in store for young people at Devizes Leisure Centre on Saturday. more...
KENNET District Council is already warning councillors that it will have to tighten the purse strings for the next financial year. more...
MEMBERS of East Wiltshire Mencap have passed a resolution condemning higher charges imposed by Kennet District Council for special needs sessions for young people. more...
CARERS are desperately needed to help look after Alzheimer's sufferers to give them and their relatives a break. more...
FORMER `bad' boy Michael Blackham is readjusting to life in Civvy Street after doing 1950s- style Army training. more...
WILTSHIRE Air Ambulance paramedics have the very latest camera technology thanks to the generosity of supporters. more...
HUNDREDS of youngsters will be learning about safety and citizenship on a special course organised by Wiltshire Police. more...
Wiltshire high-flyer Tony Hughes soared to victory in the international Bognor Birdman contest at the weekend. more...
UP and coming musicians will be able to get free advice on how the music industry works at a number of seminars being held in the south west. more...
In addition to your leader, the article by Debbie Waite (Gazette, June 24) should give great cause for concern to those of us who live in Wiltshire villages. more...
I HAVE just returned from what can only be described as a sensational night at Lavington School's rock concert. more...
ON behalf of the Devizes branch of the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust we would like to thank the people of Devizes and visitors for supporting our tombola at the beer festival on Saturday. more...
FURTHER to our open letter to the Mayor of Marlborough, which appeared in your issue of June 24 regarding the recent High Street closures, we would like to comment upon the letters from Mr Francis and Mr Fogg which appeared in your issue of July 1. more...
We are writing to express our sincere thanks to all of those people who helped to make the Moroccan Garden Party, held in Burbage in aid of the Macmillan Nurses, such a huge success. more...
PLEASE pass on my congratulations to all those involved with organising this year's Devizes Festival. The festival was a great success. more...
A NATIONAL newspaper reported recently that Marlborough was found to be the most generous town in the UK when it came to charitable giving. more...
ANOTHER pub surely there is no need in Devizes for yet another pub where so many inns are within easy staggering distance, or for the abstainer, a sudden abundance of cafés to rest, chat and refresh. more...
WE would like to thank all the collectors and those who generously contributed to the house-to-house and street collections for Christian Aid last month. We were able to send £5,100.31. more...
Following my letter on the grave health issues concerning the proposal to build the new record office next to the large electrical sub-station in Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, (Gazette, July 1) further evidence has been brought to my attention. more...
YOU reported on June 24 that the board of Kennet and North Wiltshire Primary Care Trust deferred decisions about the future of clinics at Malmesbury Hospital. more...
WHILE I have sympathies for people being inconvenienced by the traffic congestion that is bringing Devizes to a standstill, I feel Mr Hopkins taking 56 minutes to travel half a mile is only compounding the problem. more...
A primary duty of a local newspaper is to report local news. It also has a duty to do this fairly and accurately. The article reporting on the suicide of John French (Gazette, July 1) strayed from this goal. more...
YOU kindly printed an article in last week's Gazette drawing people's attention to the fact that we are very short of volunteers at the RSPCA shop in Chippenham. more...
THE decision to allow the cement company Lafarge to trial the hazardous waste RLF in the kilns at Westbury shocked many people. more...
SALISBURY College Board of Corporation has appointed a new principal to take over from acting principal Ray Dowd in September. more...
COOMBE Bissett Church of England Primary School is exceeding national more...
OFTSED chiefs have praised a South Wilts nursery school for its quality of education and teaching. more...
Redlynch Primary School headteacher Marian Brewer, who retires at the end of term. DA5918P6Headteacher of Redlynch Primary School Marian Brewer had one big job to do before retiring at the end of the current term and that was to open the Lover country fair. more...
Storytelling workshops are usually a hit with children but now Highworth library has set aside time for parents. more...
Malmesbury School made history this week by becoming the first school in the county, and only the third in the country, to be awarded specialist status in science and performing arts. more...
BBC journalist Kate Adie, best known for her reporting from trouble spots around the world, was last night enjoying the more peaceful surroundings of Malmesbury Abbey, when she officially launched its restoration fund. more...
Malmesbury is a friendly town with a wonderful sense of community, according to a questionnaire distributed in town. more...
13538/1Children from Great Somerford enjoyed a day at the beach last week despite not leaving the village. more...
Details of this year's Malmesbury Carnival have just been released, and it is bigger and better than ever before. more...
THE death of her mother from cancer when she was just 15 had a huge impact on Sharon Moore. more...
The world famous Gifford Circus is coming to Minety next week, bringing its unique blend of traditional and modern circus acts. more...
THE biggest boules event outside France is coming to Sherston next weekend. more...
Workers at Malmesbury's Dyson plant has an oriental treat in store for them this week, with the firm's first ever Japan Week. more...
AFTER experiencing one too many rainy weekends trying to find entertainment for his two children, Oaksey father Geoff Astle decided something had to be done. more...
13563/2POLICE are investigating a churchyard assault on a young man with special needs in which it's believed a knife threat was issued. more...
13564/4SHOPKEEPERS in Marlborough have now joined the town's market stallholders in protesting at the number of days' trade lost through street closures. more...
ABOUT sixty residents of St Margarets Mead in Marlborough packed into the youth centre to oppose a suggestion that construction traffic for a new nursing home could use their residential streets. more...
MOTORIST Simon Swatton, who caused the fire that engulfed the Fyfield filling station on the A4, has been spared a driving ban by magistrates. more...
13498/2PUPILS at Preshute School in Manton have been learning all about Native American culture with a little bit of help from the Marlborough drumming group Kaya. more...
13527/2THERE was more than a hint of Morocco at a Burbage garden party on Sunday. more...
13530/2ABOUT 50 Brownies and guests gathered in Aldbourne to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Guiding movement on Sunday. more...
POLICE have appealed for witnesses to an accident in which a car ended up on its roof at Clatford on Monday after clipping another vehicle. more...
SCHOOL club leader Hazel Keen from Aldbourne has been named national Playworker of the Year. more...
JULY 8: THE Wiltshire Air Ambulance will be named as North Wiltshire District Council's chairman's charity at the forthcoming North Wiltshire Festival 2004. more...
JULY 8: THOUSANDS of fans are expected to pour into Chippenham to welcome Abba-tribute superstars Bjorn Again at North Wiltshire Festival's free concert on July 17. more...
YOUNG people from the Pewsey Vale showed off some of their activities at the weekend at a Youth Festival held in Wilcot Road. more...
IT may be eight more weeks before the start of Pewsey's annual fortnight of carnival fun, but the hunt for a carnival queen has already started. more...
COMRADES of a Tidworth soldier who saved the lives of 30 members of his regiment during a firefight in Iraq are calling for him to be awarded the Victoria Cross. more...
TWO people died and 40 coach passengers escaped serious injury in a weekend of carnage on south Wiltshire's notorious A303. more...
The Journal team, complete with medals, after Sunday's Race for Life at Salisbury athletics track. From left: Sub-editor Jane Warner and daughter Bethan, sub-editor Christine Stock, senior reporter Jill Harding, Lesley Bates finds out that the Cancer Research UK's Race For Life is a girl thing. more...
Supermum Davina Sully with her daughter Kirsty.MAKING sacrifices and always putting others first has earned Davina Sully the title of June's Supermum. more...
PHARMACIST Gordon Jackson admits that making up prescriptions last week might have taken a little longer than usual. more...
Richard opening the hall with Assistant Head David Hallsworth and Headteacher Stuart Smallwood. DA5898P7SALISBURY's world-cup winning rugby star returned to his former school on Thursday last week for the grand opening of their long-awaited sports hall. more...
THE Prince of Wales is expected to be at Tidworth on Saturday for the annual Rundle Cup polo day. more...
Gallery owner Sandra Barnes, outside the Silver Gift Gallery which was ram-RAIDERS used a stolen four-wheel-drive vehicle in an early morning ram raid on a Salisbury gift shop on Friday. more...
THE body responsible for planning and providing health services in south Wiltshire has admitted it has money troubles - just three months into the financial year. more...
SALISBURY & district chamber of commerce and industry has given its support to furious traders who are losing money because of delays to improvements at Skew Bridge. more...
Greg Condliffe received a ticket for mistakenly parking in the disabled bay near Salisbury post office when the signs were worn. The bay has since been repainted. DA5931P1Days after the council announced plans to extend parking ambassadors' patrols until 10pm, the Journal has received a flurry of complaints from disgruntled drivers. Jill Harding spoke to some of the motorists who have fallen foul of Salisbury's parking policy more...
MEMBERS of Salisbury district council's northern area committee have given their backing to a scheme that could secure the future of Steeple Langford Primary School. more...
COUNTY Hall bosses have quashed rumours that Salisbury's £2m state-of-the-art bus information system has been delayed because of planning difficulties. more...
STAGGERING figures showing the desperate need for more affordable homes in south Wiltshire have appeared in a damning report. more...
Skippers Rob Wade and Richie Richardson shake hands before the match. DA5927P02SOUTH Wilts Cricket Club put on a show to remember on Sunday when they welcomed some of the game's brightest stars to their Wilton Road home, writes Mike Turner. more...
West Indies legend Courtney Walsh signs autographs for a couple of young admirers. DA5927P01SOUTH Wilts extended their winning sequence to six in a row and maintained their top of the table Southern Electric Premier Cricket League position with a well-earned triumph over Bashley. more...
Richard opening the hall with Assistant Head David Hallsworth and Headteacher Stuart Smallwood. DA5898P7SALISBURY's world-cup winning rugby star returned to his former school on Thursday last week for the grand opening of their long-awaited sports hall. more...
TWO huge carp have been caught from a lake near Ringwood - one of them a massive mirror which was landed on 6lb line by an angler seeking tench. more...
400m Olympic runner Lesley Owusu with Sarum class students during her visit to Larkhill Primary School as part of the Sporting Champions scheme to encourage future winners. DA5890P2ATHLETICS star Lesley Owusu dashed into Larkhill Primary School as part of the Sporting Champions scheme to inspire future winners. more...
Nomansland 243-4 bt Burley 174 all out more...
DEFENDING champions Andover A have put a dent in Riverside A's bid to wrest the Sarum League Division One title. more...
PROMISING Salisbury long jumper Henrietta Paxton has crowned a triumphant return from long-term injury by claiming victory at the Under 23 AAAs Championship in Bedford. more...
Skippers Rob Wade and Richie Richardson shake hands before the match. DA5927P02SOUTH Wilts Cricket Club put on a show to remember on Sunday when they welcomed some of the game's brightest stars to their Wilton Road home, writes Mike Turner. more...
MALCOLM Ockwell topped the weights at the Isis AC's Secretary's Cup at Sutton Benger with a 17-7 catch of all roach. more...
THE Chippenham Bowls Association Mixed Gala at Chippenham Park Bowls Club attracted 22 teams from Marlborough, Bristol, Swindon and South Glos, with Chippenham clubs and Westinghouse taking part. more...
WILTSHIRE'S hopes of progress in the 2004 Middleton Cup were ended at Wootton Bassett on Saturday. more...
ALMOST 200 short mat bowlers packed into the Christie Miller Sports Centre for the Wiltshire association's summer open. more...
THE toss looked as though it would be crucial on a drying track and Bassett had no hesitation in asking Hatherley and Reddings to bat. more...
BIDDESTONE kept up the pressure at the top of Gloucestershire Wiltshire Division Two with a convincing eight wicket victory over bottom side Gloucester City. more...
GEOFF Edwards failed by one run to become the first player of this season to score a century. more...
DIVISION One leaders Great Bedwyn were given a hard game at lowly Potterne before coming away with a four wicket victory. more...
ROBERT Turner and Rahn Heer were two of Goatacre's key players who were absent on Saturday as Goatacre suffered a two wicket defeat in Bredon. more...
NALGO and Nationwide fought out a dramatic draw in the latest round of matches in Division One of the Swindon Midweek League. more...
YOUTH CRICKET: Under 11s - CHIPPENHAM beat Westbury and so assured themselves of the title with one game still to play. more...
YOUTH CRICKET: Under 11s - EDWARD Wilson (22) and Michael Clubbe (29 not out) were the major contributors in Corsham's innings of 88-4 at home to Swindon. more...
FORMER skipper Jason Searle emerged as Chippenham's Stroud and Swindon Premier Division Two match-winner on Saturday just a month after it looked like the Wiltshire minor counties player was set to part company with the Hardenhuish Park club. more...
MARLBOROUGH suffered a disappointing defeat away at rivals Malmesbury in a crucial bottom of the table encounter that saw the home side come off the bottom of the table and leapfrog up to sixth place, leaving Marlborough in eighth. more...
WILTSHIRE beat Dorset comprehensively by nine wickets in the quarter final of the MCCA Knockout Trophy at Dean Park, Bournemouth on Sunday to earn a tie with Northumberland at Westbury in the semi-final on August 15. more...
CORSHAM skipper Neil Shardlow was left bemoaning a missed opportunity on Saturday after seeing his makeshift side come within an lbw appeal of breaking their Stroud and Swindon West of England Premier Division One duck against Optimists and Clifton. more...
GOATACRE were left to rue dropped catches and a special bowling display as Bredon bagged a two-wicket victory in Glos/Wilts One. more...
Marlborough suffered a disappointing Glos/Wilts Division Two defeat at rivals Malmesbury in a crucial West of England Premier League basement encounter. more...
DEVIZES Town have been handed two home matches and a Wiltshire derby to start their 2004-05 Screwfix Direct Western League Premier Division campaign. more...
ON the same weekend when soccer fans worldwide were focussed on the final of the European Cup, youth football in Wiltshire received a major boost. more...
DEVIZES Football Club will be celebrating the new season with a new-look clubhouse. more...
TEAMS from across the south west travelled to Bromham to take part in the club's annual six-a-side tournament for what proved to be a great day of footballing action. more...
For the last two weeks I have participated in a public hearing that will guide a Government panel to recommend where and how Swindon and Wiltshire might accommodate the next phase of growth. more...
I would like to respond to the letter published on June 29, headlined "Caught twice in the God slot." more...
IT appears that we are now at the panic and scapegoat stage regarding the imminent application for planning approval for the proposed Football Stadium. more...
I AM a tetraplegic and recently spent two days in the Great Western Hospital for some routine investigations. more...
I WOULD like to offer my grateful thanks to the lady who came to my assistance on Friday morning, June 18, in Greenmeadow. more...
A reunion is being held on the island of Malta in September 2005 for all who served on, or in support of, the island during the World War Two: Servicemen and women, Merchant Navy, civilian support staff, etc. more...
I TOTALLY disagree with IG Reeve (letters June 17.) I think Peter Heaton-Jones is absolutely brilliant. I love listening to him on Radio Swindon and reading his weekly column in the Advertiser. more...
I resent the pompous way certain politicians accuse me and others of voting against Labour because of the "Iraq" factor. more...
A MAN accused of the systematic sexual abuse of a young girl has been remanded in custody by magistrates. more...
71238-77MITCHELL McCarthy loved playing football until a road accident cruelly cut his life short. more...
A HEROIN addict with 25 previous convictions for shoplifting has been told he could face custody. more...
20446-18A BUSY stretch of the M4 near Swindon should be considered for a toll route to cope with rising levels of traffic, says the RAC Foundation. more...
Drink driver Mark Hammond reported his car as stolen, minutes after he left it smashed into a lamppost. more...
71236-47A GRANDMOTHER who underwent major brain surgery says she owes her recovery to her remarkable dog. more...
TRAIN operator First Great Western says it saw more than a million extra customer journeys in the year to March. more...
JUST weeks after the birth of his fifth child, an Old Town vicar is facing an uphill battle after a relapse in his cancer. more...
71240-19A MEMORIAL has been erected at the spot where a 29-year-old motorcyclist was killed when a car drove down the road the wrong way. more...
Gareth HuntFORMER Avengers Star Gareth Hunt will compere a special gala concert at this year's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford on July 17 and July 18. more...
A MAN who dragged a terrified woman along a Swindon pavement as he tried to mug her says he has become a "totally different person". more...
Storytelling workshops are usually a hit with children but now Highworth library has set aside time for parents. more...
71239-42SWINDON people are set to gurgle with delight over this year's Evening Advertiser Baby Of The Year competition. more...
AGE Concern Swindon is offering residents of three more sheltered housing schemes or care homes in the borough the opportunity to undertake free taster sessions to find out more about computers. more...
THAMES Water is celebrating its tap water being above average for the third year running. more...
A mile run will take place around Lydiard Country Park on Saturday to raise cash for Sport Relief 2004. more...
A Carribean Carnival takes place on Saturday at Buckhurst Park in Walcot, Swindon from noon with DJs, the Mangrove Steel Band and a talent show. more...
SWINDON REBORN: A VISIONARY £1bn scheme to revitalise Swindon town centre was unveiled today. The radical proposals aim to transform the centre into a vibrant place where people want to work, live, shop and spend their leisure time. more...
Swindon Company chief executive Peter AndrewsSWINDON REBORN: The Adver put some of the key questions about the scheme to New Swindon Company chief executive Peter Andrews. more...
71234-89SWINDON REBORN: SWINDON'S re-birth as a thriving centre for the arts, commerce and recreation begins in earnest today. more...
Vulnerable children in Swindon are still being failed by Swindon Council. The latest inspection of children's services found councillors and officers were working hard to turn around their poor record. more...
71210-24The 20-year-old woman who claimed she was raped in woodland off Kingsdown Road has withdrawn the allegations and could now face prosecution for wasting police time. more...
71230-73HIGH winds are thought to have blown an articulated lorry off the M4 and into a ditch. more...
A TRUCK driver has been arrested following an accident which has left a married couple from Swindon seriously injured in hospital. more...
71227-16A camera containing precious photos of premature twin sisters has been stolen from Swindon's Special Care Baby Unit. more...
A MAGISTRATES court hearing was abandoned after a pregnant defendant collapsed, suffering from pains. more...
SWINDON Cares, a week of events to raise thousands of pounds for good causes, is just a few days away. more...
JULY 8: THEY are a violin duo with a twist who have toured with Bryan Ferry and Atomic Kitten, as well as getting a number one classical album, and this year Duel are coming to the Wiltshire Festival. more...
71230-73HIGH winds are thought to have blown an articulated lorry off the M4 and into a ditch. more...
THE Marlborough International Jazz Festival, which is growing in stature as one of the best of its kind in the country, is in full swing this weekend. more...
TOMMY MOONEY will be unveiled as an Oxford United player today but the former County Ground hero insists he has not taken the step to spite Swindon Town or its supporters. more...
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