Wiltshire | Archive | 2006 | March
AS an Arctic-like wind swept through the Pewsey Vale this week it was difficult to visualise Janette Miles' garden in its summer glory full of beautiful bedding plants. more...
Owner of the Bassett Down Farm Gardens John Hollis believes a large slice of his visitor numbers can be attributed directly to the quality of the cakes. more...
AWARD-winning gardener Mary Lindsey has scooped just about every prize going when it comes to her bountiful blooms. more...
GUYERS House Garden in Corsham was, not so very long ago, a barren weed-ridden turf. more...
IF you are waiting for Easter to get out in the garden, Urchfont-based expert John Adams says you may be leaving it too late. more...
WHEN it comes to gardening in Hilmarton, there are few people who don't look up to Sharon Thomas. more...
THE gardens of Whatley Manor hotel, near Malmesbury, have been a huge challenge for head gardener Barry Holman and his team. more...
IN a fold among acres of green fields and woodland, standing at the end of a mile- long drive lined with stately trees, Lucknam Park Hotel is set apart from the hurly burly of the modern world. more...
JAMES Methuen Campbell knows what he likes and what he doesn't and that is particularly true when it comes to the garden of his stately home in Corsham. more...
AS the weather warms up and gardeners start thinking about what to plant in their borders they should spare a thought for Littlecote House head gardener Grosvenor Russell-Allen and his team of six. more...
It's not just coincidence that this year's Ideal Home exhibition chose recycling as its theme. Let's face it, recycling has become part of our everyday life and routine particularly in the home. more...
THOSE looking for a simple, yet enjoyable way to spruce up their homes should look no further than the art of flower arranging. more...
Lesley Bates reports on the extraordinary love shouwn by some extraordinary people. more...
Lesley Bates reports on the extraordinary love shouwn by some extraordinary people. more...
Lesley Bates reports on the extraordinary love shown by some extraordinary people. more...
THE Apprentice is back on BBC 2 for a second series. Already 14 potentials' have been reduced to 11, as the two teams of boys and girls battle it out to prove they have what it takes to be Sir Alan Sugar's left-hand bod. more...
THE Apprentice is back on BBC 2 for a second series. Already 14 potentials' have been reduced to 11, as the two teams of boys and girls battle it out to prove they have what it takes to be Sir Alan Sugar's left-hand bod. more...
THE Apprentice is back on BBC 2 for a second series. Already 14 potentials' have been reduced to 11, as the two teams of boys and girls battle it out to prove they have what it takes to be Sir Alan Sugar's left-hand bod. more...
Next month, Suzuki is launching yet another exciting model. And for this latest production, Suzuki has jumped into bed with Fiat the resulting baby being the Suzuki SX4 (Sedici for Fiat). more...
The count down has begun: there are now just over three weeks to go before the new 2006 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season bursts into life at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent on Sunday, April 9. more...
The count down has begun: there are now just over three weeks to go before the new 2006 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season bursts into life at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent on Sunday, April 9. more...
Automobili Lamborghini has revealed its new Lamborghini Murcilago Coup. more...
Automobili Lamborghini has revealed its new Lamborghini Murcilago Coup. more...
THIS Sunday (April 2) Honda of Salisbury is hosting its Easter Egg Run, donating Easter gifts to sick children in the district who cannot spend the festivities at home. more...
THE Apprentice is back on BBC 2 for a second series. Already 14 potentials' have been reduced to 11, as the two teams of boys and girls battle it out to prove they have what it takes to be Sir Alan Sugar's left-hand bod. more...
HYUNDAI has redesigned its Santa Fe large off-road utility wagon, and in the process has leapt up to try and meet the premium SUV sector's standards. It's done very well and you sure get a lot of car for your money. more...
A PAEDOPHILE found with hundreds of thousands of serious indecent images of children on his computer has been jailed for just a year. more...
A VIOLENT serial rapist who subjected a Salisbury schoolgirl to a horrific sexual attack, just three weeks after assaulting another woman, was sentenced to 16 years in prison last Friday. more...
RICKY Shakes insists club comes before country and he isn't about to turn his back on the relegation battle in favour of a sunshine trip with the Soca Warriors. more...
CONTRACTUAL arm-twisting isn't on Iffy Onuora's agenda and he is delighted that four of his young disciples have demonstrated their faith in his vision of a brighter County Ground future. more...
MEET three young ladies with the world at their feet. more...
Two companies one from Swindon and the other from Cirencester are in the running for a trophy at the UK Trade and Investment export awards evening tomorrow. more...
Staff at a Wiltshire travel firm have been celebrating this week after their shop was voted the best travel agency in the south west. more...
Sarah Fallon, of Medics On The Move of Swindon and Wiltshire joined with other franchisees from across the country to celebrate their success and welcome their new colleagues. more...
Despite the current threat of liquidation to Swindon Chamber of Commerce, Networking Swindon remains committed to delivering a full range of networking events this year. more...
The Oxfordshire village of Nettlebed has celebrated the opening of its new primary school and community centre, which was built by Beard of Swindon for Oxfordshire County Council. more...
More than 100 international companies in the hi-tech field, including Telescratch and Zarlink from Swindon will be joining Technology World06 the UK's only partnering event for leading-edge information, communication and technology businesses. more...
David Hendry Cars, the Malmesbury based seller of TVR sports cars, has agreed to be one of the major sponsors of Brinkworth Country Show. more...
Commonwealth Games hero Jamie Cox must take his time to decide his immediate future according to some of Swindon's most famous boxing names. more...
GOLF: David Howell, the European Tour's current No 1 and conqueror of Tiger Woods last November, could not be more excited about next week's Masters. more...
SWIMMING: Tigersharks swimmers rounded off a fantastic Wiltshire competition by recording more age group best times than any other club and were also awarded the Top Team trophy. more...
SWIMMING: The Wiltshire County Championships drew to a close on Sunday evening and Swindon Dolphin completed their campaign as the most successful among the 21 clubs. more...
It was good of Steve Friend to write to the Swindon Advertiser (March 18) briefly outlining my role in defence of Shaw Forest Park in 2004. more...
I READ with interest the letter that Councillor C Lovell wrote, commenting on a previous letter about Singapore being some kind of Utopia that is free of crime and drugs. more...
AS our MP, Mr Michael Wills, is interested in animal welfare matters and has spoken in the House of Commons on the subject, I wrote to him asking his views on the cruelty involved in the halal slaughter of animals. more...
REGARDING your item about the budget "Sin Taxes Rise"' (SA, March 23, what is all the fuss about? more...
MR PEARSON sent us a letter from social services. more...
JOHN Utting (Adver, March 2) asks me to give a list of British citizens being extradited to the USA simply on the word of a US prosecutor. more...
OVER the past four decades the financial outlay on NHS dental services has been about five per cent of total NHS funding (SA, Feeling down in the mouth, March 3). more...
THE High Sheriff of Wiltshire David Margesson has been given a tour of the Great Western Hospital. more...
Motorist Ahmed Khanog has been told he could face jail after causing a motorway smash which left his passengers seriously injured. more...
SWINDON'S famous Roaming Rooster will be let loose in town today to put a smile on children's faces. more...
AN EPILEPTIC girl who disappeared from her family home in Swindon town centre six days ago has been found. more...
THE Adver has uncovered a dingy drugs den hidden away in a busy industrial estate. more...
STRIKING workers ringed council offices in Swindon in a day of protest but employers say the action was a failure. more...
GOLD medal winner Jamie Cox returned home from Australia to a hero's welcome. more...
THE demise of Swindon Chamber of Commerce could not be avoided because nobody was prepared to help it at its time of need. more...
JUDGEMENT has been reserved in cancer victim Ann Marie Rogers's appeal against the refusal to fund her Herceptin treatment. more...
A MAN has been ordered to pay compensation to his Welsh neighbour after racially abusing him. more...
MUMS will be sent back to the washing machine under a plan by council rubbish managers worried about the number of disposable nappies going to tips. more...
MUMS will be sent back to the washing machine under a plan by council rubbish managers worried about the number of disposable nappies going to tips. more...
A WOMAN who claims she was indecently assaulted as a six-year-old has insisted to a jury that she is telling the truth. more...
A TOOTHILL man has had to live with no natural light for the last two months after yobs smashed his windows. more...
A trader whose shop has only been open a month has had her business account raided by online thieves. more...
RODBOURNE Cheney is not Pinehurst. It's not Penhill. It's not Moredon. And it certainly isn't Stratton St Margaret. And residents of the ancient place are campaigning to make sure none of us misuse the name. more...
SWINDON'S flagship hospital raked in more than £600,000 in parking charges from patients and visitors. more...
AIRPORTS, schools and road tunnels were closed as the council strike hit across Britain. more...
POLICE have criticised a lorry driver for not paying attention after he struck a notorious Swindon bridge. more...
A DIARRHOEA and sickness bug which has swept through the Great Western Hospital appears to be on the wane. more...
POLICE investigating a multi-million pound burglary on a mansion in Ramsbury have recovered about 40 per cent of the stolen goods. more...
DO you have the desire to write but lack the know-how? more...
SWINDON has seen one of the highest house-price rises outside of the capital this month, according to a national survey. more...
FIREFIGHTERS were called to deal with two small fires in Swindon. more...
THE girl who became Britain's youngest female drink driver at the age of 12 when she stole her dad's car after drinking at a family party in Walcot, has been jailed. more...
RECYCLERS will be into extra time this spring as Wiltshire's household recycling centres extend their opening hours. more...
SOUTH Swindon MP Anne Snelgrove has been appointed to the committee examining the controversial Education and Inspections Bill. more...
NORTH Wiltshire MP James Gray has turned his attentions to the kilt. more...
A GROUP of bikers will be setting off from Wroughton on Sunday on a massive tour of southern England in aid of charity. more...
A WOOTTON Bassett woman is fed up with a water leak in her garden. more...
SPORTS clubs in Swindon are being invited to showcase their activities prior to this summer's UK Corporate Games. more...
MEET three young ladies with the world at their feet. more...
POTENTIAL pole dancers will be able to gyrate on down to Yates's Wine Lodge tomorrow. more...
ORGANISERS of the Kemble Air Day are marking the 70th anniversary of the Spitfire this year. more...
LOVE is a flutter in a West Swindon veterinary centre after a pet bird was found in Shaw. more...
A GROUP of women have been discovering their artistic talents. more...
FROM designer coats for cats to pedicures for pups, the search is on for the most pampered pet in town. more...
THE use of high-cost bedside telephones in hospitals is being reviewed amid claims patients are being ripped off. more...
A DRUG dealer caught out by undercover cops has pleaded guilty to selling heroin. more...
SWINDON Council will honour those who work for the greater good, next month. more...
SWINDON Mayor Ray Fisher is to help launch the new Greater Western railway franchise next month. more...
THREE employees at Age Concern Wiltshire have been made redundant after the charity received confirmation of £50,000 cuts from the primary care trusts in the county. more...
ORGANISERS of the Royal International Air Tattoo on July 15/16 at RAF Fairford are attracting even more aerial acts to the show. more...
SWINDON'S Kentwood Choir has been raising money for a Wiltshire school. more...
ROADS around Swindon took the strain this morning after two incidents on the M4 caused lengthy tailbacks. more...
A PORTUGESE factory worker who cut his pregnant girlfriend's throat in a jealous rage has been found guilty of her murder. more...
SKIPPER Leigh Adams stormed to a five-ride paid maximum in front of the Sky Sports cameras to lead the Pebley Beach Swindon Robins to their second Elite League win of the season. more...
FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2006, SWINDON: A colourful world of Polynesian cultures and rituals is brought to life in Fijis, a new dance piece conjuring up all the sensuality, violence and natural tensions of the people in the south east Asian islands. more...
The first Wedding Fair of the year got well under way at the Leigh Park Hotel in Bradford on Avon this month. more...
A LIST of plots of land where at least 400 affordable homes could be built in west Wiltshire will be revealed next week. more...
A FAIRY Godmother hopes to make children's wishes come true as she tackles her first London Marathon. more...
A FAIRY Godmother hopes to make children's wishes come true as she tackles her first London Marathon. more...
A Portuguese factory worker who slit his pregnant girlfriend's throat was today found guilty of her murder. more...
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