Wiltshire | Archive | 2006 | July
PLANS to improve security at the Duchess of Cornwall's Reybridge home have been recommended for approval by North Wiltshire District Council. more...
PLANS to improve security at the Duchess of Cornwall's Reybridge home have been recommended for approval by North Wiltshire District Council. more...
PLANS to improve security at the Duchess of Cornwall's Reybridge home have been recommended for approval by North Wiltshire District Council. more...
ST Lucian international Rene Regis is to quit Salisbury City due to the need to play his football nearer to his work in the Army. more...
SALISBURY City have added another friendly to their pre-season build-up. more...
CHARITY worker Clare Allen is embarking on a new adventure as part of a team hoping to educate children in Afghanistan about the dangers of landmines. more...
DERISORY' is Mark Devlin's view of M K Dons' compensation offer in the light of Sean O'Hanlon's switch to Martin Allen's outfit. more...
DENNIS Wise will tread a careful path in the loan market this season and the flurry of temporary arrivals that heralded the start of last season looks unlikely to be repeated. more...
TALL guy Fola Onibuje is convinced he can bring a different dimension to Town's strikeforce but has urged his new teammates to resist the temptation to just lump long balls up to him. more...
TOWN hope season-ticket holders will be buzzing ahead of the club's Carling Cup campaign with reduced prices in place for the first round clash with Brentford. more...
SWINDON firms are being encouraged to find their best swingers and tee off to fundraise for Swindon Cares. more...
THE top-of-the-table clash between Corsham and South Wilts in the Under 11 Red Division of the Wiltshire Youth Cricket League turned out to be a one-sided affair. more...
ANGLING: ISIS club match on the River Avon at Sutton Benger. It was 30C and the water was clear but it did not deter the big fish from feeding. more...
GOLF: DAVID Howell's place at the 135th Open Championship may be assured, but the quest to join him at Royal Liverpool in two weeks' time was starting in earnest for many of his Swindon contemporaries today. more...
MOTOR RACING: MATTHEW Whitman admits he was inspired by five-times world champion Valentino Rossi after stealing the show in front of 80,000 fans at Donnington Park at the weekend. more...
MOTOR RACING: MATTHEW Whitman admits he was inspired by five-times world champion Valentino Rossi after stealing the show in front of 80,000 fans at Donnington Park at the weekend. more...
SWIMMING: Swindon Dolphin A, B and C teams were in action at the weekend in the second round of the Moonraker Summer League and all three teams returned to base camp with handsome victories under their belts. more...
SWIMMING: Tigersharks B put in a spirited performance in the second round of their Division Three gala against A teams from Salisbury, Wootton Bassett and Wroughton. more...
IN reply to the frothy fulmination (SA, June 29) entitled Getting Facts Straight over Anglian Water, from Mr Baker, media manager of aforementioned company. more...
AS a naturist, one who enjoys the healthy, open free nude lifestyle, I felt I must put the point of view of naturists when I read the slightly embarrassed and rather prudish reference to naturists at Studland Bay by Michelle Tompkins in her article on the area. more...
I HAVE been writing identical letters to the one from Mike Spry (SA June 29) for the past four or more years lauding the contribution Labour councils have made to the well-being of Swindonians over many years. Perhaps someone could tell us what the Conservative contribution has been? more...
I'M delighted that F Avenell and others have finally come to realise the dangers of privatising water, airports etc. Not just veterans have been betrayed. What a pity more people didn't raise their voices when Lady Thatcher began the process. more...
MRS Snelgrove seems to be afflicted with the same disorder as her Party leaders in response to the problem posed by mini motorbikes. more...
WELL said, Stephanie Tye. I walked along Regent Street this afternoon (Monday) and it looked more like a day at Weston-super-Mare beach. more...
WOULD the young lady who sold a scanner on Sunday at the college car boot sale, please contact me as I need the disk to enter it on my PC. Thank you. more...
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2006, SWINDON: THE weather isn't the only thing that's sizzling this summer. On Saturday, Swindon is set to be entertained with the seventh Afro-Caribbean Carnival. more...
THE family of murdered mother Julie Butcher says her killer's sentence is not long enough for the hell he has put them through. more...
THE family of murdered mother Julie Butcher says her killer's sentence is not long enough for the hell he has put them through. more...
THE family of murdered mother Julie Butcher says her killer's sentence is not long enough for the hell he has put them through. more...
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THE family of murdered mother Julie Butcher says her killer's sentence is not long enough for the hell he has put them through. more...
Five Wiltshire police officers who broke up a gunfight are to be honoured at the prestigious Annual Police Bravery Awards in London. more...
RUBBISH bins will be emptied just once a fortnight in a bid to cut Swindon's £2.9m failure to recycle enough. more...
ELDERLY residents have vented their anger at second-hand car dealers who they say are making their lives a misery by turning their road into an illegal showroom. more...
PUB landlord Dave Howells is no stranger to adventure. more...
SWINDON firms are being encouraged to find their best swingers and tee off to fundraise for Swindon Cares. more...
THE canal has long since gone, but shoppers spotted the first narrowboat to grace the town centre in a century. more...
THE Commonweal School's future location has not been set in stone, according to the chairman of governors Dave Brown. more...
THE Commonweal School's future location has not been set in stone, according to the chairman of governors Dave Brown. more...
Three teenagers who have terrorised communities in Swindon have been given temporary Asbos to try to curb their anti-social behaviour. more...
TWO thirds of North Swindon residents have problems with the council's rubbish collection, a survey by MP Michael Wills suggests. more...
MORE than 5,000 people in Swindon on incapacity benefit could be forced to prove they need the payments in a Government clampdown on Britain's sicknote culture. more...
YOUNG people have had the chance to stand up and be counted. more...
A TOTAL of 344 knives were handed in to Swindon police during the knife amnesty that finished last week. more...
THE Highways Agency has put in diversions to help handle the extra traffic on the A419 going to the RAF Fairford Air Tattoo. more...
A BINGO caller from Swindon is in the grand final of the Gala Bingo Caller of the Year competition. more...
A GROUP of adventurers from Swindon will be carrying a wheelchair across Snowdonia to raise money for the MS Therapy Centre. more...
SWINDON College students have been rewarded for their hard work. more...
A GIANT robot wowed the crowds in Swindon town centre as organisers officially launched the Brunel Festival 2006. more...
SWINDON'S Rugby Club at Greenbridge was transformed into a grand prix track as 150 children took part in this year's soapbox derby. more...
A MAN was robbed and forced to withdraw money from his bank account. more...
A FIRE destroyed a wooden shed behind the Fishes Inn in Highworth. more...
A SWINDON pub is holding a charity auction to raise money for a seven-year-old autistic girl from Park North. more...
SWINDON and Marlborough NHS Trust has won the prestigious five star award for health and safety for the third time in five years. more...
ORGANISERS of the British Heart Foundation's Hearts First Swindon Jog are hoping to attract more than 1,000 runners after staging a similar event in Bristol. more...
A GROUP of adventurers from Swindon will be carrying a wheelchair across Snowdonia to raise money for the MS Therapy Centre. more...
SWINDON residents have given a tentative thumbs-up to the news that the council's new chief executive is to be paid £195,000 a year, plus perks. more...
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley reunite Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, an all-new epic tale chronicling the further misadventures of Captain Jack Sparrow. more...
Mark Levin, who penned Wimbledon and was a co-producer of 80s staple The Wonder Years, makes his directorial debut with Little Manhattan. more...
CORSHAM Town report back for pre-season training tomorrow night, with manager Colin Bush insisting on low-key preparations to the new campaign. more...
Belting the Bard with The Blues Floozies, Friday, July 14. more...
Cause For Concern, Saturday, July 15, Street Fair, Market Place, Westbury. more...
Jazz at All Saints, Westbury, Sunday July 9, 7.45pm more...
The Jungle Book, July 11-July 15, Bristol Hippodrome. more...
Summer Opera, Friday July 7, Saturday July 8 and July 13-15, Rondo Theatre, Bath. more...
Summer Opera, Friday July 7, Saturday July 8 and July 13-15, Rondo Theatre, Bath. more...
Summer Opera, Friday July 7, Saturday July 8 and July 13-15, Rondo Theatre, Bath. more...
Hamlet, Various dates and venues. more...
THE Cotswold Show, being held this weekend at Cirencester Park, offers everyone the chance to try something new, from 4x4 off-roading to dog agility, gundog competitions with a chance for young handlers to complete, and a dog show. more...
AN investigation has been launched into how a Trowbridge mechanic could have been allowed to sink so far into debt he felt his only option was to kill himself. more...
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