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Amesbury News

Council awarded 'quality' status

DURRINGTON was given a morale boost last week when its parish council became the first local authority in Salisbury district to achieve Quality Council status.  more...

Salisbury City Fc News

City trio face fitness tests

THREE Salisbury City players will have fitness tests ahead of tonight's Nationwide Conference South game with Newport County.  more...

Sawyer on the move

SALISBURY City have today confirmed that goalkeeper Kevin Sawyer has left the club.  more...

Sawyer on the move

SALISBURY City have today confirmed that goalkeeper Kevin Sawyer has left the club.  more...

Sawyer on the move

SALISBURY City have today confirmed that goalkeeper Kevin Sawyer has left the club.  more...

Whites welcome Welshmen

SALISBURY City welcome fellow Conference South high-fliers Newport County to the Raymond McEnhill Stadium this evening for what promises to be a cracking encounter.  more...

Whites welcome Welshmen

SALISBURY City welcome fellow Conference South high-fliers Newport County to the Raymond McEnhill Stadium this evening for what promises to be a cracking encounter.  more...

Robbie starts for City

AS expected, Robbie Matthews, who scored twice in Saturday's 5-1 win at Thurrock, starts in place of injured striker Paul Sales up front alongside Matt Tubbs for Salisbury City in tonight's match with Newport County.  more...

Half time score

Salisbury City 1 Newport County 1.  more...

Turk bags late winner

WAYNE Turk's 85th minute goal gave City a deserved three points in a rip-roaring contest with Newport County.  more...

Salisbury City Fc Reports

Thurrock 1 Salisbury City 5

DESPITE having their away day routine hit for six due to a gridlocked M25, Salisbury City headed home in second place in the table after giving Thurrock a 5-1 thrashing.  more...

Holmes happy with three more points

Salisbury boss Nick Holmes was happy with his side's comprehensive win at Thurrock, but knows City could easily have won by an even more convincing margin.  more...

Holmes happy with three more points

Salisbury boss Nick Holmes was happy with his side's comprehensive win at Thurrock, but knows City could easily have won by an even more convincing margin.  more...

Stfc Headlines

Big chance for Brown

AARON Brown will come in from the County Ground cold tonight against the team he spurned in the summer and manager Dennis Wise will be looking for a positive response.  more...

Wise is ready to ring the changes

DENNIS Wise will ring the changes for tonight's Carling Cup clash yet refuses to see the Brentford match as an unwelcome distraction.  more...

Matt returns with unbeaten Bees

MATT Heywood once netted a vital winner for Town against Brentford yet he returns to the County Ground this evening looking to preserve the Bees' unbeaten start while ending that of the home team.  more...

Swindon Football

Yeovil could give Supermarine a helping hand

SUPERMARINE's summer link up with Swindon Town could help the Southern League outfit on the field as well as off it this season.  more...

Swindon General Sport

Howell: ‘I can’t think about golf’

GOLF: DAVID Howell's frustration at his latest injury problems has boiled over, with the World No 10 admitting: "I just can't think about playing golf.'' The Swindon star, 31, suffered knee and shoulder injuries which hampered his progress at the US PGA Championship and cast a shadow over his preparations for the Ryder Cup next month.  more...

Olympic dream!

GYMNASTICS: Swindon Gymnastic and Trampoline Academy Esprit has launched an X-factor style search for potential Olympians to represent the town at the 2012 London Olympics.  more...

South West super stars

GYMNASTICS: JUST three years old, Esprit Gymnastics has already produced some of the South West's finest young athletes, winning many medals at regional, national and international competition.  more...

Young guns

BOWLS: WILTSHIRE Under 18s B side caused a big shock in the annual Wiltshire Bowlers Joint Council mixed galas staged on Sunday, writes DAVE EATON.  more...

Swindon Letters

We are here to help your pets

MRS Anderson (SA letters, August 16) held Swindon vets responsible for the dumped dogs situation due to apparently astronomical costs and lack of charity help.  more...

Chin up, chill out, get happy - I am!

I HAVE read in a Sunday newspaper that the middle classes in South East England are the unhappiest in the country.  more...

Chin up, chill out, get happy - I am!

I HAVE read in a Sunday newspaper that the middle classes in South East England are the unhappiest in the country.  more...

What if the gang had been white?

ON Tuesday, August 15, there was a report of a young white man having been attacked by a group of five black youths near to Coate Water.  more...

Bus service is essential

NOW that our splendid new college is up and running on the North Star site, I hope a new regular bus service will connect it with other parts of Swindon.  more...

Attacking mosque was a shameful thing to do

I WAS saddened by the recent attack in the mosque in Swindon. I have lived in the town for nearly 20 years and have never experienced racial tension between the groups living here.  more...

Tories are last thing country needs

I FOUND myself in agreement with much Mike Spry had to say (SA letters, Tory legacy is lingering on) until he came to the last line.  more...

Swindon News

Thieves steal food from the homeless

A CHARITY which feeds Swindon's homeless may not be able to come up with the goods after falling victim to thieves.  more...

What a splashing idea

AGEING sports centres in Swindon could be replaced with Olympic-standard facilities to attract funding and international teams ahead of the London 2012 Games.  more...

Missing man found safe and well

A MISSING man has been found safe and well.  more...

Holiday for M4 works

ROADWORKS on the M4 near Swindon will be lifted for the Bank Holiday weekend.  more...

‘Don’t deport him’ says former wife’

A TURKISH man who has spent six months in prison will be deported when he is released.  more...

Stolen sat nav contained vital reference points

A SWINDON man is appealing for help in recovering a stolen sat nav which contained hundreds of reference points he needs to do his job.  more...

Wedding dress day for charity

THIS Friday is national Wear Your Wedding Dress to Work Day and one woman from Penhill is getting in on the act.  more...

Youngster’s plea for missing bike

TEN-year-old Callum Harris is not very happy.  more...

Crash motorist is taken to hospital

A WOMAN was taken to Swindon's Great Western Hospital after being involved in a crash near Lechlade.  more...

Song and dance over Brunel’s life

A PLAY about the life and achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel is now being rehearsed.  more...

Rare Chinese pictures to go under hammer

A RARE photographic archive of China and Hong Kong from the late 19th Century is being auctioned in South Cerney at the end of the month.  more...

Superheroes set to zoom in to shopping centre

SUPERMAN, Batman and Spiderman will be raising money for charity this weekend.  more...

woman ‘spurned breathalyser test’

THE business manager of Ridgeway School drank six glasses of wine and then drove her fiance's Porsche after a blazing row with her daughter.  more...

Woman ‘spurned breathalyser test’

THE business manager of Ridgeway School drank six glasses of wine and then drove her fiance's Porsche after a blazing row with her daughter.  more...

This is the reason you should not drink and drive

THE mangled remains of a car wrecked in an accident which killed a driver has gone on display in Wiltshire.  more...

Survey gives lie to couch potato image

BRITONS can no longer be accused of being a nation of couch potatoes, according to research by The Midcounties Co-operative.  more...

Calling all women

THE Workers' Educational Association Swindon Women's Branch are still enrolling for their autumn programme.  more...

Welcome Belarus

BELARUS will be coming to Swindon for a youth festival next month.  more...

Watchdog savages ageing train fleet

SWINDON'S rail operator has been criticised for running out-of-date trains.  more...

Teenagers left trail of damage

TWO teenagers went on a wrecking spree in Penhill, damaging cars and ripping off number plates.  more...

Ginger finds the milk of human kindness

A deaf cat was found wandering in a building site in Priory Vale.  more...

Many arrests end in cautions

NEARLY a fifth of all arrests by Wiltshire Police are resulting in a caution, according to new figures.  more...

Customers size up postal makeover

THE biggest change to Britain's postal system in 170 years was greeted in Swindon by a queue winding out the door of Sanford Street post office.  more...

Customers size up postal makeover

THE biggest change to Britain's postal system in 170 years was greeted in Swindon by a queue winding out the door of Sanford Street post office.  more...

Get ready for the Cricklade holiday show

CRICKLADE Show takes place on Bank Holiday Monday.  more...

Nominations for community stars

THE Samaritans, Home-Start and the British Red Cross are some of the charitable organisations from the Swindon area that have nominated individuals to win a Brunel Charity Star Award to celebrate their work within the local community.  more...

Free debt advice at Law Centre

THE Swindon-based Wiltshire Law Centre is offering more free debt advice.  more...

Youngsters may lose out on vital help

SWINDON'S anti-social behaviour crackdown could be put at risk by a shortage of funds.  more...

Mum takes prize-winning picture on Easter outing

THE WINNER of the latest Swindon Advertiser and Swindon Council photo competition was trying out her new digital camera on a family walk when she captured the prize-winning shot.  more...

Health workers on a mission to teach

A HEALTH road show rolled into Highworth on a mission to educate youngsters.  more...

Teenage pregnancy on the rise in Swindon

TEENAGE pregnancy rates in Swindon have increased since a Government pledge to halve the number of gymslip mums.  more...

Lights, cameras action!

SWINDON youngsters have put themselves in the picture with their own movie.  more...

Hooter’s toot sounds again

WHEN the hooter at Swindon Railway Works blew on 4.30pm on March 26, 1986, few believed they would ever hear it again.  more...

It’s a jolly good fun for us...

youngsters are having a good time Jolly Roger Adventure centre in Greenbridge Road in spite of the changeable weather.  more...

You vote to have pedlars banned from Swindon town centre

ADVER readers want pedlars banned from the town centre, the results of a phone and internet poll show.  more...

Times Film Reviews

You, Me and Dupree (12A)

Carl (Matt Dillon) and Molly (Kate Hudson) have found the one unfortunate hitch in their perfectly constructed newly wedded world: Ranolph Dupree (Owen Wilson).  more...

Volver (15)

Three generations of Spanish women survive easterly wind, fire, madness, superstition and even death through goodness, lies and an unlimited vitality.  more...

Times Music

Jazz and blues from UK’s finest

John Etheridge and Kit Holmes, Thursday, September 14, 8pm, Arc Theatre, Trowbridge.  more...

Jazz and blues from UK’s finest

John Etheridge and Kit Holmes, Thursday, September 14, 8pm, Arc Theatre, Trowbridge.  more...

New concert series begins

New concert series, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon.  more...

New concert series begins

New concert series, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon.  more...

Kelly to perform with choir

Kelly Watson and the Morriston Orpheus, Saturday August 26, 7pm, Dauntsey's School, West Lavington Swansea's internationally-acclaimed male voice choir, the Morriston Orpheus, will be performing at Dauntsey's School, West Lavington, on Saturday August 26.  more...

Times Theatre

Rondo marks 30 years

Autumn season, Rondo Theatre, Bath The Rondo has much to celebrate this autumn. The theatre is marking 30 years as the best small theatre in Bath.  more...

Something for all tastes

Autumn season, Arc Theatre Trowbridge.  more...

Times Wiltshire News

Excavation teams prepare for Stonehenge dig

ARCHAEOLOGISTS are excavating sites near Stonehenge this weekend giving people the chance to see what life was like in Britain 4,000 years ago.  more...

Villages of the year revealed

THE results of the Wiltshire Best Kept Village and Building Community Life competitions have been revealed today.  more...

Villages of the year revealed

THE results of the Wiltshire Best Kept Village and Building Community Life competitions have been revealed today.  more...

Hunt is on over unclaimed prizes

The hunt is on to re-unite Wiltshire's Premium Bond holders with the county's 3,857 unclaimed Premium Bond prizes worth £225,900.  more...

Hunt is on over unclaimed prizes

The hunt is on to re-unite Wiltshire's Premium Bond holders with the county's 3,857 unclaimed Premium Bond prizes worth £225,900.  more...

Excavation teams prepare for Stonehenge dig

ARCHAEOLOGISTS are excavating sites near Stonehenge this weekend giving people the chance to see what life was like in Britain 4,000 years ago.  more...

Wilbur

BIRTHDAYS!

CONGRATULATIONS to our Junior of the Week, Shaina Kersey, of Trowbridge, who wins a £5 voucher from The Toy Shop, plus two Happy Meals from McDonald's in Trowbridge, Melksham or Chippenham.  more...

Game Review: Formula One 06 for PS2

FORMULA ONE 06 on is all about speed, competition and fast-paced action.  more...

What's On - TV guide

THE X FACTOR: The talent contest auditions in Bristol, Manchester and Leeds, with celebrity judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne. Hosted by Kate Thornton. (Saturday August 26, ITV1, 6.45pm)   more...

Mighty Joe Young (PG)

An enormous gorilla exhibits endless compassion and courage. In his native jungle he cares for and protects an orphaned girl who later brings him to Los Angeles to save him from ruthless poachers  more...

Mighty Joe Young (PG)

An enormous gorilla exhibits endless compassion and courage. In his native jungle he cares for and protects an orphaned girl who later brings him to Los Angeles to save him from ruthless poachers.  more...

  
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